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January 9, 2023

She Has Great Enunciation

January 9, 2023

I never knew the lyrics to this song. Who can understand Australians anyway? They barely speak English. Just watch Braveheart and try to figure out what the hell is going on. To me, this song was always "Back in Black ... random hollering ... Back in Black ... etc." Which is fine, it's a great song. But she's actually pronouncing words. I'm not even sure she speaks English, she's probably doing it all phonetically with cue cards. But she sure has great enunciation.

Slava Ukraine !!!

Actually, now that I hear them, the lyrics are a lot of nonsense anyway.

Music, 01/9/23

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Fender-style Piezo Bridge

I just built this - my first bridge. The plate is 1/8" aluminum, screws from Home Depot, springs from the ~~junk~~ tone box. The saddle is from the truss rod I just destructed, plus a scrap of phenolic I found and shaped to a pointed 12" radius. The bushings are black plastic and were the hardest part to come up with, I finally bought some plastic chain that fit and cut them from that. They are drilled and threaded for the screws, although with plastic you can just force the screws in.

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