Overhaulin'

Watching overhaulin' can make you cry :'(

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Red House - Jimi Hendrix

Oh, yeah

There's a red house over yonder
That's where my baby stays
Lord, there's a red house over yonder
Lord, that's where my baby stays
I ain't been home to see my baby
In ninety-nine and one half days

Wait a minute something's wrong here
The key won't unlock this door
Wait a minute something's wrong
Lord, have mercy this key won't unlock this door (Somethin's goin' on here)
I have a bad, bad feeling
That my baby don't live here no more

That's alright, I still got my guitar
Look out now...

Yeah, that's alright
I still got my guitar

Well, I might as well go back over yonder
Way back up on the hill (That's something to do)
Lord, I might as well go back over yonder
Way back yonder 'cross the hill
'Cause if my baby don't love me no more
I know her sister will

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Courage

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning

but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing

George Eliot

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Madness

is real

and is made from the worst version of yourself

how could you know who you really are before is too late?

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Herman Li en Guatemala - 2013 08 23

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Regret nothing

Who knew

Tenía 22 años de no volver al cine Lux

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Hate to say I told you so - The Hives

Do what I want cause I can and if I don't
Because I wanna
Be ignored by the stiff and the bored
Because I'm gonna

Spit and retrieve cause I give and receive
Because I wanna
Gonna get through your head what the mystery man said
Because I'm gonna

Hate to say I told you so, alright!

C'mon

I do believe I told you so
Now it's all out and you knew
cause I wanted to

Turn my back on the rot that's been planning the plot
Because I'm gonna
No need for me to wait
Because I wanna.
No need two, three and too late
Because I'm gonna.

Hate to say I told you so, alright

C'mon

I do believe I told you so

Do what I please gonna spread the disease
Because I wanna
Gonna call all the shots for the "No"s and the "Not"s
Because I wanna

Yeah!

Ask me once I'll answer twice cause what I know I'll tell
Because I wanna
Sound device and lots of ice I'll spell my name out loud
Because I wanna

Oh yeah!

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What this journey is about

It's not about finding the right answers

It's about asking the right questions

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El misterio de las SQUIER CALIFORNIA SERIES - Parte 2 - La Carta

Afrontémoslo: cuando algo dice "Made in China" y similares, uno se escama.

Y no lo digo por los perros y gatos muertos por concentrado envenenado o la leche en polvo contaminada de melamina o las imitaciones de cargadores de IPhone electrocuta-chinos o los carros defectuosos o...

Noooo...

Esas son cosas que pasan...

Todo, fucking TODO es manufacturado en China y para evitar esta realidad la única opción es vivir desnudo en la selva y comer larvas.

(Qué? A grandes males, grandes soluciones.)

En fin, el punto es que si algo viene de la tierra madre de nuestros amigos amarillos, por lo menos (por seguridad personal y por mínima decencia) hay que verificar que haya alguien que pueda dormir por las noches sabiendo que dicho objeto circula por la faz del planeta tierra.

Y aquí es donde entran Squier y las Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES.

(El Lector: Ya iba siendo hora...)

En un artículo anterior de esta serie discutimos la impresión cuasi-orgásmica que nos causó ver una Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES, el "uppercut" a la mandíbula que es leer la notita de "Crafted in China" al reverso y la pregunta que derrite tu cerebro de la misma forma que una Coca Cola derrite un remache de navío interoceánico:

Són auténticas estas Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES fabricadas en China?

Saldrán buenas por lo menos?

Podés investigar por toda la red de redes, por todos los forums habidos y por todos los forums por haber... pero la única forma de saber si estas guitarras son tan buenas como cualquier Squier es escribir directamente a los fulanos originales y preguntarles.

...

Sí, qué pereza.

Pero estás de suerte nuevamente porque no tienes que hacer nada de eso: Io stesso in persona (y al mejor estilo del Batfink) ya lo he hecho por tú.

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Hi guys

I think your guitars are great and own myself a few Fenders and Squiers. Can’t get enough of that classic sound!!

I write this email because I wanted to make you a question that only you Squier guys can answer.

You've probably heard this one a lot in the past but here it is:

Did you guys ever make a SQUIER Telecaster/Stratocaster CALIFORNIA SERIES?

Are they authentic Squiers?

I'd been investigating lots of forums around the web for almost two years and learned that

- the California Series guitars are made in China
- are all over the world
- are not expensive

but nobody really knows for sure if they are real Squiers, couldn't get any info in your site (not even in the old site... I used the Way Back Machine, the Internet archive from 2005 - to 2010 and couldn't find anything)

And confusion abounds cause people think it's about FENDER California Series.

So, could you guys please help to clarify this?

I love your products and want to set the record straight but you guys are the only ones in the world that can answer this question

Thanks for reading my letter and thanks in advance :D

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Qué responderán?

Serán las Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES auténticas Squier?

Investigarán el caso?

Se interesarán o les valdrá madre nuestro conundrum?

Si repito las suficientes veces Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES, Google tomará nota y lo indizará con más relevancia?

Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES?

Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES?

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No lo sabremos... hasta la próxima entrega de esta serie!!!


STAY TUNED

DON'T BE the opposite

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La respuesta está en el siguiente capítulo final de temporada

El misterio de las SQUIER CALIFORNIA SERIES - Parte 3 - Final Feliz!

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Good friends are forever

Why older adults are happier than younger adults

The happiness of old age is a good illustration of the fallacy of our culture's normal view of happiness.

We fear old age because we see it as a process of loss, of having to let go of things which we depend on for our well-being. But it's this very process which actually causes the well-being of our later years.

This process of letting go brings a new authenticity. It brings them into contact with their "core selves", the essence which was obscured by all of these attachments.

Now that they're no longer focussed on finding happiness outside themselves, they begin to find it inside. They begin to realise that they don't actually need external things for their happiness, and find a natural contentment in simply being.

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Revolution - The Beatles

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be
Alright
Alright
Alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We don't love to see the plan

You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're doing what we can

But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother, you have to wait

Don't you know it's gonna be
Alright
Alright
Alright

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your head

You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don't you know know it's gonna be
Alright
Alright
Alright

Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
Alright, alright...

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Twangasm

By learning how to die you learn how to live

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

Steve Jobs

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What makes you happy

Freud has famously (and transgressively) said that we are happiest when we are pursuing childhood dreams and longings.

This is one of the reasons that excessive wealth is not associated with increased happiness (the youngest among us don't crave wealth; they want connection and play).

The dreams and desires we do have as children create echoes and shadows that preoccupy us for a lifetime.

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Rockin' in the free world

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Good vibes

Our life is the creation of our mind

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El misterio de las SQUIER CALIFORNIA SERIES - Parte 1 - La Duda Ingrata

Si vos sos como yo, probablemente sos un enfermo por las guitarras.

Y si sos un enfermo por las guitarras, probablemente habrá llegado a tus manos una SQUIER Telecaster / Stratocaster / Fat Strat / P Bass / J Bass CALIFORNIA SERIES.

(Sí, ESA guitarra. También se puede ser un enfermo por las guitarras de bajo presupuesto...)

Pero bueno.

El punto es que estás viéndola y reviéndola, y preguntándote cómo es que algo tan imperfecto y al mismo tiempo tan bello y tan convenientemente pagable se te ha aparecido enfrente....

La madera está buena... el diapasón está bien... la acción es una delicia... algún fret no encaja muy bien que digamos pero tampoco es como si te fuera a arrancar el dedo... los tuners están buenos y como guinda del pastel una dulce voz de guitarra te habla al oído y te dice "Ooohh... ven a mí ya!! Tómame de una vez oh <inserta tu nombre aquí> Oooohh... Yes! Yes!! Músico malo!!!! MALOTE!!!" una y otra vez...

Y justo en ese momento una pregunta existencialísima se dispara en tu cabeza como un revólver.

(Yes, there is a reference there)

ES POSIBLE?

ES GENUINO ESTO?

ES DE VERDAD?

PERO ES QUE ACASO...?

Etcétera, etcétera, etcétera...

Y cuando estás a punto del climax se te ocurre darle la vuelta al headstock para leer la frase fatal:

"CRAFTED IN CHINA"

NOOOOOOO!!!

Te caes miserablemente muerto del aneurisma.

Pero no te apresures a pudrirte, podría haber salvación...

CÓMO? —Te preguntás— ES QUE ACASO VALE LA PENA VIVIR ASÍ?

Como una materia de hecho¹, sí.

Hoy la fortuna te sonríe mi querido y personalísimo <inserta tu nombre aquí>, the fine doctor is in the house².

Tengo los hechos puros y duros.

Tengo el remedio, la verdad y la redención de tu Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES.

Ven! Sigue mi senda!

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...

Pero ya me cansé de escribir y tengo otras cosas que hacer así que

en la próxima entrega de esta saga seguiremos discutiendo la Squier CALIFORNIA SERIES.

STAY TUNED

DON'T BE DISTUNED.





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¹ "As a matter of fact"

² Porque los anglicismos son buenos para tu salud.

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Es admirable que hayas llegado hasta aquí y como SE TE NOTA que quieres más, te dejó el link hacía el siguiente artículo de la serie...

El misterio de las SQUIER CALIFORNIA SERIES - Parte 2 - La Carta

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