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And I just found out that the nice folks at PayPal disabled all my Support buttons, and I never got a notice (although that may be my fault.) In any case, it is all working again now, so if you would like to make a small donation to help defray these costs, it would be greatly appreciated.

September 2024

Greatest Prog Band of ALL TIME - Sep 29, 2024

January 2024

5 Guitar Building Myths - Jan 31, 2024
Danelectro Bridge Sag - Jan 24, 2024

April 2023

Why Bolt-on Necks are the Best - Apr 28, 2023

March 2023

Slideshows - Mar 27, 2023

February 2023

At Least I Learned Something - Feb 22, 2023
Fun With Gargle - Feb 8, 2023

January 2023

Danelectro Catalogs - Jan 23, 2023
Duracells - Jan 20, 2023
Back to the '80s Again - Jan 11, 2023
More Variations on a Theme - Jan 10, 2023
From the Sears Catalog - Jan 10, 2023
She Has Great Enunciation - Jan 9, 2023
It's All Bullshit - Jan 4, 2023

December 2022

Tesla & Twain - Dec 28, 2022
Variations on a Theme - Dec 28, 2022

November 2022

No More Reviews - Nov 17, 2022
WordPress Image Handling is Completely Insane - Nov 10, 2022

October 2022

Handy CSS - Oct 31, 2022
WordPress Again and Again - Oct 31, 2022

September 2022

Added My Japanese Strat to Projects - Sep 20, 2022

August 2022

Added some build notes on this old thing - Aug 23, 2022
Depeche Toi, Depeche Toi, Attends - Aug 13, 2022
Why is Modern Music so Awful? - Aug 12, 2022

July 2022

Steely Dan, but Paul Shaffer won't shut up! - Jul 23, 2022
Mozart - Jul 20, 2022
Tomorrow Never Knows - Jul 19, 2022
I Was Wrong About Sade - Jul 18, 2022
Nothing to do with Lootherie - Jul 14, 2022
WordPress Again - Jul 9, 2022

February 2022

Adhesive Life - Feb 27, 2022

January 2022

WordPress 5.9 - Jan 25, 2022

December 2021

Making Fret Wire - Dec 8, 2021

November 2021

A Joke from the Sixties - Nov 4, 2021

October 2021

I See You Shiver With Antici - - Oct 16, 2021
Spellcheck in WordPress - Oct 12, 2021

May 2021

My Woodworking Skills - May 30, 2021
The Knack - May 30, 2021
Some YouTube Random Recommendations - May 5, 2021

January 2021

Slideshows - Jan 9, 2021

November 2020

WordPress is a PIG - Nov 1, 2020

October 2020

Just Found a New Dr Pinch Video - Oct 24, 2020
A Force of Nature - Oct 3, 2020
More Bad Programming II - Oct 1, 2020

September 2020

Speeding Up The Website - Sep 29, 2020
Wow! Gargle - Sep 29, 2020
Ordering From China - Sep 28, 2020
Pressing Words - Sep 27, 2020
Don't Click This Link! - Sep 27, 2020
Horse Ukulele Kit - Sep 25, 2020
Signifyin' Monkey - Sep 25, 2020
Snark Tuner - Sep 25, 2020
New Features - Sep 25, 2020
More '80s, Alphabetically - Sep 24, 2020
Back to the '80s - Sep 23, 2020
Zooey & Dusty - Sep 21, 2020
More Bad Programming - Sep 18, 2020
Still Great - Mark Knopfler - Sep 18, 2020
Swing Out Sister - Sep 18, 2020
Really Bad Programming - Sep 17, 2020
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Sep 16, 2020
Post-Modern Jukebox - Sep 16, 2020
Changed the Font - Sep 16, 2020
Headless Bridge Re-dux - Sep 14, 2020
Is This Worth It? - Sep 14, 2020
Compare & Contrast - Sep 12, 2020
Parental Guidance Advised - Sep 12, 2020
Lake Street Dive - Sep 11, 2020
Dr Pinch und ze Pinchtones - Sep 11, 2020
Lady Gaga, but different - Sep 11, 2020
Headless Brainstorm - Sep 11, 2020
Lederhosen - Sep 11, 2020
Not Funny - Sep 11, 2020
Feature Creep - Sep 11, 2020
Talk Bass Surprise - Sep 6, 2020
R-E-S-P-E-C-T ! - Sep 5, 2020
Going Nutty - Sep 4, 2020
Walnut Fretboards - Sep 3, 2020

August 2020

Ribbed Mussels - Aug 29, 2020
Freakenbacker Back Together - Aug 28, 2020
Crushed Oyster Shell - Aug 27, 2020
Cleaned Up a Rat's Nest - Aug 27, 2020
An Oldie but a Goodie - Aug 25, 2020
Superfreaky Brain Fart - Aug 24, 2020
Lotmusic Guitar Tuners 3x3 - Aug 24, 2020
Kubicki Factor Guitar Final - Aug 24, 2020
Artec EXP Active Tone Control - Aug 23, 2020
Seeing Red - Aug 18, 2020
One More Charlie Murphy Video - Aug 11, 2020
WordPress 5.5 - Aug 11, 2020
More Cowbell - Aug 11, 2020
Setting Up the Mosrite - Aug 3, 2020
Some Quick Inlaying Experiments - Aug 2, 2020

July 2020

Superfreaky Part V - Jul 30, 2020
Alice Bass Strings - Jul 29, 2020
Superfreaky Part IVa - Jul 27, 2020
Superfreaky Part IV - Jul 26, 2020
Radiatabacker Part IIe - Jul 25, 2020
Radiatabacker Part IId - Jul 24, 2020
Radiatabacker Part IIc - Jul 23, 2020
Bindings Again, and etc - Jul 23, 2020
Radiatabacker Part IIb - Jul 20, 2020
A Better Way to do Binding? - Jul 20, 2020
Radiatabacker Part IIa - Jul 19, 2020
Radiatabacker Part II - Jul 18, 2020
A Decent Scroll Saw - Jul 17, 2020
Radiatabacker Part I - Jul 17, 2020
Superfreaky Part IIIa - Jul 15, 2020
Superfreaky Part III - Jul 12, 2020
Superfreaky Part IIa - Jul 8, 2020
Superfreaky Part II - Jul 7, 2020
Superfreaky Part I - Jul 6, 2020
Strung Up - Jul 2, 2020

June 2020

Today's Lootherization - Jun 28, 2020
The Matching Guitar - Jun 25, 2020
Finally put this back together - Jun 24, 2020
KMise Wireless Transmitter - Jun 20, 2020
Still Loothering - Jun 6, 2020
Mosrite Re-assembled - Jun 5, 2020
COVID-19 Update - Jun 3, 2020

March 2020

All Apart Now - Mar 16, 2020
All Together Now - Mar 3, 2020
So Far, So Good - Mar 1, 2020

February 2020

KMise "Crunch" Distortion Pedal - Feb 23, 2020
Hosting Woes - Feb 9, 2020

January 2020

KMise "US Dream" Distortion Pedal - Jan 22, 2020
Server Caching Madness - Part 2 - Jan 19, 2020
RIP Neil Peart - Jan 18, 2020
Server Caching Madness - Jan 18, 2020
Aren't You the Bass Player ? - Jan 13, 2020
KMise Guitar Pedal Power Supply & Cable - Jan 13, 2020
Still Hacking - Jan 12, 2020
Fixing WordPress' Back-End etc - Jan 9, 2020
Headless Bridge, Part 2 - Jan 3, 2020

December 2019

The Muscular Stumps of a Bass-Man - Dec 25, 2019
Typical WordPress Designer - Dec 25, 2019
The Problem With WordPress Plugins - Dec 25, 2019
Jettison JetPack - Dec 22, 2019
Something to Play With - Dec 18, 2019
Finally Some Real Work - Dec 18, 2019
Website Design Finally Finished - Dec 16, 2019
Rational Web Design - Dec 15, 2019
WordPress Media Library - Dec 15, 2019
WordPress Image Mess Sorted Out - Dec 15, 2019
Yikes, WordPress Has Gotten Worse - Dec 14, 2019
I Thought I Was Done - Dec 13, 2019
Website Redesign is Finally Done - Dec 10, 2019
Web Design - Dec 7, 2019
Website Improvements - Dec 1, 2019

November 2019

KMise Vintage Phas Pedal - Nov 27, 2019
KMise Tremolo Pedal - Nov 13, 2019

July 2019

Took Some Time Off - Jul 7, 2019

April 2019

Red-on-Red Burst - Apr 23, 2019
Online "Build-offs" - Apr 21, 2019
Fussy Work - Apr 20, 2019
Bursts Done - Apr 19, 2019
New Photos and Slideshows - Apr 10, 2019
Enough Cyber-Luthiery - Apr 4, 2019
WordPress Coding - Apr 2, 2019

March 2019

Plans - Mar 28, 2019
7-String Semi-Fretless Bass - Mar 28, 2019
Just Give Me a God-Damn Bass Line !!! - Mar 28, 2019
Talk_ass.com - Mar 27, 2019
Kubicki Refins - Mar 22, 2019
Support Luthiery Labs - Mar 21, 2019
Startup - Mar 20, 2019

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Music

No, not my music. I don't play much any more. I spend more time with the band saw than the band.

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Reviews

Yes, there are people out there who actually think my opinion is worth something. In fact, Home Depot has given me tens of thousands of dollars of merchandise to review. ( Thanks, Home Depot. Really love the kayak !!! And of course, the cutting board. ) Lately, I've started receiving items from Amazon sellers as well.

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Web Stuff

Notes on WordPress, web development, code snippets, rants and raves.

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Epiphone Fenderbird

This started out as a broken Epiphone, one of the very nice Pro models. Turns out the Epi copy was a bit too authentic - it even reproduced the standard Gibson pop-off headstock. I removed the neck, re-finished the stump, routed out a neck pocket, and installed a Fender Mexico Precision neck. The pickups are stock, the active electronics are a replacement as the originals blew up. I also made the pickguard. The high frets are basically inaccessible, but the trade-off is much better balance.

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