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FORUM LOGIN AND REGISTRATION

"The Legendary Years (90s) - An Independent & Unofficial Forum"

...is a resource celebrating some of the finest examples of British Guitar Luthiery bearing the name "Patrick Eggle" — specifically those guitars made between 1991 and 2000 under the various ownerships that began with luthier Patrick Eggle and entrepreneur Andrew Selby forming a new British company, Patrick Eggle Guitars, to make superlative quality electric guitars and ended with the sale/closure of the company in 2000, when PEG owner Dave Quill sold his Musical Exchanges business to Sound Control.

This forum is "independent and unofficial" in the context that it has no affiliation to the guitars made by the current owners of the company "Patrick Eggle Limited" (Gordon Tilley & family) — if you own a "PatrickEggle" made after 2001 and have a warranty issue or question you should contact them directly. Similarly, this forum has no direct connection with the company "Patrick James Eggle Guitars Limited" (Patrick himself), but you will find occasional topics regarding both ...

Forgotten Passwords and Changed Email Addresses

If you have forgotten your password and your email address has changed since your last successful login, there is NO POINT in making a 'forgotten password' request as the email that would be sent to you would be undeliverable. Instead write an email of explanation to the forum mailbox: forum [at] patrickeggleguitars [dot] org

Registration Restrictions

8th January 2011

EMAIL ADDRESS EXCLUSIONS: An increasing number of users of anonymous free email services have become a source of trouble for this forum, so the owner has decided to bar the acceptance of HOTMAIL/OUTLOOK, YAHOO and GMAIL/GOOGLEMAIL email addresses for registration, until further notice. This will be under continuous review and others may be added ...

If you only use such a service and have no other email address, but wish to discuss your particular case for joining, you are very welcome to write to:
forum AT patrickeggleguitars DOT org

REGISTRATION BY PROXY SERVER CONNECTION: This is no longer permissible. Unfortunately this may affect some applicants using an intranet (school connections, business networks), registering on a cell phone, or using a browser that does not support compression or does not accept encoding — sorry! Please email (as above) – the administrator(s) can register accounts manually if you would like to join. Please include your choice of username and, if not already assigned to someone else, this will help speed your acceptance ...

Registration Agreement

*** BEFORE ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, PLEASE READ (AT VERY LEAST) THE RED NOTICES! ***

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT ACTIVATION EMAILS - PLEASE READ BEFORE CLICKING THE 'AGREE' BUTTON:
Once the administrators have approved your application you will be sent an activation email to your registered email address so make sure it is correct — PLEASE check your junk or bulk mail folders after registering here — you should receive an activation email, often within minutes (just a few hours at worst), but if you have received nothing after 48 hours, email forum AT patrickeggleguitars DOT org — thanks!

08 Jan 11 - CHANGE OF POLICY NOTICE: An increasing number of users of anonymous free email services have become a source of trouble for this forum, so the owner has decided to bar the automatic acceptance of HOTMAIL/OUTLOOK, YAHOO and GMAIL/GOOGLEMAIL email addresses for REGISTRATION ONLY. If you have no other email address, please read the Front Page topic "Registration Restrictions" (scroll down centre panel) for further advice.

27 Nov 06 - CHANGE OF POLICY NOTICE: automatic membership activation has been withdrawn for the time being - your membership application will be processed by an administrator as quickly as possible - thanks for your patience.

Here's the Registration Agreement:

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any British or International law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

Note that it is impossible for the owner/administrator or the moderators of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realise that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owner of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owner of this forum also reserves the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.

You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.

After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer. By registering as a member of this forum you are implying your consent to accept such cookies.

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT ACTIVATION EMAILS - PLEASE READ BEFORE CLICKING THE 'AGREE' BUTTON:
Once the administrators have approved your application you will be sent an activation email to your registered email address — PLEASE check your junk or bulk mail folders after registering here — you should receive an activation email, often within minutes (just a few hours at worst), but if you have received nothing after 48 hours, email forum AT patrickeggleguitars DOT org — thanks!