Quote from: GermanCdn on January 11, 2012, 01:53:25 PMFirst thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....Oy, I have to take my contacts out anytime I'm working on pedals. It's the only way I can read the tiny print on IC's!
Quote from: GermanCdn on January 11, 2012, 01:53:25 PMBack 20 years ago when the Protone series came out (which were great guitars), they discontinued them because they were chewing into the MIM Standard sales.Actually, the Protone series came out nearly 30 years ago in 1996. Yet another thing that makes me feel old!
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 09:54:27 PMQuote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:50:40 PMQuote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 06:48:52 PMQuote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PMQuote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too. Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed. First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now
Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs. We'll see how it goes.. I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.
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Thanks Jimi, good to see you as well. Yeah, reading ICs and diodes are a little harder now. Fortunately I was clearly pretty meticulous about sorting them many moons back so at least it's not determining which of 4 types of ICs I;m looking at as opposed to hundreds.
Whittled the collection down to the high 50s, but somehow it's back in the 80s.
Oh man. Every time I sell a guitar, I seem to buy 3 more. At last count, I was in the 60s, myself.
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I like to think I had some influence in that. That being said, I haven't bought a new guitar in years because prices are just insane. The fact that Fender has rebranded Squiers and are now calling them "Standards" is an aboration.
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:50:40 PMQuote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 06:48:52 PMQuote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PMQuote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too. Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed. First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now
Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs. We'll see how it goes.. I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.
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Thanks Jimi, good to see you as well. Yeah, reading ICs and diodes are a little harder now. Fortunately I was clearly pretty meticulous about sorting them many moons back so at least it's not determining which of 4 types of ICs I;m looking at as opposed to hundreds.
Whittled the collection down to the high 50s, but somehow it's back in the 80s.
Oh man. Every time I sell a guitar, I seem to buy 3 more. At last count, I was in the 60s, myself.
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Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 06:48:52 PMQuote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PMQuote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too. Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed. First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now
Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs. We'll see how it goes.. I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.
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Thanks Jimi, good to see you as well. Yeah, reading ICs and diodes are a little harder now. Fortunately I was clearly pretty meticulous about sorting them many moons back so at least it's not determining which of 4 types of ICs I;m looking at as opposed to hundreds.
Whittled the collection down to the high 50s, but somehow it's back in the 80s.
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PMQuote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too. Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed. First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now
Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs. We'll see how it goes.. I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.
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Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too. Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed. First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now
Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs. We'll see how it goes.