All kits and cheaper brands for the most part, but still lovely. 2 with Gibson scale length, the rest Fender scale. 3 different trems, 6 different bridges, 3 nut styles, one headless with zeroth fret. I'm just exploring.

A chrome slide on a magnet. I used to put it on a mic stand attachment. I like this better. No mod needed. The magnet is from StewMac and is meant to be used as a magnetic clamp for acoustic repairs. I do this on several guitars. Here’s how I do it on a strat.

My ‘72 Strat. This guitar has been across the country with me. It’s been beaten and abused and is still one of my favorites. This is my go to guitar.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsYp... I think David Bowie looked very handsome when he looked like this! Miss him!

I don’t think I’m going to post anymore political stuff. It’s all just terrible. Nothing good ever comes from it. So I’m done with it. I’ll cast my vote and do my part but I see no reason to be an echo chamber for all of the things these politicians are up to. Music is better.

This regime excels at one thing. Killing people in a myriad of ways, each crueler than the one before. . www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

youtu.be/iSwoM7WIy5M?... #BlueBeats 🥁🎸💙 @chltgirl.bsky.social @bawalker.bsky.social @ismua.bsky.social @ilikeguitars.bsky.social @guillerm.bsky.social @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks @boontonkat.bsky.social @callmemare.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social @picturethesouth.com @michellespenc.bsky.social

youtu.be/JJvd3vzJNDc?... #BlueBeats 🥁🎸🔥 @biszkopt10.bsky.social @metalrockjazz.bsky.social @hawaiian-ishkelly.bsky.social @ilikeguitars.bsky.social @docgaby.bsky.social @robklippel.bsky.social @quodnomenmihiest.bsky.social @ismua.bsky.social @callmemare.bsky.social @bawalker.bsky.social

Ok so sold those three guitars today… but came back with one lol… still… with the ones I sold and the gift card I had it was basically free, and I’m still down 2 guitars, overall! 🤣

Another guitar of the day. The stripes in the maple aren’t perfectly matched but I think it looks great. Sounds awesom.

#BlueBeats 🎸🔥 @metalrockjazz.bsky.social @skyair.bsky.social @netjester63.bsky.social @thirdwhaletrip.bsky.social @lilneanderthal.bsky.social @brunatauzhgorod.bsky.social @aldorado.bsky.social @ilikeguitars.bsky.social @palehorse.bsky.social @omega7stone.bsky.social @jbminatra.bsky.social

Play my Ric guitars through a Princeton all the time, great sound.

Fender Parallel Universe Jaguar Strat

Mike Johnson’s office says the legally required plaque to honor police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is “not implementable” and will NOT be hung — despite being mandated by law.

Think about how insane this 24 hours was: - Miller talks about seizing Greenland - White House says “force is always an option” (against a NATO ally) - Administration sends Rubio to walk statements back through Congressional leaks that we want to *buy* Greenland, not invade.

Guitar of the Day

This new Fender USA Stratocaster had one of the worst factory set ups we’ve ever seen. After a proper set up it now plays like a dream! 🤘 #fender #guitarsetup

Portuguese installation artist Joana Vasconcelos wrapped a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in a cotton crochet pattern #WomensArt

youtu.be/vdf9XjOu1yA?... #BlueBeats 🎤🔥🥁🎸 @sandywolf.bsky.social @marmon69.bsky.social @dawnbritten.bsky.social @callmemare.bsky.social @justsweetness.bsky.social @ismua.bsky.social @ilikeguitars.bsky.social @guillerm.bsky.social @chrismo.bsky.social @jaypaul.fyi @chrisisbritish.bsky.social

🎸🔥 @ilikeguitars.bsky.social @tsetseron.bsky.social @spv2022.bsky.social @pierpaolo.bsky.social @yellowsafe.net @ccedjm.bsky.social @bawalker.bsky.social @six18sfoundry.bsky.social @olszewskijc1891.bsky.social @nicoklaus.bsky.social @bibugona.bsky.social @oowooooo.bsky.social @dkrappe.bsky.social

The Trump administration has released less than 1% of the files in its possession.

Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."

We failed to hold the right-wing oligarchs accountable for the coup on January 6th, Russian interference, the subprime housing crisis, the WMD lie, Iran Contra, Watergate, and the confederacy. Elect people who will.

Mike Johnson says he expects elections to be called in Venezuela "in short order" Trump says no. Venezuela's constitution requires elections to be held within 30 days, but Trump pays no attention to the constitution: “We have to fix the country first. You can’t have an election” Chaos.

youtu.be/12j1yAWFMPA?... RAY DAVIES 'Working Man's Cafè'

Time for this Kiesel 7 string to get a Sanatorium treatment… #kiesel #guitarsetup

Atlas Van Lines conducted its annual Migration Patterns Study and measured relocations from Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 31, 2025 Louisiana ranked as the number one state residents are leaving. From 2020 to 2024, Louisiana lost approximately 70,000 residents via outbound migration to other states.

The ability to to impeach a president is the acknowledgment that the electorate is fallible and needs a way to stop systemic corruption-hallelujah! We literally have photographs of it. Tax the billionaires into extinction…

FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history. Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸

One reason our government failed: Jack Smith said there’s no doubt Trump cheated in the 2020 election, tried to overthrow the results, and spearheaded J6. 2024 election—Trump’s a candidate again and “wins.” Government had time. They didn’t stop him—they let him do it again.

My guitar of the day.

Worth Reading Bernie's Take.....

This is a real photo of Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center this morning.

Here's my guitars of the day. (Whatever is out of its case in my studio is the guitar of the day!) 1968 LP Custom, 1959 LP Jr.

It’s only Hicksy and me for a couple of days. What to do, what to do..?

2026 Special to start off new year - we feature our visit to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art's: Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll from 2019. Today is 2 of Jimmy Page's guitars: Danelectro 3021 & Les Paul "Number One". www.vintagesilvertones.com #VintageGuitar #Guitar #Silvertone #Danelectro

House of Guitars, Rochester Prints: https://jon.framer.art/s/image/221062?source=bluesky

When we split the numbers every which way, only one metric showed clear differences: age. Americans 85 or older die of malnutrition at around 60 times the rate of the rest of the population, and such deaths are rising about twice as fast among that group. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NYT Reporter 👇🏽

On Jan. 6, 2021, bloody insurrectionary violence interrupted the peaceful transfer of power. Today, America is still caught in an epic struggle between selfish forces of rule-or-ruin autocracy & the unyielding defenders of constitutional democracy all over America.

France at the UN Security Council: "The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."

"Greenland belongs to its people," several European leaders said in a statement Tuesday.

It’s been 5 years since over 140 Capitol police were violently assaulted by Trump’s mob. Republicans dismissed it as political discourse. The assailants were all pardoned by Trump. Many of them went on to commit more crimes. It will remain one of the most shameful days in American history.

Never forget.

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

✊

On this day #J6, 5 years ago... The enemy from within attacked our Country and our Capitol.. Never forget.. youtu.be/DXnHIJkZZAs?...

Never forget. 🇺🇸