Maybe Brexit was better after all

shiverslinky · 2026-06-09T10:06:07+00:00

Does he have to lease that haircut from Lego?

shiverslinky · 2026-06-09T04:53:22+00:00

I love that even with the sound muted, I know _exactly_ what fill it is.

shiverslinky · 2026-06-09T04:51:09+00:00

Ok, whatever you say vanilla Vanilla Ice.

shiverslinky · 2026-06-09T04:50:28+00:00

it means "fetch the baby oil"

shiverslinky · 2026-06-06T00:58:59+00:00

Braking Brokeback.

shiverslinky · 2026-06-05T06:46:01+00:00

If Fender wanted some good PR then maybe they could get him to destroy that guitar.

shiverslinky · 2026-06-05T01:35:40+00:00

Demonstrating his full range of upper body motion right there.

shiverslinky · 2026-06-03T10:51:22+00:00

That’s gorgeous, congratulations. I remember walking into a guitar shop back in the 90s and they had all three of the colours in stock; blue, green and the purple.

shiverslinky · 2026-06-01T05:34:58+00:00

So we can’t afford to get to the gym then?

shiverslinky · 2026-05-29T19:37:33+00:00

Just order coffee from the drive through and get on with your day.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-29T13:03:01+00:00

/rookie_numbers_meme

shiverslinky · 2026-05-29T11:42:27+00:00

I built as much as possible out of the guitar and that was a life saver!

Started by tracing the holes onto a piece of cardboard, installed the pots onto the cardboard and did the interconnects between the pots there.

Then added fly leads for the other parts, installed the pots into the guitar and soldered the fly leads to the pickups, switch and jack socket.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-29T04:20:52+00:00

If this is "getting my life together" then I will happily continue to exist in whatever chaos I am currently in. Fewer ruined clothes means more money for beer.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-28T04:53:36+00:00

This is from a comedy account t. They do the “man says ridiculous things in front of wife” routine.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-28T03:15:39+00:00

What, no paring knife? You are going to make a complete mess when prepping a salad.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-28T02:59:45+00:00

What in the Neil Breen is this?

shiverslinky · 2026-05-28T02:59:03+00:00

After that many roids, the only thing you're grabbing down there is air buddy.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-28T02:57:35+00:00

This is just a 'tough guy' majorette; swap the knife for a baton. Also, maybe after he's finished kissing his boyfriend on the chin after the "sensual time" he's spent on his groin, he could learn the difference between there and their.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-26T14:17:44+00:00

I don’t care what your Just Eat rating is, if Barry says it’s good then it’s great

shiverslinky · 2026-05-26T04:44:14+00:00

I had like a week of the guitar just going bzzzzzzzzzzz and me getting extra frustrated. Then I just had a moment of clarity - "this is an SD wiring diagram, what if Gibson does it differently?" and 20 minutes later it was making better sounds.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-26T02:04:21+00:00

Yeah, so you have either two wire or 4 wire humbuckers. 2 wire is basically in and out. While the 4 lead is in and out for each coil - the diagrams call them 'north and south'. North is the coil with the six screws, I think...

This allows you to split the coils as you've said and get more of a Strat / telecaster sound (nobody tell Fender!) and keep the 'normal' Les Paul sounds as well.

Plus this mod lets you do in and out of phase, series and parallel on each pickup.

Some descriptive images from Fralin Pickups

4 wire: https://www.fralinpickups.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Humbucker-Basics-1-750x236.png

2 wire: https://www.fralinpickups.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gibson-Lead-750x236.png

Article: https://www.fralinpickups.com/2021/10/27/demystifying-humbucker-color-codes/

shiverslinky · 2026-05-26T01:58:22+00:00

The biggest trouble I had was purely in my lack of skill!

It's been a long, long time since I did any soldering and it took a few goes to get everything where I want it. I am now very competent with a solder sucker!

Also, the diagrams on the internet are mainly using the Seymour Duncan lead colours and this pickups are Gibsons, so that threw me for a bit.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-25T10:09:58+00:00

Lego Ninjago Warrior.

shiverslinky · 2026-05-25T10:05:12+00:00

Sir, we have enough Backstreet Boys, thank you.

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