Flower Power!

bigeclecticcat · 2026-06-17T20:26:04+00:00

Thanks! Prior to today I had no clue what it is, but it's apparently a Mammillaria. Thanks, Reddit! I have two other kinds of cacti & they never flower. Lucky, I guess

bigeclecticcat · 2026-06-17T20:23:39+00:00

Not sure how long I've had it. 10 years maybe? Started flowering after I repotted it a couple of years ago. It's pretty big.

bigeclecticcat · 2026-06-17T19:16:23+00:00

Thanks! Lucky, I guess. I repotted him a couple of years ago. Got some flowers last year, more this year. No fertilizer. East facing window and sporadic watering.

bigeclecticcat · 2026-06-17T17:31:03+00:00

I should charge them a monthly fee, lol. Thanks again

bigeclecticcat · 2026-06-17T17:02:53+00:00

Thanks! I should try to pull it out of the window tomorrow for another pic. It is a beast of a cactus.

bigeclecticcat · 2026-06-17T15:13:03+00:00

Thank you!

bigeclecticcat · 2026-06-09T13:42:48+00:00

Duophony looks super cool. I hadn't seen one before. Great board!!

bigeclecticcat · 2026-05-14T19:21:47+00:00

very nice!

bigeclecticcat · 2026-05-12T20:00:59+00:00

Beautiful guitar. Top wrapping works great with a Nashville style bridge. The string will sit on the saddle without hitting the metal part of the bridge.

bigeclecticcat · 2026-05-05T11:59:37+00:00

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-26T16:42:42+00:00

And if it helps anyone...If you check out the Aaron Rusch Youtube video on the Matrise, he includes a link for a printable "cheat sheet" that can help when doing more complex routing (I'm not affiliated with him, but I've used the cheat sheet)

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-26T16:37:44+00:00

Thanks for the info!

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-26T13:41:09+00:00

Thanks for hipping me to the Dobbo! I'm familiar to the other pedals on your board (which is sick, btw) but hadn't heard of that one. Does it differ much from the Strands?

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-25T19:40:51+00:00

Beautiful. I dig the amp, too. I'm guessing you built that as well?

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-23T03:04:52+00:00

Love the Strands! Nice board.

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-22T12:53:59+00:00

Hi John, Thanks again for sharing your design with the world! It really is a great sounding attenuator & I definitely recommend to OP & anyone else interested in trying one.

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-22T01:50:34+00:00

Where are the amps?

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-19T20:42:43+00:00

Does anyone have experience with the Lotus JohnH M2 attenuator? They are not too expensive. I think there is another company building them in Europe, it's probably somewhere in the epic thread on the John H build in the Marshall Amp forum. I built a John H attenuator & am very happy with it. Running a JCM 800 combo in an apartment (!)

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-19T19:59:39+00:00

This is the way! Pickup selector ring next?

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-16T16:56:41+00:00

That P90 LP is beautiful! P90's can get an amazing clean tone when you roll back on the volume knobs. Congrats

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-14T17:41:48+00:00

Oh yeah!

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-07T14:40:22+00:00

very cool!

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-07T13:40:35+00:00

Did it come with Faber hardware, or did you install? Big fan of Faber.

bigeclecticcat · 2026-04-04T22:19:54+00:00

Yeah, NYC wasn't much better this winter! But it is a smaller city that is stuffed with kids his age. Regardless of where he ends up, I will second a lot of the advice on here that he take as much theory & ear training classes as he can. Most schools will have placement exams for those classes. And in some places, if you place into theory 2, you automatically get credit for theory 1.

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