the current collection.

GreatDane said:
nice!
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Thanks! :)

I had a bit of a heath scare guitar-wise recently. You may recall, that I briefly mentioned that I got a severe case of dermatitis on my arms, legs and torso a couple of months ago (I even wound up with an infection that required antibiotics, and things became bad enough, to require me seeing a dermatologist). A few weeks after the first major flare-up of dermatitis, it flared up again, requiring the use of additional steroids, to get it to settle down.

3 weeks ago I had a patch test done (where my back was covered with 100 plus patches soaked in allergens for 3 days [with my back taped up to keep the patches I place], and then checked to see what irritated my skin). It was determined from the patch test, that I have significant allergies to nickel, and chromium. Chromium is used in stainless steel, and nickel is use in stainless steel alloys (such as in eating utensils, and some stainless steel parts we have at work), and electric guitar strings. Ugh! Luckily, I found out had alternatives string-wise: Elixir and D'Addario coated strings, and non coated Rotosound British Steels; and Ernie Ball Cobalts (both of which are nickel, and chromium free [I had e-mail confirmation from both Rotosound and Ernie Ball on this]). So, that issue was taken care of.

Another concern was the nickel frets. You can get nickel and chromium free fret wire, but refretting isn't exactly a cheap job. I had further conversations with my dermatologist, and he felt that because I have less contact with the frets, at the present time they aren't an issue. Ditto for the eating utensils (since the chromium is bonded pretty tightly in cookware stainless steel), but I was still told to keep an eye out for any dermatitis flare-ups that could be caused by them. As for the stainless steel at work - I wear gloves, when I handle it.

I've already changed the strings on my Gretsch 6196T. Bit by bit, I'll do it to the other electrics. I'm still debating about getting another Rickenbacker, when I have the cash.
 
Dang Ellen, that has to be painful in many ways. At least there are alternatives. I hope it stays away!

Also, when you have to take steroids, you might want to up your calcium intake as they can leach it from your bones. I have severe osteoporosis and want to prevent others from going down the thin bones road.
 
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Beautiful collection! Congrats. I bet that took a long time to accumulate.

Another proud Charvel (Model 1) owner here. That guitar will never leave my collection.
 
Tig said:
Dang Ellen, that has to be painful in many ways. At least there are alternatives. I hope it stays away!

Also, when you have to take steroids, you might want to up your calcium intake as they can leach it from your bones. I have severe osteoporosis and want to prevent others from going down the thin bones road.
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Thanks for the info. I'll do that.
 
Here's mine, oldest to newest:

1984 Carvin DC160T


2003 Steinberger GM4S (musicyo)


2007 Carvin CT6


the Baimuncaster


2013 Composite Acoustics Cargo


2013 Reverend Sensei HB


2014 Reverend Stu D. Baker


2014 Ibanez RGD320
 
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and, bah, I cropped and resized the pics by saving & replacing the originals. So what does photobucket post? the originals, uncropped/un-resized :facepalm:
 
Baimun had that body laying around. I thought it looked cool, since I generally like unpainted guitars so I can see the wood.

He said he'd put a neck on it, a Floyd, since I had never owned a Floyded guitar, and pickups/whatnot.

We ordered a Warmoth 24.75" birdseye neck for it, he put it all together for me :) Plays pretty decently, but having a Floyd now makes me sure I'm a hardtail bridge guy for sure :tongue:
 
great collection, Jbird! there are several i've never tried that i'd like to. thank you for sharing!
 
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