Recent content by tr4252

In addition to all the good advice here, I'd like to stress safety. There are many ways even a simple bench grinder can hurt you, and full knowledge on how to operate any given type of machinery is essential. Search How to use bench grinder safely or something like that. Look at several sources...

74 year old here. In addition to the standard aches and pains (arthritis in left hand and right shoulder), I have problems remembering songs I haven't played in 30 years. I play less and less, because it hurts, and have lost most of my former abilities. I have 10 instruments, and feel like a...

I started by playing guitar at 12 years old. The firist 2 solos I learned were Louie Louie and Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry version). I didn't know what a bass was until The Beatles started getting famous in '64. I'd asked a friend why one guy's guitar only had 4 strings.

My previous post was incorrect due to my misunderstanding the question. Tom

I'd advise a new saddle too. There are a lot of reasons a screw might bind in a threaded hole, some of them fixable. Heat has been suggested by another member, which is a go to technique for guys like me who have encountered lots of stuck fasteners. Heat will soften any thread locking compound...

"....or do I have to do it?" is an implied threat, or an attempt to shame the other person into doing their job. I never said that in about 25 years as a supervisor. If I have to do it myself, I didn't make a song and dance of it, I just do it without any fanfare. Then I would confront the...

I've still got that old catalog up in my dusty attic somewhere. Fender put out some nice advertising, so did Gretsch. I collected a lot of guitar catalogs back then and have a few interesting ones. Drool factor was intense, though I was 17 at the time. Got Don Garlits' (famous drag racer)...

It helps to avoid bad habits. From the sound of your post you're already a player. That means you've probably either learned what you know by ear, or maybe had somebody show you. In your practicing, think of the names of the notes you're playing as you play them, whether or not you have to stop...

Cool bass. Nice work! Tom

I don't use the site as much as I used to. My main problem with it is that it's slower than it used to be (takes over a minute to load the first page, and switching from page to page takes less time, but is still slow). Talkbass is the only site that does this. Also, as the group dynamics...

Aurora Aksness is a 30 year old Norwegian singer/songwriter/producer. She has a good voice and writes odd tunes which are either awful or beautiful depending on your tastes. Tom

Change is inevitable. I've been a member since 2013, and really have only one issue. Opening the site and moving from page to page is a lot slower now, for me at least. When I open the site, it takes around a minute (by my desk clock) to become usable, sometimes even longer. Once it's up and...

Bandsaws for sure. I haven't needed a table saw for several years; Last summer I did some rehab on an old garage and needed one. I took my spare circular saw (what do they call them these days?) and rigged a plywood/2 x 4 frame for it with a steel angle fence and it worked OK. Building safety...

Good luck with your project, o.p. I noticed that you have a lot of questions that could be answered if you watch a few online videos. I'd be willing to bet that Stew-Mac has at least one tutorial video on the subject. There are sure to be many more. It's one of the first things I do at the...

Good to hear your story GretschWretch. Tom