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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | What Was He Thinking...
He sez... "The guitar is in perfect condition except for the input jack that I took it upon myself to fix via gluing a Nintendo controller to the jack. It works fine. I don't know why I did it, it was a long time ago."
This made me ill, so I thought I would share my annoyance! :p |
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Location: East Tennessee | He needs rent money. :confused: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
He needs rent money. :confused: He needs a whooping!  |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | he smoked the rent money |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
he smoked the rent money Musta been some good  to do something like that. WOW :eek: |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Stupid, just f@cking stupid... |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Don't hold back, tell us what you REALLY think 'zilla :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | There are meds for this... but you have to sign for them. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I saw that and I wondered if I could get that off and clean-it-up...
But I sure ain't paying $400 (or $650) to find-out, 'specially since I've seen nice ones go for less!
But he's got High Hopes! |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
But he's got High Hopes! "High" is the key word there. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | It always amazes me how many of these ebay guitars have NEVER seen a pair of wire clippers. The headstocks are ALWAYS a mess of intertwined string wires. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | That's what happens when you drink the bong water... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Film at elevenish... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Will you be selling the Nintendo controller on ebay, now that it has been removed from the Viper? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I am waiting for the board issues to clear so I can post pictures. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | This ended up being a darned good project guitar in which a number of us actually took some small part during the PNW Fan Gathering. I mostly (1) looked over Mr. Big's shoulder as he reconstructed and soldered all the electronics, (2) picked things up off the floor on his behalf, and (3) listened to him grouse about not having needle nose pliers. This was a great demonstration and the guitar is now in two or three times better shape. Many of us would be proud to call it our own. |
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Location: Plattsburgh, NY | Woody,
Is that the rehabed guitar at the top of this page? You are kidding! Looks great. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | A couple hours' work and a plethora of cuss words by Al the Solder Guy. I got to scrape with a razor blade and never cut anyone, so it was a very successful restoration. Still needs an original bridge pickup, I think, but he might have to send it back to Al for soldering. |
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Location: NJ | was there really that much cursing involved??????
maybe there was. but the guitar worked fist time after I soldered and wired it.
guess it is another calling I missed. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Actually, I don't remember any cursing. There would have been if I had been soldering. All I can remember is hoping you'd lean over and get your hair caught in the solder. And it did work the first time. Looks pretty good, too. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Woody, great idea bringing that to the jam, a fun and interesting project.
Proved that the wiring and electronics need not be as scary as one might think.
I certainly learned something.
AJ |
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Sad but True...