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Diddy might be the closest we have to a new Oliver. He hasn't given us crazy stories (yet), but he is quite the contrarian.

@Bucko he didn't say what the audio had to entail. Have fun with that.

Yeah, they're both good. I thought Parasite was a little overhyped, but I loved every second of Knives Out.

That interview was on both Much Music and Musique Plus. That particular version with the French subtitles (and no censoring) would have been on Musique Plus though. The channels were owned by the same company and had a lot of the same content.

As long as I can use 9s.

Bought this somewhat impulsively today. I think I'm gonna put a tortoise shell pickguard on there.

Yeah, a few songs on the MGK album are fun, but it's nothing amazing.

Promising Young Woman. It's pretty gutting, but I liked it overall.

Don't be mean to the noobs just because the nurse took too long to get around to changing your diaper!

I specifically said hating Avril. If you just don't like her music and/or image, that post was not about you.

Nope, it's fine if you don't like her, it's just weird to make a big point of it. Like, I wasn't even quoting you initially, but you felt strongly enough about Avril that you had to jump in. It's okay, I'm glad you can embrace your inner teen.

I'm pretty sure I said the exact same thing when I was 13. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Hating Avril was the thing to do for insecure wannabe punks in the early '00s. I guess some people haven't moved past that stage.

Anyone else remember Mark saying this was his favourite joke ~20 years ago?

A quick google led me right to this. https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/all-hardware-and-parts-by-instrument/electric-guitar-parts/hardware-sets/squier-stratocaster-hardware-upgrade-kit.html So, I really don't think it's that hard to find parts to upgrade a Squier unless you're set on using genuine Fender parts.

Haha, I could see Tom getting someone to draw something ridiculous on him before a show just to be funny, but obviously that's not what happened.

There's nothing wrong with messing around with fake tattoos for a laugh. I have over 80 hours of tattooing on me so far and I still like fake tattoos for fun.

Thanks! Looks like it might have been reworked a bit. I'd definitely like to see more pictures of it from earlier.

Yeah, that's definitely a possibility too. But yeah, I'd like to see more pics so we can get a better idea of whether it's real and also hopefully figure out what it says so we can laugh at him.

@Q182 posted this picture in the sticker strat thread. And @Speedo and I started discussing the upper arm tattoo. I've never seen it before. Does anyone know anything about it? Is it maybe a temporary tattoo or something that was drawn on? It's very light, so I think it's either fake or he was in the process of having it removed. Does anyone (@Thibaut182 possibly?) know of other pictures from around this time (mid-1997) that could shed some light?

It's so light though. Maybe he was in the process of getting it lasered off or something.

This should be the main focus of discussion. Was it a temporary tattoo or drawn on or something? It certainly doesn't look real and I've never seen a picture of him with that tattoo before.

That's fair. I've never upgraded a Squier before, so I'm not familiar with what's available. I just assumed there'd be enough demand for high quality aftermarket parts that various brands would make parts to fit Squiers, even if they're not genuine Fender parts.

Right, but I suspect that someone who would go to the trouble of upgrading a relatively inexpensive guitar with all high-quality parts and pickups would also file the frets nicely and set up the action to their liking. And if someone does all that I don't think the average Squier would be appreciably worse than a Mexican Fender that's had all the same things done.