Down the rabbit hole again - Project 4350

[ChickWithaRic]

I know I said I'm not much of a drinker,...and I'm not,....but I went through a phase for a bit where I enjoyed Tequila. Which I found out is a beverage that most people say it disgusting and hate it. I thought it odd that for someone who doesn't really drink, the only hard liquor that agreed with me was the one everyone else didn't like. Anyway, the way I mixed it up became known as the gasoline margarita. 1 whiskey glass, 3 ice cubes, Tequila and a lime wedge.
At my for er residence, all the houses were house, driveway, house driveway, etc, as per usual. Except mine and my neighbor to the right. Our houses were built where there was an old pass through road and for some reason, they put the driveway as next to each other. There was just a 4' chain link fence between us, so we were always chatting and lending each other tools, etc. One Sunday, I decided to change the oil on my vehicle. He was already out in his driveway. He said he was working on his boat, but he was just lathered up, sitting in it, listening to the radio. I thought, seems fun, I'll join in. So went in and grabbed my new bottle of 1800. He was good with whatever fruity concoction he had, so I ended up drinking a good bit of the Tequila myself. Long story longer,... I never did change my oil. All I remember is laying on my back with my against the fence, extremely pissed off that the Ford manual was only in French, I remember my neighbor laughing at me (which I didn't realize was "at" me at the time), and I remember eating half a burnt frozen pizza before passing out. Which was either in the basement or a bathroom. Not important.
So, I suggest you hold off on the limes. Those things are bad news.
There was one other time that I consumed tequila with limes in similar quantity and I was told that I asked my FIL if he still wanted to marry me.
That's never been corroborated.

Now try telling me this guy is not a national treasure. Just try it.

 

[DucRyder]

I think 32 is the way to go which means doing work again but it's not like I'm on the clock. I know what you're saying about the wood, but the whole WHAAM! thing was where this started so, I'll do that. Given that I'll use a vinyl, I can easily go back to the wood anyway.

This is a fun project that will, I hope, produce a useful instrument. But the WHAAM! stays put for now.

I totally hear ya, I had John Bolin paint goldtop metallic paint over a beautiful book matched flame maple topped Les Paul for me... 'cause the heart wants what the heart wants.

 

[ChickWithaRic]

I totally hear ya, I had John Bolin paint goldtop metallic paint over a beautiful book matched flame maple topped Les Paul for me... 'cause the heart wants what the heart wants.

A Rickenbacker shape guitar + Roy Lichtenstein = pop art.

Prove me wrong on this.

 

[ChickWithaRic]

I totally hear ya, I had John Bolin paint goldtop metallic paint over a beautiful book matched flame maple topped Les Paul for me... 'cause the heart wants what the heart wants.

And that's it. You totally get it.

 

[DucRyder]

A Rickenbacker shape guitar + Roy Lichtenstein = pop art.

Prove me wrong on this.

There's only one right way to do it and that's YOUR way... You're the artist. As for my opinion, it may change when I see that Lichtenstein print covering the hippie sandwich.

 

[ChickWithaRic]

Full disclosure which I apologize for omitting before, and this changes nothing but the Yonico cutters came to me free of charge as part of something I shall write for another place, for which I don't get paid, and my opinions are objective and experience based. If it sucks, I'll tell you it sucks.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

I totally hear ya, I had John Bolin paint goldtop metallic paint over a beautiful book matched flame maple topped Les Paul for me... 'cause the heart wants what the heart wants.

You in Boise? I poked about his shop once or twice when we lived in Idaho. He had a big box of may or may not work pickups for some low price. I remember some S1/G3 pickups in there. Prolly some other semimagnetic weirdness.

 

[ChickWithaRic]

There's only one right way to do it and that's YOUR way... You're the artist. As for my opinion, it may change when I see that Lichtenstein print covering the hippie sandwich.

Thing is, I'll make it work because that's what I do for a living. I even now work in the metric system because it's the 21st century and even Canada is metric. I also find it more convenient and logical from a professional point of view. The metric system is based upon a physical constant standard held under armed guard in a sealed underground laboratory in Swaziland.

It might be Switzerland, I need to check that. Pretty sure it said Swaziland. I'll get back to you.

 

[ChickWithaRic]

You in Boise? I poked about his shop once or twice when we lived in Idaho. He had a big box of may or may not work pickups for some low price. I remember some S1/G3 pickups in there. Prolly some other semimagnetic weirdness.

"May Or May Not Work" is the new company under which name I shall import Chinese gadgets and become insanely rich.

 

[DucRyder]

You in Boise? I poked about his shop once or twice when we lived in Idaho. He had a big box of may or may not work pickups for some low price. I remember some S1/G3 pickups in there. Prolly some other semimagnetic weirdness.

I'm between Detroit and Port Huron. John's client list is a who's who list of rock stars so I called him up back in 2007 and talked about getting a LP built to Billy Gibbon's specs. We became friends (both motorcycle enthusiasts) and I ended up visiting him in Boise and staying at the shop for a few days, riding a rented Harley with him down to "Birds of Prey" canyon I think it was called. He has a lovely family and he's the salt of the earth as well. Oh and the LP he built me stands up to any of the 6 or so 1953-1959 Les Pauls I've had the pleasure to play.

Gallery | Bolin Guitars

 

[daveman50]

Dammit I missed that one. It's yours, if you want it.

I already have a porn star name. Having a different stripper name would just confuse ppl.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

I'm between Detroit and Port Huron. John's client list is a who's who list of rock stars so I called him up back in 2007 and talked about getting a LP built to Billy Gibbon's specs. We became friends (both motorcycle enthusiasts) and I ended up visiting him in Boise and staying at the shop for a few days, riding a rented Harley with him down to "Birds of Prey" canyon I think it was called. He has a lovely family and he's the salt of the earth as well. Oh and the LP he built me stands up to any of the 6 or so 1953-1959 Les Pauls I've had the pleasure to play.

Gallery | Bolin Guitars

Probably the Birds of Prey National Refuge in the Swan Falls area. Beautiful country. He did definitely seem like a good guy the couple of times I got to meet him. My Shovelhead seemed to confuse him a bit at first since it’s a hodge podge of parts kind of like Johnny Cash’s Cadillac.

 

[Beej]

"May Or May Not Work" is the new company under which name I shall import Chinese gadgets and become insanely rich.

You could have a subsidiary online retailer "Would You Accept a Partial Refund of $0.13?"

 

[OldShark]

The metric system is based upon a physical constant standard held under armed guard in a sealed underground laboratory in Swaziland.

It might be Switzerland, I need to check that. Pretty sure it said Swaziland. I'll get back to you.

Last I heard its spec is now based on the speed of light (not a song title here), which might be a fitting measure unit for thread derail velocity here...
But it should not effect your scale refactoring to 32", methinks.

 

[OldShark]

Full disclosure which I apologize for omitting before, and this changes nothing but the Yonico cutters came to me free of charge as part of something I shall write for another place, for which I don't get paid, and my opinions are objective and experience based. If it sucks, I'll tell you it sucks.

Well, if you do product reviews in that personal style (and I guess that seems inevitable), those will be fun to read, as well. Share some links, please...

 

[Flying B]

I once fell into my bathtub after one too many tequilas on my birthday, and slept there for the next 9 hours.

 

[TerribleTim68]

no f***ing way.

That's the weirdest stripper name I've ever heard.

 

[el murdoque]

The metric system is based upon a physical constant standard held under armed guard in a sealed underground laboratory in Swaziland.

It might be Switzerland, I need to check that. Pretty sure it said Swaziland. I'll get back to you.

No need for a yardstick. The meter is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in a 1/1299792458 second. If you loose your meter somehow, all you need is a lamp, a stopwatch and a vacuum chamber that's a bit longer than a meter (obviously, you will have to guess the length, so be sure to err on the safe side).
But don't fret: According to measuringstuff.com you can also use a guitar:
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[Matt Liebenau]

I knew I was hanging on to that vacuum chamber for a reason!

Just for reference, is that an English light bulb or an African light bulb?

 

[el murdoque]

I'm just a hobbyist in physics, but I'm pretty sure that the airspeed velocity of an unladen light bulb does not matter in a vacuum.