-15F this morning…not kidding.
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Wicked cold out!
Yup, it’s been a wicked cold one this year. Tuesday, February 24, 2015 we had a low of -24.2F here in Norridgewock, ME. Yeah, that’s wicked cold.
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Rock ‘n Roll
Vaughn and I have a standing father/son time every weekend in the morning playing guitar. Recently he has started to play with me, clicking the button on an old stomp box I made back in college. This morning I decided to try my hand at some Siravo. So I tuned down to drop C, cranked the overdrive to 11 on my little K-20X, flipped down to my bridge pickup on the tele, and did my best to keep up. Vaughn was impressed, quickly telling me that it “sounds like rock ‘n roll, daddy!” That made me smile.
I did quickly learn that I need to practice my rock rhythm guitar chops badly and that it is also very unlikely I will fill in for rhythm duty in the Siravo lineup any time soon. But, little mister and I had a blast doing it, and we filled the house with obnoxious guitar noise like I was in high school again. Good times.
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Fralin Tele Splits
Someday I’m going to upgrade my tele, and when I do, it will have these cool Fralin’s on it:
Mockup: Affinity Telecaster with Fralin Tele Split-Blade Pickups
Desk mods
My desk is also my workstation and I need to keep little fingers from my dangerous leaded electronic parts etc, so I gated it off. Using a bit of ingenuity, an old refrigerator shelf, a junk piece of wood, and a small section of brass rod I came up with this locking door:
Desk – door closed
Desk – door open
To open the door requires you to pull the brass rod out (which is flush with the side of the desk on purpose so little fingers can’t do it easily) by first moving it slightly out with your finger via the slot, then lift the door up a half inch, then proceed to open. Closing is a simple reversal of the process.
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