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What would Claire play in Deathmole?

Lead singer (turns out she's classically-trained at opera).
- 5 (7.2%)
Keyboards (she's better than Nat ever was).
- 10 (14.5%)
The lead violin.
- 9 (13%)
Harmonica.
- 1 (1.4%)
The... Clarinet.
- 9 (13%)
The Rock Flute!
- 2 (2.9%)
The Butt Grab!
- 5 (7.2%)
The Sousaphone.
- 5 (7.2%)
The Space Horn. (Not related to Spathe Ham.)
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The iPod.
- 5 (7.2%)
"I'm a librarian, not a musician!"
- 11 (15.9%)
Something else (because the OP is a bit distracted at the moment).
- 6 (8.7%)

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I'll be honest. I've skimmed over that several times but its such a travesty against everything that i haven't been able to actually read it.
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I think Claire and Marigold are really married.

I think that much blushing and awkwardness would break spacetime.
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Bahahaha, haven't read that since it got posted originally. Good stuff. Mtmerrick, what. That thing is hilarious because it's a travesty.
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Isn't there already a 12 string guitar?
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Isn't there already a 12 string guitar?

http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=360/12

The Rickenbacker 360/12 a 12 string guitar
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8-string guitar?  8-string guitars are for amateurs.



FYI folks that's an actual guitar not a photoshop creation.  It's the Pikasso, created by Canadian luthier Linda Manzer for Pat Metheny.
Ah, the Pikasso. I have enough problems playing a bass with four strings to think about playing a guitar with 42 strings...


...but it sounds lovely.
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A 12 string guitar is a six string guitar with each string doubled.  They are tuned in pairs, either to the same note or in octaves (depending on the string) and played as a six string is played - you don't separate the individual strings. 

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He bought it!!!!
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Holy shit, didn't he spend two grand on that Telecaster? So we're talking seven grand or so on this. Also, I guess this means that Jeph's committed to not finishing the Claire storyline right now. Disappointing, but I guess this'll be interesting too?
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Couldn't the store just put it on layaway or something?
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Ha, if he had to come back for it he wouldn't have bought it. That's why it was an impulse purchase.
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Heh, it's like the Firebolt of guitars..."Jeph-K Rowling" won't even say the exact price.
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It was expensive enough for Harry to hesitate buying one, and he's fucking loaded. Which makes me wonder how
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Heh, it's like the Firebolt of guitars..."Jeph-K Rowling" won't even say the exact price.

See, I don't know anything about guitars, but this just made it all make sense.
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It was expensive enough for Harry to hesitate buying one, and he's fucking loaded. Which makes me wonder how
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Maybe this means that Marten will be getting back into the band, and we can have some band humor. 

Also, the Potters (Harry's uncle and aunt) were not loaded, but Harry's actual parents were. 
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the potters were harry's parents. the dursleys are his aunt & uncle. ;)
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I've had a moment like that with a new rifle.

"You bought what!?"
"...it's just a new rifle..."
"Dude you're so lucky your single"
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It was expensive enough for Harry to hesitate buying one, and he's fucking loaded. Which makes me wonder how
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Could swear I came here to talk about something that wasn't Harry Potter... oh yes, that silly comic thing.

I'm no musician, is it even feasible for Marten to ditch the instrument he already knows how to play for something that he'll have to relearn to some extent?  Especially given he doesn't seem very interested in the band nowadays, which we haven't heard about since learning Amir was living in their practice space.

I wonder if this could be the lead-in to an arc about Marten deciding he needs to do more with his life than be a glorified intern, and start looking for a grown-up job.  Either that or picking up a second job because there aren't enough library hours in the world to pay off the Guitarbolt. 

My point is that I think Jeph might be getting bored with the interns, and use this to introduce a new location and new characters.  Sort of like what happened with the Secret Bakery.
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Am I the only one who, every time there's a guitar/band related comic, is silently crying at Marten to just start putting out Deathmøle albums already, seeing how well it's going for Jeph in the real world.
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I think Dora and Faye agree with you. They've both metaphorically kicked him in his bony ass to get serious about the band.
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 Ah, the Pikasso. I have enough problems playing a bass with four strings to think about playing a guitar with 42 strings...



And then there is the 88 string guitar

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Holy shit, didn't he spend two grand on that Telecaster? So we're talking seven grand or so on this.
If they gave him the same amount he paid for it, which I find highly unlikely. But then again I have never traded in a used instrument.
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I came here thinking "someone's bound to figure out how much that thing costs".
I was not disappointed  :-D

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Now I want to see a picture of Jeph's guitar collection.
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Marten can't ever bring himself to do anything about pursuing a woman he's attracted to, but show him a guitar and he throws caution to the wind.
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Marten can't ever bring himself to do anything about pursuing a woman he's attracted to, but show him a guitar and he throws caution to the wind.

Isn't that all men on some level? Ships, Space ships,  cars, high end computers, rifles, airplanes, a tall ship and a star to steer her by, etc

Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.
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I really hope Marten does start working more on the band, because it's almost impossible to advance in any significant way at a library without a degree in it.

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I came here thinking "someone's bound to figure out how much that thing costs".
I was not disappointed  :-D

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Guitar context: marten paid $1600 for his vintage Gibson SG. Marten sold traded in (trade ins are always worse than sales) his Telecaster to make up a third of the price of the 8-stringer. There is no relative connection here.

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Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.

Marten no doubt said the same when he bought the Telecaster.
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Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.

Marten no doubt said the same when he bought the Telecaster.

Which one? The one he plays in Deathmøle?
Because I not think tha was any more significant to him than the Stratocaster he sold to get to Northampton.

(Neither of those is the vintage Gibson SG he bought for $1600)
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Which one? The one he plays in Deathmøle?

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I would have to say it is stupid to spend all your money on a guitar but I would do the same upgrading my drum set.
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Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.

Marten no doubt said the same when he bought the Telecaster.

Which one? The one he plays in Deathmøle?
Because I not think tha was any more significant to him than the Stratocaster he sold to get to Northampton.

The one he traded in for the 8 string. My point was that that 8 string will be with him only until he trades in in for something even more must have.
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i haven't gone back to research, but i'm pretty sure the telecaster he bought wasn't vintage. new ones are cheaper and there's all different levels of quality/features within the model that the prices vary with accordingly. if it's an actual American made Fender it can run anywhere from six or seven hundred dollars on the low end on up to over a thousand. the more budget level Mexican made Fenders go for like three hundred on up to about the price of the most bare bones American models. so the eight string while very expensive probably isn't as expensive as people are making it out to be. i'm guessing it was probably somewhere in the two thousand dollar range, but again it's just a guess. at least now going back and trying to figure out more specifically what sort of telecaster he had and traded in will give me something to do on a very slow work day.
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Well, Agile sells 8 string guitars for cheap. The Agile Intrepid Pro has a price tag of us$599, while the Interceptor Pro costs $1199 and the Agile Septor Elite goes for $849. Not dirt-cheap, but affordable.
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I would have to say it is stupid to spend all your money on a guitar but I would do the same upgrading my drum set.

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Okay so I wasn't able to figure out much about exactly what sort of tele Marten got, but I did notice that in the comic where he's trying it out  http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=54 he mentions "I think I'll get the amp too". So the guitar itself didn't cost his entire $1100 tax return check. workday well spent.
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How in the hell did Marten get that ripped off?

Although this may lead to interesting new developments with the band...
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On a somewhat related note, I discovered Deathmole's bandcamp (I know I'm late, but I thought it was a joke...). Damn, that's good. Haven't had this much fun with music since I discovered The Vision Bleak (here for an example).
Now that Jeph has this new guitar, I hope we get to hear some more of his works...
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Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.

Marten no doubt said the same when he bought the Telecaster.

Which one? The one he plays in Deathmøle?
Because I not think tha was any more significant to him than the Stratocaster he sold to get to Northampton.

(Neither of those is the vintage Gibson SG he bought for $1600)

I hadn't noticed this before but the guitar Marten sold for travel fare looks like a pretty nice Jazzmaster.  It would be hard not to get connected to a guitar like that.
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Isn't that all men on some level? Ships, Space ships,  cars, high end computers, rifles, airplanes, a tall ship and a star to steer her by, etc. Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.
Gender has nothing to do with it. A few years ago I spent <more money than a non-bicycle-nerd would consider sane> on gears for my bike...

Enjoy your guitar, Marten. Just remember that attachment to material things leads to suffering.
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Well, that explains it for me.
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Hannelore is actually a slob!    0 (0%)
Marigold is actually a neat freak!    0 (0%)
Dale actually hates computers and has 20/20 vision!    2 (2.7%)
Dora actually hates coffee!    5 (6.8%)
Faye is actually a born-again Christian who hasn't drunk a drop of alcohol since 1998!    6 (8.2%)
Pintsize is actually a midget in a metal suit!    8 (11%)
Winslow is actually a stop-motion clay figure!    2 (2.7%)
Claire is actually Dave Thomas's (The Founder of Wendy's, kids) granddaughter!    10 (13.7%)
Marten is actually married with three kids (and the oldest plays Samantha)!    7 (9.6%)
Momo is actually AKIMA!    18 (24.7%)
Okay, but that's my head cannon, and you should respect that.    15 (20.5%)

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Hey, this one's plausible. The passion for civil rights is the same, and despite the Japanese branding Momo must be from China because everything is these days.

And notice that we never see them together!

I think I'm Winslow.
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