The Chill Out Zone

[Georgies Dad]

Good morning everyone,not too good here weather wise,but off to the Caravan later for a long weekend.

[trikey]

Originally Posted by Georgies Dad

Good morning everyone,not too good here weather wise,but off to the Caravan later for a long weekend.

No finer sound than rain on a caravan roof.


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[FLYING BANANA]

Morning everyone.

Currently we have rain, supposed to be sunny this afternoon. We’ll see.

[AndyN01]

Good morning everybody.

We seem to be bucking the trend as it's dry here .

Popped out yesterday evening to refit the instrument cluster after Rick fitted his excellent new IPK.

Absolutely brilliant - I can now actually see and read the stuff it's displaying. .

Spotted this as I walked back from the car:

There's always something isn't there




Quickly advised my neighbour to move his car .

And the up onto the roof to get it down.

Turns out that it's a truly wonderful piece of design......

The "straps" are stainless.

The cap is stainless

The little right angle brackets are - yes, you've guessed it - mild steel

Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh.

If anyone fancies a few days replacing bricks & re-pointing my chimney be my guest. It's on the list for the summer - whichever day that turns out to be this year

Take care

[Lancpudn]

Morning all, Looks like another grey day on the cards here.

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by AndyN01

Good morning everybody.

We seem to be bucking the trend as it's dry here .

Popped out yesterday evening to refit the instrument cluster after Rick fitted his excellent new IPK.

Absolutely brilliant - I can now actually see and read the stuff it's displaying. .

Spotted this as I walked back from the car:

There's always something isn't there




Quickly advised my neighbour to move his car .

And the up onto the roof to get it down.

Turns out that it's a truly wonderful piece of design......

The "straps" are stainless.

The cap is stainless

The little right angle brackets are - yes, you've guessed it - mild steel

Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh.

If anyone fancies a few days replacing bricks & re-pointing my chimney be my guest. It's on the list for the summer - whichever day that turns out to be this year

Take care

Oh heck! Sorry Andy,bedroom window height is the max on ladders for me these days, I seem to have acquired a death grip on the ladders if I go any higher

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Sad to say I don't play much now, lot of bother with my hands. arthritis surfacing in both. Particularly annoying is I get fingers locking up to the extent that I can't free them without the assistance of the other hand. Still got the guitars and no intention of parting with them, Fender Strat, "clone" of Blackmore's Sunburst from the '70s right down to the same wiring set up and internal electronics, guy who built the original for Blackmore became a good friend if a distant one, based in New York, sadly he passed away a few years ago; Columbus ES335 copy which I upgraded with quality pots and vintage paper/oil caps, various effects pedals (including self build) and a Laney 30W amp. Residing in the loft is a 2nd Strat, it was used as a testbed for mods and a Warwick bass.

That's bad news with the arthritis Steve, Half the battle for me is keeping some dexterity in the fingers before they lose the muscle memory.

Originally Posted by trikey

Morning all, same here Gents, no time to pick up the guitars at the moment, my good one is an Aria SB1000 bass with peavey amp and Carlsboro delta cabs, the same as John Taylor’s set up from the early 80s, a bit overkill for inside the house lol.

I bet I could hear from here if you turned it up with that set up.


Everything I use these days is software based with a big floorboard interface for the PC.

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

That's bad news with the arthritis Steve, Half the battle for me is keeping some dexterity in the fingers before they lose the muscle memory.

The arthritis kinda comes and goes depending what I've been doing with the hands and wrists but the locking fingers is a constant, the only ones not affected by it are the little fingers. The only "blessing" is its not painful but when one of them locks its solid, no amount of effort will move it, I have to free it from the locked position with my other hand.

I'm like you with heights, never been brilliant with heights but its worse now, my confidence at any height is shot! Years ago we had a holiday in Paris, we were up the Eiffel Tower, top floor, Ging was looking over the edge, I was pinned against the wall

[AndyN01]

It's baby bird feeding time

Not the prettiest of birds but Starling chicks certainly make a noise .

Doubt that they can compete with you Geetar guys with yer big valves though








Mr Woody Woodpecker is a regular visitor until it's almost dusk - leaving with a beak full of food - so we're hoping to see some little Woody's soon

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by AndyN01

It's baby bird feeding time

Not the prettiest of birds but Starling chicks certainly make a noise .

Haven't seen a starling for a long time, used to get them in the garden at the old house but never here. They are actually on the RSPB's danger list!

Originally Posted by AndyN01

Mr Woody Woodpecker is a regular visitor until it's almost dusk

Woodpecker visits the feeders several times a day, stuffs itself with sunflower seeds.