AGP #517 – “Ali”3 String Fretless Tin Sign GuitarScale : 660.4mm / 26 inchesStrings : .054NW / .034NW / .024NW /Tuned: E B eThe Tin Sign was a gift from some one about a year ago, the Box Sides and Bottom are 19mm Pine Ply, the Neck is Tasmanian Oak, the Fretboard is Solid Pine, and the bridge is a bit of Forest Red Gum.A 12k Dual Humbucker is ghosted in the Bridge Position and an 8.3k Single Coil P90 Style Pickup is ghosted in the neck Position, which are wired through a Prewired Tele Type Control Plate to the Output Jack.The reason for the Pickups being Ghosted was to preserve the integrity of the Pic of my Favourite Boxing Idol Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali, “HOWEVER” as I should know from past experiences, Tin Signs combined with Magnetic Pickups (as opposed to Aluminium Signs) cause quite a few problems, ie; the sound is similar to having a box full of Piezo Disc Pickups, in short the resulting sound output was pure Crap, SO!, changes “will” be made. :-)
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"Thanks UJ", I was still in Highschool when Cassius Clay first beat Sonny Liston, it was a sports afternoon, and the Physical Education Teacher (who was an American) took us on a Cross Country run in a Park near the School, upon getting out of sight from the School, he sat us down under the shade of a tree, and pulled out a little Transistor Radio and we listened to the fight, one of those moments you never forget. :-)
And Yes!, Muhammad Ali was either a Love Him or Hate him Type of person, but above all he was quite a Character. ;-D
Very cool. I love watching Ali for his whole career. I can still remember listening to the radio in the bedroom I shared with my brother, Jim, when Ali beat Liston. He was the greatest.
But when Iowa Public TV did recent programs on him - I looked at them with an old person's an old Christian's perspective and liked him less. He was quite disrespectful and unkind and just plain mean to a lot of opponents.
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"Thanks UJ", I was still in Highschool when Cassius Clay first beat Sonny Liston, it was a sports afternoon, and the Physical Education Teacher (who was an American) took us on a Cross Country run in a Park near the School, upon getting out of sight from the School, he sat us down under the shade of a tree, and pulled out a little Transistor Radio and we listened to the fight, one of those moments you never forget. :-)
And Yes!, Muhammad Ali was either a Love Him or Hate him Type of person, but above all he was quite a Character. ;-D
Very cool. I love watching Ali for his whole career. I can still remember listening to the radio in the bedroom I shared with my brother, Jim, when Ali beat Liston. He was the greatest.
But when Iowa Public TV did recent programs on him - I looked at them with an old person's an old Christian's perspective and liked him less. He was quite disrespectful and unkind and just plain mean to a lot of opponents.