OT: Thread About Nothing (TaN #...lost count)

[njdevils1982]

Check out this chicken's feathers. This is the breeder/owner of Whiting Farms

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that's a massive cock. impressive.

 

[njdevils1982]

Probably of no interest to anyone but as a fly tyer I geek out on stuff like this.

This is Dr. Whiting giving a tour and explaining his farm to the guys from a fly fishing company named Fly Fishing Food

interest to me as a coop man ... are the clucks layers or meat birds?

 

[glenwo2]

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and tries to forget anything Devils-related for one day (we need to).

 

[JimEIV]

interest to me as a coop man ... are the clucks layers or meat birds?

I've heard they aren't used at all for their meat

 

[njdevils1982]

first guitar in 1990 or around there... richmond's pawn shop in toronto.

what garbage.

the guitar. not the shop.

(an aside. i bought an amp there month later ...a 1984 fender stage 212. it wasn't ready for sale yet. .... i said how much 'as is' .... it became 300$....i put 150 bucks into the repair and still works fine today...sure is not a tube amp but it's sturdy and sounds great)


///

...the guitar was a cheap ass copy of a les paul... looked like this.... sounded like shit...intonation bad, a f***ing coating that looked like how a thick coating on a candy apple would be

what was i thinking?!!!


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i took i apart years ago and had the pieces with many pieces of other many guitars in boxes in a smokehouse....

found the pickups.....typical look like humbuckers. but when opened are cheap ass single coil crap. ...and the pots are all 250k...

oh no ...no..... f*** no.

i hated that guitar... for how shitty it was, how naive i was.

...

it's ok. i got my revenge.

i rebuilt it proper. i'm real happy with it. i carved the f*** out of it


*many photos and blah blah blah to follow*

yes self quote...

im finally gonna show this bastard.

///

i stripped it... the back was real nice grain and i was glad as i dont bother to paint the back (or sides) but i wanted a full non paint guitar but the sides ended up looking like shit after stain so black it was ....and for the better in the end


no...the front did not sand well and it was useless for a natural look..... original color red in pocket

dont have shot of shit front as its black now

2. the whammy

pile of parts and a 2 spring whammy from some 60s import ....had to carve the hole

...




motorcycle gear shifter becomes handle

...

3. neck pickup

...

shop only had a shitty off white cream and black..... wanted neither.

made my own cover after a mistake

...drill straight you drunk!....


i did.

...test run, and final solder weld version...

....back plates.....pain in the ass to drill the holes .....broke a million bits.

but its a stainless steel range hood .... good forever

....tail piece for look on hinge held down by velcro so as to access whammy install screws....

note: the bar that was made between the whammy and bridge for downward tension never made it to the end as it pulled out of the body upon tuning....waste of time but for the best... the angle is better for playing. and ya, i left the f***ing holes open in the end




2 of a perfect pair... pickup configuration and wiring are different ....black bridge pickup runs the guitar hot as f***.......the neck p90 is interesting... almost like a tone blend? in a certain roll it doesnt do what one would expect ..... but it does it consistently .....its a very fun guitar to get sounds out of

i've found all the sweet spots on the controls over the last month...and it can be very subtle.

but so satifying

 

[glenwo2]

yes self quote...

im finally gonna show this bastard.

///

i stripped it... the back was real nice grain and i was glad as i dont bother to paint the back (or sides) but i wanted a full non paint guitar but the sides ended up looking like shit after stain so black it was ....and for the better in the end


no...the front did not sand well and it was useless for a natural look..... original color red in pocket

dont have shot of shit front as its black now

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2. the whammy

pile of parts and a 2 spring whammy from some 60s import ....had to carve the hole


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...




motorcycle gear shifter becomes handle

...

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3. neck pickup

...

shop only had a shitty off white cream and black..... wanted neither.

made my own cover after a mistake


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...drill straight you drunk!....


i did.

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...test run, and final solder weld version...



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....back plates.....pain in the ass to drill the holes .....broke a million bits.

but its a stainless steel range hood .... good forever

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....tail piece for look on hinge held down by velcro so as to access whammy install screws....

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note: the bar that was made between the whammy and bridge for downward tension never made it to the end as it pulled out of the body upon tuning....waste of time but for the best... the angle is better for playing. and ya, i left the f***ing holes open in the end




2 of a perfect pair... pickup configuration and wiring are different ....black bridge pickup runs the guitar hot as f***.......the neck p90 is interesting... almost like a tone blend? in a certain roll it doesnt do what one would expect ..... but it does it consistently .....its a very fun guitar to get sounds out of

i've found all the sweet spots on the controls over the last month...and it can be very subtle.

but so satifying

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Holy "taking chicken-sh*t and turning it into chicken salad", Batman!!

 

[My3Sons]

yes self quote...

im finally gonna show this bastard.

///

i stripped it... the back was real nice grain and i was glad as i dont bother to paint the back (or sides) but i wanted a full non paint guitar but the sides ended up looking like shit after stain so black it was ....and for the better in the end


no...the front did not sand well and it was useless for a natural look..... original color red in pocket

dont have shot of shit front as its black now

View attachment 772158



2. the whammy

pile of parts and a 2 spring whammy from some 60s import ....had to carve the hole


View attachment 772161


...




motorcycle gear shifter becomes handle

...

View attachment 772164View attachment 772165View attachment 772166


3. neck pickup

...

shop only had a shitty off white cream and black..... wanted neither.

made my own cover after a mistake


View attachment 772169

...drill straight you drunk!....


i did.

View attachment 772170

...test run, and final solder weld version...



View attachment 772172

....back plates.....pain in the ass to drill the holes .....broke a million bits.

but its a stainless steel range hood .... good forever

View attachment 772173

....tail piece for look on hinge held down by velcro so as to access whammy install screws....

View attachment 772174



note: the bar that was made between the whammy and bridge for downward tension never made it to the end as it pulled out of the body upon tuning....waste of time but for the best... the angle is better for playing. and ya, i left the f***ing holes open in the end




2 of a perfect pair... pickup configuration and wiring are different ....black bridge pickup runs the guitar hot as f***.......the neck p90 is interesting... almost like a tone blend? in a certain roll it doesnt do what one would expect ..... but it does it consistently .....its a very fun guitar to get sounds out of

i've found all the sweet spots on the controls over the last month...and it can be very subtle.

but so satifying

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Eddie VanHalen would be impressed.

 

[glenwo2]

Eddie VanHalen would be impressed.

Eddie Money would be impressed.

 

[JimEIV]

yes self quote...

im finally gonna show this bastard.

///

i stripped it... the back was real nice grain and i was glad as i dont bother to paint the back (or sides) but i wanted a full non paint guitar but the sides ended up looking like shit after stain so black it was ....and for the better in the end


no...the front did not sand well and it was useless for a natural look..... original color red in pocket

dont have shot of shit front as its black now

View attachment 772158



2. the whammy

pile of parts and a 2 spring whammy from some 60s import ....had to carve the hole


View attachment 772161


...




motorcycle gear shifter becomes handle

...

View attachment 772164View attachment 772165View attachment 772166


3. neck pickup

...

shop only had a shitty off white cream and black..... wanted neither.

made my own cover after a mistake


View attachment 772169

...drill straight you drunk!....


i did.

View attachment 772170

...test run, and final solder weld version...



View attachment 772172

....back plates.....pain in the ass to drill the holes .....broke a million bits.

but its a stainless steel range hood .... good forever

View attachment 772173

....tail piece for look on hinge held down by velcro so as to access whammy install screws....

View attachment 772174



note: the bar that was made between the whammy and bridge for downward tension never made it to the end as it pulled out of the body upon tuning....waste of time but for the best... the angle is better for playing. and ya, i left the f***ing holes open in the end




2 of a perfect pair... pickup configuration and wiring are different ....black bridge pickup runs the guitar hot as f***.......the neck p90 is interesting... almost like a tone blend? in a certain roll it doesnt do what one would expect ..... but it does it consistently .....its a very fun guitar to get sounds out of

i've found all the sweet spots on the controls over the last month...and it can be very subtle.

but so satifying

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Awesome. How long does it take to do the complete restoration?

 

[njdevils1982]

Awesome. How long does it take to do the complete restoration?

these really didnt take that long ....sanding the bodies and necks is quick....the painting is over a few days as multiple coats are done......then it's a trip to the parts shop for new tuners, pots, bridge, pickups, toggle switch and wiring... soldering is a hour or so depending if im having a good day with the iron (up the irons! ) ...also helps that these were just restores with upgraded parts and not a full on scratch build... the white one's body used to be a bass which i reshaped a bit smaller and changed the design

next is a electric bass and then the big challenge of an acoustic guitar completely from raw materials. excited to get to that one

 

[JimEIV]

these really didnt take that long ....sanding the bodies and necks is quick....the painting is over a few days as multiple coats are done......then it's a trip to the parts shop for new tuners, pots, bridge, pickups, toggle switch and wiring... soldering is a hour or so depending if im having a good day with the iron (up the irons! ) ...also helps that these were just restores with upgraded parts and not a full on scratch build... the white one's body used to be a bass which i reshaped a bit smaller and changed the design

next is a electric bass and then the big challenge of an acoustic guitar completely from raw materials. excited to get to that one

Very cool. Can't wait to see the pics.

 

[Guadana]

Check out this chicken's feathers. This is the breeder/owner of Whiting Farms

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I have fun memory fr.I’m my childhood. We had flat and house, my family had few chickens for eggs and meet, Mostly market was brutal after crushing USSR and big part of our food was growing by ourselves in the garden. We changed cucumbers and tomatoes or some other vegetables for goat or cow milk or cream etc.

One thing was really great. We never touched spider webs. Because we picked flies from there and put them in the food for chickens. I lived in the city with many swamps and forests, and there were many mosquitos, so spiders helped with them too. We lived in symbiotic harmony with spiders. I should admit there were no poisoned ones.

 

[JimEIV]

I had some pulled pork left over and I was trying to figure out what to do with it...so I came up with this

Panara English muffins, pulled pork, eggs over easy and turkey gravy. Ground black pepper to finish on a paper plate . 2:00pm break my fast ....I know it sounds and probably looks gross, but it was incredibly awesome and I just made it up on the fly.

.

 

[My3Sons]

I had some pulled pork left over and I was trying to figure out what to do with it...so I came up with this

Panara English muffins, pulled pork, eggs over easy and turkey gravy. Ground black pepper to finish on a paper plate . 2:00pm break my fast ....I know it sounds and probably looks gross, but it was incredibly awesome and I just made it up on the fly.


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It’s kinda sorta eggs Benedict

 

[njdevils1982]

im in the mood for some relaxing, easy listening tonight

 

[denverdevil]

im in the mood for some relaxing, easy listening tonight

What did you just do to me.

 

[JimEIV]

It’s kinda sorta eggs Benedict

That's what I was aiming for. It was really good. I used the last of the pork or I would've made it again tomorrow.

 

[denverdevil]

9 time national champion University of Denver Pioneers. 4 tickets for $64 on certain family nights. Avs games are fun, but this is certainly much kinder on the wallet!

 

[Saugus]

I had some pulled pork left over and I was trying to figure out what to do with it...so I came up with this

Panara English muffins, pulled pork, eggs over easy and turkey gravy. Ground black pepper to finish on a paper plate . 2:00pm break my fast ....I know it sounds and probably looks gross, but it was incredibly awesome and I just made it up on the fly.

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On days when my wife and I are both working from home I like to make breakfast sandwiches similar to this. Toasted English muffins, over easy eggs with fresh ground salt and pepper, cheddar melted on, and my special touches: sriracha sauce and my homemade guacamole.

My wife says that she’d marry me all over again just to keep me making her those breakfast sandwiches. I’m not always sure she’s joking.

 

[njdevils1982]

just finished watching this 2 hour 9 minute masterpiece straight through /minus piss breaks/

a band tighter then a nun.

the full thing is awesome

camera work top notch

and of course, zappa's mockery and showmanship

....the band is f***ing insane


...and guitar wonderment that i can relate to

 

[njdevils1982]

shane macgowan dead at 65

Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend, dies aged 65

One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bleedred]

shane macgowan dead at 65

Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend, dies aged 65

One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music

www.theguardian.com

I’m a little surprised he was only 65. I figured he had to be 70 by now.

 

[Saucerhead Tharpe]

Absolutely loved The Pogues (ergo Shane as well). I will play "If I Should Fall From Grace with God" often over the next few days. What an exceptional album.

 

[My3Sons]

just finished watching this 2 hour 9 minute masterpiece straight through /minus piss breaks/

a band tighter then a nun.

the full thing is awesome

camera work top notch

and of course, zappa's mockery and showmanship

....the band is f***ing insane


...and guitar wonderment that i can relate to

Zappa has never done it for me but I think he was one of the most intelligent and observant people in modern music. My uncle was part of the company that installed an alarm system in his house many years ago. Zappa hung out at the time with a large gentleman who my uncle described comedically but I cannot remember the friend's name all these years later.

 

[njdevils1982]

Zappa has never done it for me but I think he was one of the most intelligent and observant people in modern music. My uncle was part of the company that installed an alarm system in his house many years ago. Zappa hung out at the time with a large gentleman who my uncle described comedically but I cannot remember the friend's name all these years later.

it's easy to overdose on zappa....cant listen to him all the time but every so often i'll revisit his stuff

uncle meat is a great album