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Chips O'Toole

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  1. Cool, I'll start thinking about this route. Any req's on luthiers in Austin?
  2. I've never changed a pickup, I don't know how these compare to others. I remember thinking I like these better than the single-coil style when I first got it, but it has been so long and I've seen you guys with pickups I've never seen or heard before so I don't know. I'd like to try replacing them but with what? OR This is more along the lines of what I expected. It is my 40th birthday soon, maybe I just need to go play some new tele's.
  3. What should I mod or upgrade on my telecaster? I have been reading this thread and realized that I don't think I've really changed anything about my tele since I bought it like 17 years ago. I was starting a band and got a used thinline at Heart of Texas. I didn't have much money and never got into tinkering with upgrades or anything. Now I have some time to do stuff like that, but don't know jackshit about modding these things. I play acoustic most of the time as I have been working on a more folk-centric recording project for a while, and I use the tele mostly to add interesting textures and soft lead lines with the occasional twangy western lead line. I also work on ambient and drone music from time to time, but the tone is just fine for that. I will say that there is a fair amount of noise when it isn't grounded by touching the strings, so I suspect something in the electronics should be rewired or shielded in some way. I've never even taken the pickguard off to look at the wiring. Around the tone knob, there is a crack that I believe was there when I got it but it has grown over time. I did buy a new pickguard a couple of years ago, but they sent the wrong one. After refunding me, I just forgot about it and never re-ordered it because I got busy or lazy or something. Here is a track that shows some of what I do with it right now, just some chillaxed noodling with the neck pickup to give it a low-fi tapey sound that blends into a spacey folk vibe. Obligatory fam portrait:
  4. Cocaine and Rhinestones season 2 just started after like 3 years off. First episode is about pinball machines' effect on country music.
  5. Was this in Austin? Washer front panel just went out after 10 yrs, 500 at least to fix. The tech was on the cynical side to say the least, and said basically any brand these days will have issues within 3 years by design to keep us buying new appliances.
  6. Not a neg, but there is a mouth click at 0:32 that is a pet peeve of mine, particularly for a quiet part in a song. May not bother you at all, but that's the kind of thing I can't "unhear" in a song.
  7. "Near to the Sweets" with Mike Roach. Are we still doing this bit?
  8. Just discovered this new web-based pedal demo system made by some European music shop. Somehow, they figured out how to solder 150 pedals into a rack system that connects up to their server and allows each one to be demo'ed on their site. Also, you can upload your own riff to try them out. I'm pretty blown away by how they pulled it off. https://www.thomann.de/gb/stompenberg_devices.html
  9. That's excellent since I skipped the WiiU entirely. I believe the reviews were pretty mixed on Skyward Sword though if I'm not mistaken.
  10. The chord looks somewhat diminished as well.
  11. I'm trying to find all of the older seasons and watch them with the wife as we are running out of things to watch. I couldn't find them on any streaming platform other than the 2 seasons on netflix, so I downloaded 10 or so seasons through bittorrent. Season 5 was the oldest I could find and was pretty lame except for the Miz going on a drunken rampage that probably would have gotten him booted these days since he was being verbally aggressive towards a couple of the girls. Season 6 was better in terms of the challenges but it was a Boys vs Girls thing and by the end the girls were just unable to compete with the boys in most of the events. That season did have Puck though who managed to get married AND spit 20 feet onto the face of David from old school RW. We're on Season 7 now which is the first Gauntlet. This is the first time they actually had an 1on1 elimination challenge to see who goes home. In the previous ones, the team just votes on whoever they want to get kicked off their own team, survivor style. It was really annoying because they were using a cumulative point system for the inner circle who decides the vote, and it ended up being the same 3-4 people every single time.
  12. Nacho Bitchass was hilarious. Devin should have started making nachos right there in the kitchen instead of mooning them.
  13. That's great, but I've actually met a hydraulics man.
  14. We're quarantining with a 5 yo and 18 month old. Wife has been down most of the time and I got lucky with only mild symptoms, but I feel like I have no energy to do anything beyond sitting and watching them play or putting on a movie. We go out to the trampoline 3x a day, go for a walk, whatever it takes to get through the day. My son (5) tested negative and we didn't test my daughter. Yesterday she started screaming at every little thing so it was obvious she almost certainly has it. The thought of going through this with both parents being very sick is horrifying. I feel like there could be a covid nanny service where you could pay people who have already gotten it and have the antibodies to come and take care of the kids during the day.
  15. No spouse murder/suicide choice, poll is invalid.
  16. Wife tested positive yesterday, my parents both tested positive today, I am waiting on my son and my tests to come back but I'm 95% sure I am positive at this point. We've been pretty much quarantined except for one day that my wife went to work and stayed in her office with a mask on and one time my parents went to church and supposedly kept masks on and stayed away from people. But I think those are the only two events that could have exposed us. Should I go Junior Miller on all three of them just to be on the safe side?
  17. That looks amazing.
  18. I still tuned in for certain guests, but overall this was a weak year with most of the shows being done over zoom/remote. It just doesn't work nearly as well when they aren't in the same room.
  19. Find out who dropped the ball on delivering that kid his F250 and fire his ass. Even Charlie could get that right.
  20. Walmart has a deal on the pro controller + Mario Odyssey digital version for $69 if anybody is looking for both. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-Switch-Pro-Controller-with-Super-Mario-Odyssey-Full-Game-Download-Code/925436036
  21. Top Chef and British Baking Show are 1a and 1b. Completely different shows as the GBBS is all amateur bakers that are really just happy to be there and seem like they are all rooting for each other.
  22. Odyssey is badass, plus you get to wear crazy hats.
  23. I have used bluetooth speakers with apple tv and with a fire stick and there haven't been any sync issues with the audio.
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