If you're lookin' for a fool... here I am

They say that a fool and his money are soon parted. Man, I would pay someone a lot of cash to explain that to me.....

Today started out ok. Very tired due to daylight savings and early work hours, but work went by pretty quickly and I was able to get a lot of shop time in.

Made a lot of great progress, too. Got everything drilled out, tuners aligned, and everything was perfect. Now, I'm not all that great, and usually I'll get it "good enough," but when I say perfect I mean PERFECT.

Then I botched it all... cut my neck way too thin. And I mean, WAAAAAY too thin.

And this evening, I discovered that the best way to clean a cell phone is not to put it through the clothes washing machine.

Damn. Decent, to great, to bad, to worse. What a day.


The good news is, like with some f**kups, I think I can salvage the neck. I'm going to try to laminate a strip of maple on the back of it. So, with any luck, this will result in A) me not having to add to the firewood pile, B) a cooler looking neck than it was going to be before, C) a more comfortable feeling neck, and D) a stronger neck.

It's going to be a challenge cutting and glueing the maple to the neck, for sure. Fitting it will be very challenging, I reckon. But I enjoy a challenge in general, and the challenge of fixing a f**kup and making it better than before in particular.

The phone, on the other hand, is toast.

Ya win some, ya lose some.

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Comment by Nathan King on March 17, 2010 at 1:47pm
Yep Grizz, you are right. And in the past, some of my coolest features have resulted from what was initially a mistake. So even though it'll be more work, it'll be worth it. The one thing that might not work is I was hoping to have it done for an upcoming gig... but I still might be able to make it happen.
Comment by Grizz on March 17, 2010 at 1:07pm
Well Nate, always a silver lining. Now you'll have a nicer looking stronger neck. And all that extra experiencing in making it that way. Rock on!!
Comment by Richard D. DeRoin on March 17, 2010 at 3:26am
Hold on, there has got to be a mic in that phone somewhere !

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