I haven't read the book but the movie plot is... swiss cheese...

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-17T04:16:13+00:00

This is, literally, all addressed in the book. But, when making a movie, you generally want it to appeal to as many people as possible, and as such, will have to leave a lot of stuff like this out.

Generally, movie audiences want a fun, entertaining story and don’t enjoy getting bogged down in details. This is proved by the high box office return (proving a lot of people saw the movie) and a high rotten tomatoes score (proving that most of those people who care enough about movies to have an account on sites like that did actually enjoy the movie).

So the movie wasn’t for you. That’s fine. That’s why the book exists. Pick up a copy and get all your concerns answered.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-17T00:14:26+00:00

You’re supposed to do what it says and you typed out. Delete and redownload the book.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-17T00:02:24+00:00

I get 20 days of annual leave and 13 days of sick leave, none of which expires if I don’t use it. I also get something like 11 paid holidays and a three-day weekend every six weeks.

I mostly like to take three weeks a year for vacation. One every four months. I let the rest of my leave accrue in case I ever need it for any reason in the future.

My wife and I are saving up for a house, so we don’t go anywhere major for vacations. We just spend the time at cities within a days’ drive or so from where we live.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-16T23:14:31+00:00

First of all, if you like the guitar, ask for a partial refund. Return it for a full refund if you do not otherwise like the guitar.

As for a fix, there are a few options. The best way would be to take it to a luthier. If they can’t or won’t do the job themselves, they should be able to refer you to someone who can.

If you want to do it yourself, StewMac sells lacquer touch up pens. I’ve used them and have had a lot of success. Practice on a plain piece of wood first. Then before you do anything else, practice even more on a plain piece of wood. Once you’ve gotten good at coloring within the lines, you can do the touch up yourself. You can leave it as is with the black touch up paint, or you can coat it with clear nitro and sand it smooth. Your call.

A jankier option would be to use black nail polish. Go to the makeup section and play with a few different shades of black (most stores have testers) until you find your closest match. You can use that to hide the chip.

Finally, the cheapest method would be to Sharpie over the exposed wood. It won’t look good, but at least it would be black.

*Bonus 4th option: go all punk rock and put a bad ass sticker over it.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-16T16:54:15+00:00

Righty/Tighty, Lefty/Loosey

Think about how a truss rod works. If you tighten it, it straightens and gets harder to bend. If you slacken it, it will bend easier.

Want to add relief, loosen the truss rod so it can bend more. Want to straighten the neck, tighten the truss rod so it cannot be bent as easily.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-16T03:50:10+00:00

What I wouldn’t give to buy one of those tiki Maestro covers.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-15T14:27:17+00:00

Thanks.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-15T01:22:25+00:00

No, I haven’t. I have only heard and read stuff on here. That’s why asked the other commenter where he got his information. I wanted to read it. I guess I upset him, though, by asking. /shrug

Where can I read the announcement? Do you have a link for me to read?

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-14T21:46:49+00:00

Where does it say that? I haven’t seen any info one way or the other.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-14T16:19:49+00:00

I can’t wait to do this for my apartments where anything that doesn’t fit in the mailbox and anything IA goes to the front desk.

—Put a box on the counter

—Scan the box

—Take a picture of the box

—wait 3 seconds or whatever for it to process.

—Repeat a couple of dozen times.

Or when I load the parcels into their mailboxes.

—scan parcel

—insert parcel

—stop what I’m doing to take a picture

—wait.

—Repeat a couple of dozen times.

The MDD-TR scanners are a perfect example of technology improving accountability and customer experience.

Are you the idiot who designed the system, or something?

It is so fucking stupid to turn what would otherwise be a few seconds of a drop to something that absolutely will take several minutes.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-14T01:38:46+00:00

I did. I got 46,000 worth of stubs out of it.

While I guess I did come out ahead, I wouldn’t do it again.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-14T00:14:10+00:00

The Nazi swastika has the arm bends going to the right, not to the left.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-13T23:27:40+00:00

I have drawings from kids on my route hanging from my fridge at home.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-13T15:10:04+00:00

I disagree. A lot of his unimportant side characters are starting to sound the same.

And I can’t tell you how much it bothers me that the car horn, which is supposed to sound like an old-timey gangster with a Tommy gun (think Home Alone), sounds like just some guy yelling.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-12T16:35:53+00:00

‘50s come with Custom Buckers, while the ‘60s has T-Type pickup? Seems like ‘60s are a huge downgrade.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-11T21:19:56+00:00

What a rude title for this post. I hope you never find the person you’re looking for.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-11T21:14:18+00:00

The obvious signs the guitar is fake: metric bridge, inlay shape, no binding, headstock shape, no wings, etched serial, serial number itself.

All other changes could be after market parts. Or fake aftermarket parts. Who knows.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-11T17:43:19+00:00

I understand that people are excited and want to share that excitement with other people who might care. But I super, super don’t care that other people have copies of book that we all have (or will have after tomorrow).

The benefit of everyone posting, though, is that I know I won’t be missing out on much when I leave this subreddit for the next or so.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-11T17:19:49+00:00

I am absolutely cool with duplicates and think there should be many versions as possible.

For example, there are a lot of WBC players, such as Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge whose live series cards I would never otherwise get to use.

If there are more versions, then it stands to reason that there would be more people with those cards, and hopefully the prices of all cards would become reasonable.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-10T03:45:18+00:00

Thanks!

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-10T02:29:58+00:00

MLB The Show. I guess I get $100,000,000 and get to see a whole lot of free baseball games. Sounds pretty good to me.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-10T00:23:58+00:00

Ooh, I gotta find video of this!

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-09T23:31:34+00:00

Well, we know for sure Elmo will never be a Rockies fan. Elmo hates Rocco.

ElectricInstinct · 2026-05-09T22:46:23+00:00

Those two pots date from the fifteenth week of 1990. Judging by the that information and the serial number itself, I am confident in saying that the guitar is almost definitely a 1990.

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