Caevan O’Shite

Will check in later, hafta get around for work...

I know, right?! I told Warmoth what I wanted, and they delivered. One-Piece Roasted Swamp Ash body with Vintage Tint; and a One-Piece Roasted Quartersawn Maple neck, with a " '59 Roundback" ('59 Les Paul patterned) profile, 10" - 16" Compound Radius and Stainless Steel frets. The pickguard's lacquered Bakelite. I do appreciate your wanting to help. I have one, it or glasses, etc. no longer helps that much, deteriorating retinas, rods and cones, the last time I was in a Doctor's office concerning it my vision wasn't nearly so bad yet but before I was out of the room, let alone the premises, a call from the Doctor to the DMV had my Driver's License already suspended. I also used to be an exceptionally excellent Mil-Spec Solderer, if I say so, myself. Please take no offense, I really don't want to discuss that (my vision deterioration) here. Thank you for caring.

It's turned into a LO0O0O0O0NG Time since I first posted here about my Tele build project, dubbed the Fiender Telebastard. Most of the way through the necessary parts and tools purchases, I unexpectedly found myself out of a job, followed by additional financial surprises- going abruptly from being able to spend like that proverbial Sailor, to having to put that guitar-build on hold. That hold-time in turn grew longer and longer... Now- further updating you all with the following being like ripping off a Band-Aid for me- AND I REQUEST THAT IT ABSOLUTELY NOT BE A TOPIC OF ANY DISCUSSION HERE, I DON'T want to talk or read about it here, PLEASE DON'T EVEN OFFER ANY WELL-MEANT "I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT" POSTS... My vision is failing, it got bad and then worse and then rapidly much worse. There's pretty much nothing to be done for it. Please, let's NOT discuss any of THAT here. Thank you. Don't feel sorry for me at all, either, I had exceptionally superior vision for more than half a Century, that's how I see it (pun intended); I get frustrated, but I don't feel sorry for myself. Of COURSE, I'll be GLAD to talk guitar stuff and related whatsuch! 🙂 It's simply that it'll be difficult or even impossible for me to do some tasks in continuing and completing the Telebastard project, and it makes no sense for me to buy some tools that I thought I'd continue to use after this, but now won't. I WILL continue and I WILL complete it, it'll just require my having someone else do certain things, particularly soldering up the many tiny connections on the fancy 3-Way/6-Position selector-switch, filing on the nut-slots, etc., fine work that takes a sharp eye like I used to have. I'm gonna have a Hell of a fantastic guitar! Yay! It'll just take a few different detours than I expected, that's all.

Nice! I bet I'd enjoy that axe, myself. Well done, Sir!

W O W . WHAT a milestone. What sad news, even though he certainly had a very long, very good run, and then some, part of history with a bunch of other seminal, very influential luminaries. Hats-off. Only Jaimoe is left.

I know, right? Definitely more for a studio that has a steady list of paying clients...

I know, right?! I went through that years ago with m y DigiTech GNX4, and that even had a very large, thoroughly detailed, in-depth manual; I never did get its Looper and PC software to work...

Indeed. 👍

You are not wrong, Sir. The biggest (and perhaps only) positive point that I can think of re: Behringer is that their generally low prices often put equipment in the hands of players who might otherwise have greater difficulty affording similar gear from other makers. There are also plenty of negative points.

Once it 'clicks' for her, I predict that she will REALLY, REALLY ENJOY it! Playing with a full band, particularly with a drummer, is such a pure pleasure... !! You'll get the hang of it. Maybe you could make good use of some of those as a duet with the two of you, or a three-piece bit adding the bassist now and then, here and there between songs or sets? And as a back-up for unforeseen situations that might pop up at a gig? I'd imagine that you've got most or all of what you (really, necessarily) need already... ?

I look forward to Winston Psmith's replies here, when he can get another laptop and get online again!

Glad to hear it! Breakaleg! If you can ever get any video, it'd be great to hear the band!

Yhup, for the same reason.

Indeed on both points.