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gold foil bass finished
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Wooden bass guitar with alternating dark/light/dark wood, a dark wood neck, and a single pickup that has a chrome cover and gold foil accents.
Some small finishing details to do, but it's a complete working bass now. I only have an hour of playing on it so far, but i like it - it's comfortable to play and at least on my little practice amp sounds great.
The project started with the pickup, a re-creation of the gold foil pickups used on 1960s Harmony (and some other) basses. I bought the neck from an eBay seller but modified it a bit for my preferences and to fit the body. The body i built from scratch, it's sapele and maple, with a very thin amber varnish finish. Body shape is a fairly close copy of an aluminum-necked Kramer bass. There's only 1 knob for volume, there's a static tone circuit that's the same as if the tone knob was always turned fully up.
I'll have the first band practice with it tonight, and will probably let it settle in a bit before bringing it to shows. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, just what i was hoping for when it was still just a graph paper drawing earlier this summer.
Full project writeup with many more photos here:
http://bill.fidean.net/projects...
The project started with the pickup, a re-creation of the gold foil pickups used on 1960s Harmony (and some other) basses. I bought the neck from an eBay seller but modified it a bit for my preferences and to fit the body. The body i built from scratch, it's sapele and maple, with a very thin amber varnish finish. Body shape is a fairly close copy of an aluminum-necked Kramer bass. There's only 1 knob for volume, there's a static tone circuit that's the same as if the tone knob was always turned fully up.
I'll have the first band practice with it tonight, and will probably let it settle in a bit before bringing it to shows. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, just what i was hoping for when it was still just a graph paper drawing earlier this summer.
Full project writeup with many more photos here:
http://bill.fidean.net/projects...
Gorgeous!
Woo!
😻😻😻
damn, i love this whole look- the body shape, the wood grain and staining, the "racing stripe" inlays, all of it!
what is the pickup you chose?
damn, i love this whole look- the body shape, the wood grain and staining, the "racing stripe" inlays, all of it!
what is the pickup you chose?
follow the light
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i miss you dad
There's definitely a quest to be acquired in that box.
xoxo
my duderinos, i am trying
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screenshot of tracked activity stats in the iOS version of the zepp (amazfit) app. displays stats for a run in a grey overlay on a map of the route. text displayed:
Distance: 5.51 mi
Time: 50:07
Workout time: 50:07
Avg pace 09'03"/mi
Best pace 04'24"/mi
Avg cadence 169 Spm
Max cadence 188 Spm
Avg stride : 41 in
Steps: ST 8,490 steps
Max. Elevation ft
Min. Elevation: 679 ft
Avg elevation 711 ft
Elev gain: 209 ft
Elev loss 200 ft
Calories: 660 kcal
Avg heart rate: 162 bpm
Max heart rate: 182 bpm
Distance: 5.51 mi
Time: 50:07
Workout time: 50:07
Avg pace 09'03"/mi
Best pace 04'24"/mi
Avg cadence 169 Spm
Max cadence 188 Spm
Avg stride : 41 in
Steps: ST 8,490 steps
Max. Elevation ft
Min. Elevation: 679 ft
Avg elevation 711 ft
Elev gain: 209 ft
Elev loss 200 ft
Calories: 660 kcal
Avg heart rate: 162 bpm
Max heart rate: 182 bpm
unexciting update to:
https://mltshp.com/p/1RRR3
making better time when i’m on a day off and not stuffed to the gills with LLM bullshit and existential dread.
https://mltshp.com/p/1RRR3
making better time when i’m on a day off and not stuffed to the gills with LLM bullshit and existential dread.
Doing great! (Today was my first day in my new running shoes.)
@snarkout thanks! i'm trying.
what new shoes did you get? how are you liking them?
what new shoes did you get? how are you liking them?
Just a new pair of Brooks Ghosts (18s, replacing last year's model).
Lime Kiln State Park
what i saw ™️
Overwerk
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Raadhuis Schiebroek, last Friday. Relic of a past long gone now.
not gonna lie, i spend way too much time stopping and looking at old meters like this.
also, would play a gigantic bass monosynth in OVERWERKTIMER
also, would play a gigantic bass monosynth in OVERWERKTIMER
@nikkuneko I bought a panic stop fixture off eBay for similar reasons. The label under the button reads: PULVERIZER. Still waiting for the thing to appear that I'll mount it on.
@greenskpr *
Whip Of The Meek
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A horse pulls an Amish wagon styled to look like a cyber truck.
People go to great lengths.
And better autopilot.
Less likely to catch fire... AND THAT'S WITH IT BEING MADE OF WOOD!
1 HP
Don't Pray So Much
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Phil Hartman was so good. No knock on Sally Field here, whose acting is perfect in this
I am not sure how i have never seen this , or even heard about. It must have ruffled some feathers in the 80’s? 90’s?
Both of them were perfect.
Both of them were perfect.
an iris in the fall?!
The Greatest Toothbrusher
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LP cover for Ali and his gang VS Mr Tooth Decay
floss like a butterfly
when all you have is a hammer
Art With a Plug
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A group of adults building sound circuits. An illustration of a circuit powered by a 9V battery is projected on the wall
I developed a workshop to teach art conservators about electricity and electronics with NYU's Institute of Fine Art titled "Art With a Plug". Originally a 5 day intensive, then a hybrid asynch/synch month-long online version for a few years, and now back IRL with the conservation team at the MoMA for the next 2 weeks.
Everyone builds a sound circuit on a breadboard, then moves to a fixed version on a protoboard. After using Forrest Mims' "Stepped tone generator" (aka Atari Punk Console) for the online sessions, I returned to the Cracklebox for this edition.
To my utter joy and surprise, every team got the circuit up and running in a little under an hour. They had to learn to solder, follow a schematic, work with a multimeter, and get comfortable improvising when recreating an artwork. Super excited to see what they do for next week.
Atari Punk Console: https://sdiy.info/wiki...
Cracklebox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Everyone builds a sound circuit on a breadboard, then moves to a fixed version on a protoboard. After using Forrest Mims' "Stepped tone generator" (aka Atari Punk Console) for the online sessions, I returned to the Cracklebox for this edition.
To my utter joy and surprise, every team got the circuit up and running in a little under an hour. They had to learn to solder, follow a schematic, work with a multimeter, and get comfortable improvising when recreating an artwork. Super excited to see what they do for next week.
Atari Punk Console: https://sdiy.info/wiki...
Cracklebox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Rad as hell.
∞
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An animated gif of a skater doing a slow loop around an empty swimming pool.
Source: https://www.are.na/block...
I love that the angle of the lighting is just so such that the skater’s shadow is always in the lit portion of the bowl. Never fully in the shadow of the lip, never outside the lip on the other side
*loading*
Dying Homer Simpson beer opener
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The cause of--and solution to--all of life's problems.
Oh, wow, I had one of these back in the undergrad days. Had totally forgotten about it.
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went for a walk today down by the water. saw these trees as i was making my way back.
It's the most
wonderful time
of the year
wonderful time
of the year
*seasonal noises*
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Animation loop - three skeletons dancing in a dark field. Captions read: I’m scared! This is scary! I’m scared too!
Hey girls
Hey boys
Superstar DJs
There we go!
Hey boys
Superstar DJs
There we go!
Find God
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source https://bsky.app/profile...
You know... I've been looking for Jesus for so long... technically... doesn't that make *him* lost...?
Grand Guignol
Back in the bread game
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A close up photo of a loaf of bread on a cooling rack. The bread is dark brown and covered with toasted flakes of wheat bran.
It's not 90 degrees out, so I'm now willing to turn on the oven and bake some bread.
Give you $60 for it
@BennyTheIcepick It's made of the finest rye touched only by the hands of virgins.
@ian_whitney $61 then
Moebius
Gaming Sperkers
from before you bulldozed the rainforest
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a google maps satellite area of cleared forest lands, except one of the tiles still has trees
via: https://aus.social/@jimbob...
Google maps link: (may change/go away) - https://www.google.com/maps...
This is in South Papua, Indonesia. The company doing it is "PT Enviromate Technology International", a natural gas infrastructure development, natural gas transportation, renewable energy and independent power company.
Google maps link: (may change/go away) - https://www.google.com/maps...
This is in South Papua, Indonesia. The company doing it is "PT Enviromate Technology International", a natural gas infrastructure development, natural gas transportation, renewable energy and independent power company.
"Enviromate" (Does not infer mate of the environment)
but "Envirorapist" was already taken
but "Envirorapist" was already taken
#psa
Brad's Drink
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seemingly complete gallery of the 21 stages of the Pepsi Cola logo
TIL Pepsi was originally Brad's Drink, but, more importantly, this shows that:
- Before 1950, branding was the province of mescaline addicts only
- by 1951, branding had already absorbed Baudrillard avant le hashtag
- Before 1950, branding was the province of mescaline addicts only
- by 1951, branding had already absorbed Baudrillard avant le hashtag
Willing to bet the designs 1903-1951 aren't deliberate modifications, but the results of hiring local artists to redraw the logo because they didn't have a clean copy of the previous original.
On the other hand, I'd bet the designs from 1991-onward are the result of marketing executives doing a rebranding purely to pad out their resumes while they hustle on to their next promotion.
On the other hand, I'd bet the designs from 1991-onward are the result of marketing executives doing a rebranding purely to pad out their resumes while they hustle on to their next promotion.
I have a historical trademark book in my office with some additional info... "Brad" is because it was invented and sold by a pharmacist named Caleb D Bradham, before he branded it later as Pepsi Cola. He did really well with it until WW1 when there was sugar rationing and then sugar price fluctuations later. He lost ownership at a specific point when he bought sugar at a high and suddenly had to sell it way low in 1920.
I don't think any of these are very good. 69-71 is the cleanest, but not very interesting. And the 2008-23 attempt to make an equivalent to Coke's "Dynamic Ribbon Device" is a total failure. The black ring around the current one makes the logo look cramped.
cutie pie
Penguin serving a strawberry milkshake
Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle with Vibrator and Bread, 1975
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A diptych of black and white studio photographs showing (top) a hammer & sickle with vibrator and (bottom) a hammer & sickle with a loaf of bread
Brings new meaning to “bread and roses”
Early Autumn colours
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Walking around the local iron age hillfort yesterday and colours were popping
Spot the mini-me in the medium distance
@sdbillin There you are!
Jeez, bloke can't even have a wee in private!
Jeez, bloke can't even have a wee in private!
Enjoy your last day of life, human.