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#147,722
MCF said:
It’s all Deja Vu for me. I hate, hate, hate working at home. I’ve done it on and off since ‘94, before decent tech existed to make it work. Only reason I accepted the current gig from the clampdown I work for was the promise of an office with an assistant. I have a wonderful assistant. She’s still waiting on the tech to let her work remote. What really gets me is the intrusion into my personal space. People are rude. My office hours are 8:00 to 4:30. I get calls at all hours, mostly from dweebs without a life who work for the same company I do. Lack of balance in work/home leads to problems. Hope this whole thing is over in four weeks.

Now I’m off to finalize the setup on the Silverburst THUNDERBIRD! Someone up there likes me. The inserts haven’t moved.

And listening to this helps!
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People don't understand boundaries. When that happens, it's good time to remind them that you have them even if they don't! I have the same problem at times. When I or my secretary get non-emergency calls, we kindly tell them we're not at work and ask them to call the office tomorrow. Not always easy, but it has to be done--for those who don't understand boundaries.

I had a sign once: An emergency on your part doesn't automatically constitute an emergency on my part.
 
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#147,723
GBassNorth said:
Shortened up and reversed the FrankenGoth headstock. Still need to repaint it but thought I'd give the daughter a few weeks of playing time to see if she likes the tuners on max slant or if she wants me to reposition them. The new Goth reversed headstock shape is quite a bit smaller than the VP, I'm liking how it came out, looks more in proportion to the downsized body...
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Certainly shortens the reach a bit to tune.
 
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#147,729
dagrev said:
Some of those old consoles had some good guts and sounded really good. Learned a lot of songs from our turntable in ours in the 70s. That old Magnavox had some crank to it (not the drug).
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Yes! Still hoping I will eventually get our old Magnavox console. Circa 1964, IIRC.
 
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#147,730
Instagator said:
I was way ahead of this..anybody else still playing gigs? :)

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No gatherings allowed in our county or the county that has most of Austin smeared across it, as of midnight tonight. For a week or so in our county, no gatherings over 10 people. Statewide it was 50, but may be down to 10 now, can't recall. For now, online gigs are where it's at.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Yep, one of my most prized pieces...built it over 40 years ago...still rocking..
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Some guys in my dorm had spent insane amounts of money on steroes. They sounded good and were LOUD. But nothing in that dorm (or any other I visited) sounded as good as this one guys's setup that included a high end (Ampex?) reel to reel he'd salvaged from a radio station and one of those amps. He'd tweaked all of his gear quite a bit.. At 18, he had more practical knowledge about tube technology than some of the EE profs who'd been there for years.
 
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