uncle fester Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Hey All - Match up a little time away from playing with a challenge to do something without buying anything, and you get my scrap wood winter wonderland (left over scrap wood, and reclaimed chicken wire). How is this related to guitar you ask... check out the guy playing the J45 around the campfire :). (In my mind, the guitar player is Buc, he's borrowing my J45, and learned how to play righty. The two folks on the bench are me and BBG with BBG explaining the importance of rhythm, and rhyme, and tone... 🙂 Everyone else is on the way, they just haven't shown up yet. but what we do know is ZW is going to do something on 12 string, Rbp is going to introduced his new dressed up ax, Sal is going to introduce his new CW, the Aussies are hanging together with FB teaching BK Jean Genie, but to FBs chagrin, BK is bluesing it up. And as mentioned, anyone not specifically called out is on the way. Hoping for a cameo from FYP. For extra points, find the 2 dogs in the woods, and the big 'ol bass in the pond by the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I am hoping to have a very peaceful day. Yesterday da' wife and I made the trek up to Put-In-Bay on South Bass Island for a music fest. Lake Erie was not in a good mood. Steady winds out of the north were sending waves as high as 15 feet crashing over seawalls. When we arrived at Port Clinton the catch the Ferry for the three mile ride to the island the entre waterfront was submerged. But the sun was out and we had a great day of music while wandering past the numerous eateries and bars amid the blocks of Victorian buildings. Kind of a little bit of Key West minus the palm trees and with brutal winters. Put-In-Bay is the home of the Beer Barrel Saloon which boasts the worlds longest bar clocking in at just under 406 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 We're getting ready for our annual trek north for the summer. The dining room is piled with boat parts, tools, and cases of wine. The list keeps getting longer, but the SUV doesn't get any bigger, so there's only so much you can fit in. You always worry "what have I forgotten?" But then you remember we're just headed to Maine, not on our way to a third world country. They have toilet paper and paper towels in the stores. I spend an hour or so every evening playing my "new" 1950 J-45, since I will be away from it for three months. None of the other guitars are getting much attention thanks to the new girl in the herd. The carbon fiber boat guitar just got a string change, so it's ready to return to center stage for a couple of months. It just sits in the case the rest of the year. It's June in Florida, and it's getting hot. Time to head to cooler latitudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, j45nick said: We're getting ready for our annual trek north for the summer. The dining room is piled with boat parts, tools, and cases of wine. The list keeps getting longer, but the SUV doesn't get any bigger, so there's only so much you can fit in. You always worry "what have I forgotten?" But then you remember we're just headed to Maine, not on our way to a third world country. They have toilet paper and paper towels in the stores. I spend an hour or so every evening playing my "new" 1950 J-45, since I will be away from it for three months. None of the other guitars are getting much attention thanks to the new girl in the herd. The carbon fiber boat guitar just got a string change, so it's ready to return to center stage for a couple of months. It just sits in the case the rest of the year. It's June in Florida, and it's getting hot. Time to head to cooler latitudes. Thumbs up on everything in here. I remember a boat trips home from cape porpoise and aisle of shoales (just south of Maine) on the way back to the mouth of the Merrimac in Neburyport MA. Interested to hear how you like the carbon fiber boat guitar, and the 'new' J45 experience sounds like the most you could hope! 5 hours ago, zombywoof said: I am hoping to have a very peaceful day. Peace to you ZW, hope you're able to kick back and enjoy time passing by for a little bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, billroy said: Interested to hear how you like the carbon fiber boat guitar, and the 'new' J45 experience sounds like the most you could hope! It's a Composite Acoustics Cargo, a compact guitar with a built-in L.R. Baggs pickup system, which I never use. It's my main travel guitar. With a 1 3/4" nut width and a thick neck profile, it's surprisingly comfortable to play, even with the short 22.75" scale. It is surprisingly loud for a small guitar, and sounds pretty good. You can throw it in the overhead bin of an airplane in its gig bag, and not worry about it getting crunched. The action height doesn't change and it doesn't go out of tune with changes in humidity. It's a near-perfect guitar for a boat, even if it isn't a conventional thing of beauty, with its unusual body shape and matte-black carbon fiber body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I spent 3 hours mowing and weedeating at the cabin in the woods. Got it looking pretty good. Until next weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Monday morning 10am here - we are 12 hours ahead in the international time line..... But Sunday morning is usually DADGAD day and most of the time is Lowden day, not always. The sun peaked out after a week of deluges and rainy gloomy days, so after playing for a morning session of DADGADIA, the mind turned to the new old car.... I used to have 2 cars and got sick of the extra paperwork and expense...I had the little 1989 BMW coupe and a Ford panel van for giggery and later years as a general handy vehicle for garden supplies, paving etc, household items and furniture and going to the rubbish tip with the junk. The old Ford motor kept going and going but the body literally rusted to pieces. So off it went one day on a traytruck. I have the best luthier for my guitars around and after many years, found the mechanic equivalent for the little BMW. But being the genius he is also has foibles like working alone, not answering his phone and taking 3 weeks to fix my car, beautifully mind you - running like a queen -but meanwhile I am stuck here in the middle of nowhere without a car. He can give me a courtesy car but not allowed to have a dog in it! And rightly so, if you saw the back seat of my little coupe. Rescue dogs we get have foibles too, like not liking being left at home alone and ripping the place to pieces... For a very long while, I have said I would like to get a 2nd car and just wear the inconvenience of 2 insurances, papers, upkeep. So I was looking at the closest car yard with an online thing and I was thinking of an old utility type Ford Escape or similar, but when I looked at an actual car the interior and storage of my little BMW coupe was bigger! What? So we looked towards bigger and slightly better, thinking in the back of my head how something I could throw a few guitars in Hiscox cases in the back to visit a friend in the mountains etc, would be ideal. Something utilitarian.....a van maybe, a small truck, ute, 4x4...you know, something spacious and lockable and guitars not visible. But then I got a great deal on this one in the photo below from a used car dealer. And it is like driving a little starship. But the roof has been up since I bought it because of the weather and yesterday was the chance to see if the dog was scared of the roof going up or down....nope, a smiling, drooling sun lover! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 14 hours ago, Murph said: I spent 3 hours mowing and weedeating at the cabin in the woods. Got it looking pretty good. Until next weekend... worth it, worth it, worth it.... 11 hours ago, BluesKing777 said: Monday morning 10am here - we are 12 hours ahead in the international time line..... But Sunday morning is usually DADGAD day and most of the time is Lowden day, not always. The sun peaked out after a week of deluges and rainy gloomy days, so after playing for a morning session of DADGADIA, the mind turned to the new old car.... I used to have 2 cars and got sick of the extra paperwork and expense...I had the little 1989 BMW coupe and a Ford panel van for giggery and later years as a general handy vehicle for garden supplies, paving etc, household items and furniture and going to the rubbish tip with the junk. The old Ford motor kept going and going but the body literally rusted to pieces. So off it went one day on a traytruck. I have the best luthier for my guitars around and after many years, found the mechanic equivalent for the little BMW. But being the genius he is also has foibles like working alone, not answering his phone and taking 3 weeks to fix my car, beautifully mind you - running like a queen -but meanwhile I am stuck here in the middle of nowhere without a car. He can give me a courtesy car but not allowed to have a dog in it! And rightly so, if you saw the back seat of my little coupe. Rescue dogs we get have foibles too, like not liking being left at home alone and ripping the place to pieces... For a very long while, I have said I would like to get a 2nd car and just wear the inconvenience of 2 insurances, papers, upkeep. So I was looking at the closest car yard with an online thing and I was thinking of an old utility type Ford Escape or similar, but when I looked at an actual car the interior and storage of my little BMW coupe was bigger! What? So we looked towards bigger and slightly better, thinking in the back of my head how something I could throw a few guitars in Hiscox cases in the back to visit a friend in the mountains etc, would be ideal. Something utilitarian.....a van maybe, a small truck, ute, 4x4...you know, something spacious and lockable and guitars not visible. But then I got a great deal on this one in the photo below from a used car dealer. And it is like driving a little starship. But the roof has been up since I bought it because of the weather and yesterday was the chance to see if the dog was scared of the roof going up or down....nope, a smiling, drooling sun lover! BluesKing777. oooooh BK - aren't you super fancy! Not sure a couple Hiscox cases would fit in that trunk, but you'll look good trying 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 29 minutes ago, billroy said: worth it, worth it, worth it.... oooooh BK - aren't you super fancy! Not sure a couple Hiscox cases would fit in that trunk, but you'll look good trying 🙂 I don’t think a travel guitar will fit! It should fit in one of the other cars I bought - stacked up behind the Beemer in the photo! (Kidding, that is the car lot photo.) There is always the back seat for a guitar or 2 in Hiscoxes (Hiscoxii???)in seat belts or the front seat if I am solo. The car is nearly 10 years old and not something most want to take on, parts are killer and the dealers have the old $1000 car wash system (a service plus wash), but I have my BMW mechanic. Same with guitars...without my best luthier, I am nothing and could not contemplate that 51 J45...... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 57 minutes ago, BluesKing777 said: Same with guitars...without my best luthier, I am nothing and could not contemplate that 51 J45...... BluesKing777. What '51 J-45? Are you hiding something from us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, j45nick said: What '51 J-45? Are you hiding something from us? The ‘51 J45 that I WON’T be getting now I bought the beast in the photo. Maybe never if it konks it and I have to get 4 brake disks or something awful. I will take it to my mechanic to give an oil change and a check up on payday....hope it doesn’t need a neck reset or a new bridge or even a wheel. But seriously, and all your fault, Nick The Evil - I am selling a few guitars I am out of love with...an HD28V is getting some new frets and to be gone, a National reso, and a few undecided....and the money will go to a ‘50. Or car repair. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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