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Ikilledit said:
Aww dude I had a 2012 Mustang 5.0 California Special. All Black inside and out. Loved that car. Bought it brand new. In town I never got out of 3rd gear. It was a Beast. 6 gears of adrenaline. Coming back from a show on night at 2am. Ran into some kids. They’re like get on it. So when the light turned green I did just that. 1/8 mile up the road , bam blue lights. Got pulled over. Cop asked if I knew those kids. They though their were problems. I said No. They wanted me to get on it. So they caught the other car. Talked to them. They said the same thing. In the end cop told me. I can impound your car, arrest your for reckless driving/ drag racing and take your license. But since you guys were just having a little fun I’m gonna let you go because I have a sweet spot for mustangs. Sad thing is the wife wanted to start driving. So I sold it. I had it 5 years and it had 2200 miles in it.
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Bought a used '03 GT and turned it into a track car. Maximum Motorsports full race suspension with a mostly stock 4.6 mod motor and 5 speed manual w/ Centerforce clutch. Removed the interior and dropped in a set of Corbeau buckets with Simpson 5 points. Wilwood SL6's on the front and DL4's on the rear. Really fun open track car. BFG G-Force Sports off the track and G-Force R's on the track.

One of the shift forks broke off and turned the tranny to mush. Sold it to an SCCA racer running in the American Iron series.
 
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steamroller said:
My last real hobby was breeding tropical fish.
I got pretty carried away and pretty good at it.
I had anywhere between 60-80 aquariums ranging from 1 gallon to 180 gallons. Roughly 1,000 gallons in the fish room.
I bred several different types of fish but became known as a source for a new color variant of a difficult to breed fish I helped develop in this country.
Here is a link to one of my customers success stories. I loved helping people do what I did.
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FS……PITCH BLACK RAMS!! | Potomac Valley Aquar

I have a group of probably (80 to 90) Pitch Black Rams available for sale. They are all roughly 1 1/2” long and are a little over 2 months old. These Rams come from the Coralbandit line which originated from Shahar Danziger of Danziger Discus in Israel. These are some of the darkest Black Rams o
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I made the name Pitch Black Rams. :cool: I worked this fish for years.
I sold alot of fish and shipped them to every state including Hawaii, Alaska and as far as Guam~!
I get carried away when I get into things..
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^^ That was one of two racks I built in the closet between the two fish areas~!^^
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Carried away very easily~! 🤷‍♂️
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Have you seen the Youtube channel AntsCanada?

He's got a crazy ass 1,000 gallon vivarium going..............
 
WOW!

What did he use to waterproof the inside of the tank? It went from framed out to water sealed. 2 x 4 stacked walls. I like how he stacked the corners to really give it the rigidity it needs and lock in those corners. That is one heavy MFer. Final looks awesome!!!

 
Rootsruler said:
Did the neck come bound or did you bind it?
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The neck came bound, just not glued to the body, so that's all I did to the neck. The only other thing I need to do to the neck is drill holes for the machine head screws, which I'll prob do tomorrow. I just put some wood filler on the side of the neck where the body was damaged from shipping, so I have to wait an hour or so before it dries and I don't want to keep handling it in the meantime (though it prob wouldn't hurt).

I also taped the neck and nut off so I can begin staining it. Going to start off with a black base, sand it back about an inch or so from the edges, then do a purple and green gradient, and toss some decals on then seal it up with a gloss finish (either lacquer or tru oil).
 
elusive said:
Besides growing weed, what are some of your other hobbies?

Aside from my fruit and veggie garden in the warm season, I also write and play music (used to perform, but not so much anymore). Lately I've been getting into building guitars. I started with some upgrades on my existing guitars (changing out all of the hardware and pickups on my explorer, updating the hardware and pickups on my warlock), then I moved to buying guitar kits that you basically paint then assemble the guitar and play. Very minimal stuff, but it's still fun, and once I get everything set up in the basement, it'll be a good project to do with my son when he gets a little older.

My buddy is a really skilled carpenter, so we're going to start building guitars from the ground up. We've already templated out an SG style body, and will be doing a flying V next. I have a background in electronic engineering (plus a former professional musician), we figured this might be a decent way to make some extra cash. While there's nothing for us to show of our own guitars just yet (he's preparing the wood to make the bodies out of, so between drying, gluing, and planing, it'll probably be a few weeks until we have something to show), I've snagged another flying V kit which has proved to be a bigger project than anticipated.

The kit arrived and I wasn't prepared for the work required for this thing.

Problem #1: The neck pocket came chipped. While not the end of the world, I'd really prefer to not have a cosmetically damaged guitar. Company issued a replacement (which also came in damaged, so we're working on a resolution for that now)

Problem #2: The neck isn't a bolt on, but a glue on. This is more my issue than anything as I wasn’t paying attention.

Problem #3: the pick guard doesn’t fit properly if the neck is positioned properly.

Problem #4: the screw holes drilled to mount the pickups are too close, making it impossible to attach the pickup. You can’t redrill either, because it would drill into the existing holes and wouldn’t have proper support.

Problem #5: bridge and tailpiece post holes aren’t drilled.

Problem #6: every other hole needs to be drilled (machine head/tuner screw holes, pick guard screw holes, strap button holes).

So, ignoring problems 1 and 2 since they’re not issues with the kit itself, the drilling isn’t necessarily an issue, if you have the tools and instructions, which I didn’t have and this kit didn’t come with instructions. The big issue is this was toted as a beginner kit, but it really isn’t.

The real issue comes with the pick guard. The company said to “just move the neck up”, but that’s not the correct way to resolve this. You don’t build a guitar around the pick guard, you design the guard around the guitar.

Here’s the pickguard with a pickup “installed”:
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I ended up modifying the guard that came with it to have a neck cutout so it would slide into place and have the proper alignment with the pickups. I goofed on that, but only a smidge (one side has a chunk cut out, oops). I bought a piece of 3 layer black plastic/acrylic anyway to make a new one since the screw holes for the pickups are wrong, so I outlined the factory one into the plastic:

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Then I used a dremel routing table and routing bit to cut it out and did some fit testing:
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After that, I changed the router bit to a sanding bit and cleaned up the edges:
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I still have some sanding and filing to do, but so far it’s coming out pretty good.

Here’s a pic of the guitar (and the other kit I put together):
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I have to finish putting the hardware into the dimebag style, but that one is basically done.

Oh, and here’s the bridge and tailpiece post holes:

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I’ll be sanding and staining her up this weekend most likely.

So, what are ya’ll into?
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I like to play my acoustic guitar. I have an electric as well but haven't touched it in a few years. I also have a blue nose pitbull that likes a lot of attention. Nice idea but a lot of folks build guitars. I hope it works out for you.
 
Ikilledit said:
Yeah man those Line 6 flat response speakers were crap. Had a Line 6 Vetta ll that was signed by Dave Mustaine. 300 watts of garbage above 3. It crapped out on me and I trashed cab and all.
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I have a line 6 150 amp. It's for home use. I like it as it has all these cool effects to use.
 
Neueregel said:
Nice idea but a lot of folks build guitars. I hope it works out for you.
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Sure, tons of people build guitars, but very few people are going to buy from some random person online without trying the guitar out in person. And even then, so what? We're just looking to make a few extra $$ on the side if possible, we're not looking to turn this into a full business. The only cost to us is the cost of hardware as we have a source for tons of free wood. If we don't end up selling any, then we have a few extra guitars for ourselves, hence the phrase hobby. Plus, I'm doing some of these with my kid, so he has something to get excited over that he had a part in making/painting, so it's already worked out for me, but thanks.
 
Omg weaponized autism. I’m stealing that :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::LOL::LOL::ROFLMAO:

I got a few little things I play around with. I like rc

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So I built a custom trailer to make it more enjoyable.

I got a few like this where I clearly went full autistic and dove in with both feet. Life’s short commit fully!
 
elusive said:
Sure, tons of people build guitars, but very few people are going to buy from some random person online without trying the guitar out in person. And even then, so what? We're just looking to make a few extra $$ on the side if possible, we're not looking to turn this into a full business. The only cost to us is the cost of hardware as we have a source for tons of free wood. If we don't end up selling any, then we have a few extra guitars for ourselves, hence the phrase hobby. Plus, I'm doing some of these with my kid, so he has something to get excited over that he had a part in making/painting, so it's already worked out for me, but thanks.
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I wasn't chastising you.
 
Neueregel said:
I have a line 6 150 amp. It's for home use. I like it as it has all these cool effects to use.
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The last touring rig I owned was a rack mounted Line 6 Pod Pro with pedal board and a Crown amp to power it all. This was before Line 6 was making amp/cabinet models like yours. Back then they were only making floor pedals and the rack mounted model had just come out when I got to play with it at the NAMM show. I really liked that setup. I paired it with a couple of Marshall square cabinets setup on each side of the stage to take advantage of the stereo effect the Line 6 could do.
 
elusive said:
The neck came bound, just not glued to the body, so that's all I did to the neck. The only other thing I need to do to the neck is drill holes for the machine head screws, which I'll prob do tomorrow. I just put some wood filler on the side of the neck where the body was damaged from shipping, so I have to wait an hour or so before it dries and I don't want to keep handling it in the meantime (though it prob wouldn't hurt).

I also taped the neck and nut off so I can begin staining it. Going to start off with a black base, sand it back about an inch or so from the edges, then do a purple and green gradient, and toss some decals on then seal it up with a gloss finish (either lacquer or tru oil).
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I never really got deep into building guitars. Playing them? Yeah. Building them? Not so much. Met a guy at one of our shows that worked at the custom shop for Ibanez. Whenever I'd have problems my tech couldn't figure out or if I broke something on the guitar that he couldn't fix I'd usually just send it to him and he'd fix it.
 
Rootsruler said:
I never really got deep into building guitars. Playing them? Yeah. Building them? Not so much. Met a guy at one of our shows that worked at the custom shop for Ibanez. Whenever I'd have problems my tech couldn't figure out or if I broke something on the guitar that he couldn't fix I'd usually just send it to him and he'd fix it.
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That's pretty sweet. I wanted to get the neck on one of my guitars customized, but I couldn't find a luthier or local shop that fixes guitars (besides Guitar Center, but no thanks). All of the music stores closed up over a decade ago, so local repairs around here are left to random people who can do it, but they charge an astronomical amount (quoted $750+ for modifying a neck inlays to add 3 letters instead of the 3 dots). Granted, I'm not going to ever be able to customize a neck myself, but I can't justify spending that much when you can get intricate inlays on a neck ranging between $50 and $350 online (granted they're all CNC'd and mass produced). I could prob reach out to one of these Chinese companies and get one made for $100, but I specifically want the neck of this particular guitar to be modified as it's the guitar I used on stage when playing with major bands in the early to mid 2000's (so my "almost famous" guitar).

Since I can't seem to find someone to do that for a cost that isn't close to $1K, the next best thing was get a kit and let my kid choose the colors and paint/dye it however he wants, and have him screw in all the hardware. Actually, it's probably better than getting a neck modified as it lets us spend quality time and him learning some new skills (he's almost 4, so all of this is new and exciting to him, and it's awesome to see his enthusiasm).

Are you an Ibanez kinda guy, or just anything that sounds good? I prefer the more exotic shapes (explorer, V, warlock, etc), but I do have more conventional guitars as well (ESP Eclipse, SG, strat). I'm definitely an EMG fanboy, though I'm Seymour Duncans (not Duncan Design) are starting to grow on me. I tossed a pair in my explorer and they sound great.
 
Awesome to see all the other guitarists here 👊

For years, I played lead guitar for the band at church but more recently I have focused on my acoustic guitar skills, I also like to sing. I have a sweet Les Paul and a Gretsch hollow body that I played through a Mesa Boogie Stiletto, pedals and all that.

On the acoustic side, I have Taylors, a 2016 314ce Fall LTD and my favorite, a 1987 510 Dred that has the old school original Taylor neck design, wonderful sounding guitars. I had a pickup installed on this guitar after I bought it.

I keep my 510 at the dispensary and play the 314 when I am at home.

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elusive said:
That's pretty sweet. I wanted to get the neck on one of my guitars customized, but I couldn't find a luthier or local shop that fixes guitars (besides Guitar Center, but no thanks). All of the music stores closed up over a decade ago, so local repairs around here are left to random people who can do it, but they charge an astronomical amount (quoted $750+ for modifying a neck inlays to add 3 letters instead of the 3 dots). Granted, I'm not going to ever be able to customize a neck myself, but I can't justify spending that much when you can get intricate inlays on a neck ranging between $50 and $350 online (granted they're all CNC'd and mass produced). I could prob reach out to one of these Chinese companies and get one made for $100, but I specifically want the neck of this particular guitar to be modified as it's the guitar I used on stage when playing with major bands in the early to mid 2000's (so my "almost famous" guitar).

Since I can't seem to find someone to do that for a cost that isn't close to $1K, the next best thing was get a kit and let my kid choose the colors and paint/dye it however he wants, and have him screw in all the hardware. Actually, it's probably better than getting a neck modified as it lets us spend quality time and him learning some new skills (he's almost 4, so all of this is new and exciting to him, and it's awesome to see his enthusiasm).

Are you an Ibanez kinda guy, or just anything that sounds good? I prefer the more exotic shapes (explorer, V, warlock, etc), but I do have more conventional guitars as well (ESP Eclipse, SG, strat). I'm definitely an EMG fanboy, though I'm Seymour Duncans (not Duncan Design) are starting to grow on me. I tossed a pair in my explorer and they sound great.
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I hear ya man! Good luthiers are hard to find nowadays with all the automation and global manufacturing that goes on. Since my musical stomping ground was Hollywood, CA there were enough around from the various companies that serviced their main players along with the plethora of players like me trying to make it to the Big Show.

Only Ibanez I owned was an acoustic that sounded really nice. My association with Ibanez was more from my custom shop buddy. My preference for acoustics leans towards Taylors. I like the Martins tone but, for me, Taylors were the next evolution in that tone.

I used to live in a 5,000 sq/ft warehouse loft in downtown Los Angeles. My roommate was a drum tech for a lot of the top bands of the day like Korn, Deftones, MM, etc. I used to hang out with Monkey from Korn or Steven from Deftones whenever they'd come over. We had Korns bass player, Fieldie's, bachelor party at the loft. David, Korns drummer at the time, would come over all the time and we would all jam since we had a kit, amps and a sound system set up in the loft. The loft was in an industrial area so we could get as loud as we wanted. One day my roomie came home with a Taylor acoustic but it had a big hole on the side of the body. He had just finished doing a tour with Stone Temple Pilots. The acoustic was the singer, Scott Weilands guitar. I guess Scott got upset about something but my roomie brought it home and gave it to one of the luthiers that serviced Monkey from Korns guitars. Sounded great!

When I was actively playing I played a BC Rich strat copy but after we got signed Gibson approached me for sponsorship. I got to hang out in their archive and play a bunch of their classic guitars through classic amps. Vox AC30, Marshall JTM45, Black faced Fender Twins and Tweeds. Sponsorship allowed me to buy their guitars at 10% above their cost. If I got a picture in a magazine with the guitar I'd get a free guitar from them. If I got a magazine cover I got 2.

I still own the cherry sunburst Les Paul Standard I bought from them. I sold a lot of the ones I got free like the Hummingbird acoustic or the LP Gold Top. I wish I had kept the Hummingbird. Great tone.
 
Rootsruler said:
I hear ya man! Good luthiers are hard to find nowadays with all the automation and global manufacturing that goes on. Since my musical stomping ground was Hollywood, CA there were enough around from the various companies that serviced their main players along with the plethora of players like me trying to make it to the Big Show.

Only Ibanez I owned was an acoustic that sounded really nice. My association with Ibanez was more from my custom shop buddy. My preference for acoustics leans towards Taylors. I like the Martins tone but, for me, Taylors were the next evolution in that tone.

I used to live in a 5,000 sq/ft warehouse loft in downtown Los Angeles. My roommate was a drum tech for a lot of the top bands of the day like Korn, Deftones, MM, etc. I used to hang out with Monkey from Korn or Steven from Deftones whenever they'd come over. We had Korns bass player, Fieldie's, bachelor party at the loft. David, Korns drummer at the time, would come over all the time and we would all jam since we had a kit, amps and a sound system set up in the loft. The loft was in an industrial area so we could get as loud as we wanted. One day my roomie came home with a Taylor acoustic but it had a big hole on the side of the body. He had just finished doing a tour with Stone Temple Pilots. The acoustic was the singer, Scott Weilands guitar. I guess Scott got upset about something but my roomie brought it home and gave it to one of the luthiers that serviced Monkey from Korns guitars. Sounded great!

When I was actively playing I played a BC Rich strat copy but after we got signed Gibson approached me for sponsorship. I got to hang out in their archive and play a bunch of their classic guitars through classic amps. Vox AC30, Marshall JTM45, Black faced Fender Twins and Tweeds. Sponsorship allowed me to buy their guitars at 10% above their cost. If I got a picture in a magazine with the guitar I'd get a free guitar from them. If I got a magazine cover I got 2.

I still own the cherry sunburst Les Paul Standard I bought from them. I sold a lot of the ones I got free like the Hummingbird acoustic or the LP Gold Top. I wish I had kept the Hummingbird. Great tone.
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Man that all sounds awesome. I live in some cowtown on the east coast, so not a whole lot of opportunity for things like that here.

Taylor makes an amazing acoustic. My acoustics are a Washburn and an Applause by Ovation. Low to mid tier guitars, but they sound just fine in my living room :p
 
elusive said:
I thought maybe pipe carving would've been listed in there :p (unless that's part of your "crapentry" haha)
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That's the Artist in me....I added the extra 'a to make it sound more specialized. crapentry would be everything else made of wood....I don't do square, everything has a cannabis made angle to it.
 
Moe.Red said:
Omg weaponized autism. I’m stealing that :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::LOL::LOL::ROFLMAO:

I got a few little things I play around with. I like rc

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So I built a custom trailer to make it more enjoyable.

I got a few like this where I clearly went full autistic and dove in with both feet. Life’s short commit fully!
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I'd love to get into RC planes/helicopters/drones, but fuck, I can't keep them in the air longer than 3.6 seconds. My buddy flies the FPV drones, so he'll lend me a set of goggles and man that view is amazing.
 
elusive said:
Man that all sounds awesome. I live in some cowtown on the east coast, so not a whole lot of opportunity for things like that here.

Taylor makes an amazing acoustic. My acoustics are a Washburn and an Applause by Ovation. Low to mid tier guitars, but they sound just fine in my living room :p
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I really liked the Washburns but wasn't a big fan of the Ovation guitars. That weird plastic rounded out body just felt weird in my hands. Is your Ovation an acoustic/electric or straight acoustic?
 
Rootsruler said:
I really liked the Washburns but wasn't a big fan of the Ovation guitars. That weird plastic rounded out body just felt weird in my hands. Is your Ovation an acoustic/electric or straight acoustic?
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The Washburn sounds pretty good, my only gripe is that the body is so thick. Both of them are acoustic electrics, but I never plug them into an amp. Maybe I should one of these days.
 
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