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#160,421
KaraQ said:
Case latch repair shenanigans!

Broke a$$ latch:
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Broke a$$ latch after hillbilly redneck repair...:unsure:

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#160,424
KaraQ said:
Yes! Yes, Kara should have it, because that color is awesome! :hyper:
Unfortunately, due to medical stuffs from right before Covid 19, and the aforementioned Covid 19, another thing Kara is short of is savings, and thusly also "disposable income" :crying:
No large purchases for a while, I'm afraid :(
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In the words of Bill and Ted....... Bogus!!!!!!! Ok.....Word.
 
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KaraQ said:
Well, so far, quite different, probably because of the strings, mostly. Once I get the neck/bridge/intonation set properly, I can compare them a bit better. One thing that is quite noticeable - the 2007 is a lot quieter than the older one. Same settings on amp (I use an a/b switch) and guitars.
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Pickup height and string types make a noticeable difference.
 
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KaraQ said:
Case latch repair shenanigans!

Broke a$$ latch:
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Broke a$$ latch after hillbilly redneck repair...:unsure:

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As far as hillbilly redneck repairs go, you're much more a Mountain William Mechanical Engineering Genus. A run of the mill Jed Clampett repair would have involved duct tape. A Jethro Bodine Chemical Engineering solution would have used Crazy Glue; and an Ellie May Electrical Engineering solution would have somehow utilized bailing wire to hold everything together.

Being in a position of overseeing facility maintenance operations for 30 years in the Cincinnati Tri-State area (Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio) I've seen every kind of creative and bone head solution you can imagine, including an entire roll of duct tape to mend a low pressure steam leak. Or worse yet, a garden hose permanently routed from an electric box to a floor drain. Why, because some creative soul decided it would be ok to remove the armaflex foam insulation on the chilled water line above the electric box so they could use it as knee pad material while they were working on the concrete floor, thus creating copious amounts of condensation dripping all over (and into) the electric boxes, resulting in a plumber installing a garden hose to drain the box.

But before anyone takes offense at the light hearted regional comments above, just understand, no region has the market cornered on bone head solutions. At one of my office facilities in Egypt, where it obviously got quite hot outside during different seasons, the maintenance crew moved a large shop fan to the outdoor dining area to help workers stay cool while eating lunch. On an exceptionally hot day someone got the bright idea that spraying a garden hose into the fan would cool things down even more. If worked great for a minute or so, until the young man holding the hose was electrocuted to death.

I'm so glad I'm retired.
 
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