Well, Ed..............I kinda' tried that and it didn't work on a smaller scale, so there's no reason to think it will work on a larger, although I love the idea.

The problem is that very (and I do mean VERY) few people will bother to check a past thread before starting a new one. They won't check a Perma-Thread either and if you link a Perma-Thread, there will be a lot of info on it nad they'll still probably not check it. I don't know why. AS Clinton will testify, we've had about 15 threads discussing Seagull Guitars (fine guitars) and if anyone would look back at them or refresh them it'd be great. Rarely if ever happens though.......Just start another one! On one of those Seagull threads (they don't all have the word in the title BTW), Ol' Clinton was off and about hopefully making a buck and for the first time, didn't show up on a Seagull thread. SinceI had said to "expect him" and he didn't show, I posted his thoughts for him because I knew damn well what he'd say. I think I also linked one of his older posts too.......I wanted him to be represented......LOL!!!

It happens on a lot of topics (we have NINE threads about the movie "Songcatcher").........No real solution except to somehow get folks to search using the "DT and Forum Search" for the word or phrase they are considering for a thread topic. I have a lot of the threads bookmarked on strings, guitars, woods, etc., so I can call them back easily like here. I like the PT idea, but I think it's a lot of work that won't get used.

Spaw