Boggs Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 It's nice to see I was missed there! The jam was a BLAST! Great music, food, and most of all people! 3 days of euphoria, for sure! Learned a lot from these world class musicians and got my guitars into their hands to see what they could really do in a real-world environment. They held their own against the best, so I came away really encouraged! All went gaga over my pickup switching system and its range and flexibility and playability. A couple of folks even liked playing the prototype BETTER! They liked the thiner body and the fact that it was so light and still sounded fantastic... I'll post a link to pictures as I get them developed and put onto CDs. For those of you who have been sharing mojo and prayers for my daughter, she is doing just fine. She's a very strong young woman, for sure! There doesn't seem to be any after-effects from the incident! She will be starting her nursing school very soon and she pulled a 4.0 on her college English course (a requirement) earlier. Orientation was yesterday. She will ace this nursing thing without a doubt. She is as intelligent as she is strong and beautiful. Most guys don't know how to "handle" such a complete package! Works for me... She should have a chance to experience life first! Boggs Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger85 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Glad to see that your daughter is okay, I've worked in various settings as a teacher and a counselor and I know some of what she went through. My wife has been a nurse since '87 and though it is far from an easy career, there are a ton of opportunities available in a wide variety of settings. Good luck to her and to you! ...touched down in the land of the Delta Blues.....in the middle of the pouring rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Welcome back! I was wondering how that was going to go over for you and I'm glad to hear that your guitars were warmly received. It's a little weird handing a guitar you've made to somebody else when how you judge playability is such an individual thing. This was a great opportunity for you and no doubt there was lots to learn from so many musicians. I must have missed the explanation of how you're switching the pickups on an earlier thread.. What's up with this? (point me to the old thread if you know where it is.) thanx I still think guitars are like shoes, but louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Yes, welcome back, Boggsy old boy, good show! And best to your daughter. As the saying goes, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger". She'll head into whatever field she chooses with a heightened sense of resolve. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbach1 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Originally posted by Boggs: It's nice to see I was missed there! The jam was a BLAST! Great music, food, and most of all people! 3 days of euphoria, for sure! Learned a lot from these world class musicians and got my guitars into their hands to see what they could really do in a real-world environment. They held their own against the best, so I came away really encouraged! All went gaga over my pickup switching system and its range and flexibility and playability. A couple of folks even liked playing the prototype BETTER! They liked the thiner body and the fact that it was so light and still sounded fantastic... I'll post a link to pictures as I get them developed and put onto CDs. For those of you who have been sharing mojo and prayers for my daughter, she is doing just fine. She's a very strong young woman, for sure! There doesn't seem to be any after-effects from the incident! She will be starting her nursing school very soon and she pulled a 4.0 on her college English course (a requirement) earlier. Orientation was yesterday. She will ace this nursing thing without a doubt. She is as intelligent as she is strong and beautiful. Most guys don't know how to "handle" such a complete package! Works for me... She should have a chance to experience life first! BoggsI must have missed the part about your daughter Boggs. I'm glad to hear she is doing well though. As a parent, there's nothing I want more for my kids than health and happiness. bbach Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyBlues Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Just got to love good news when it comes by the bucketfull! Glad to hear about your daughter, primarily, and of course your guitar success. You rock! I was born at night but I wasn't born last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbote Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Great news on all fronts! Welcome back! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Originally posted by jbote: Great news on all fronts! Welcome back! I'll second that! Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 Originally posted by Guitars are like shoes. But louder.: Welcome back! I was wondering how that was going to go over for you and I'm glad to hear that your guitars were warmly received. It's a little weird handing a guitar you've made to somebody else when how you judge playability is such an individual thing. This was a great opportunity for you and no doubt there was lots to learn from so many musicians. I must have missed the explanation of how you're switching the pickups on an earlier thread.. What's up with this? (point me to the old thread if you know where it is.) thanxFirst of all, thanks for the welcome back from y'all and for the support especially regarding my daughter. To answer the above question, I have set up a dual coil-tapped humbucker system using 3 switches... a larger blade-type 3-way which selects which pickup you want (point to the bridge for bridge only pickup, middle position for both pickups, to the neck for the neck only pickup). On the bridge side of this switch is a mini-switch which selects which coil you want of the bridge pickup. Point the actuator towards the bridge to select just the bridge side coil, to the middle position for both coils in full humbuck, or towards the neck for just the neck side coil. The second mini-switch is located on the neck side of the pickup switch and this one selects which coil you want from the neck pickup. Point the actuator towards the bridge to select only the bridge side coil, to the middle position to select both coils in full humbuck mode, or towards the neck for just the neck coil. Extremely intuitive. You can select any combination of coils or humbuckers or humbucker and single coil combinations with this system and you know exactly what has been selected just by looking at the switch positions. They point to your choices. I have also positioned all controls in a section of the front where the player is not likely to accidentally change any settings. I have positioned the volume control at the bottom corner of the controls module so the player's hand can simply go to a general area quickly without looking and roll a change for volume swells or adjustments. The layout can be seen here in this photograph of my prototype... Hope this helps. Boggs http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/Guitarproject/pinebody10.jpg Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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