What's under your lip/in your nose right now? - Part 2

[Guttermouth]

Good morning. That sounds interesting. Unfortunately I don't have an old pc to try it on. I haven't had much exposure to MAC software but have watched my daughter use her macbook air some. It's for school so I haven't asked to mess with it.

Tonic menthol

One thing you can say about the Mac stuff is that it's intuitive and seems to have less menu surfing.the Mac stuff is all unix based now so the more user friendly Linux variants are in the same ballpark since they're both based on the same guts.....
I've been a windows guy since 2000 came out just because of the stability/compatibility issue (in the recording world anyway) but I'm anything but impressed with where they are going with 7&8 and the Linux recording software seems to have caught up with the commercial windows based stuff I've been using.after seeing what they've done with Linux lately, my next desktop will be a Mac or Linux based setup...

 

[Guttermouth]

I've got an old HP netbook that I use for the poker timer. I'd love to play on there but so far I haven't found a program that I could use. I still may download to a flash drive as long as the BIOS supports USB boots.

There's a couple of "live" variants out now that will run directly from the USB drive without making changes to the hard drive so you can kind of get a feel for how they work. Slitaz is nice as is puppy and it seems Ubuntu has a live variant as well:
Try Ubuntu before you install it | Ubuntu

I would think the thumb drive would have to be big for Ubuntu but, slitaz can run off a 256 mb stick and still have plenty of swap space.

 

[Guttermouth]

Wow,not sure how I got off on a Linux tangent there but, I guess lots of awake time does that to ya.


The wife is off for the weekend and we've been slacking and sleeping. The pipe smoking friends and I have been discussing having a get together. The plan is for a nice soup and homemade bread and a big sampler of whiskey and pipe tobacco by the fireplace on the porch.i ordered two new tobaccos today for the occasion ( hearth and home black house and mcclelland frog Morton on the bayou). The whiskey is still up in the air but I think we're leaning towards knob creek for the first get together.i've got a recipe for a fire roasted tomato bisque that is just fantastic and I'm gonna throw a couple of loaves of the wife's artisan bread on the baking stones. All in all, it's shaping up to be a great night.if any of you guys wanna make the road trip the first weekend of February , we'd be glad to have ya!!!

Other than that, I've been trying to get all the computer repairs done and out of here. Soooooo sick of looking at them.....

Offload frosted
H20

 

[hittman]

Good morning. Gutter that sounds like a good gathering. Are you doing computer repairs along with the music equipment? We remodeled my oldest daughter's walk in closet yesterday and then I ended up taking the kids shoe shopping. The youngest is developing an expensive taste for shoes.

Thunder berry
Coffee
Tonic menthol

 

[Guttermouth]

Good morning. Gutter that sounds like a good gathering. Are you doing computer repairs along with the music equipment? We remodeled my oldest daughter's walk in closet yesterday and then I ended up taking the kids shoe shopping. The youngest is developing an expensive taste for shoes.

Hit, I did computer repair for a few years but nowadays it's just for close friends or family members. I can't deal with trying to explain to the general public that their pc problems are looking at them in the mirror, not the actual hardware

You are a remodeling machine,man. Seems like you're always redoing stuff - is your house relatively new?

I got a lot of 100 year old hardwood that needs to be sanded and refinished. Maybe this summer..


Off road frosted
H20

 

[hittman]

I do some computer stuff at work when the need arises and sometimes people at work will ask me about issues they have at home. I want to tell them that its the nut behind the handle(self inflicted) but I don't. As far as the remodeling goes, we had our house built. In 99 but my wife is constantly coming up with projects for me that "we" should do. The problem is that the part that she says she'll finish never gets done. The vanity in the bathroom that I tiled and put the new top and faucet in still hasn't been painted like she said she would do and then yesterday I saw a list she made with paint on it which can only mean more work for me.

Thunder berry
Coffee

 

[firechick]

We call those I D ten T failures. if they write it down they figure it out.....ID10T.

Been sick all weekend, and the state of my home state has had me down.

OR mini
Coffee

 

[hittman]

Sorry you're not feeling well FC. What do you mean by your home state?

General mint
Ry4/ wta mix

 

[firechick]

NY. Lot of turmoil here right now over hastily passed passed gun laws. In one day, many items that folks legally owned became illegal to own. There wasn't any warning and people are very upset.

Nada
Water

 

[hittman]

I know there's a lot of gun control talk going on but wasn't aware of the law passed there.

 

[Guttermouth]

We call those I D ten T failures. if they write it down they figure it out.....ID10T.

Been sick all weekend, and the state of my home state has had me down.

OR mini
Coffee

Hahahahahaha. My brother was a unix admin for yahoo - the general shorthand for them was pebcak or problem exists between chair and keyboard....

And
Quit being sick !!!!

 

[Guttermouth]

The problem is that the part that she says she'll finish never gets done. The vanity in the bathroom that I tiled and put the new top and faucet in still hasn't been painted like she said she would do and then yesterday I saw a list she made with paint on it which can only mean more work for me.

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guttermouth]

today was nice, i got caught up enough that (after running some errands) i could do some tweaking on one of my amps and play around with the new explorer when it arrived:

it's got some small little finish issues but sounds and plays absolutely beautifully.

i'm working on my super reverb now - it's still not where it should be tonally.tomorrow, i'm starting the eyelet boards for an amp for a buddy and the wife has jury duty.ugh...

offroad frosted
H20
lead based solder fumes.

 

[hittman]

Good morning. It's back to work for me after a nice three day weekend. I did have to take a work call on my cell phone yesterday. I have this one customer that kind of annoys me and won't call the office number and always calls my cell phone even though I'm in the shop 90% of the time.

Gutter from what I can see in the pic, the explorer looks to be in really good shape. It looks better than the one I saw online when I searched to see what they look like. Is the super reverb an old unit? I recognize the name but don't have an image in my head of what it looks like. By the way, I love the " lead based solder fumes" at the end of your post. I got a kick out of that.

Thunder berry
coffee

 

[rothenbj]

FC we must be sharing long distance germs. Mine started Thursday night so I skipped Mom Friday figuring with the weekend, I'd be good to go. Well, it's Tuesday and I'm just as bad. People are telling me this is a hanger on and they weren't lying. I even considered getting some cold medicine yesterday until someone mentioned snuff as the solution so I'm going that route for now.

The cold has definitely set in as of yesterday afternoon with snow expected by the weekend. I'm certainly not looking forward to it.

 

[firechick]

Looking for single digits through the low teens here all week. I am not enjoying this.

Nada
Coffee

 

[hittman]

If I were you two I'd go get some antibiotics and be done with it. Also, I'd cut out the long distance smooching when you're sick.

lunch follwed by snus

 

[rothenbj]

I'm not much for throwing antibiotics at anything unless I'm really, really sick and I don't feel that way. That being said, I think cold plus might be in order. I just have to dry up the dripping.

 

[Guttermouth]

Good morning. It's back to work for me after a nice three day weekend. I did have to take a work call on my cell phone yesterday. I have this one customer that kind of annoys me and won't call the office number and always calls my cell phone even though I'm in the shop 90% of the time.

Gutter from what I can see in the pic, the explorer looks to be in really good shape. It looks better than the one I saw online when I searched to see what they look like. Is the super reverb an old unit? I recognize the name but don't have an image in my head of what it looks like. By the way, I love the " lead based solder fumes" at the end of your post. I got a kick out of that.

Thunder berry
coffee

Hitt,
you gotta love those "special snowflake" customers that feel like they should have a direct line to your brain at all times...


the explorer is in good shape for its' age. they had a problem with the neck joint at the body (like the mid 60's sg) where the neck would separate from the body. this one has had the neck reset so there's some small finish things right in that area but, the rest of it looks good. these tend to get lots of chips on the end of the headstock and the ends of the wings on the body since they are so pointy but all the corners on this one are in good shape.
the super is that amp ( 68 super reverb)i got that had been in the rafters of a barn in florida for soo long. it's been fighting me every step of the way - at this point, all the controls work correctly,the voltages are within 5 volts of the schematic and it's stable but it's not as mellow sounding as it should be.I've done soooo much work to it already that i know i have more time,parts and money in it than its' worth but,i think it will be a keeper when done so i work on it and track down little gremlins whenever i have extra time.

One nugget of wisdom i can pass along that i've learned over the years of working on these things is that if anyone EVER offers you a great deal on a tube amp or guitar that has been in "storage", offer them less than half of the going rate on it and walk away if they laugh at the offer. The repair bills to get it working are gonna be astronomical compared to the cost to purchase it....

so far, this amp has had ALL the signal wire and caps replaced ($200.00), the output transformer and bad tubes replaced (225.00),the speakers have been reconed with period correct cones ($450.00), the majority of the resistors have been replaced ($100.00),the reverb tank has been replaced ($40.00) and the baffle that holds the speakers had to be sprayed down with water and sit under pressure for damn near a week to get it to straighten out enough to have the speakers re mounted AND be bolted back into the cabinet.That's my cost on things at dealer pricing , when you add in a 30 to 60 dollar/hour labor rate and the 800 dollars to actually purchase the amp,you can see how a great deal turns into a money pit fairly quickly.
of course, once it's done,it will be rock solid and just need regular tube changes every two years for the next 20 years or so

offroad frosted
H20

 

[hittman]

I'm not much for throwing antibiotics at anything unless I'm really, really sick and I don't feel that way. That being said, I think cold plus might be in order. I just have to dry up the dripping.

I thought that perhaps you were more sick than that. Whatever it was that I caught a few weeks ago took me two to three weeks to get back to full strength even with antibiotics.

Hitt,
you gotta love those "special snowflake" customers that feel like they should have a direct line to your brain at all times...


the explorer is in good shape for its' age. they had a problem with the neck joint at the body (like the mid 60's sg) where the neck would separate from the body. this one has had the neck reset so there's some small finish things right in that area but, the rest of it looks good. these tend to get lots of chips on the end of the headstock and the ends of the wings on the body since they are so pointy but all the corners on this one are in good shape.
the super is that amp ( 68 super reverb)i got that had been in the rafters of a barn in florida for soo long. it's been fighting me every step of the way - at this point, all the controls work correctly,the voltages are within 5 volts of the schematic and it's stable but it's not as mellow sounding as it should be.I've done soooo much work to it already that i know i have more time,parts and money in it than its' worth but,i think it will be a keeper when done so i work on it and track down little gremlins whenever i have extra time.

One nugget of wisdom i can pass along that i've learned over the years of working on these things is that if anyone EVER offers you a great deal on a tube amp or guitar that has been in "storage", offer them less than half of the going rate on it and walk away if they laugh at the offer. The repair bills to get it working are gonna be astronomical compared to the cost to purchase it....

so far, this amp has had ALL the signal wire and caps replaced ($200.00), the output transformer and bad tubes replaced (225.00),the speakers have been reconed with period correct cones ($450.00), the majority of the resistors have been replaced ($100.00),the reverb tank has been replaced ($40.00) and the baffle that holds the speakers had to be sprayed down with water and sit under pressure for damn near a week to get it to straighten out enough to have the speakers re mounted AND be bolted back into the cabinet.That's my cost on things at dealer pricing , when you add in a 30 to 60 dollar/hour labor rate and the 800 dollars to actually purchase the amp,you can see how a great deal turns into a money pit fairly quickly.
of course, once it's done,it will be rock solid and just need regular tube changes every two years for the next 20 years or so

offroad frosted
H20

Gutter it sounds like that amp is a labor of love more than anything. I don't know what something like that is worth in good working condition but obviously it's worth a lot to you. I think that it's great that you have something that you're passionate about and enjoy doing. I've never heard the "special snowflake" remark before but it's very fitting. This particular guy is very nice but for some reason he really gets under my skin and I just can't seem to put my finger on why that is.


thunder berry
coffee