Here's another one of those things that I've been thinking about for a while, and it's finally happening: a lightweight chrome-plated aluminum Strat-style knob. The sample is nickel, but the production item will be shiny chrome.
After tinkering in MS paint with photos of my existing X+X headstock shapes, I realized there will be a lot of extra space past the tuning machines after the bottle-opener is eliminated, more than what will be filled by the logo. With that in mind, I believe the existing 3+2 shape (minus the bottle-opener) will be perfect for the 4+4, and slightly shorter versions will work for the 3+2 and 2+2.
This little Weldon countersink bit is the right tool for the job. These pickup rings will be chrome-plated along with my 8-string bridge parts by Advanced Plating in TN.
The 9-to-5 has kept me beyond busy since I started my new role, but I have a few things cooking in the background.
One little update is that I have decided to offer what I'll call a "standard" symmetrical shape on the new necks coming through the pipeline. These will be based on the 3+2 shape, but without the bottle-opener. I'm curious to see if these sell quicker as replacement necks vs. the bottle-opener.
I think it's interesting that you hear about these suits being filed, but you never hear when they're resolved. For example, Google offers no updates on the 335 body shape trademark dispute and Gibson still displays it as a trademark on their page.
the walls are falling ‘cause i’m kicking them, doors keep closing in my face there’s people talking behind my back as i hide behind my cellophane soul the walls are falling ‘cause i’m kicking them, i’m feeling so out of place running a race i don’t understand, i feel like i’m out of control
you know, sometimes i feel i should learn to be a little bit more like everybody else and then i think, hell, maybe they can learn to be a little bit more like me and i wonder if i have anything to offer them anyway and do they have what i need
you know sometimes running around this same sad, lonely town i think i should just get up and get on out of here, i don’t know but then maybe i’d be running away from everything that makes me what i am maybe i’ll just stick around a little bit longer
grandpa - lowe
sitting by the fire in my grandpa’s rocker wondering what it must have been like to be him no tv’s, no cd’s, only talking boxes gray factory days and nights with gin
i never knew my grandpa he died when i was young i never knew my grandpa
traveled to this country, first generation nothing here for him but a new beginning living through two world wars must’ve been something poverty couldn’t quench the fire within