Sorry Burls, me and Blackie gotcha outnumbered:
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Sorry Burls, me and Blackie gotcha outnumbered:
I am surely a lover of the Strat. And that one is pretty sexy. My 17 year old son plays a Strat (and a Tele, and a banjo, etc, etc.). He blows me outta the water. I just love the sound of a Tele over any other guitar out there.
I am home after surgery spend most of the day sleeping but the forum has been my entertainment. Yesterday went back and read first 50 or so pages of this thread. It was like a book I couldn't put down until Bronze tried his first HHV samplesI tried my heavenly tobacco yesterday another high quality juice..I probably won't reorder as its not much different than other juice I already have. I've saved half of my shadow fax for another day as I really like it.
Awww, I hope your recovery is quick and full.
I was thinkin' today that there might be another Tele in my future. There's a lot of
country music in this area, and though it's not my favorite music, a Tele would come
in handy for some of the gigs.
Yes, it's got a country feel for sure, but jazz sounds amazing on one as well.
I'll never forget the first time I saw the GC. I actually didn't think I wanted to make the trip that day. I thought, "no big deal, I've seen plenty of pictures, yeah it's pretty, but....." Well, I'm here to tell you IT IS A BIG DEAL! You just cannot explain it and there are no pictures or videos that do it justice.
Yeah, it does. One thing that blew me away one time is when I saw Joe Pass.
He was notorious for playing a big, fat jazz guitar. He was playing a Tele and
his sound was big and fat. His amp was just a little Polytone. He had no band,
and he didn't need it. He was the master of chords and chord solos.
And Buggs.. It's SO close! I want to spend the night at the lodge over the holidays. I'm also in love with Sedona. I'm even closer to that, I go often.
Love your Hendrix quote MostlySunny. BTW, I share a birthday with Jimmy Hendrix, separated by 25 years. My guitar strap is a copy of one of Jimmy's straps, made by a craftsman in the UK. A bit more trivia is that David Gilmour's wife purchased the original strap and gave it to him for his 60th birthday (I think). I actually have two of those straps for each Black Strat.
I love things with meaning and a story behind them.
I share a birthday with Phil Lesh...
We lived in Seattle for 13 yrs before moving here, lots of Hendrix "stuff". I knew a women that went to HS with him, and if we were still there my kids would go to his old High School. The Experience Music Project (EMP) is amazing! Have you been?
I don't play anything. I just appreciate.
Sedona is absolutely beautiful. That would be a great place to live someday.
Gotta be prepared to suit up in the winter, though.
I have come here, read back and now must go to bed.
Just had to change my signature for awhile, finally I have gone 2 whole days with no cigs. And I thank HHV and all of you for that
Congrats on that.
(the no cig, thing I mean. The going to bed thing is not so hard)
A thought about the TempestTek V-Core Splitfire... besides the fact that it is an absolutely amazing tank.
***Re wicking/ rebuilding***
These heads are basically the same as a Nova head and rebuild the same way. The problem is, it is nearly impossible to get a wick through those holes without the aglet (the shoe lace end) attached.
PROBLEM SOLVED
Go to your local hardware store (I used True Value) and ask for 18-22 AWG shrink tube. True Value Hardware sells a small package for under $3.
For those of you who are not familiar with shrink tube, it is a tube that shrinks a minimum of 50% when exposed to heat delivered from a propane torch or a heat gun. A lighter might work as well, however I have never tried this.
I have bought 20 new heads over the past month at a cost of $60 plus shipping. With 2mm silica, 32 AWG Kanthal and this shrink tube, my cost is under 25¢ per head.
This has been a public service announcement brought to you today by the House of Burly.
***Re wicking/ rebuilding***
These heads are basically the same as a Nova head and rebuild the same way. The problem is, it is nearly impossible to get a wick through those holes without the aglet (the shoe lace end) attached.
PROBLEM SOLVED
Go to your local hardware store (I used True Value) and ask for 18-22 AWG shrink tube. True Value Hardware sells a small package for under $3.
For those of you who are not familiar with shrink tube, it is a tube that shrinks a minimum of 50% when exposed to heat delivered from a propane torch or a heat gun. A lighter might work as well, however I have never tried this.
I have bought 20 new heads over the past month at a cost of $60 plus shipping. With 2mm silica, 32 AWG Kanthal and this shrink tube, my cost is under 25¢ per head.
This has been a public service announcement brought to you today by the House of Burly.
I have come here, read back and now must go to bed.
Just had to change my signature for awhile, finally I have gone 2 whole days with no cigs. And I thank HHV and all of you for that
The first days are the hardest... I'd say something like it gets easier, and it does, but I've had some really tough days still, upped my nic level and I seem to be in a better place.
I can believe it. My great uncle used to bury milk cans of silver dollars in the barn and who knows where else on his property.
Not sure if you saw my post on me putting the split fire head on my knock off vivi? I snipped those little things right off! Ugh! Learning curve...
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