Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Jeff Scott]

Nice, I like the color.

That is 117 Asbury, one of the many OCS colors. We've gotten furniture in a few different stains over years, some to match other furniture we already had, such as 227 Rich Cherry for the dining table and chairs to work well with the Stickley sideboard in the dining room.

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It looks like it would make a nice amp stand. Perfect height at 36”.

Hmmm........ Honey, you know that nice bookcase we just got? ................... We have new plans for it.........................

 

[GonePlaid]

That is 117 Asbury, one of the many OCS colors. We've gotten furniture in a few different stains over years, some to match other furniture we already had, such as 227 Rich Cherry for the dining table and chairs to work well with the Stickley sideboard in the dining room.

Ohio Stain Collection Browser - Woodwright Quality Wood Finishing Products

Hmmm........ Honey, you know that nice bookcase we just got? ................... We have new plans for it.........................

Yeah, I can just see schlepping that to the gig.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Hmmm........ Honey, you know that nice bookcase we just got? ................... We have new plans for it.........................

I use a Leslie cabinet, same height. Elevating a cab closer to ear level makes a world of difference.

 

[12BitSlab]

That is 117 Asbury, one of the many OCS colors. We've gotten furniture in a few different stains over years, some to match other furniture we already had, such as 227 Rich Cherry for the dining table and chairs to work well with the Stickley sideboard in the dining room.

Ohio Stain Collection Browser - Woodwright Quality Wood Finishing Products

Hmmm........ Honey, you know that nice bookcase we just got? ................... We have new plans for it.........................

I am assuming that if you do that, you will soon learn about Mrs. Scott’s Silver Hammer.

 

[GonePlaid]

I use a Leslie cabinet, same height. Elevating a cab closer to ear level makes a world of difference.

I used to schlep one of those to gigs. Never again. I had given it to an old friend as payment for use of his VOX Continental organ for a coupla years. As he was in his last days(cancer-sucks), he told his wife to make sure to get it back to me. I woulda had to drive 130 miles-one way-to pick it up and try to figure out how to get it up into the van-by myself-and back out when I got it home. I told her to give it to a church.

 

[beans-on-toast]

That is 117 Asbury, one of the many OCS colors. We've gotten furniture in a few different stains over years, some to match other furniture we already had, such as 227 Rich Cherry for the dining table and chairs to work well with the Stickley sideboard in the dining room.

Ohio Stain Collection Browser - Woodwright Quality Wood Finishing Products

A stain browser is helpful. I bought three stains last weekend. I want to stain the inside of a cabinet. Looking for a whiskey color with a hint of red. I ended up selecting what they call paprika which has some red and chamois a light brownish, I may add a drop of cherry. The last time that I did this, it took some iterations. You never know how the wood is going to take it.

I like hand wiping stain to do a sunburst. The overlapping blend provides a nice smooth transition between colors. It's way better than sprayed colors where you can see a mist of one color sitting on another. Some instruments are done very poorly.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I used to schlep one of those to gigs. Never again. I had given it to an old friend as payment for use of his VOX Continental organ for a coupla years. As he was in his last days(cancer-sucks), he told his wife to make sure to get it back to me. I woulda had to drive 130 miles-one way-to pick it up and try to figure out how to get it up into the van-by myself-and back out when I got it home. I told her to give it to a church.

I know what you mean. I have dollies for mine that attach to the bottom of the cabinets. That helps. Lifting one into the right type of vehicle is not as bad as it seems. This technique works for any big cab.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I know what you mean. I have dollies for mine that attach to the bottom of the cabinets. That helps. Lifting one into the right type of vehicle is not as bad as it seems. This technique works for any big cab.

And yet, clearly not volunteering as Terry Bozzio's roadie. No mention of Kasinos either

 

[GwenOnBass]

No matter how "easily" a fridge is handled, an 80 pound tube head is still an 80 pound tube head. And it doesn't just slide in the back of the environmentally friendly gigmobile.

 

[Charlie Tango]

No matter how "easily" a fridge is handled, an 80 pound tube head is still an 80 pound tube head. And it doesn't just slide in the back of the environmentally friendly gigmobile.

Nor slide up two flights of stairs, blanket or no blanket across the threshold.

 

[GonePlaid]

I know what you mean. I have dollies for mine that attach to the bottom of the cabinets. That helps. Lifting one into the right type of vehicle is not as bad as it seems. This technique works for any big cab.

I have an industrial type hand truck and a refrigerator hand truck with the straps that go around whatever. But a great way to ruin a Leslie is to lay it down. They're only meant to be moved in vertical configuration. My Kasino has built in wheels to lean it back-like a fridge. Then I can lean it into the van-even the current minivan/gigmobile-and pick it up from the bottom and slide it in. And curse it.

 

[biguglyman]

I used to gig with a Traynor YBA-3 cs head and Fender cabs: 2X15 and 4X12....USED TO!

 

[Jeff Scott]

I am assuming that if you do that, you will soon learn about Mrs. Scott’s Silver Hammer.

What Ms. Scott?

I used to gig with a Traynor YBA-3 cs head and Fender cabs: 2X15 and 4X12....USED TO!

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My first bass amp that I bought new was a mid '70s YBA-3. Wish I still had it. I ran it through two 1-15 TL cabinets with SROs at first, before replacing them with EVM-15Ls.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I got my wall sconce project finished, today. I bought a small sconce that is a cross between Arts & Crafts and Old Spain, around 110 years old. It needed rewiring, and way to mount it onto a wall easily. I knew about a company called Sundial Wire that supplies parts and wiring assemblies for lighting fixtures. I ordered a cord set that includes a vintage type in-line toggle switch and a vintage style plug. The light fixture, itself, is all metal and I wanted wood between it and the wall. So I dug through my stash of quarter sawn white oak for something suitable. With a chisel and hammer I cut a 3/8" wide and deep channel about 8" long in the back of the wood mount for the wiring to run down behind it, and three holes, two to mount the metal plate to the oak mount and the third for the wiring to run through to the back of the unit and down the master craftsman quality chiseled route along the backside of the oak. I stained the oak with Minwax Red Oak stain, and when the second coat of that was dry I oiled the wood plate with my tongue . Twice!
I finally mounted the sconce on a wall of the enclosed porch this evening, and so far, nothing has burned down.

Here are some photos of the sconce in progress, and one with the assembled sconce, sans wiring or oak mounting plate.

 

[beans-on-toast]

With a chisel and hammer I cut a 3/8" wide and deep channel about 8" long in the back

Fun with tools! Good that those stains on the back of the board aren’t blood.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I used to gig with a Traynor YBA-3 cs head and Fender cabs: 2X15 and 4X12....USED TO!

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I ran two Mesa 412’s. They were very heavy duty so someone else got to move them.

 

[GwenOnBass]

There was that brief period before electricity when houses were lit with gas.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I still see old houses with gas lamps. They are disconnected. My grandparents had gas fixtures that were strung with wires for the new fangled electricity. People converted when the poles were installed out in the street. Everyone had to have the latest.

Oil lamps were common, as were candles.

 

[Jeff Scott]

There was that brief period before electricity when houses were lit with gas.

Our house is special. It had both gas and eel-ect-tri-city from new.

 

[GwenOnBass]

A World Lit Only by Fire comes to mind. A provoking read.