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Gahr
Ambassador of Blues & Brews
Yup! I’m finally calm now.
Aaaaaaarrrrghh!
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Wow! Yes! haven't seen them in years!!!
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
HERE is a good one--- you break a string on your Peavey Tele-----you dont have a SPARE high "E" --- so ---you say "lets switch it ti 10's" -- kinda wanted to anyway---
so you strip-- polish frets oil neck clean the guitar up-- load it with new 10's (last set you have on hand) get everything set and in tune-------and as your clipping the sting excess................you snap the B string with the clippers-------------------------------AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
so you strip-- polish frets oil neck clean the guitar up-- load it with new 10's (last set you have on hand) get everything set and in tune-------and as your clipping the sting excess................you snap the B string with the clippers-------------------------------AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
DonP
Guest
There's got to be Karma in there somewhere. Teles don't like change.
syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
Too much "junk rubbing" can be bad Karma, too.
I'm a mile man when it comes to distances. But like Gasket and Don, I grew up in school that worked the metric system into our math education. Since my 1 foot long school spec'd ruler had inches on one side and a 30+ cm/mm side made things super easy plus any dummy should be able to count to 10 and multiply and divide by 10. Also, how hard is it REALLY? Our money is based 100's and fractions thereof. From penny to nickel to a dime to a quarter to a dollar etc. A penny is 1/100th of a dollar, therefore 100 pennies = 1 dollar. A cm is in a similar proportion as a penny is to a dollar. A cm is 1/100th of a Metre, now just interchange a penny for a cm and a dollar for a metre and you are in business. Unlike the cm/mm relationship, there is no 1/10th of a penny, but all one has to know is 10 mm's = 1 cm and it is simple as that.
Kind of like DonP says, we learned without even thinking about it...
As a carpenter, I am fully capable of measuring quickly in Inches, fractions of inches, mm's cm's, yards( length NOT cubic yards of volume), Metres, KM's if needed etc. Heck, many times I used the manner of measuring I like best, " the dummy method"
This is where I take an item and put a mark on it and whatever that measurement is is irrelevant because it is THE measurement. I make my cut there.
Heck there have been times I have even taken my pencil and laid it against some place on my work and eyeball where the length falls between 2 letters on the name or specs of the pencil and then lay it on my wood and mark the length between the E and the Z or whatever LOL.
As for pounds, shillings etc, WTF is a quid?
Now back to measuring lengths,,,,,,,, As a carpenter like I said, I can measure in all manner of whatever you call ems. BUT don't give me a tape that is so "busy" with all types of numbers like Harry Homeowner tapes that have 1/16 1/8 3/16 1/4 3/8 etc etc etc etc all printed out so as to make it nearly impossible to read the little lines and the big number 1, 2, 3, 4 INCH, CM etc marks that make quick sight reading of a tape SIMPLE and easy.
Some of our tapes come so full of numbers I can't use em. I do not need tape measure makers to label each 1/16 or 1/8 like the one pictured below because I can count or divide or multiply. Those extra numbers just foul me up if I need to pull a measurement from right to left or left to right. I can't read either side of the tape by instinct because of all those extra fraction numbers in the way.
Same goes for this Metric/Imperial tape. While I can read it in time, it slows me down having to "see" the measurement when the sight picture is "too busy"
Ideally I want a tape with all one scale of numbers, 2 sides of graduations in the same breakup of increments on both sides like these.
I have no clue what Smitty just said....re: shires and tolkiens, but I fully understand esgee speak.
I remember doing metric somewhere around 1972-74 at about 8-10 years old. Little did I know I would be using a tape measure every day of my adult life after age 24.
Yea, yea, but have you worked in this measuring system:
Don't worry, Gahr. It gets worse as you get older...
My recent brain stinker was on my last project where I needed a 12 mm forstner drill bit. Went on Amazon and there was one for about $10. Right below it was a set of 5 bits for $22, so I liked the better price per bit and bought the 5 piece set. When it arrived, it was a nice set of bits starting at 15 mm and than larger, duh
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
This is not accurate it shows no delineation between brunette--blonde or red hairs --- this is VERY important
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Don Don, Don. don't forget we have some pretty nice ladies in the forum. Just sayin....
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
My recent brain stinker was on my last project where I needed a 12 mm forstner drill bit. Went on Amazon and there was one for about $10. Right below it was a set of 5 bits for $22, so I liked the better price per bit and bought the 5 piece set. When it arrived, it was a nice set of bits starting at 15 mm and than larger, duh
I remember,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
OP
Gahr
Ambassador of Blues & Brews
Hallelujah! The bushings have arrived and the new tuners are installed. Looking good in my humble but somewhat biased opinion. I am calm now. The headstock is a bit dirty (I forgot to wipe it down properly after the guitar had been on the workbench), but I'm pleased with the results. I gave it a new TRC as well, But I might change that again.
The headstock is a bit dirty (I forgot to wipe it down properly after the guitar had been on the workbench), but I'm pleased with the results. I gave it a new TRC as well, But I might change that again.
Looks like they were born there.
Great job Gahr.
Great job Gahr.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Very nice, Gahr. When I first looked into SG's and the various ones being sold by the likes of Sweetwater, Musician's Friend, Guitar Center etc maybe 10-12 years ago, I found various models and within those models the various options one could choose from. Things like Angus' pups, Coil Splitting pots, bound necks and inlays, Dots and no binding, 1/2 wing or full wing guard etc.
If I had the pocketbook I wish I had, I likely would have gone for a Standard back then. Instead, with my limited funds and really deciding to try to land a cool, cheap Lester on ebay, I missed out on a BFG Les Paul that sold for maybe $600-$800 if I remember right. The next thing I know, I was scanning SG's on ebay and before I knew it, I bought my 1st SG. Without even noticing or realizing what I bought ( other than and SG and Gibson Brown Case) my newest guitar would turn out to be a 1987 SG Special with the atypical controls layout of 3 knobs similar to a Strat rather than the typical Gibson 2 Volume, 2 Tone layout.
As I unpacked it and saw how incredible the neck felt to play, I also got curious about the pups. The Catalog ( ETSG resources) spec'd them to be "1959 Les Paul reissue" pickups. Upon pulling the pups from the body, I discover them to be uncovered Circuit Board Bill Lawrence pickups. In future days and years of research, I believe many people poo poo'd their noses at these pups and swapped em out, but my guitar still had the originals intact. Pictured below is a red version without pickguard. Mine is BLACK BLACK BLACK.
Since buying mine, I met Mdubya in ETSG who has a similar black 3 knob which had at least one of his pups swapped. In some of our initial conversations, he shared with me that it was basically his go to guitar at the time I acquired mine too.
Also since then, Kerry has bought a red one which I believe is a 1991 model. Supposedly these also were spec'd to have Maple necks and Mahogany bodies. Anyway, this 1st SG would lead me to appreciate the beauty and awesomeness of the SG in all trims. It would also lead me to later buy a Faded SG Special, SG Classic and finally to this point my "expensive to me" Cream colored 1976 SG Standard with small block inlays. Seeing your beautiful SG with Trapezoid inlays, now makes me want to add at least one more SG like it before I die LOL.
So glad you have such a nice guitar, Gahr. Looking at it, I also notice the killer bevels. Very Sweet piece, bro.
If I had the pocketbook I wish I had, I likely would have gone for a Standard back then. Instead, with my limited funds and really deciding to try to land a cool, cheap Lester on ebay, I missed out on a BFG Les Paul that sold for maybe $600-$800 if I remember right. The next thing I know, I was scanning SG's on ebay and before I knew it, I bought my 1st SG. Without even noticing or realizing what I bought ( other than and SG and Gibson Brown Case) my newest guitar would turn out to be a 1987 SG Special with the atypical controls layout of 3 knobs similar to a Strat rather than the typical Gibson 2 Volume, 2 Tone layout.
As I unpacked it and saw how incredible the neck felt to play, I also got curious about the pups. The Catalog ( ETSG resources) spec'd them to be "1959 Les Paul reissue" pickups. Upon pulling the pups from the body, I discover them to be uncovered Circuit Board Bill Lawrence pickups. In future days and years of research, I believe many people poo poo'd their noses at these pups and swapped em out, but my guitar still had the originals intact. Pictured below is a red version without pickguard. Mine is BLACK BLACK BLACK.
Since buying mine, I met Mdubya in ETSG who has a similar black 3 knob which had at least one of his pups swapped. In some of our initial conversations, he shared with me that it was basically his go to guitar at the time I acquired mine too.
Also since then, Kerry has bought a red one which I believe is a 1991 model. Supposedly these also were spec'd to have Maple necks and Mahogany bodies. Anyway, this 1st SG would lead me to appreciate the beauty and awesomeness of the SG in all trims. It would also lead me to later buy a Faded SG Special, SG Classic and finally to this point my "expensive to me" Cream colored 1976 SG Standard with small block inlays. Seeing your beautiful SG with Trapezoid inlays, now makes me want to add at least one more SG like it before I die LOL.
So glad you have such a nice guitar, Gahr. Looking at it, I also notice the killer bevels. Very Sweet piece, bro.
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