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Chad Fuck

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  1. This one is pretty special. It’s a real Deperdussin racer. Everything around it looks like powered kites because that’s what was contemporary. But this is one of those true “form follows function” moments. It a pretty airplane. The building itself is an art deco gem. The former Le Bourget terminal. A zeppelin gondola. I love the folk art of aviation.
  2. Some cool stuff I saw recently: Took Chad Jr. to go see the French Air and Space Museum. Mrs. F made the right call to go see Versailles with relatives.
  3. Could cross post in the cool pics thread but seems particularly relevant lately:
  4. Also, for those who don’t know me, my name is Chad and I have a real problem shopping for guitars.
  5. So go to reverb right now and look up the Trini Lopez reissues and then look at the Dave Grohl artist models. They are the same friggin guitar, but one is 2-3 times more than the other solely because of the name. Crazy.
  6. Lonestar. I love playing it at home, but when I've played it out I haven't been able to really bond with it. I feel like it doesn't keep up with my buddy's Twin. That said, it may be too much amp for me. I haven't really had time to go through the manual to really understand all its glorious bells and whistles. I've since bought an old Vibrolux and that kind of hits that 1x12 sweet spot for me. It's a simpler machine, like its operator. I'm pondering parting with it, so if you know anyone who may want it, I'm willing to make a deal. It's in great shape.
  7. I've thought about it, but that is forever known in our household as the "free baby guitar" so I can't let go of it. I'm sure I've told the story, but since I'm old, imma tell it again. The day of Mrs. F's baby shower, a friend called me up and said, "Hey, you want to go check out this guitar shop up in Lewisville that's going out of business?" You know the answer. I asked my wife, "How much is this baby going to cost?" She said the deductible has been met this year. Won't cost us a thing. So turns out the first shop was picked clean, but the R6 was hanging on the wall at the local GC and they were trying to get rid of it as it had been there for a while. I was their man. The R8 I'm pondering on. I'm about to head out on travel, but if anyone wants a solid R8 that has grovers now and better than original (though I didn't do the replacing) pups, let me know come mid Jan. The neck is just a hair thick for my tiny mitts. So if I could find a thinner r9/r0 with the same basic look/sound, I'd swap.
  8. Now for something completely different. I decided to treat myself for my birthday/Christmas. 2000 54 LP Custom reissue with the staple neck pup. Been looking for a while but I made a lowball offer and the guy accepted so what is a guy to do? I think I have a new house favorite. One with the stablemates. The neck is somewhere between the baseball bat of the R6 and R8 and the fairly skinny profile of my 82 LP Custom. Fits like a glove. Haven’t done a lot of overdriven tones as I just got this evening and I don’t want to wake the neighbors. But it does clean real nice. Now if I just had more time to play it.
  9. It’s what you want to do. So you should do it.
  10. I have no Gretsch. It’s a big hole in my collection. I did find a great deal on an R4 though. Now I just need a Ricky and an Es-3x5 and everything else will just be icing.
  11. Pretty guitar. The p-90 has become my favorite since I got my R6 a while back.
  12. That’s how you do it! Nice!
  13. Don’t forget to leave your suitcase of money you need laundered in the utility room. Wink wink nudge nudge nudge. Say no more.
  14. Went to have my traditional Christmas get together with some former work colleagues and ran into this. A little chilly to be rolling with the top down, but it is sunny, so respect.
  15. She's great. The ones she did with Mickey Raphael, Jeff Tweedy and Marc Rebillet were all really good. I thought it was hi-larious that Rebillet didn't know that Ravi Shankar was her father, nor that she had a famous half-sister. Always entertaining, plus I think I could listen to her talk about nothing all day and still catch a semi-stiffy.
  16. On my very first job I said "thank you" and "please" They made me scrub a parking lot, down on my knees Then I got fired, for being scared of bees. They only give me fifty cents an hour.
  17. Agreed. It's hard to keep the many and varied treasonous activities straight.
  18. Chad Fuck

    Hair Metal

    His teeth were far too white.
  19. When I see stuff like that second video, it makes me ask, "If you're up walking around, then why the fuck aren't you cleaning that shithole up? You don't know when that bus is coming - if ever. Who wants to wallow indefinitely in vermin and garbage?" Then I'm like, "Oh yeah, the Russians."
  20. I'm going to be going to Tunisia (among other places) over the holidays and plan on spending a little time at the North African American Cemetery in Tunis. If any of y'all have relatives interred there, I'd be happy to do a grave stone rubbing for fellow Surls if time allows. You can check it out here: https://www.abmc.gov/North-Africa
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