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Saddest thing I've heard this week.

Do order a new neck. Salvage this; its yours.

That the relationship with your previous friend cannot be salvaged...well, been there. There's only so much you can do if they push away every attempt at help and hope.

Psst. Andy. Orianthi sent me this link and asked me to give it to you:

http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i- ... 00SRCHCAPN

Only $2,699.00 down and 12 Payments of $333.34; $2,713 off MSRP. I told her the build here was really the important thing. She said she understood completely, but thought you might want to buy it as a gift for your friend after the build is done. I'm a sucker for women with Australian accents....

Andy's soon-to-be new axe. Except without the dial-it-to-13 knobs. Just sayin'....

AndyC wrote:I also forgot something:

Nigel Tufnel? Never heard of her ;)

Now...that's just wrong! How can you turn anything up to 13?

I'm gonna grab my Strat, kick the overdrive to 11, and play Break Like the Wind....

I know it runs against recreating the appearance of the original, but if the photo is color-accurate I actually prefer the fretboard a more a dark mahogany or dark cherry than black. But that's just me. I like natural woods. Which is odd, now that I say it, because only one rifle I own has a wood stock....

Now I know why Lady Gaga loves this guy. He can shred on a six-string!

Andy-minor/major-pentatonic-bluesman-C!

Good on ya helping your friend through this issue. Creating, building something is always good for the soul.

(But 70's Fat Strat. Humbucker down and dirty. Many Les Paul's had that tuning retention issue....)