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Hey Toby…
Thank you for your active involvement in the community. You have faithfully responded to my posts and I’m very grateful. Please know that it has not gone unnoticed. Also,I read through your log and checked out your photos. Your backstory really resonated with me - I relate to and admire your attitude.
Also, what a great set-up you have. I have 10 sticks, 2 amps and an ever growing garden of studio flotsam which I’ll be posting on my log, when I get it together. I was getting worried that I was somehow unnaturally compelled to collect shiny and colorful things. I suspect my wife thinks I should see a therapist (that’s a joke - she actually supports my indulgence with gusto.Yes, She’s a keeper…) But now, I think I’ll add 10 more 
But seriously, I’m inspired to get started today on creating my own Learning Log. I hope you’ll keep an eye out.
Take care,
Gary
(PapaG)
Gary
Thank you for your kind words. I guess I’ve always stuck to Justin’s Pay It Forward ethos, ha before even knowing what it was ! With all the support and help I got from the regulars on the old forum, when I joined here in back 2013 (many still here on the new one), it just became a natural thing to help folk coming up behind me. Encouragement, support and ensuring folks did not fall down where I had done before. And nowts changed on that score.
As to the stable, like you my missus is very support in everything I do. I don’t plan to add any more guitars to the collection, as I am happy with what I’ve got. But never say never.
I do need to add my recent Line 6 POD Go multi-fx to the log, so you see the GAS is still simmering,
As to your collection, yes it would be nice to see what you have and the Learning Log would be the place to post. On the old forum they used to be called Road Cases and it was more about ownership and acquisition but it got relabelled and now folks are diarising the progress. All fine but not so much for me, just now and then. But entirely up to you how you approach and maintain it.
The good thing about this place, is we are all here to help one and other and that way we all grow and get better. So always ask when unsure, help is just a post away.
Cheers
Toby
A rare chance to see the Madman’s stable on parade, as everything is usually stacked n racked. But after 5 weeks of very little playing, due to the family holidaying with us, first order of the day before getting back into practice, was to dust everything down. Guitars, stands and racks were all looking a bit grubby but in an old house there is always dust. Normally as I rotate round, whatever I picked up gets a wipe over, so they stay clean. Today it had to be done wholesale but a good photo op for the crew !!
The eagled eyed amongst you may have spotted that the Streamline was missing. It had been dusted down earlier on before a quick noodle, so was MIA when the spring clean was finished.
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Quite a collection, Toby, looks fabulous.
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Looks good Toby. Your getting quite the collection.
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Hi Toby.
I count 12 plus the missing Streamline. That makes 13 which is an unlucky number. So you either sell one or buy one. The choice is yours. 
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What does that mean ? 
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Ironically, I’ve spent the last hour playing melodic patterns and licks on my old Affinity, which was my first guitar back in '96 !! Its the only one that hasn’t been hooked up to the POD GO and sounding very hot with the Iron Gear pups !! 
I did notice all your acoustics are dreds you need a L00 for pickin the blues and the are comfirtable guitars to lounge on the couch and noddle.
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What a beautiful collection! 
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Love your guitars but your dog is upstaging them all!
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Never mind the guitars what about the dog.
Is it Tervueren, GSD or something else
Michael 
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Micheal
That’s Sophie who sits with me will I meditate and sleeps through most of my practice sessions and general fooling around with guitars. She is unfortunately getting on in life as a 13+ year old pure German Shepherd, so I value every second with her. She has been a constant companion since I jacked in work and we upped sticks to France late 2011. All the hardware could be replaced if it were to be lost but she will leave a huge hole when she’s gone. And she is already looking forward to OM XI and another couple of hours sleep. 
Cheers
Toby
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Toby
I know what you mean when they are gone. When the last of our two dogs died, wife and daughter couldn’t face loosing another dog so we now take dogs through an agency while the owners are away on holiday. We don’t get paid and we are licensed by the Local Authority, so all above board.
My only issue for me is that some of them howl when I sing, not sure that says much for my singing.
Michael
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I am sure they are just harmonising !
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that quite a collection of guitars and dogs you have there Toby. When does the L00 arrive?
No plans for that James at the moment, it was purely a visual response to what gaslighting can do in the guitar world ! But I quickly blew out the fuse that Stitch had teasingly lit, in case the missus caught me browsing on Thomann again. But never say never !!
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