Last night after a having a chat with [mention]JD01[/mention] and realizing how little time i have spent with any of my guitars i decided to spend a few hours and play all of them and see what ones i truly loved or needed work or whatever the case may be as a final judgement. But my mind was totally made up to just sell the Epiphone. There wasn't really anything special about it beyond the sentimental value it has to me. It's light as a feather and feels like it has no neat physically, i have never really loved the boring blonde flame top, all the hardware feels cheap and the pick ups are nothing special. whatever comes stock on Epi LP standard back in 04. So of the three it seemed to be a no brainier. The other two i feel like i have to keep. Even though that Sparrow needs some work.
Wouldn't you fucking know that the only guitar that i whipped out to play last night that was perfectly in tune, not a string out out of tune!!! The strings (NYXL's) still sounded pristine and bright and as new as the day i put em on there. The intonation was immaculate, the neck relief and action were absolute perfection for me. I remember now why i went with that boring colored one over the other more pretty ones in the store that day. These are all things i would expect of my Gibson LpJr or the Ibanez or even the sparrow for that matter. However, i guess those are all working guitars and are meant to be played more than they have been the last few months. The only shitty thing about the Epiphone is that it took a lot of work to get a good tone out out of it. It did sound a little dull and limp and i am not 100% sure if that is because it is so physically light built from shitty wood, or if it is the height or quality of the pick ups. I suspect it is entirely the pick ups.
And with that said i am keeping all three of them!!
I am going to sell my Fender acoustic i forgot i even had that has been sitting in a closet for god knows how long. OH!!! And in other sort of semi-exciting news, my dumpstercaster i had been slowly picking away at last fall plays like a friggin dream
I had been slowly rehydrating and diligently making very subtle truss rod adjustments every so often. (A new skill to me i am still incredibly leary of handling my self) Last time i touched it was last October. I took it out last night plugged it in and aside from needing to be intonated and the action raised ever so slightly it's pretty much playable. I doubt i will keep it for very long as i owe someone from my past a guitar and this might be just the thing if he is into it. I have to track him down though and feel him out to see if he is still playing. I have no love for strats but as usual with any guitar this one has a cool story and it might be fun to hang onto lol. Ok thats my Friday story for you all. As you were.
It is on my list of things to do. Stuck Record. I know mutt lol. And i deserve a good wrist slap. No excuses what so ever but it IS in fact on my list of things to do. in the next month. Honest. As you can see i have lofty goals for the next two months 
