The Last Bass Outpost

That's a different animal. Building an 18 string acoustic guitar with a soundbox that's light enough to vibrate and yet strong enough to withstand string tension is quite a feat. Not that an 18 string bass isn't a nifty feat, but when you're working with a solid body and a carbon fiber neck, it's much less of a challenge.

Remember that Gibson is part of the Rainforest Alliance and Henry J is very big into using sustainable woods. It's hard for me to believe that the company would do this deliberately, if they did it at all.

I first read about it in one of Dave Barry's books, it came from one of his "I am not making this up" columns.

I saw something about it on the news last year, I think from the UK. A shop was selling cups of the coffee for some outlandish amount, like $100 a cup, with the proceeds going to charity. Sorry, I wouldn't buy or drink cat poop coffee even for a worthy charity.

Ferd Berffle was a character in an ongoing Laugh-In skit called The Farkel Family. Ferd was the Farkels' next door neighbor and best friend. All the Farkel kids had red hair and freckles and wore glasses, just like Ferd, and  nobody seemed to notice.

On in-stock (Showcase) bodies and necks when purchased online: http://www.warmoth.com/ShowcaseSale.aspx

My wifes US grandma was pregnant when they married, not with the husbands child. Her grandfather loved her gran and raised the child as his own, and the 2 sons they eventually had of their own... the family are all dark haired, except for my wife's dad, who was nearly a foot taller than all the rest, and blond... just the tip of the iceberg...

Did her grandparents have a neighbor named Ferd Berffle? 

Yes, it would. With a regular disk you can boot to the recovery console and run chkdsk to check your disk for errors, then you can do a repair install to fix your Windows installation. A repair install will keep all your files, documents and programs intact. (Unless you use Norton antivirus, that will have to be removed and re-installed) If you need a disk, I can send you one. If you need step by step, PM me.

I don't need to keep any files or programs, I have installation CDs for most programs and .exe files for the rest, and all the other files were either backed up or moved long ago. I just need to be able to successfully reinstall XP so I can have a place to use my photo scanner, audio editing program and some other old versions of programs that aren't Vista or 7 compatible.

Thanks for the offer, check your PM.

That sure looks like a nice one, it looks well cared for..

The several I've seen around here in recent years have been in rough shape.