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And it would flood this page with thousands of people who had uploaded two videos to their Youtube channel and consider themselves as pros. Just like Instagram is full of "professional" photographers. But I admit that it's a difficult decision where to draw that line.

Whole bands, difficult to tell. Individuals, it's kind of a gut feeling. For example, take Jesse Gunn. He doesn't seem big, but he got extreme coverage in a game called "The Cat Lady". His music really defined that game. He also released a list of te instruments he used. As an individual who's played thed game and heard his music, I personally judged him to be a pro. Others may disagree.

My point is that the closer we approach the nonexistant line, the more balanced the ratio between agree and disagree becomes. For something like this situation, we all should put in a vote or something of the sort. Otherwise, let me hear your ideas.

have I mentioned lately that I hate what the internet did to the music biz?

I am going to disagree just to be contrary.... wait, what am I disagreeing with?

I don't even think this guy is a legit Pro.... do you?

why does everyone have to add themselves or their buddies on here as guitar heroes? is it ego or an attempt to improve the web presence for these local bands in the hopes of getting signed? I dunno

in my day we got the word out by gigging and going o college radio and it involved a lot of travel and sweat.... these days you just make yourself a pro on equipboard, POOF instant street cred

I think it's the later. They add themselves as a pro so they can find someone who hasn't ever heard of EQB and points to their page in hopes of impressing.

you're probably right.... let me think, hmmmm...

https://youtu.be/cDGlN6mluGA

if we're allowing yahoos with a youtube presence and a bar band band to post as pros then I am getting a pro page for me and my former bandmates. In our day we were bigger than a lot of these people garnering frequent spins on regional FM rock stations and college radio. Our website had insane traffic when it existed. In my opinion we were a middling act that was only quasi-pro (we periodically had day jobs, not PRO), but if the bar is being lowered I want a pro page to document my touring days and gear

http://equipboard.com/pros/king-krule/

Should be corrected to "Archy Marshall" as his artist name.

http://equipboard.com/pros/mike-sullivan/1965-fender-twin-reverb

http://equipboard.com/pros/mike-sullivan/2005-fender-pro-junior-duplicate

Both of these need to be deleted.

Delete this profile: Vetamadre as Vetamadre is a band, not an individual.

http://equipboard.com/pros/tycho/epiphone-les-paul-standard

Made a mistake here! Please delete. I already added the correct Epiphone.

http://equipboard.com/pros/tycho/epiphone-les-paul-standard

Made a mistake here! Please delete. I already added the correct Epiphone.

Deleted!

Also, wanted to let you guys know of a little fix to the site we released yesterday. As EB's database of artists and gear is growing quite large, a little bug crept up where when a new item was added to a pro artist, it would sometimes randomly get added to the START of the section, as opposed to the end. The reason that's problematic is best illustrated by this example:

The Edge has a lot of effects pedals, and a user added this more recently (which seems like something that should probably be deleted, yes?). Well, the code decided to randomly place it at the beginning of the list, so now everyone's first impression of his Equipboard page was negative since that's the first "effect" they see.

Anyhow I think we improved it, and now items should be tacked on to the end of lists. If you note any funny behavior let us know :) The system is still far from perfect because a lot of time placement of items is subjective (e.g. "I think this guitar is important to this artist so it should be at the beginning"), but tackling it one small improvement at a time!

Nice work, Gchiaren!

Quick question, actually. The Gibson ES-335 has com up and I'm wondering whether this "dot" version is basically just the 335 with dot inlay.

yes and no... the evolution of the 335 is as convoluted as the les paul.... the 58 starts without neck binding and ends bound but always has dots, however it has a shallow neck set and a unque configuration of top and back plies.... the early 59 has a slightly less shallow neck angle and the 58 plywood formula but ends with the classic 5 ply maple formula and the modern heavy neck set angle... in 60 the neck slims from a baseball bat a bit, in 61 natural is discontinued in favor of cherry, in 62 the neck gets slimmer and if I recall correctly small block inlays come in... also, every year the PAFs differ in magnet grade... thing stay pretty consistent until mid 64 and then it goes haywire

anything labeled a 'dot' will at the least have a shallower neck angle, fat neck profile and A2 or A4 PAFs instead of A5 than what is considered standard 335 spec.... the top and back construction may differ as well and if they want to get really accurate there may be bridge and tailpiece construction and material differences from classic early 60s spec, the early 335s are a rule unto themselves and quite collectable though not for everyone... 60 to 64 is the classic era, 59 is the magic year for collectors

Lux, why'd you edit this? That's a duplicate. You're making it worse by making duplicates look pretty.

Because among the American Standard Telecasters it has a peculiar ash body so I think it could justify itself as an specific item as its specs differ beyond the body's finish , but also because as we discussed before in general terms around here: it had the "(duplicate)" as part of its name and we had a consent about avoiding that mode that you used, if moderators thinks that it should be deleted/merged then they will make their decision (based on the accurate tool we all have to flag that) but meanwhile it is more appropriate to keep it clean. :-)

Peculiar? Lux, ALL American Standard Telecasters are made with ash bodies. And you certainly did more than remove a duplicate tag, you categorised it, fixed its name, and gave it a description as if it were a valid item you could submit. You didn't even flag it to begin with, I had to do that right now for you. All American Standard Teles that are duplicates were submitted through the form as duplicates, so no need to worry about it now.

Obviously, they're going to be deleted eventually, but anyone who sees your work will think it's a valid item, and an extra submissions will be a bit of a nuisance. Please, if you see my duplicate tags, take them down if you'd like. But please, don't dress them up like valid items.

No, not ALL American Standard Telecasters are made with ash bodies, many are made with alder bodies. I categorized it where it would belong, I fixed its name as it should and gave a description because as longs as it is around here it is fine to give its information, AGAIN: if moderators deicide that the item is a duplicate it just gets deleted or merged and that's it, the appropriate tool to handle that is at our disposition and you seem to waste our times with this discussion methods, the thing about it being a duplicate or an appropriate item is up to the moderators and in the meanwhile you can keep your opinion about it but you have to make yourself clear that is just that and if the thing stays then what I did is appropriate, your criteria is just relative to your point of view that tries to state as conclusive something that is uncertain. For me it would be ok if all maple American Standard Telecasters with ash bodies are merged but in the meanwhile that's no enough point to leave the specifics unattended. I do what I want because I have a point about it, you know you used the same imperative kind of sentences before to told me what to do and then moderators ended up throwing your points down so please don't insist with those petulant manners.

you sure? I as udner the impression American standard teles are swamp ash exclusively and have been since the 90s. Maybe I am wrong, but....

you and Narcy should really not talk to eachother, so Narcy, I am directing this at you...

you know if you disagree with Lux in the forum its just going to escalate and nothing will get settled, but every month or so ya just gotta pick a fight with the man. You know hes not going to back down and you know you'll eventually offend him. Don't be hard-headed like my ex, she just died, so you see where that gets you.

Yes, we can all verify that over Fender's official product specs in their website, they seem to match rosewood finger boards with alder bodies and then maple boards with ash. And there are also differences in at least other aspects as the bridges/saddles, it is clearly not just a cosmetic issue.