Guitarist Joe Bonamassa has been hoarding vintage guitars and amplifiers for more than a generation. Some of his collection comes from famous owners that were passed through friends or family. Many were modified by their previous owners. Some remained in their altered states and many Joe had restored back to their original luster.
Interviewed by Mark Agnesi of Gibson guitars, Joe is an expert to the details of his collection, literally having total recall for the history behind each and every one.
Mentioned in the video, he doesn't break up a set. So if he made a deal for a guitar that came along with an amplifier, they stay together and the story told behind his quest to get these instruments becomes part of it's history. Joe can tell the year an instrument was made, specifics to the pickups and electronics, style of the neck (thin or rounded) whether or not it had original frets or modified.
His Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to collect instruments, especially Gibson Les Paul series with sunburst finish is apparent. It's memorabilia madness and about 33 minutes into the video a significant statement "I buy the story, the instrument comes free" puts it all together.
He doesn't say, I picked up this guitar from a music store... it's more like: This one was bought from Woodies music in Chobonga, Illinois. It's a '67 with original electronics. The owner bought it for his son who played in a garage band before joining the army. They paid $157 with a case. I wasn't unable to strike a deal with Woody the first time, but passing through 6 months later, he finally accepted my offer. It comes with the original receipt. That's Joe. That's Nerdville.
Joe first did a video of his California collection calling it Nerdville. In his travels and touring, geographically it was beneficial to relocate to Nashville so his new home was appropriately titled Nerdville East.
Last week, I received a call from a woman who is renovating her winter home in Florida. She claims to have lost communication with another design company and wants to find someone else. I told her the time-frame we can build by and it appeared to be acceptable.
For the layout and specific details, she had her husband send over drawings and an appliance list. We passed a few emails and I quoted a price. I also redid the layout as the one supplied wasn't to my liking. More questions and I had answers for every pass of mail.
Most of the questions were to lower the price... that can only be done by omitting something in the design or changing to a less expensive material. I again responded with options.
There is a $4,000 difference in my adjusted price and want they are willing to pay. The husband also included a statement he felt ripped off by the other design firm, especially that he bought chairs where the seats are 25" high. That's for a mid-height counter of 36" and his designer shows the counter at 42" which is normally bar height. This requires 32" high bar stools.
I'm waiting to hear back from them... either send a deposit and place an order or I move on. I cannot make the cabinets in half my normal delivery and cut corners just to fit their budget.
If they ask for any other adjustments in my product or price, my next comment will be "I'm sorry, there are no other options available. That would be like ordering a BMW with fabric seats. BMW doesn't offer fabric seats."
On Friday, I had a meeting with a financial planner. We went over a few things as to my finances and what I wanted to achieve in my (not yet created) portfolio.
Without wanting to divulge too much personal information in this (or any) blog, I could have payments go to paying off a mortgage, money for vacations, or continue to have the base grow and not touch any of the money.
Actually, refinancing is a major consideration right now and why I didn't act sooner is basically lack of response on my part.
None of us own a crystal ball and his starting investment price is much steeper that I would consider, I did get the seeds for more research.
CS Blog number 68,900 we've reached a milestone...
It depends on the room. South Florida had a cold front move through this weekend with freezing temperatures across the state. Currently, it's 39F (3.88C) outside and the temperature inside is 61 (16.11C), mostly due to the high winds blowing into the jalousie window in my front door.
My door faces the north and cold fronts normally come from the north. If you put your hand near the jalousie you can feel the wind passing through the glass slats.
I know, that's not very energy efficient in the summer especially when the cool air escapes from inside.
The past 2 months the a/c has been off and room temperature has been a nice 75 to 78. Should cold weather from this front remain, I'll tape some clear plastic over the window so the wind doesn't blow through.
Eye exam. Originally scheduled for last year, pushed back as the doctor decided to take a holiday vacation. No cataracts, no signs of glaucoma. The blurred vision is because my left eye is weaker than the right and my standard glasses need to be changed.
I left the office with disposable sunglasses as blurred vision was at maximum. Good thing the vision center was only a mile from my home. I took the day off from work and it was a good thing as I had a splitting headache and couldn't focus for a few hours.
It was dark 7 hours later when I went grocery shopping and bright lights from car headlights had a slight blue 'edge' when I blinked. I'm thinking that was a reaction from the eye drops.
Hopefully, I'll be back in business tomorrow.
I see a long-time member who doesn't come here often is online now...
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A few times a year a profile will show up with a young woman photographed holding a weapon. Typically, she's in military fatigues with a high power rifle complete with scope.
Sometimes it's the sexy version wearing survival shorts, tank top and bandolero style belt and a bunch of armor piercing bullets.
Without fail these profiles all fall into the category of bogus and the latest one used stolen photos of a woman who is in the Norwegian Air Force.
Why so often? I believe the scammers think it attracts a different caliber of man, unlike the ones who chase after the models with 10 pounds of breast implants.
Hey look... it's Rambo's little sister...
Girls with guns...
This Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 marks the Chinese New Year.
Depending on who you ask, it has different pronunciations and interpretations.
"Happy Chinese New Year" in Mandarin is: xin nian (new year) kuai le (happy)
Pronounced shin nee-an kwai le.
The Cantonese version is sun nin fai lok- pronounced san knee fy lock.
Many people associate the Cantonese phrase Gong hei fat choy as happy new year, but it's actually a wish for prosperity to the person you say it to.
In Mandarin Chinese, it’s Gong xi fa cai (pronounced gong she fa tsai).
Either way, millions of Chinese will be up in the middle of the night cleaning house and preparing for a celebration and to some that lasts for a week!
There are 12 Chinese zodiac signs and the Tiger is known as the king of all beasts in China and the zodiac sign for Tiger is a symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness. Many Chinese kids will be wearing hats or shoes with a tiger image for good luck.
2022 is a year of the Water Tiger. It starts from February 1st, 2022, and ends on January 21st, 2023. A Water Tiger year occurs every 60 years.
So kung, mung, sung, young or however you say it... Happy Chinese New Year!
Actor Howard Hesseman who played Disc Jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the TV sitcom ‘WKRP in Cincinnati has passed on. According to a story, he had complications to colon surgery from last summer. He was 81.
He was the highlight of the show and I'll always remember him as the off-beat coffee drinking late night DJ on WKRP.
No. Admit it, that's just a bullshit line and you have no intentions of quitting.
I read a comment today that reminded me of working for a South African guy who used the phrase "He doesn't know shit from shiola" That's not how I first heard it and I'm sure something got lost in the miles from America to South Africa. He probably heard it from a few distant relatives.
Let's go back a hundred years or so where George Melancthon Wetmore invented boot polish in the form of paste that sold in round tin cans under the name of Shinola.
In America, it was pretty commonplace to describe someone of lesser intellect who doesn't know 'shit from Shinola'
The Southern version is not knowing the difference between 'shit and apple butter' where they add the explanation 'he had to smell it to see with one to eat'
Yesterday, a young associate of mine said "Catch you on the flip-flop" and I asked if she knew what that meant. Her response was no and I explained it referenced CB radio jargon where truckers who frequented the same roadway would greet other truckers coming and going. One heading east and the other heading west might pass each other on the return trip back home.
Actually, it's not Anderson Cooper. It's only a guy in Texas using Anderson's stolen photos.
I'm on a YouTube marathon this weekend and cleared cookies before coming to CS. Checking new members (before logging in) shows profiles of men and women. After I log in it only reflects profiles of women.
Ladies, if a guy who looks exactly like Anderson contacts you... it ain't Anderson.
I'm sure women in America know this, he might have a chance with a woman outside the US who haven't watched US news broadcasts.
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