Long night..
heres what happened
I know the new old guitar is out for delivery, so I procrastinate on starting the grill for dinner hoping the truck will come, 6:45 no truck so I begrudgingly light the grill.
five minutes later
shit. I get her inside and make quick work of the outer box
then quick work of the inner box
and finally the padding
I finally get her to this point
and it's time to put the steak on...
I love my guitars, but not enough to fudge up two beautiful steaks. I grill the steaks to perfection ( med rare) while they are resting I scope out the robin and notice a hairline crack where the neck meets the body.
Not a big deal but still all I can think about during dinner..
Dinner was nice, steak tater and salad. all cooked perfect. nice way to start friday out. I get done with dinner and then do my duty with the dog. A quick stroll through the hood she drops the bomb and we are home.
So I sit down to tune her up and in walks the wife all dressed up. Shit and shit, I totally forgot a retirement party for one of our colleges. Damn.
I make a quick change and out the door, luckily the party is just two blocks away and all we really need to do is pop in and say hi then duck out. Ok I can do this.
The plan is working great we get in say our hellos and head for the door, Bam The director of the program grabs us and thus commences an hour of polite conversation....... uggggg.
Ok well must get home to the kids, great to see you Bye... Out the door and free right... not quite one of my wifes friends sees us leaving and comes out to chat....... 20 min later we finally head home.
Home sweet home grab the tedley and get her all tuned up.. the lock nut was a little strange to figure out but hey I got it done. the neck in this thing is amazingly thin, and the action is stupid low... that combined with the largest frets I have ever played makes for a lightning fast neck. Time to find out what the rio grande's sound like. there is a muy grande in the bridge (split) on a push pull and a stelly single in the neck.. should be loud..
I grab the trem arm screw her in and get ready to rip.. the trem creeks and squeaks and makes all sorts of racket. Damn Oh well I cam oil her up later. run to the amp and...... My daughter is watching a movie, shit.
Alright not a prob I'll just move the amp and go.. I get the amp moved to the other side of the house... plug in ...... and ... Mouther ###$%, the hum is horid.. and when I touch any metal, strings included, it get ten times louder..
Ok don't panic, get the gt cables cable, no good same thing, it's not the cable.. something must be wrong with a ground.. WAIT DON'T PANIC.. think
off to the wall of guitars, I grab the 150 custom and head back to the amp.. plug her in and low and behold same thing.. Stupid old house.. the plug is not grounded..
I acquiesce to wait out the movie... August Rush, actually not a bad movie.. I just have my mind else-ware..
The movie ends and I have a sweet spot of oh ten minuets before the kids bedtime..
the rio grande's sound sweet.. nice rich clean super metal distorted...
but now it's late.. so I wait for the morning
any advice on the squeaky floyd. it is 17 years old.. never used..
the guitar is a weird time capsule. the owner of Rocking robin guitars (Bart who sold me the guitar) is also the co-owner of robin guitars and the owner of rio-grande pups. he took around 75 guitars to the namm show in 93 and when he got back to the store/robin guitars miss labeled some 20 boxes as being empty.. so this tedley is 17 years old, but like new.. and I mean new _never played... not one scratch on her (execpt the small chip/hairline crack at the neck pocket) which should be no big deal...
can't wait for tomorrow to make some noise..
cheers
Lance
heres what happened
I know the new old guitar is out for delivery, so I procrastinate on starting the grill for dinner hoping the truck will come, 6:45 no truck so I begrudgingly light the grill.
five minutes later
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shit. I get her inside and make quick work of the outer box
![P1010002-6.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010002-6.jpg&hash=6c6f1e3082aba822e853fc44c5a1497b)
then quick work of the inner box
![P1010003-6.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010003-6.jpg&hash=0fc32d8ffcda4c2d8a50d41a3586069f)
![P1010005-5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010005-5.jpg&hash=a6a30f6df66a3807a6f9585797912180)
and finally the padding
![P1010009-1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010009-1.jpg&hash=f6b2d2fb5f89b4bbf6f58fed2546268e)
![P1010010-1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010010-1.jpg&hash=55e5c365a443bee4b419f943c0164f8e)
I finally get her to this point
![P1010011-1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010011-1.jpg&hash=099fb3e7ee89081d772d1375fcb263e8)
and it's time to put the steak on...
I love my guitars, but not enough to fudge up two beautiful steaks. I grill the steaks to perfection ( med rare) while they are resting I scope out the robin and notice a hairline crack where the neck meets the body.
![P1010013-3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010013-3.jpg&hash=60d73888941c858de3204fa8a396c31b)
Not a big deal but still all I can think about during dinner..
Dinner was nice, steak tater and salad. all cooked perfect. nice way to start friday out. I get done with dinner and then do my duty with the dog. A quick stroll through the hood she drops the bomb and we are home.
![P1010012-1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi985.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fae331%2Fthe-Big-bob%2Ftedley%2FP1010012-1.jpg&hash=886e127ad7898164275e58dd0cd22791)
So I sit down to tune her up and in walks the wife all dressed up. Shit and shit, I totally forgot a retirement party for one of our colleges. Damn.
I make a quick change and out the door, luckily the party is just two blocks away and all we really need to do is pop in and say hi then duck out. Ok I can do this.
The plan is working great we get in say our hellos and head for the door, Bam The director of the program grabs us and thus commences an hour of polite conversation....... uggggg.
Ok well must get home to the kids, great to see you Bye... Out the door and free right... not quite one of my wifes friends sees us leaving and comes out to chat....... 20 min later we finally head home.
Home sweet home grab the tedley and get her all tuned up.. the lock nut was a little strange to figure out but hey I got it done. the neck in this thing is amazingly thin, and the action is stupid low... that combined with the largest frets I have ever played makes for a lightning fast neck. Time to find out what the rio grande's sound like. there is a muy grande in the bridge (split) on a push pull and a stelly single in the neck.. should be loud..
I grab the trem arm screw her in and get ready to rip.. the trem creeks and squeaks and makes all sorts of racket. Damn Oh well I cam oil her up later. run to the amp and...... My daughter is watching a movie, shit.
Alright not a prob I'll just move the amp and go.. I get the amp moved to the other side of the house... plug in ...... and ... Mouther ###$%, the hum is horid.. and when I touch any metal, strings included, it get ten times louder..
Ok don't panic, get the gt cables cable, no good same thing, it's not the cable.. something must be wrong with a ground.. WAIT DON'T PANIC.. think
off to the wall of guitars, I grab the 150 custom and head back to the amp.. plug her in and low and behold same thing.. Stupid old house.. the plug is not grounded..
I acquiesce to wait out the movie... August Rush, actually not a bad movie.. I just have my mind else-ware..
The movie ends and I have a sweet spot of oh ten minuets before the kids bedtime..
the rio grande's sound sweet.. nice rich clean super metal distorted...
but now it's late.. so I wait for the morning
any advice on the squeaky floyd. it is 17 years old.. never used..
the guitar is a weird time capsule. the owner of Rocking robin guitars (Bart who sold me the guitar) is also the co-owner of robin guitars and the owner of rio-grande pups. he took around 75 guitars to the namm show in 93 and when he got back to the store/robin guitars miss labeled some 20 boxes as being empty.. so this tedley is 17 years old, but like new.. and I mean new _never played... not one scratch on her (execpt the small chip/hairline crack at the neck pocket) which should be no big deal...
can't wait for tomorrow to make some noise..
cheers
Lance