It was time to build another guitar, so I decided to take a broad view of what I wanted, instead of creating on the fly as usual. I decided on green using the metal cast paint I have had good results with. I also wanted to go with a very black theme with some cool results. I did an oil black on as much chrome as I could and used many black oxide screws.
Next comes the paint, which is pretty straightforward: 5 coats at 10-minute intervals, dry for 7 days and then 4 coats of lacquer to seal. The body took 10 days to paint.
Now it was time to build out the body, which is a lot of fun laying out the placement of the bridge and pickups, while keeping a good look.
The Neck
This kit came with an unfinished maple neck with maple fingerboard, also unfinished. The head stock came as a square block and I cut it to match the Tele stock with my scroll saw and it was good. The finish needed planning and much fine masking to get a good playable result, which made me smile.
I used a smoke black overall (except the fingerboard) and sanded between coats. I was looking for a worn yet brand-new finish, and I did a great job IMHO.
And here are the results, clean and green and ready for setup.
Setup took about 2 hours. The build is solid, so it was a breeze. I build at my studio but do my setups at home so I can take my time, and it pays off with a very nice guitar.
Time to set up
Poison Ivy
When I build a guitar, after the visual design, I think of three things and build to them.
Does it feel good in your hands?
Does it sound good?
Does it stay in tune?
I am happy with my results. I hope you like them as well.
For a moment, I thought it was going to turn out looking like jade.
I like that one better than the blue one.
Very nice
Me too, thanks!
I’ll be out of town for the day so I can’t comment for a few hours,
Enjoy!
Nice.
How much for you to make me one?
Stock price 450$
Poison Ivy 700$
With gig bag
That’s a good price.
Green = Pat’s favorite color. Very nice. That’s almost British racing green.
We need more green cars you fucking cowards (the auto manufacturers).
It s because of consumers.
Once it got out that bland colors had the highest resale value, nobody would buy bold colors unless it was for a sports car or jeep.
from the ded-thred
Moj, from the top rope!
Speaking of DEDthreds,
Juris: “Got to be able to sail up from the ocean”
Why? Does it say so in the Federal Register that the only navigable waters have to flow to the ocean?
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/21/2020-02500/the-navigable-waters-protection-rule-definition-of-waters-of-the-united-states
Looking at it, it only states that oceans are, along with lakes and rivers, navigable, and not necessary as a destination.
SC in 1870:
Clean Water Act overrides silly 19th C. ideas. Do you even Chevron deference bro?
Waters of the United States does not fall within a delegated Federal power.
Hmm, don’t see the word ocean there.
No that’s true. The question before the court wasn’t about navigating the seas, it was about rivers. Maritime jurisdiction starts with the oceans though.
My point is that the navigable body doesn’t necessarily need to either lead to an ocean nor does it necessarily have to be navigable its entire length. See the willamette, broken up by falls and thus not navigable to the ocean, or the trike, which peters out in the desert.
Nice work, Yufus.
I concur with paint on the green.
Did you build it for this person?…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_Ivy_(musician)
Although she likes to play the hollow bodies.
When she’s not foiling Batman.
I thought she was a Spiderman nemesis?
oh fuck. did i mess that up?
Nope, you had it right.
whew
Dude, even a comic book hater like me knows it was Batman. Uma Thurman, hello?
Spidey’s femme fatale is usually Black Cat.
Oops.
The Ukes shot down a Russian transport plane a few days ago. They immediately went to the media to brag about the big score. Then the news came out that the plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs on the way to a prisoner exchange.
https://rumble.com/v498m4f-il-76-trouble-for-elensky.-uk-citizen-army-to-fight-russia.-texas-abbott-v-.html
Rumor is historically they back channeled when they were moving POWs on airplanes on this route. The Ukrainians claim the Russians didn’t do so this time.
Same route is used to ferry munitions by the same aircraft. Make what conspiracies you would like after that.
Are we suggesting the Russians were secretly ok with the Uke POWs getting shot down?
Or the Russians kept saying they were ferrying POWs while instead ferrying munitions.
I don’t trust anybody here to be truthful.
It would be very easy to prove or disprove. Did the transport planes in question arrive at the exchange site with POWs?
They pulled a Lusitania. A munition transport guarded by unsuspecting non-combatants. Heads, I win, tails, you lose
Unsurprisingly, the usual suspects here immediately jump to blaming Ukraine.
Anti-Russia spin? Oh that can only possibly be propaganda!
Anti-Ukraine spin? Gospel truth, and I’m going to run to Glibertarians to be the first one to virtue-signal my hatred for Ukraine! Ucraina delenda est!
Sarcasm?
This is certainly a fuck up. I doubt the Russians intentionally sacrificed 3 pilots and an aircraft. They may have flubbed the coordination. Who knows what could have gone wrong on the Uke side.
Yeah, letting the other guy know when you are flying a plane with POWs within range of their air defenses would be the decent thing to do. I expect the Russians did so. I wouldn’t be shocked to learn they didn’t this time (intentionally or no). I also wouldn’t be shocked to learn they lied about it to transport munitions, either. Finally, I wouldn’t be shocked to learn they did warn the Ukes, and the warning got misplaced.
Nah, if the Russians wanted to kill 65 POWs on purpose they’d have all fallen out of an open plane window. I hear Boeing makes those windows that open mid-flight so it’s not out of the question.
Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena. One of those things that only works in one direction.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-adviser-peter-navarro-sentenced-defying-jan-6-committee-subpoena-rcna135457
He was a govt official and I don’t have heartburn with actually being held accountable because of that. Same should not be true for you or I.
Eric Holder nods sagely.
And Hunter Biden. Pretending as if the judiciary is legitimate anymore is silly. Good to see governors ignoring them
ZING!
I think any federal executive branch employee should be summarily dismissed for failing to respond to Congress.
Agreed if evenly applied regardless of political bent or affiliation but of course we know this would be selectively applied just as charges being brought is being selectively applied.
So the Jan 6 demonstrators/cosplayers are insurrectionists bent on destroying the nation, but the Customs and Border Patrol insisting in more money and power to bring in throngs of “migrants” across the border with no paperwork, photos, fingerprints—that’s just freedom, man!
An ebony fretboard would have been awesome. But, yeah, I know the kit is the kit.
One more thing I don’t have to worry about
Popular apps like Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App aren’t doing enough to protect consumers from fraud that occurs when unauthorized users gain access to unlocked devices, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg warned.
“Thousands or even tens of thousands can be drained from financial accounts in a matter of seconds with just a few taps,” Bragg said in letters to app makers. “Without additional protections, customers’ financial and physical safety is being put at risk.”
According to Bragg, his office and the New York Police Department have been increasingly prosecuting crimes where phones are commandeered by bad actors to quickly steal large amounts of money through financial apps.
This can happen to unwitting victims when fraudsters ask “to use an individual’s smartphone for personal use” or to transfer funds to initiate a donation for a specific cause. Or “in the most disturbing cases,” Bragg said, “offenders have violently assaulted or drugged victims, and either compelled them to provide a password for a device or used biometric ID to open the victim’s phone before transferring money once the individual is incapacitated.”
Have my phone tied to my bank account? No thanks.
Thanks Yusef!
OT – This broke my heart when it happened.
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68090388
I’m not a fan of the death penalty as I simply don’t trust the state. That said I won’t shed any tears here. Japan is also very odd when it comes to when this will happen. It’s going to be some random unannounced day. It could be tomorrow and it could be next year. It’s also death by hanging.
Beheading too honorable?
Insufficient caste membership for seppuku.
Unpossible. I have been informed by the highest of progressive activists that the US is the only country that still has the death penalty.
Apparently Bud Light is prepping a super bowl ad blitz. Maybe it will feature Taylor Swift.
They don’t know how to not market. They have marketing people so they have to market.
I’ve said several times when it first blew up after the second actual quasi-apology and simply subsidized their distributors and retailers with promotions and done low key general marketing people would have forgot in six months and bought cheap beer specials.
Instead every new headline grabbing national promotion reminded people about why they were boycotting the brand.
They should have just dropped Bud Light, make up some new label such as McCans Light or whatever, and pumped the snot out of that. Same brewery, same sales channels, no association with that idiocy.
But, no.
Right. An entire generation of 20 something year-old guys now associate Bud Lite as a gay beer. Much like heterosexual men once distanced themselves from Zima, they are clearly avoiding Bud Lite.
If they hadn’t marketed it with the Jolly Rancher thing, it might have had a chance. But brightly colored drinks?
Real talk, Zima ain’t bad.
Zima, because zhit happens.
I’m sure all of us will be in the kitchen grabbing a snack or beer when the commercial runs. The girlfriend will probably be in the room watching it.
I usually change the channel during commercials, then forget to go back.
I’m more likely to listen to the radio broadcast on Westwood One, so won’t see the commercials.
They already have Peyton Manning doing commercials.
Why do I think they will screw it up, and put Tailored Swish on instead.
If I sold a major product that was almost identical to my competitors product I would be careful and apolitical as possible.
Oh, there’s one thing I haven’t heard – how’s the sound?
Like a Tele, Fender pickups,
Plays great
Truck stop hydrogen
– General Motors and Honda Motor have begun commercial production of hydrogen fuel cell systems in a step toward offering alternative zero-emissions solutions beyond battery-electric vehicles.
The fuel cell systems are produced through a 50-50 joint venture between the automakers at an $85 million facility in suburban Detroit. The companies, which are marketing and selling products separately, are calling the “large-scale” production at the joint venture the first of its kind in the U.S.
Many in the automotive industry view fuel cells as a replacement for use cases for diesel fuel in things such as generators, heavy-duty trucks, semitrucks and construction equipment, among others.
More infrastructure grants! You get 100 billion, and you get 100 billion…
An accident the ruptures a hydrogen fuel cell – ends in an earth-shattering kaboom?
Not necessarily. The Hindenburg didn’t detonate, after all.
The Hindenburg wasn’t under the kind of pressure they’ll need for a fuel cell to move you more than a few feet, either.
To get a good detonation, you’ll need to get a mix a bit on the lean side. Otherwise, it’ll be no worse than gasoline with the benefit that it disperses a fuckton faster.
It’s a good idea to replace production of the minor greenhouse gas CO2 with the even more potent greenhouse gas of H2O.
Water falls out of the atmosphere fairly quickly.
Also even with lots of precautions there is no way I’m Fractal Burning. I love the look, but not worth it for me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal_burning
From links in the Wikipedia article: Maybe this’d be more up your electricity alley?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_electrostimulation
“at least 33 people having died between 2017 and 2022”
Yikes.
Yusef does it’ using a lower current high voltage source (high V + low I), such as a neon lamp power source. Most of the deaths occur when people are fiddling with higher power source (high V + high I) like a salvaged bit of a microwave oven.
Yusef also uses proper high voltage gloves, high voltage wire, and a foot operated kill switch.
It should definitely be noted that he is an electrician. Lichtenberg fractals aren’t for the average Joe.
Maybe they’ll put Kelce in a wig and a dress.
I’m sure all of us will be in the kitchen grabbing a snack or beer when the commercial runs.
I dive for the remote at half time.
That’s when the adult males walk out to get food, and the women and kids come in to watch. Depending on the game, that’s may be when the hard liquor comes out.
I am highly allergic to poison ivy. My dad would do yardwork and get the oil all over his clothes – no rash at all. Mom would do his laundry, I somehow get second hand exposure too, and break out like a little sensitive skinned bitch. Mom too.
*reads article*
I have no talent and deserve to be covered in poison ivy. Great job Yuef!
We expect to see and hear that Mean Green at HH, Yusef. I’m not musically inclined but I listen really well. Good job!
My brother is allergic like you are, I got the immunity.
I had a friend that burned some brush with poison ivy vines mixed in and was downwind of the smoke. Days later his face was still unrecognizable. I have what I think is PI growing near by, I just avoid it. Never trust immunity.
The answer is “goats”. They love to eat the stuff, and they are not affected by the poison.
Find a friend that has goats, and borrow them for a day.
Don’t forget to give the goat owner some groats for gas.
I have been (so far in my life) immune to poison ivy, as is my sister and dad. My mom on the other hand…
I was outdoors a lot as a kid and used to get it but eventually stopped entirely despite always being around it.
This leads me to believe maybe it’s possible to build up an immunity through exposure.
I get it really bad. I avoid it like the plague. Might be better now that I have not been around it for 15 years. When I got it I had to get steroid shots, pills and cream. My whole body would react. It was depressing.
You need more exposure then to build up that tolerance.
(just kidding)
As a child, I would get it all over every summer until I was 14 or so.
Didn’t get it for the rest of my life on the farm.
The first year here that I did my annual battle with nature to keep the vines and trees from shrinking my yard, I got it again, so apparently my immunity lapsed.
Every year after that, I no longer get it at all, so I guess it needed its memory jogged.
Nice work, Yusef! It’s all meetings all afternoon. See you on the interwebs later!
These are really cool. A question: it looks like the electrical burning process leaves a pretty deep mark. Do you finish these with a clear epoxy or similar so they are smooth to the touch?
Alright, two questions – looks like this was a spec build. Do you have a retailer who sells these for you?
There are many suppliers of kits available at various quality/price points.
Which prompts another question:
Yusef, which kit maker do you prefer?
This is the supplier that I used for this guitar. Mine is not complete and stares mournfully at me every night.
fucked up the second link
https://www.glibertarians.com/2022/06/smooth-as-glass/
Body and neck only from the kit supplier. All other parts purchased separately.
I remember that. The wood is very nice. You should stop screwing around and finish it.
I know. I am going to try to finish before spring when my other hobbies distract me (and the work around the house starts back up).
You know what other Austrian killer is no longer a threat…
I still remember when this news broke discussing with a coworker the 24 years of confinement and abuse suffered and the adjustment that this poor women will have for the rest of her life.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/25/news/austrian-rapist-josef-fritzl-smirks-after-winning-bid-to-move-to-lower-security-prison-wing/
Ah the daughter-rapist and father-grandfather. How’d you like to be that fucker’s cellie?
The inherent decency of your average convict is never more evident than when they beat a pedophile to death
Comparing that guy to your average convicted pedophile is an insult to pedophiles.
Some Corgis are smarter than others.
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1750252889774117025
I notice none of them organized the others to tear down the barriers as a group.
They’re just pups — notoriously difficult to organize.
<<<<< Can confirm.
::admires Yusef’s handiwork, decides NOT to tell TT that Glibs now posts guitar pr0n:: (Dude! I’m trying to get him to SELL axes, not buy more!) 🙄
🎸🎸🎸🎸😲🤑
Some guys just can’t get a break…
What’s TT going to do without an x-axis?
Using your tax dollars to lobby for more tax dollars at the VOA?
Can the US Do More to Help Ukraine?
https://www.voanews.com/a/can-the-us-do-more-to-help-ukraine/7455841.html
We can stop feeding fuel into the fire.
Just saw Haley referred to as the UniParty’s “Great Off-White Hope”.
I larfed.
I remember when Trump was first elected and some suggested it was his less bellicose foreign policy and rather than recognizing that and acting accordingly, all the ass mad people screamed “No. He’s a warmonger!” Meanwhile he attempted to end our involved in Syria and Afghanistan. Now, two new precarious proxy wars into the Biden administration and the champion of the anti-Trump crowd is Dick Cheney with better tits.
At what point does this game end and we all start admitting that Trump wins voters because of his foreign policy and is hated by the establishment for the same reason?
I don’t know. Dick Cheney’s tits were pretty fantastic.
If I sold a major product that was almost identical to my competitors product I would be careful and apolitical as possible.
And if you lived in a social/political bubble completely divorced from the overwhelming majority of your customers, and made what you considered to be a completely innocent and unremarkable decision… You’d be surprised by an adverse reaction.
As a child, I would get it all over every summer until I was 14 or so.
Didn’t get it for the rest of my life on the farm.
The first year here that I did my annual battle with nature to keep the vines and trees from shrinking my yard, I got it again, so apparently my immunity lapsed.
Every year after that, I no longer get it at all, so I guess it needed its memory jogged.
What the what?
I guess that needed to be said twice.
Squirrels hate poison ivy too.
“FDA’s New Rule Allows For Medical Research Without Informed Consent”
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/fdas-new-rule-allows-medical-research-without-informed-consent
Only in narrowly defined circumstances though. Prediction: This will be abused.
Monsters in training
That guitar is a real beauty, Yusef!!
Very nice job.
Whew! I think I’m done with my last big annual January gotta-do – a spreadsheet for determining the annual 401(k) employer contribution! 😅
In the meantime, the CEO told me where to find the recording of the Board’s Zoom meeting so I can write up the minutes. 😒
Company I work for has managed to fuck up PTO balances and W-2’s already this year. They’ll both be fixed… “soon”.
… but as I suspected would be the case, because my boss wasn’t there, the meeting only lasted about 26 minutes instead of two or three times as long. 😁