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#331,782
Count Bassie said:
My sifu/Wing Chun teacher, Bob Angell, left us this last evening, he'd been dealing with chemo for about two and a half years. It's hard to lose people, I don't like it at all, especially when they're your teacher, brother, mentor, and friend.
He was a blues guitarist, a damn good one. He was there when Plan 9 got inducted into the RI Music Hall of Fame about 6 years ago, saw our set. He had a good word for my playing, that was cool. I recently bought his last record (Brand New Blues), which was being considered for a Grammy nomination. That was pretty cool too.
Anyway, it's hard to have to miss people, it's sad and lousy. But you keep the good stuff, that's what their life contributed to yours. That's life...
We are all walking into the light.

I'm going to jam with Reverie's drummer tomorrow, it's been planned for a few days. I was going to bag it now, but I think Bob would say, with resolute emphasis, that I should go play. He'd be right, life needs music, and I've always been a believer.

Life is good.
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So sorry Roger. Yep. Go play. He would like that.
 
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#331,784
TBird1958 said:
We have Taco Time up here in Seattle, I don't do fast food very often, but theirs is pretty good - Good ingredients, no frantic trips to the Loo!
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Tacos-at Taco bell and that other chain that 'died'-never affected me that way. Cast iron gut, I guess.

Edit: Taco Viva
 
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Count Bassie said:
My sifu/Wing Chun teacher, Bob Angell, left us this last evening, he'd been dealing with chemo for about two and a half years. It's hard to lose people, I don't like it at all, especially when they're your teacher, brother, mentor, and friend.
He was a blues guitarist, a damn good one. He was there when Plan 9 got inducted into the RI Music Hall of Fame about 6 years ago, saw our set. He had a good word for my playing, that was cool. I recently bought his last record (Brand New Blues), which was being considered for a Grammy nomination. That was pretty cool too.
Anyway, it's hard to have to miss people, it's sad and lousy. But you keep the good stuff, that's what their life contributed to yours. That's life...
We are all walking into the light.

I'm going to jam with Reverie's drummer tomorrow, it's been planned for a few days. I was going to bag it now, but I think Bob would say, with resolute emphasis, that I should go play. He'd be right, life needs music, and I've always been a believer.

Life is good.
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Sorry for your loss.:sorry:
 
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BklynKen said:
I think the two best right now in receivers are Denon and Yamaha. And don't worry too much about a phono input. You can get better sound using an external phono preamp and running it into the receiver's aux input.
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I can certainly vouch for the Denon you gave me.
Plenty of power and sounds awesome.
And those Energy speakers, dang!
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Count Bassie said:
My sifu/Wing Chun teacher, Bob Angell, left us this last evening, he'd been dealing with chemo for about two and a half years. It's hard to lose people, I don't like it at all, especially when they're your teacher, brother, mentor, and friend.
He was a blues guitarist, a damn good one. He was there when Plan 9 got inducted into the RI Music Hall of Fame about 6 years ago, saw our set. He had a good word for my playing, that was cool. I recently bought his last record (Brand New Blues), which was being considered for a Grammy nomination. That was pretty cool too.
Anyway, it's hard to have to miss people, it's sad and lousy. But you keep the good stuff, that's what their life contributed to yours. That's life...
We are all walking into the light.

I'm going to jam with Reverie's drummer tomorrow, it's been planned for a few days. I was going to bag it now, but I think Bob would say, with resolute emphasis, that I should go play. He'd be right, life needs music, and I've always been a believer.

Life is good.
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So sorry for the loss of your friend and mentor.
 
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MCF said:
Wonder who may have owned it. It’s definitely in the right new home.
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Judging by the circumstances of where it was, it was possibly part of an estate sale. The bass had been played judging by the wear, and by an advanced player - someone who knew what it was and bought it new in '92. (in this case, not just any Fender or Gibson bass) Steve Klein was/is based in NorCal so one showing up around here is understandable. Frets are in VGC but they are stainless-steel so even played a lot they show little wear. It's a solid player - I'll probably never know the real story. Steve Klein (in an email) said he only made a couple dozen of the K-bass.

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Count Bassie said:
My sifu/Wing Chun teacher, Bob Angell, left us this last evening, he'd been dealing with chemo for about two and a half years. It's hard to lose people, I don't like it at all, especially when they're your teacher, brother, mentor, and friend.
He was a blues guitarist, a damn good one. He was there when Plan 9 got inducted into the RI Music Hall of Fame about 6 years ago, saw our set. He had a good word for my playing, that was cool. I recently bought his last record (Brand New Blues), which was being considered for a Grammy nomination. That was pretty cool too.
Anyway, it's hard to have to miss people, it's sad and lousy. But you keep the good stuff, that's what their life contributed to yours. That's life...
We are all walking into the light.

I'm going to jam with Reverie's drummer tomorrow, it's been planned for a few days. I was going to bag it now, but I think Bob would say, with resolute emphasis, that I should go play. He'd be right, life needs music, and I've always been a believer.

Life is good.
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So sorry Roger.
But try and be strong.
And you should definitely go play.
 
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So I belatedly realized some things:

Using a laser cutter to shape pickguards is stupid accurate, once you get speed, intensity, and pass count dialled in for the material you are using.

Even with strong ventilation, when laser cutting plastic, a NIOSH respirator is yer friend... unless you like hacking up tar oysters for days. Nasty stuff.

My laser cutter loves cutting masonite. Amazing sharp clean cuts.

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Cutting masonite templates with a laser feels like living in the future... and the future feels like cheating.

3mm masonite is too thin for a beveling template even for a tiny dremel router table.
But 6mm is just right.
And when you include laser-cut 2mm pilot holes, stacking and gluing is trivial. And faster than another trip for thicker masonite than what I had on hand.

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I can use cut finishing nails to make alignment pins to hold the pickguard to the template and eliminate 90% of the DS tape needed to maintain alignment.

Will all this work out to be faster than my previous saw-file-and-scrape technique?

No idea.

But I'm having fun working it out.

Oh, and the laser can double as a "Cricut" machine for adhesive vinyl, in addition to engraving.... 🤔
 
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Count Bassie said:
My sifu/Wing Chun teacher, Bob Angell, left us this last evening, he'd been dealing with chemo for about two and a half years. It's hard to lose people, I don't like it at all, especially when they're your teacher, brother, mentor, and friend.
He was a blues guitarist, a damn good one. He was there when Plan 9 got inducted into the RI Music Hall of Fame about 6 years ago, saw our set. He had a good word for my playing, that was cool. I recently bought his last record (Brand New Blues), which was being considered for a Grammy nomination. That was pretty cool too.
Anyway, it's hard to have to miss people, it's sad and lousy. But you keep the good stuff, that's what their life contributed to yours. That's life...
We are all walking into the light.

I'm going to jam with Reverie's drummer tomorrow, it's been planned for a few days. I was going to bag it now, but I think Bob would say, with resolute emphasis, that I should go play. He'd be right, life needs music, and I've always been a believer.

Life is good.
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Sorry to hear that man. Keep on playing, creating, fixing, building things and loving your family!
 
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