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

[njdevils1982]

In my experience the cesspool of germs continues all the way up through high school.

someday a real rain will come and wipe this scum off the streets

 

[My3Sons]

someday a real rain will come and wipe this scum off the streets

I’m missing the reference.

 

[njdevils1982]

I’m missing the reference.

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

Lmao at Knicks meltdown

 

[Bleedred]

He's such a weird character. Guy was an emotional rollercoaster. Couldn't tell if he was a good-hearted guy, a bad guy, but he was certainly a very mentally ill guy.

Kind of glad they scrapped the Taxi Driver sequel which was something that started to get talked about around the mid 2000's and seemed close to happening.

I might have enjoyed a sequel within 10 years of the first one, but how do you bring back a 60 or 70-something year old Travis Bickle 30-40 years later? Why is he still driving a taxi cab in the 21st century as a senior citizen and not either in a psychiatric hospital or dead? The thought of seeing DeNiro reprise that role as an elderly man is a little intriguing though.

But anyway, there's a theory that Travis Bickle died in the shootout at the brothel, due to blood loss from all his wounds in the shootout. And that his encounter picking up Betsy at the end of the movie was all a hallucination. Though there's also a theory that part happened, but that he died after dropping her off right at the end of the movie, when he has a startled look on his face and looks through the rearview mirror and the camera cuts away.

Travis Bickle seemed about as dead as Tony Soprano for a while there, though the fact that Gandolfini wound up dying not too many years after The Sopranos ended, ended any chance of Tony Soprano being seen again in anything but prequels.

 

[My3Sons]

Lmao at Knicks meltdown

Brunson saved their bacon.

 

[Capt Nico Poo]

Brunson saved their bacon.

Yup, that wouldve been a very epic collapse. Kings-GS is an amazing match too. A good basket ball day

 

[njdevils1982]

He's such a weird character. Guy was an emotional rollercoaster. Couldn't tell if he was a good-hearted guy, a bad guy, but he was certainly a very mentally ill guy.

Kind of glad they scrapped the Taxi Driver sequel which was something that started to get talked about around the mid 2000's and seemed close to happening.

I might have enjoyed a sequel within 10 years of the first one, but how do you bring back a 60 or 70-something year old Travis Bickle 30-40 years later? Why is he still driving a taxi cab in the 21st century as a senior citizen and not either in a psychiatric hospital or dead? The thought of seeing DeNiro reprise that role as an elderly man is a little intriguing though.

But anyway, there's a theory that Travis Bickle died in the shootout at the brothel, due to blood loss from all his wounds in the shootout. And that his encounter picking up Betsy at the end of the movie was all a hallucination. Though there's also a theory that part happened, but that he died after dropping her off right at the end of the movie, when he has a startled look on his face and looks through the rearview mirror and the camera cuts away.

Travis Bickle seemed about as dead as Tony Soprano for a while there, though the fact that Gandolfini wound up dying not too many years after The Sopranos ended, ended any chance of Tony Soprano being seen again in anything but prequels.

a sequel would be laughed at

 

[Eggtimer]

Sailor Jerry is always the one that does it to me.

I can never again drink Sambuka .
Even the thought of it makes me get the shivers.
I don’t knkw how much I drank but , but I puked so hard tha I broke blood vessels in and around my eyes. It sure felt like one or both eyes were close to popping out of the socket while puking so hard. It looked like I got punched in he face / punched in both eyes area.

I was honestly praying to God to just take me now and not have to go through that anymore. Pretty sure I had alcohol poisoning or very close to it. I projectile vomited for awhile them after that it was dry heaves. My shirt was soaked from sweating so bad while sick.
You cannot pay me enough money to take even a shot of it now.

 

[njdevils1982]

I can never again drink Sambuka .
Even the thought of it makes me get the shivers.
I don’t knkw how much I drank but , but I puked so hard tha I broke blood vessels in and around my eyes. It sure felt like one or both eyes were close to popping out of the socket while puking so hard. It looked like I got punched in he face / punched in both eyes area.

I was honestly praying to God to just take me now and not have to go through that anymore. Pretty sure I had alcohol poisoning or very close to it. I projectile vomited for awhile them after that it was dry heaves. My shirt was soaked from sweating so bad while sick.
You cannot pay me enough money to take even a shot of it now.

 

[Saugus]

I can never again drink Sambuka .
Even the thought of it makes me get the shivers.
I don’t knkw how much I drank but , but I puked so hard tha I broke blood vessels in and around my eyes. It sure felt like one or both eyes were close to popping out of the socket while puking so hard. It looked like I got punched in he face / punched in both eyes area.

I was honestly praying to God to just take me now and not have to go through that anymore. Pretty sure I had alcohol poisoning or very close to it. I projectile vomited for awhile them after that it was dry heaves. My shirt was soaked from sweating so bad while sick.
You cannot pay me enough money to take even a shot of it now.

I've never liked Sambuca either. That anise licorice flavor is not one I enjoy in the least.

 

[JimEIV]

I've never liked Sambuca either. That anise licorice flavor is not one I enjoy in the least.

On my Italian side they never finished a family gathering without espresso and Anisette. For some reason they always let me have some. They never used the word Sambuca and I didn't learn what Sambuca was until I was much older but it's the same thing.

 

[njdevils1982]

eye sore bag signs advertising things get put up around where i live.....

eye sore bag signs advertising things get taken down by me as soon as i see them

not a chance these pricks have permits for this crap.

 

[njdevils1982]

On my Italian side they never finished a family gathering without espresso and Anisette. For some reason they always let me have some. They never used the word Sambuca and I didn't learn what Sambuca was until I was much older but it's the same thing.

good timing man....

last night my sister, brother and i threw a surprise 70th birthday party (a week late as to disguise anything) and my old soccer coach from the early 90's (and subsequent years) was there.

we had a conversation about sambuca....he's full on italian and hates the stuff.....but give him espresso and brandy, look out

a great man and coach...very intesne when the game was on (like me) always motivated us to be the best and made sure we always had the best uniforms, track suits, bags and gear...not only did we look good we played the role of one of the top teams for a real long time even after he 'retired' and we ran the team ourselves....love the guy

 

[njdevils1982]

i mentioned a while back about redoing a guitar i put together years ago out of random parts from a pile of piles or whatever... i was around 25... never did any electric guitar wiring or whatever.... it was based on johnny ramones mosrite

i made some mistakes while learning and at the same time discovered things that still form how i do things, approach projects.......make shit....

the idea was there. the delivery was off. at 47, it was time to bring it back.

it was weeks... and hours...

and days in between sometimes

_____

single coil was unplayable, the squelch feedback neutered its basic usefulness .....the whole thing was ungrounded ....i was a f***ing hack

...also mention that those holes for bridge were drilled with a corded drill and off

i wanted to keep as much original...

____________


to the restore/rebuild... time to get wise. ..... body work

wood dowels and filler...sanding.....photos out of order .....dont matter.....it ends up with 10 coats of spray....(and a couple of touch ups in spots due to drinkin)

its not a f***ing 'candy apple' hard cover gloss ....this will wear out with play

_________


pickguard repair to resize and recut so no gaps when pickup is installed. (a great view of the back can be had later in wiring picture)

its a fine line and my shop was a mess... it was so cold out and everything was brittle as f***...... hooked up a hair dryer on a bungee above to pull down and keep things warm-ish ....but eventually it was done

yes theres too many holes in the pickguard......makes sense later

________


wiring.

i look at a schematic and wonder. it took a bit to take apart what i was looking and understand what it is im looking .... a way i process some types of information

moving on.

this is me drilling out the original cover to match the new single coil

i dont want a pickup that looks like a dentist's bleached teeth on this old friend


*new black cheap pickup in photo was changed out for a better one...but no photos....

_______


original cover gets the damn right solder iron melt bend treatment.......it sucked .....i was sooo cold out there

black line it the uncut part which i would eventually do to shorten the height

_________


again, wiring.... and lo and behold.... i figured it out

B 500k pots ...all 3 linear.... (on what they do?? later)

*note structural plastic parts from aforementioned pickguard repair and cheat sheet sharpie wiring drawings..... and f***! ..... that hanging hot solder on the top right of the photo....like pavlov's dog i learned to stop hitting with the back of my hand while dangled there from the ceiling...f***

________


the bridge.


the reason a guitar can suck hard and be no better than fuel for a f***ing camp hotdog cook out is intonation.

older style of bridges (this type) only gave you one chance to hit the right spot.....now the 2 post have a tolerance due to the slotted post hole which are adjustable forward/back to essentially 'calibrate' the setup with allen key


(jumping ahead here in the story to finished guitar........the intonation is dead on)

_________



ok. lets neck!


from an old pile.... someone did some homemade job before i got it....


frets are intentionally flat in style.....the headstock has some gloss finish which i kept but i hated it on the back of the neck so i sanded it ....


it took not even 10 minutes by hand for the back of the neck (insert TWSS joke)

but its smooth ...much better feel

______


the nut!


things get exciting now.....if one thinks two and a half hours of cutting and sanding is fun

... it smells like burning bone.....its deer antler

but its hard as f*** and perfect for instruments


before .....the old one was done

after... but before shaping and notching

______



completed back

yes, unpainted like original

front.... missing the knobs in the photo

________

________


its f***ing back!


humbucker enjoys the unconventional vertically stacked dials.. volume and tone.

single coil just gets a volume ...and yes, it's angled the other way compared to how most singles at the bridge are on guitars... gives a bit more room for right hand to deal with the volume knob for neck pickup

same old top hat dials from then years ago...real smooth and space, three fingers can run the 2 knobs....

the 3 channel switch also from then...i remember lopping off the metal part and using a torch to 'weld' on the plastic knob...... i wanted a shorter toggle to keep out of the way of my paw hands.....


the body was reshaped from old something.....its solid.


i could go on.. (and ive missed out on plenty of things im sure).... this was the minimum i could write about this to give enough of the story behind the guitar



____


rip it up!

 

[My3Sons]

i mentioned a while back about redoing a guitar i put together years ago out of random parts from a pile of piles or whatever... i was around 25... never did any electric guitar wiring or whatever.... it was based on johnny ramones mosrite

i made some mistakes while learning and at the same time discovered things that still form how i do things, approach projects.......make shit....

the idea was there. the delivery was off. at 47, it was time to bring it back.

it was weeks... and hours...

and days in between sometimes

_____

single coil was unplayable, the squelch feedback neutered its basic usefulness .....the whole thing was ungrounded ....i was a f***ing hack

...also mention that those holes for bridge were drilled with a corded drill and off

i wanted to keep as much original...


View attachment 689643


____________


to the restore/rebuild... time to get wise. ..... body work

wood dowels and filler...sanding.....photos out of order .....dont matter.....it ends up with 10 coats of spray....(and a couple of touch ups in spots due to drinkin)

its not a f***ing 'candy apple' hard cover gloss ....this will wear out with play


View attachment 689646


View attachment 689675


_________


pickguard repair to resize and recut so no gaps when pickup is installed. (a great view of the back can be had later in wiring picture)

its a fine line and my shop was a mess... it was so cold out and everything was brittle as f***...... hooked up a hair dryer on a bungee above to pull down and keep things warm-ish ....but eventually it was done

yes theres too many holes in the pickguard......makes sense later

View attachment 689649




View attachment 689650

________


wiring.

i look at a schematic and wonder. it took a bit to take apart what i was looking and understand what it is im looking .... a way i process some types of information

moving on.

this is me drilling out the original cover to match the new single coil

i dont want a pickup that looks like a dentist's bleached teeth on this old friend


*new black cheap pickup in photo was changed out for a better one...but no photos....


View attachment 689651


_______


original cover gets the damn right solder iron melt bend treatment.......it sucked .....i was sooo cold out there

black line it the uncut part which i would eventually do to shorten the height


View attachment 689652


_________


again, wiring.... and lo and behold.... i figured it out

B 500k pots ...all 3 linear.... (on what they do?? later)

*note structural plastic parts from aforementioned pickguard repair and cheat sheet sharpie wiring drawings..... and f***! ..... that hanging hot solder on the top right of the photo....like pavlov's dog i learned to stop hitting with the back of my hand while dangled there from the ceiling...f***




View attachment 689653


________


the bridge.


the reason a guitar can suck hard and be no better than fuel for a f***ing camp hotdog cook out is intonation.

older style of bridges (this type) only gave you one chance to hit the right spot.....now the 2 post have a tolerance due to the slotted post hole which are adjustable forward/back to essentially 'calibrate' the setup with allen key


(jumping ahead here in the story to finished guitar........the intonation is dead on)


View attachment 689654



_________



ok. lets neck!


from an old pile.... someone did some homemade job before i got it....


frets are intentionally flat in style.....the headstock has some gloss finish which i kept but i hated it on the back of the neck so i sanded it ....


it took not even 10 minutes by hand for the back of the neck (insert TWSS joke)

but its smooth ...much better feel


View attachment 689657


View attachment 689660



______


the nut!


things get exciting now.....if one thinks two and a half hours of cutting and sanding is fun

... it smells like burning bone.....its deer antler

but its hard as f*** and perfect for instruments


before .....the old one was done

View attachment 689661


after... but before shaping and notching

View attachment 689699



______



completed back

yes, unpainted like original

View attachment 689664


front.... missing the knobs in the photo


View attachment 689665


________

________


its f***ing back!


humbucker enjoys the unconventional vertically stacked dials.. volume and tone.

single gets just a volume.

same old top dials from then years ago.... the 3 channel switch also from then......

i remember lopping off the metal part and using a torch to 'weld' on the plastic knob...... i wanted a shorter toggle to keep out of the way of my paw hands.....


the body was reshaped from old something.....its solid.


i could go on.. (and ive missed out on plenty of things im sure).... this was the minimum i could write about this to give enough of the story behind the guitar



____


rip it up!


View attachment 689666

Great project thanks for sharing it with us. Enjoy your handiwork.

 

[njdevils1982]

Great project thanks for sharing it with us. Enjoy your handiwork.

thanks... i think next is a bass build....have an old mahogany short scale neck and a slab of kiln dried wood for instrument building, also mahogany. (or go back to a project thats been sitting where i started a guitar thats going to have a body made from 2 hubcaps from im guessing the 70s sometime)

(one day i might attempt to build a neck myself....pretty sure i could pull it off but it requires a few specialty tools i'd have to get....so, i don't know if its reasonable as i'm not going to be building a bunch of necks for a bunch more instruments

 

[Richer's Ghost]

I don't even play my guitars any longer (thanks kids) but I still want a Fender Jaguar and a Gretsch hollowbody with bigsby tremolo for some reason.

Nice work on the restoration.

 

[njdevils1982]

I don't even play my guitars any longer (thanks kids) but I still want a Fender Jaguar and a Gretsch hollowbody with bigsby tremolo for some reason.

Nice work on the restoration.

white falcons are nice (and expensive) but i couldnt do the gold hardware.

love the riff and solo on this one.....falcon sounds soo nice

and its a great song

 

[Richer's Ghost]

That's a beauty for sure. Way outta my price range no doubt.

 

[JimEIV]

white falcons are nice (and expensive) but i couldnt do the gold hardware.

love the riff and solo on this one.....falcon sounds soo nice

and its a great song

Have you been able to find any shed antlers yet? What is your source for the antlers.

 

[njdevils1982]

Have you been able to find any shed antlers yet? What is your source for the antlers.

never seen any....my best chance would be the square mile forest of forest just north of me i've hiked many times.....seen plenty of scat though......

my source is my actual shed. years ago my dad got a box of them from a hunter friend of his and i ended using a bunch as hooks and to display in the shed shop.

(last week, the 11th was the 5th anniversary of his passing)

 

[JimEIV]

never seen any....my best chance would be the square mile forest of forest just north of me i've hiked many times.....seen plenty of scat though......

my source is my actual shed. years ago my dad got a box of them from a hunter friend of his and i ended using a bunch as hooks and to display in the shed shop.

(last week, the 11th was the 5th anniversary of his passing)

That cool that you are still using the materials from your Dad. I'm sure cutting, sanding and creating something new and that brings joy must've felt good.

 

[njdevils1982]

That cool that you are still using the materials from your Dad. I'm sure cutting, sanding and creating something new and that brings joy must've felt good.

yes, very satisfying... most people just go into the parts store and buy bone blanks or even plastic! thats basically ready to put in aside from the string notches... both my dad and my grandfather had the ability to make things out of what they had kicking around....i got the same in me.

mission of burma's learn how would be a good description of my thoughts on building and creating ...not everything that ends up at 4 is 2+2.......one can get there by also going 3+1

every raw material.

Spoiler

Every raw material at hand
Remember all the things you said you'd do?

What happens next?
What happens now?
What happens next?
And the need for a book?
Conditioned by steps
One
Two
Three
Four
Often seems that opportunity knocks
When the door is bolted
The door is locked
The door is bolted
And the door is locked
Don't take me by the hand
Don't take me by the hand
Don't take me by the hand
Don't take me by the hand
Don't take me by the hand
Don't take me by the hand
The tools of the trade are the head and the heart
And the joke I know
And the joke I know
And the joke I know
What I will be when I grow up
If I grow up
When I grow up
Throw away the brainwash
Throw away the brainwash
Throw away the brainwash
(And I give up)
Don't give up
(And I give up)
Don't give up
(And I give up)
Don't give up
Don't give in
Learn how!
Learn how!
Learn how!
Learn how!
Learn how!
Every raw material at hand
Every raw material at hand
Every raw material in your hand

 

[My3Sons]

As one or two of you may know as I’ve mentioned it offhand, I have three sons. Thr youngest is graduating from high school next month so everything we do at this point is the last time we will ever participate in a high school event at the school where all three boys have gone. It’s fairly emotional as most of thr teachers have had at least one of tht older two and all have been very complimentary of all three. We just attended thr last home game for the lacrosse team which all three boys played on. We’ve been involved continuously since 2010. My youngest is a valedictorian and has to give a short speech which he’s been practicing. I think my wife is crying just listening to him rehearse. For those of you with little ones just know that the ride is shorter than you think and the most rewarding and important thing you will ever do. A wise man once told me “be good to your children since they pick your nursing home”.