Recent content by Luftkopf

I lost my mind a while ago. I just put it down quickly and turned around, but I got distracted and couldn't remember where I put it. Now I just get busier and busier, so goodness knows where it is now!

Need some help? There’s a Warwick Corvette 5 I need…

I've managed to get so unfit, a gentle 2km walk necessitates some time with the massage gun after... :bag: I'm glad someone else looks after the garden! A quiet suburban evening wander: I'm still waiting to hear back from Fretco about a replacement tuner from when my Squire stripped a...

They’re the only type of strings I’ve ever bought, and I love them when I put them on, so it seems a good reason to continue doing so! It doesn’t give me much experience with which to talk about strings though!

I finally got around to putting new strings on the Yamaha. Nothing fancy, just Ernie Ball Regular Slinkies. I knew the strings were dead, but since I always prioritise my Squier, I just never bothered. Depending on what we play, though, I want that B string. So I finally did it, and wow. I think...

I did manage to go out (with 52,000 others) in the small window I had when I wasn't sick: Showdown 56

Maybe some kids nicked it.

Work + study + chronic fatigue + assorted winter ailments all conspire to keep me from doing much these days besides chores. I've not managed to squeeze in much practice. Just enough to keep my skills from getting too rusty, but not enough to upgrade them. Maybe when spring arrives I'll only...

I miss my old 1986 IBM keyboard. That thing survived so much, including melting in the back of my station wagon one summer heat-wave... Such a nice keyboard to type on, and my budged doesn't stretch to anything that has a hope of competing.

Interestingly, they make great pets, and it is very easy to befriend wild ones. Just not in springtime. They'll even teach their offspring that you're their person, and are safe. It's fun watching my Dad potter around in his garden with three or four magpies hopping around his feet, warbling at...

I still want to put Quarter Pounders in my Squier, and string it BEAD. I don't know that it's going to happen any time soon. I need a proper power supply for my Darkglass, and I want a nice compressor too. Too many things to buy, too little money to buy it with...

Hello! How is everyone doing these days? It’s looking a little different here now. I kinda disappeared for a while, for reasons: Whist being rather happy, life’s been a bit tumultuous, with having to move house twice in six weeks, on top of trying to learn to live in a house with someone...

Time is starting to blur, there is too much to do, and not enough time to do it in! Still, I get to play bass. Not as much as I'd like, but I still get to. To revive a discussion from many pages back, my fingers are short and fat. I can barely even reach the E string with my little finger, a...

Exactly why I’m now trying to sell my bike. I’ve had way too many close calls. I realised that no matter how safely and attentively I ride, a cager will eventually get me. The risk is becoming unacceptable.

That would have been a very handy little machine! I am really enjoying the fuel economy! I’ve averaged 6L/100km (39 mpg) after a couple of days of driving in traffic. I finally got to spend an hour with my basses this evening! It was nice to be playing again. Hopefully I can get a whole bunch...