Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Jeff Scott]

It is truly humbling when you realize how little we know.

Compared to every other living entity, we (humanity) know a lot.

I know a couple of folks who know-it-all.

I wanted to provide an update on the iKlip to hold an iPad that I recently bought.

I found that the iKlip has a couple of issues. The iPad would slide out the bottom and the the iKlip would slide on the mic stand. The solution was easy, I bought some drawer liner from the dollar store. I cut a strip and wrapped a couple of layers around the mic stand, then clamped the iKlip around it. It’s rock solid now. Same goes for the iPad slipping. I wrapped a could of layers through side holes. I put a few stitches with thread to hold it in place. Now the Pad doesn’t move at all.

The maker of the iKlip is IK Multimedia, owned by Fender. The issues could have been avoided if the manufacturer supplied some soft spongy liners.

For anyone buying a similar product for a pad or phone, it makes sense to look for one that has a support arm on the bottom. This avoids it sliding down and bouncing onto the floor if it pops out. In my case, with the foam it’s solid and won’t happen but from a design point of view, I’d like to see a support on the bottom.


Drawer liner - a soft pillow like foam material.
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Sides wrapped to hold the iPad also liner wrapped around mic stand.
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Apparently, 7ender didn't grasp the gravity of the situation.

 

[beans-on-toast]

By some rare chance, bought a smrtphn holder Thursday

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This positioning allows me to see both the metrognome and notes. Notes as in things I write to remind myself of chord sequences and such. Also, two books from Carol Kaye are in the post. There are CDs to burn and move to the smrtphn, and sheet music to follow.

I’m finding my holder to be quite useful. Better than straining my neck.

Sounds like Jazz instruction books from Carol. Does she sign them for you?

 

[beans-on-toast]

I know a couple of folks who know-it-all.
Apparently, 7ender didn't grasp the gravity of the situation.

They cheaped out.

It occurs to me that the dollar store liner rolled up might make a good mute at the bridge. That stuff is on par with gaffers tape for usefulness.

 

[Jeff Scott]

It occurs to me that the dollar store liner rolled up might make a good mute at the bridge. That stuff is on par with gaffers tape for usefulness.

Hmm, I've got a bunch of that around. What color do you think would be best for a mute?

 

[GwenOnBass]

I’m finding my holder to be quite useful. Better than straining my neck.

Sounds like Jazz instruction books from Carol. Does she sign them for you?

The jazz books are in the post. What she did do is send me a thank you.

 

[5StringBlues]

I recently realized that the best thing that happened to me in the past 10 years is Metamucil.


I am officially a grumpy old fart.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Hmm, I've got a bunch of that around. What color do you think would be best for a mute?

Since the foam is acting as a mute, it’s absorbing vibrational energy. Colour doesn’t matter. I vote for black because that’s what Rickenbacker and Fender used. That’s what I have.

Not because black is considered the absence of light with no wavelength. A black object absorbs all visible wavelengths. Any drawer liner colour will also absorb vibrational energy. Because of the visible light that the mute reflect, some colors will look cooler than others.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I recently realized that the best thing that happened to me in the past 10 years is Metamucil.


I am officially a grumpy old fart.

Metamucil gives you gas and bloating. Perfect for an old fart.

 

[ahc]

What color do you think would be best for a mute?

Well, since this is TB, you should know the answer...

 

[GonePlaid]

I know a couple of folks who know-it-all.
Apparently, 7ender didn't grasp the gravity of the situation.

Ba-dum-pum. Yer on a roll.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Ba-dum-pum. Yer on a roll.

Kaiser, perhaps?

 

[ahc]

Kaiser, perhaps?

With or without seeds?

 

[GonePlaid]

With or without seeds?

Now yer "Pushin' Too Hard".

 

[GwenOnBass]

With or without seeds?

GOFs on the colonoscopy fast track say without seeds

( I'm on the five year colonoscopy plan! )

 

[ahc]

Seniors on the colonoscopy fast track say without seeds

Yes. And that chocolate choo choo can move very fast down those tracks. Might even leave skidmarks.

 

[notJaco]

Since the foam is acting as a mute, it’s absorbing vibrational energy. Colour doesn’t matter. I vote for black because that’s what Rickenbacker and Fender used. That’s what I have.

Not because black is considered the absence of light with no wavelength. A black object absorbs all visible wavelengths. Any drawer liner colour will also absorb vibrational energy. Because of the visible light that the mute reflect, some colors will look cooler than others.

I think I will ask an animal if this is true.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I think I will ask an animal if this is true.

We all have our strengths and weaknesses.

The Best Eyes in the Animal Kingdom | All About Eyes

 

[Jeff Scott]

...Not because black is considered the absence of light with no wavelength. A black object absorbs all visible wavelengths....

A visual representation:

 

[StereoPlayer]

No pumpkin spice here yet, but almost like a touch of fall this morning.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I saw pumpkin ale Friday. And Halloween decorations for sale. It is mid-August.