So I was at the local gear shop the other day, fell in love with this vintage 1981 jazzbox in pretty good condition (I did a check on the net -- its only about a month older than me!). It haunted me for a while so I passed by there today again on the way to dinner. Thank goodness the stars were all aligned: there was loud ambient noise, I couldn't dial in the amp properly, found a loose knob etc, and it all combined to cure myself of the love/ compulsion to get another one. Cos it would mean I'd have to get rid of an existing one, which means yet another cycle of trading and testing and counteroffers.. so for now I'll just chill and concentrate on painting. Speaking of painting, what a pain... I must have did a poor job scraping off the loose paint in my living room the first time around, didn't wipe off the powder or something, so either my sealer didn't adhere well, or the old base coat was already loose when I painted it over with sealer . I found this out when I painted over and the sealer coat started peeling off. So I found out that when it peels, it does quite a lot of collateral damage to the dried coats -- which means MORE scraping and sealing. Hope the current layer is enough, and won't peel off on me tomorrow.