This is a cool new Blues Traveler song with an appearance by Jared James Nichols
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Month: October 2021
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Jokes Can Hurt People
A few days ago I was talking to some friends, and friends of those friends, at the bar.
I decided to break the ice with these new friends with a few jokes, most of them went down very well. Until I decided to tell a few more offensive jokes. I picked the worst possible one to start off with.
Here is the joke I told; “What do you do if you see an epileptic having a fit in the bath?
Throw in your laundry in.”
One of the friends instantly became enraged and took a swing at me. When I ask him what his problem was he replied that his little brother had been epileptic and had died in the bath many years ago.
Obviously I was mortified as I had not known this. I said “I am so sorry to hear that. Did he drown?”
“No” replied the guy, “he choked on a sock.”
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Child Birth
After my wife gave birth, I asked the doctor how long it would be until we could have sex.
He said “I get done at 7 PM, meet me out back.”
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Teenycaster Side Marker Dots
The neck that came with the kit did not have side marker dots. Time to fix this (actually I should have done this before). I eyeballed the locations and drilled some holes, glued in some side dot material, then trimmed them off and sanded smooth. A little oil made everything nicey nice.
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Teenycaster New Nut
Time to replace the crappy plastic nut with something better. I picked up a new TUSQ nut, removed the crappy chinesium nut (it came out in pieces lol), cleaned up the nut slot in the fretboard, sanded the nut down to get the nut slots about right, and added a couple drops of super glue to hold it in place. Easy least.
Next I’ll refine the nut slots with my files and redo the intonation and action.
I used to have an epileptic goldfish. He was ok as long as I didn’t take him out of his bowl.
This is such a brilliant idea! Ton Anderson guitars include 2 strap buttons so when you put it down and lean against an amp or something, the strap buttons form “feet” so it doesn’t tip over!
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Teenycaster Frets and Tuners
The Teenycaster neck needed some attention. The frets sucked (they are dull, the ends are sharp, and some are high and buzz) and the tuners suck (they are wobbly and the ratio is too low). I bought an inexpensive set of Wilkinson tuners that are really nice. They are much better quality than the tuners that come on most inexpensive guitars and they don’t cost an arm and a leg.
First it is time to fix the frets…
Now it’s time to address the tuners.
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Teenycaster Bridge Upgrade
I hate Telecaster bridges.
- They have the stupid lips to attach a cover that nobody uses.
- They only have 3 saddles so you can’t get the intonation right (especially on a short scale like this)
Time to upgrade.
I bought a new replacement bridge with six saddles so it can be properly intonated. The new bridge is a “string through” bridge which should make it sound better too. Also, the new one is thicker metal so it should resonate some more.
Time to install it. The first step is marking the location where the strings will go through the body. Then I need to drill the holes through the body as straight as I can without a drill press (spoiler, they are crooked). Then some counterbores on the back side and then installed the ferrules to hold the ends of the strings. Next up is installing the bridge and voila!
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Teenycaster Size
I’ve been working on the Teenycaster again after a hiatus, and doing some upgrades as well. It’s a lot more fun that I initially thought. For giggles, here is a photo comparing the Teenycaster to my normal size PRS.
The Teenycaster has a ~16″ scale length compared to the 24″ scale length of the full size PRS. After my upgrades I hope to get it tuned to E standard tuning.
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