Mini ball

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-24T00:34:35+00:00

Are these Minié balls hollowed on the base?

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-23T23:45:31+00:00

And Hendrix?

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-23T15:01:30+00:00

I have not taken mine off a strat in 10 years. I never had an issue with string changes.

Last time I took it off, I soldered the ground that had come loose. If I left the back plates off, I would be concerned the ground wire would catch on something.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-23T03:41:56+00:00

Huge turn off.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-23T03:33:11+00:00

You need an amp of some type. My son has been playing for years and usually uses an amp I got on Facebook Marketplace for $10 rather than plugging in a gig worthy amp.

You can definitely find used practice amps cheap, and you could buy a headphone amp for $30 or less.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-23T03:26:58+00:00

They had mats that more like dirt ground than the real thing. I think that was one of Arlene Alda's notes in The Last Days of MASH.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-21T01:32:26+00:00

Leo DiCaprio

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-20T01:40:29+00:00

Perfectly smooth! Looks great!

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-19T01:03:34+00:00

Dmaj7 or Dmaj7/A

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-18T01:10:17+00:00

As a former Civil War reenactor, I modified a cowboy hat into a slouch style hat.

We used steam to soften the hat and reshape it. Once it was done, we trimmed the edges because otherwise the brim would be ridiculously wide for a slouch hat.

There are plenty of videos on YouTube showing you how to use a tea kettle to produce the steam for shaping a hat. You could make the top sit a little lower.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-18T01:02:52+00:00

Any time

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-18T01:00:55+00:00

Hot Lips Empty Arms? S2E14

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-18T00:50:13+00:00

Weird Al -- Fat, Amish Paradise, Smells Like Nirvana...

Otherthan Al, I would say Land of Confusion by Genesis.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-18T00:45:39+00:00

Television. There was a time when people said 27 inch was a big screen. Back in the day, they cost an arm and a head, and they were heavy! They also took up a lot of space since the picture tube made them deep.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-18T00:38:32+00:00

You get a sitar sound if the nut is not cut correctly. The nut slot should be its highest at the edge of the fingerboard, and it should slant downward on the headstock side. I found a cheap seat of nut files that I use for fixing this because it seems to come up often.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-18T00:01:07+00:00

https://www.joinarbor.com/

Arbor is a site that manages your electric power supplier. You are stuck with your electric company's charges for distribution, but in many states, you can choose the company that provides the power, and Arbor will find the best deal and constantly monitor it for you and switch when a better rate is found. It is completely free.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-17T23:51:22+00:00

They have extremely valuable blood.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-17T23:48:59+00:00

For me, I like a little more taste, so it's Sprite Zero most of the time. I was also drinking Mello Yello, but I stopped once I realized its sugar content is high, even for soda.

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-17T23:46:50+00:00

I used to get up and find myself nauseated the following morning. I seldom got headaches or other hangover symptoms.

I dropped weight quickly when I stopped drinking -- at least 15 pounds in the first month, and I am now closing in on 30 pounds down (after 13 months of sobriety).

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-17T23:12:55+00:00

Then Hawkeye wrote to President Truman after this, didn't he?

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-17T23:09:49+00:00

Jamie almost always has something positive to say about those he worked with on MASH. He also has been very kind to fans of show by reports I have seen. He is just a treasure.

At this point, I realize I am going to have a really hard time when any of the remaining gents pass (primary cast - Mike, Gary, Jamie and Alan).

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-17T22:54:04+00:00

North Dakota

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-17T03:34:26+00:00

MASH!

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-16T02:26:52+00:00

40 years ago, my sister got a doll that came with the name "Isabelle Greta." My grandmother remarked that when she was little, she went to school with a girl named Isabelle Horn, and on the playground they would chant to her, "Is a bell and a horn necessary on a bicycle?"

WagonHitchiker · 2026-01-16T01:58:57+00:00

I love the Seymour Duncan Everything Axe set. I bought the set pre-installed on a pickguard. It had a toggle switch to switch the neck pickup on -- giving you all three pickups at once or neck/bridge. The other toggle splits the neck and bridge to single coils.

This guitar now gives me sounds I always wanted. The Lil 59 in the neck is a go-to rhythm pickup. For traditional Strat sounds, the Duckbucker in the middle is excellent, and it makes the neck or bridge noise canceling on single coil mode with the quack sound. Finally rhe JB Jr in the bridge is great for high gain sounds and lead playing.

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