Oh, that Magic Feeling (sore fingertips)
My Stratocaster arrived yesterday, and my fingertips are a bit sore. My damaged middle fingers got a taste of rehab. By around 10 p.m., after a few glasses of wine,…
How to Treat a Customer
Sweetwater is based somewhere in Indiana, markets somewhat aggressively, but does the sale right. Each guitar is removed from its box, inspected/tested in 52 steps, and photographed before it is…
Fender American Professional II Stratocaster
Me handling the isolation blues with an impulse buy: Fender American Professional II Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Rosewood Fingerboard, Dark Night. I have not touched a guitar since I injured my…
Off to the Shop this Weekend with New Provisions & Tools
I’m going to flame test an intumescent coating on a foam insulated phenolic sandwich panel which I am fabricating for my modular shelters. It seems there may be un untapped…
Election Night 2020
I think I will be drinking tonight—either celebrating the return of decency & democracy or drowning my sorrows as America slides into tyranny. #ElectionDay #ElectionNight