Recent content by GwennyG

There used to be a smiley (in the days when they got pretty spiffy) with a couple of tiny cardinals carrying a sign, "you never expect..."

Um, isn't that redundant? Now if it was 'made better by leaving the scoop of ice cream off'. Or just '50 Desserts Made Better.... Sorry, in the middle of a stint editing some papers that really needed it.

A rant is only when you're not offering a solution...sent you a conversation thingie. Is that the same as a private message here?

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I didn't know silver-plated nylon ones would work with a magnetic pickup. They're easier to find than the SC ones, which seem to be out of stock everywhere but Kala itself. I've got the FLPUK2QM, which is the first one but a greenish tan quilted maple. It cost...

Look what I found today! One of my projects is restringing a Vorsion solid-body uke to a teeny bass. It also is 18 or so inches, and these look like they'd do it: Nickel with Steel Core Solid Body U•BASS® Round Wound 4-String Set - Kala Brand Music Co.™

I'm curious, as well. How long is your Ashbory and is it tuned standard EADG?

Fun fact. Simichrome is probably the most reliable way to tell if something is genuine bakelite. Use a swab with a very small amount, and it will turn from pink to yellow if it's bakelite.

Thanks for the test! Plugged in a device and headphones...light on, heard device in headphones. Unplugged device -- power still on to headphones (no instrument/amp cable plugged in)!! Then I realized I was using a different set of headphones than when it required the instrument/amp cable also...

Thanks for the diagram. Mine is not ON with just the headphones inserted...the input jack has to be plugged as well. (I haven't tried just the input jack and no headphones). But this makes me wonder why the battery is a problem for some people. If nothing is plugged in, the battery doesn't...

Like the video of "On Broadway"! BTW the samoyed (white house) was going to be in a video for a New Brunswick group covering Iggy Pop's "I want to be your dog", but the band fell apart first.

I read the word 'cat' and it took a few seconds to realize you were not, in fact, decorating him or her.

"Photograph", Ringo Starr "Makes No Difference", The Band "If You Could See Me Now", Devonsquare and of course entire album. Heart Like a Wheel (Linda Ronstadt)

We stopped putting them up several years ago except for a small strand of purple tinsel garland some years. Then every Dec. 26 or 27, we congratulate ourselves for taking them down so promptly.

Would have won either way. But wasn't it a $1,000 check, that Lorne Michaels showed the camera and said he'd talked NBC into it and it was their final offer?

I can't resist adding this one, made back in 2008 or so with photoshop. Same dog.