Guitars and BEER!

I was working at a shop on the New Hampshire and Vermont border today. I know of a gas station across the river in Vermont that always has a good selection of Alchemist brews. Grabbed a mixed case of Heady Topper and Focal Banger ales.


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Mr Grumpy said:
Yeah, thanks, and I agree because it seems a thin layer of quality gloss so you can see the wood which I like. OK, a nice lacquer would be better, but this is really nice for a relatively cheap gloss finish. I tell you, RVA, my next guitar might be a Fujigen...
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I prefer poly to nitro. Poly is more easily repaired. Also I do not see the fact that nitro yellows and cracks over time as a positive. As for nitro lettering your tonewood breath, that is a topic of which I have grown tired.
 
RVA said:
I prefer poly to nitro. Poly is more easily repaired. Also I do not see the fact that nitro yellows and cracks over time as a positive. As for nitro lettering your tonewood breath, that is a topic of which I have grown tired.
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There are different polly types, as you undoubtedly know better than I. The stuff, the goo, the nuclear attack protection on my Epi G310 was just horrible. The stuff on this tele, I don't know what it is, maybe Urethane(?), is nice. Also, the satins such as an SG faded is really nice. The crappy thin nitro that comes off in lumps that was on my SG Future Tribute was horrible (many folks like it). But, a nice smelly nitro, wow, so nice (as long as it's not too thick)... As it ages, it goes with you, nice. :LOL:

There's obviously no answer to this question; whatever folks like is right.

The favourite feel in my hands of the guitars I've had are: Thin nitro (SG Junior), satin "rub" (SG faded) and this tele's polly (whatever that may be). The conclusion is ??? :X3:
 
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Mr Grumpy said:
Got some Adnams Ghost Ship pale ale to go with the pale geetar...

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(I was watching the America's Cup build up - should be some great racing tomorrow between Italy's Luna Rossa and American Magic.)
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Beer: Graphics on can is very cool. Matching beer glass too... :cheers:

RVA said:
I prefer poly to nitro. Poly is more easily repaired. Also I do not see the fact that nitro yellows and cracks over time as a positive. As for nitro lettering your tonewood breath, that is a topic of which I have grown tired.
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I think modern nitro is a lot more stable than the stuff available from 50 to 70 years ago. But today's finishing experts can manipulate nitro in many different ways.
 
syscokid said:
Graphics on can is very cool. Matching beer glass too...
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A Suffolk brewery which is where my dad's family are from; I've spent a lot of time in that neck of the woods. In Korea, you get endless crap Korean beer then you get these "International Sets" from all over the world at various holiday times. I've never seen that Suffolk beer in Korea before, but a box of 6 (440ml cans) and a glass was around $15 today. Weird, but keeps me checking out the beer section at that specific supermarket...

Korea is a very strange place. Sometimes it drives you crazy (endless bars only selling Hite and Cass which are terrible Korean beers), and at other times it surprises you: great beer sets and interesting guitars which aren't always available in the UK/US.

BTW, the wife had 10 days of intensive treatment which included 3 very serious operations (6 to 10 people in them, and over 3 hours long), great care in the ward where there were always several "on call" doctors, half a dozen nurses, half a dozen orderlies, and half a dozen student nurses roaming around within 50 metres of her, and the total cost was under $4000 without insurance cover. Amazing. The care was on a par with the best hospitals in the world (I know this because I've had jobs working with top American hospitals in Thailand - Bumrungrad, Mahidol and Sirrirat in Bangkok - all top tier hospitals.), at relapse or after major operation time, a dozen staff were at her bedside withing 30 seconds (most of the time, there was always an upper tier qualified nurse at her side). I expected a bill of US$30,000+ Korea can be amazingly good/great at times...
 
Mr Grumpy said:
BTW, the wife had 10 days of intensive treatment which included 3 very serious operations (6 to 10 people in them, and over 3 hours long), great care in the ward where there were always several "on call" doctors, half a dozen nurses, half a dozen orderlies, and half a dozen student nurses roaming around within 50 metres of her, and the total cost was under $4000 without insurance cover. Amazing. The care was on a par with the best hospitals in the world (I know this because I've had jobs working with top American hospitals in Thailand - Bumrungrad, Mahidol and Sirrirat in Bangkok - all top tier hospitals.), at relapse or after major operation time, the a dozen staff were at her bedside withing 30 seconds (most of the time, there was always an upper tier qualified nurse at her side). I expected a bill of US$30,000+ Korea can be amazingly good/great at times...
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I keep forgetting to ask you about what is going on with your lovely wife.
 
syscokid said:
I keep forgetting to ask you about what is going on with your lovely wife.
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1) She's not lovely; she's an endless pain and frustration! :LOL:

2) She's home and getting better (80% there), only 8 days after the surgeon said if she'd walked into ER 12 hours later then they wouldn't have been able to save her. Very freaky week. Very impressed by St Mary's Catholic hospital here in Daegeon; I doubt I would have gotten equal care in the UK. I hate to think how much it would have cost in the US!

Happy days. Beer is good. Guitar is great (nice internals, you have to admit! :D). Wife is well.
 
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