I brought my new guitar into work today and got to noodle over loops I put into my pocket synthesizer all through an hour and a half long product webinar. What a lovely day. So relaxing

Duncan's friend says hi

I got to work today and there's just so much work and like.... I don't wanna

Well everyone, the wait is over. I've finally finished building my dream guitar! The neck and body were special made by Warmoth in WA, the pickups (The Breed neck, Super Distortion bridge) special made by DiMarzio in NY, USA made OG Floyd Rose. They painted the body but the neck came unfinished.

Work work work... uh... I just wanna build some guitars and then play them really, really loud

Sometimes you need to set reminders to take care of your future self

I'm going to leave work early today so I can pick up my 16yo nephew (my side), take him to get a haircut, take him shopping for new clothes & shoes, then for pizza and then to my other nephew's (wife side - 16yo & 18yo) band's first show where my three favorite nephews will meet. I'm super geeked!

I'm in the elementary school pickup line but not to pick up my kid. No, I'm here to take my 11yo's backpack and drop off her bass and amplifier so she can rehearse her act for the school talent show. I'm so excited for her

I think I'm gonna join a band

Had my nephew over for dinner yesterday and we decided to finish the night with jam session over a LoFi backing track. Then my 11yo joined us on the bass and my 9yo joined us on the drum machine. When the 9yo gave the drum machine to the 11yo, he left and came back with a recorder. It was hilarious

Yeah sure looks good on paper but what kind of life advice are you going to get from someone who's never had to run from the cops? I mean, really

I would like to wish you all a very happy "It's Star Wars Day today?" Day, although I prefer to celebrate "I've seen the movies and they're just fine but they aren't something I think about on any regular basis" Day

Buttoning up and tucking in my flannel shirt because I am a serious business man

My custom DiMarzio pickups came in! Now I can finish the body of my Iceman build. That's a Super Distortion in the bridge and a The Breed in the neck position. I've been taking my time finishing the neck so I probably have another 2-3 weeks left on it and then I can finish the guitar completely 😁

That's the problem with DiMarzio pickups. You put one of them in ONE guitar and then you want to replace all the pickups in all your guitars with them Real gotcha stuff. Absolutely diabolical

2nd day in a row these two dogs pine for each other's company. My heart breaks for them both but I'm not going to be *that* guy and ask the owners if the dogs can play. Duncan and I need to get back to with

Be the cool uncle you wish to see in the world

This is my nephew's guitar. I replaced all the chrome hardware for black, replaced the pick guard, shielded the entire inside, replaced the stock tiny pots with good CTS pots (the volume pot is a push/pull that disconnects the momentary cut off button) and replaced the wires from the jack

My dad is concerned that money is ruining college basketball. I told him those are school sports and they would never have had that problem if it weren't for fans like him and that grown men following adolescent sports teams is pretty weird from an outside perspective He did not care for my opinion

Holy shit, I didn't realize the owner of the company I'm trying to sell to was on the email I just responded all to. It's a good thing I'm always nice and friendly! Like god damn I'm so fucking polite all the time and that shit really pays off

I don't normally wear a wedding ring but when I do, I have to find one that fits

I saw a small shaggy dog wandering loose this morning. Normally I'd help catch a loose dog but nobody seemed to be trying to catch it and it was just so nice out that I decided I wouldn't ruin his big day

Hold on to your wallets everybody because the elementary school book fair is tomorrow! If only I had saved more money by not eating so much avocado toast

Things my wife said today at lunch "I could get a stool, or you can just get it" and "Your father is a long-armed gentleman" Haha, I'm happy to help

I dunno why you're so interested in college basketball as a 50 year old man. You didn't even play basketball when you were a student in that school 30 years ago

This is a fun mug. It makes me smile every time

This fucking gosse is out here just waiting to pick a fight with my dog and I like he doesn't remember getting his ass kicked the last 5 times he tried it

I dunno who needs to hear this but you need jumper cables if you own a car because eventually every car will need a jump. Get the good 4 gauge 20' jumper cables and they'll be long enough for you get a jump from behind in case you're parked with cars are on either side. 4 gauge or lower so they work

I saw a news article that said my bank got robbed and all could think about is how I would feel perfectly comfortable not doing anything at all in that situation.

I'm the kind of omnivore that eats vegan when I'm with my vegan friends so we can all eat family style. Wanna know what I call vegan food? I call it food

Ah yes, my favorite season is almost upon us. Lawn neglecting season How's my lawn? It's still there, I suppose

Sorry about making the entire office smell like fresh cooked steak fajitas everybody. My bad

I made fajitas for lunch at work today and washed them down with a near beer. It was lovely!

My nephew gave me his guitar for strings and set up so I said "why don't I swap out your chrome hardware for black hardware while I'm at it?" He liked that idea. Then I scratched the pick guard past what I can repair so I owe him a new one. I think a red one would look hot 🔥

"You're not a Beatles fan!?" Nope. I was introduced to them via Sesame Street with the songs 'We all live in a yellow submarine' and 'I'm a walrus coocoo kachoo' and decided their music was not for me. Even as a young boy I knew that was garbage I'm not saying all their songs sucked, but those do

I was doing a bass lesson with my daughter last night, just plying a song we've played many times before as practice when she started singing. All the lyrics. From memory. While playing the bass. 🥲 It's not a difficult song but most bass players I know don't even try to sing while playing (me too) ♥️

Personally I wouldn't make 'being Italian' my entire personality but you do you, guy

I was looking for a nice, Easter themed movie yesterday and found this lovely gem - Fist of Jesus. It's only 15 min, it's fun for the whole family and it's free to watch on YouTube. It's a foreign film so it's in Spanish but 100% worth reading subtitles. 5 out of 5 stars youtu.be/KD8BmfhlICQ?...

My private internet tabs are for going to Sweetwater and Guitar Center as much as they are for, uh anything else nowadays

Old white dudes out here very much miscalculating how much patience I have for their shitty racist opinions

"Does he know how to sit?" "Of course he does, but I don't make him do it on command. He's my best friend. Do you obey arbitrary commands from your best friend? If not, why?"

Whenever I hear someone say "I ran this through Chat GTP" what I hear is "I've got a little baby poo brain that doesn't know how to do anything for itself"

Everyone out here acting like I have a leg up on them in sales because I got extensive PowerPoint training in mechanic school or some shit when my secret weapon is that I know the product well enough to sell it on its own merits and not just parrot old bullshit sales techniques

Big shout out to DiMarzio, the awesome guitar pickup manufacturer out of New York for not listing an email address under their "contact us" portion of their web site, but instead listing 3 separate phone numbers and having people who know their stuff answer them. They get my biz forever like that

Watching Weird Guitar of the Day's @weirdguita.rs posts have me looking at this old acoustic guitar thinking "I bet I could fit a humbucker behind that sound hole and it'd be easy to add a control panel with a vol & tone w a toggle to split the coils and I've got everything I need to do it at home"

Thinking wistfully about the time I caught a guy at work sexually harassing a coworker and demanding he stand up from his desk so I can kick his ass right then and there. He did not stand up. The harassed employee and I went to lunch and when we came back the other guy was gone forever

I love this dog. He's just the best dog buddy anyone could ask for

I chipped 6 teeth at once this weekend and that's not even close to my record

Even if I did believe in the existence of a magic all powerful yet undetectable dietily, a priest would still just be a dude who thinks his powers of mental telepathy are so much better than mine that my whole family has to come to his place of work and listen to him tell us about for an hour a week

I did not expect to see this amount of marigold seeds. Looks like I wasted $2.50 on a new package