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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 18m

Lovely chunk of bookmatched wood, beautifully carved. The fretboard inlays look nice as well. I trust it performs it's designated task reasonably well.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 37m

Tomorrow would be an ideal time to start.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 12h

Does a head still count as a head when it's as soft as an overripe piece of fruit?

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sure we could do nonchalant quite nicely indeed.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 12h

I used to enjoy it too although it dates from before I owned my own television so my catching it was a bit hit and miss. Happy memories of driving home from gigs in the small hours and hearing Whispering Bob's radio show over quite a few years. He played some good stuff then too.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 22h

... and we could whistle Colonel Bogey all the way to the nearest coffee shop. Possibly better to make it the second closest just to be on the safe side.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 22h

That one's got a lot of stories to tell. Shot of the wiring is cool, thanks. I can understand why 'all original' is a better selling point than 'fully functioning'. That's possibly why I'm not so well suited to owning these old things.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 22h

Ah. Life contains one less mystery now. My adolescent self thanks you.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 22h

A rare shot of Beelzebub as a kitten.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 23h

The Future is obviously planning an amphibious landing in order to surprise us all.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 23h

Megan Lovell from Larkin Poe plays an electric lap steel while standing. She gets around on it very well indeed.

Megan Lovell playing her lap steel guitar while standing up.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 23h

Penguin: "Will you ever look at the size of the arse on her!"

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 23h

I remember the X-Ray Spex adverts and was more confounded by how they could possibly function than intrigued by the lewd possibilities. Bless me. The plastic soldiers were owned by some of the kids I played with so were quite familiar. I smiled at their role in the original Toy Story.

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Soldiers Mission Pt 2 HD | Toy Story (1995) | Disney Pixar Studios

YouTube video by Aarush Boi

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At last! A guitar that I can admire freely but not want to own or duplicate. Sheer bliss.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Stupendous! And the in tune-ness is a balm to the ears.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's crazy good! Thanks for the link. A reverse bass neck? Of course it's a reverse bass neck, silly!

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's out there now. Sensible people should be prepared to speak out now and overwhelm the performative outrage of the isolationists. The dismal track record of the last few years ought to be enough to sway any waverers if the case is made clearly.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scary Movie Month. I have no memory of being scared by any movie as a child. Perhaps I didn't get to the cinema very much back then, or I've managed to delete the whole experience. 🙂

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Night of the Living Dead, which I saw as an adult in the arthouse Electric Cinema on Portobello Rd and afterwards was thoroughly creeped out while walking through quiet streets in the dark on my way to my preferred pub at the time.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not true. Some Americans perhaps, in the same way that every country in the world will have a percentage of particularly loosely wrapped citizens.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Christmas stockings hanging on the mantle, the multiple Santas around the place, and the yellow Tonka truck. The season of good will towards others is surely upon us! 🎄

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Now I'm minded of a Slow Horses book I recently reread where a woman in a fight used half of a broken CD as a weapon to stab her adversary's face. Perhaps you might just find room for Tom Petty in your jacket pocket. Be prepared.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Result! Road trip music if ever there was some. 🛻

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We're both optimists. The air must be so rarified at that level that I don't know how people there breathe. Perhaps if you're a Rolling Stone the cost would be tax deductible.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My pleasure, Mr Vintage. The guitar is eye catching for sure, which I confess is partly the point. My tech friend Joe had a range of pickups under the name Sonic Monkey and I asked him to wind a bridge one on a white bobbin. That was a bridge too far for him. He was right.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Big boy Scalextric racing. This one is from 2013.

A 1:24 scratchbuilt slot car chassis made from brass plate and steel rod.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've watched A Hard Day's Night a few times over the years. 😉 Pattie must have had some Vavavoom to eventually have two rock music gods tussling over her charms.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wibbly Wobbly Wembley, Bob. Venue of *cough* Champions!

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A young Pattie Boyd (Harrison/Layla, etc.) with the blonde hair and fringe there. Cheeky chappies and nice song. Good morning, Cam.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"And you've just had some sort of mushroom and your mind is moving slow." Long running in-jokes are part of the joy in long term relationships. I used to sing Chantilly Lace to both of my boys when they were babies and toddlers. They still roll their eyes. 🙄

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh yes, and I've soldered dozens of model racing cars together out of brass and piano wire over the past 20 years. Wiring is no problem.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks for your kind words, Bob. Which part of the country are you in, if you don't mind me asking?

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Isn't that the sort of thing you're supposed to hang off the trailer hitch on your oversize wheel pickup truck?

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fine, fine acting! At the time I felt as if I was missing out on a lot but now I wonder if being youngish in the sixties may have been like dodging a generational bullet. Mind you, the seventies weren't at all short of dire moments.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Or in a museum these days in order to charge you to gawp at them. Agree with all you said, Bob.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Two boys, both in the second half of their 20s. I love them dearly.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The point of these photos is that a tech friend of mine has modified the capacitor values to instead give a mid focused tone to the 'neck' position. It's like having a wah pedal left in the centre of it's sweep. It's surprisingly usable. 🙂

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm glad you asked that. In the middle position the single pickup works as you'd normally expect with tone and volume control. In the 'bridge' position the tone control is bypassed giving slightly brighter and louder output. The 'neck' position gives a preset bass heavy tone in a standard Esquire.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It remains a true observation of fact though.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm old enough that Rachel's mother held, and continues to occupy, a very special place in my memory. Never tried an audiobook. Suspect I'm too fidgety and my attention would drift if my hands weren't occupied turning pages. It might have been different when I was driving long distances at work.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Uh oh! You've started me humming *that* Jefferson Airplane song now, Maggie.

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steveroonie.bsky.social @steveroonie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you, Marianne. Your daughter possesses good sense. If you start with a musical vision in mind then finding or creating the best tools to realise that aim is an ongoing search. That it's also fun is a happy bonus.

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