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IIRC, Dan Huff was a big Tyler user.

Been listening to an obscene amount of metal during my hiatus from the workforce.  This one's managed to bury itself in the back of my brain.

It's been a lousy couple of days for rock n roll deaths.

I like hearing everyones thoughts on this subject, I think Alanp hit it on the head. Listen to Jack Pearson killing it on a squier and you realize its not the gear but the player.

Muadzin, I forgot about TGP, I remember it from long ago being a somewhat civilplace and a good way to score deals on gear but about 7 years ago I remember just thinking "not for me". Opinions are like assholes everyone has one and everyone thinks everyone elses stinks

what guitar are you looking for Dan?

2012 PRS Studio with 57/08 pickup in the bridge, it is easily one of the best guitars I have ever played and for what I like to do it would tick a lot of boxes. One day........

Le me check the year on mine, it's either a 10 or a 12, and I've been considering moving it.

From the practical standpoint, you could build yourself a fairly decent complete rig for 3500, so it's hard to wrap your head around that kind of number for a three knob pedal with $30 of components in it, especially if you've built one (dozen).  I don't know that in my heyday of gear buying I would spend 3500 on any one thing, it would have to have been a Private Stock build for that kind of money.  That, and I'd actually have to commit to playing again if I blew mortgage money on a pedal.

From a collectors point of view if money were no issue, sure, why not. 

Had Mod Jab #1 yesterday with my wife.  Felt really good for 6 hours, then outright crashed (i.e. slept) for 12 hours, and today feel fine beside a little injection pain.  Bonnie didn't fair quite as well,  joint pain and general lethargy today, but she typically has those reactions to the flu shot as well.

#2 scheduled second week of June.

Which one did the two of you get? Very busy at the venue?
dave

Modern a.  Wasn't busy, but it was a very small pharmacy so by definition it can't be that busy.

Had Mod Jab #1 yesterday with my wife.  Felt really good for 6 hours, then outright crashed (i.e. slept) for 12 hours, and today feel fine beside a little injection pain.  Bonnie didn't fair quite as well,  joint pain and general lethargy today, but she typically has those reactions to the flu shot as well.

#2 scheduled second week of June.

In a build that calls for a 47nf capacitor for example.. if the cap only tests at 43nf due to the tolerance variance, will that cause issues with the build?

Dave's right, but it depends on the build.  In a Fuzz/OD/Distortion, you'd likely not notice a whole lot of difference if any, because they're (typically) lower part count builds and their job is pushing the front end of an amp, not modulating the signal.  In a higher parts count complex build (like a delay), a single lower tolerance component would likely not be noticed, but if (for example) the majority of your components were all consistently under spec, you might notice a cumulative result, but then again, you'd likely need a 100% spec built pedal beside it to compare to to tell the difference.

I generally measure most of my components before I install them, and anything that's way out of spec gets sorted into the "use on a veroboard build for a random build" bag.  I typically measure all my pots when I receive them, and mark their readings so I know if I'm building an expensive part build that I'm using as near spec as I can be.

If the build calls for an oscilloscope, you might want to leave that project for a few years until you've got your feet wet.  Brian (and others) have done a really good job in defining difficulty levels of builds, and it's advisable to start from the ground up.  It'll take a while until you've exhausted those options.  And everyone needs to build every variant possible of the BMP.

Don't cheap out on the soldering iron.  Not saying you need to buy a Hakko right away (though you won't regret buying it), but getting the cheapest one available is equally unadvisable.  Adjustable output would be advantageous, as you can then dial it in for the solder you're using.

A good set of flush cutting snips is nice.  Big bulky wire cutters meant for household wring are not so much fun.  Xcelite or Knipex would be my choice, but they're expensive.  But the cheap ones tend not to last.  And never, EVER, cut a guitar string with them.

Don't cheap out on the wire strippers either.  Yes you can pick up cheap ones, but they tend to do a lousy job and break.  I think I settled on a pair of adjustable Irwins I really liked (I haven't unpacked my build kit in a long time).

A good quality step bit for drilling enclosures.

Audio probes are fairly easy to build on your own, and there are boards out there for them as well.

A good desk lamp/magnifying glass.

A small fan to blow the soldering fumes away.

A power bar with dedicated lit switch which sits on top of your build desk which EVERYTHING is plugged in to.  Because you're going to forget to turn your iron off, so if it's running off a power bar and you turn that off, you're covered.

In the late 90's a girlfriend of mine found a decent working Ibanez X shaped guitar in an abandoned garage. She said to do whatever I wanted with it so I set it on fire and bashed it to pieces against a large tree. ... for the experience.

Edit: not saying you should do this... just presenting an option

My first electric was an Ibanez X Series, which eventually got cut to pieces.  But given the secondary market nostalgia prices for X series guitars in recent times, I kind of wish I hadn't.....

I've always donated my "Not worth the cost of shipping" guitars to local music organizations or churches, which in turn get them in to the hands of kids who want to learn.  That being said, I've always made sure they're playable with at least a decent set up and cleaning before they leave, as to give the new learners a platform to start with.

Only for officework, and even then... I've seen a lot of people come and go at my job and some people just don't work much (or at all) without either supervision, or other people actively working in their area.

Yeah, that's kind of my feeling/point.  We're a relatively small office (<30 people), and about 12 need more or less constant attention or things don't get done/aren't done right.

We're only allowed to go into the office with permission and we need a damn good reason to do so, but the lights are all on (they're motion sensed), the vending machines are stocked, etc. It really is kind of creepy.

I believe I'll no longer have an office when we open back up. I can do everything I currently do from home, but unfortunately might get stuck with some project work that uhhh requires my physical presence in a specific location, which is really irritating if I'm being honest.

We've been "work from home" for a year now, and I suspect that will be the way of the future.  It will and won't work at the same time.  We're a project based company (typically in the $20M - $50M per project), and while you can do some work effectively from home, the reality is at the start of a project (like we're just getting in to now), you need a lot of interaction with all parties involved and that works better face to face until you get far enough into fabrication that most items become routine.  I can see us changing to modular work station layout, where we pickup a new space with less physical area than we currently have, and people come in on a needs basis.

Back to the topic on hand, my jab in the arm has been rescheduled to next Thursday due to shortage of vaccine.  And I've just come off a jobsite where there was a massive outbreak in the trailer next to ours (read 8 ft away), so there's that.....

Next door neighbour gave me an old Zippo lighter. It was dry, and, once re-fueled, only lit itself after twenty or so goes with the flint wheel. (I should add that I do NOT smoke, at all -- I intend to use it for lighting the fireplace in winter.)

I pulled out the old packing and the old wick... the wicks are supposed to go in a roughly S shaped serpentine manner through the packing. Whoever did this one originally just had a very straight 'tick mark' spiking through the packing, which also looked very manky. I put new packing and wick in (according to interwebz instructions), added more lighter fluid, and now it lights every time, no worries!

I don't think I'd be able to ever show it to anyone, though. It's one of Zippo's old ones with graphics on the side... the old USA Confederate flag, the one with the 'X' across it.  but at least now it does a good job of lighting my fireplace.

If you're leaving it until winter, it's going to be dried out again.  Traditional Zippos only hold fuel for about a month before most of fuel evaporates.  You can prevent this by wrapping electrical tape around the joining surfaces when not in use.  Or spend 25 on a butane insert for it.

First jab scheduled in two weeks.