The Show Your Work Thread

[Hardrock69]

Only time I ever smashed a guitar to pieces was a Hondo Explorer I had got for 99 bucks back in 1985. I was swapping out pickups in the thing, and had it plugged into a practice amp while soldering the new one in, so I could hear when I got a good connection, etc.

Well, I did not have a clamp, as I was attempting to solder the ground wire to the back of the volume pot. And needing one hand for solder, one hand for the iron, I was having a bitch of a time getting the wire to stay close enough to the back of the pot to solder it down. So while all this is going on, of course as I touch everything, the amp is going "BZZZZ! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! BZZZZZZZZZ!!! BZZZZZZZZ!! *KRACKLE* BZZZZT! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!! *POP!* BZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!

I finally got so pissed off I threw the guitar across the room. It landed by the front door. I took it outside onto the front porch and proceeded to smash it to bits. I turned around and my drummer had just arrived and was standing there with a shocked look on his face.

I did not mind killing it. 99 bucks. It was a good playable axe, but not that great in the quality department. It was time for it to die anyway.

[Diamondjimi]

A Hondo? ...firewood!

You did the world a favour!

[SunisinuS]

A Hondo? ...firewood!

You did the world a favour!

That is because you have never owned one. The extra two frets do things you do not understand.

[jhale667]

And so it begins...!

Yeah, I'd have to agree with DJ...Hondos ARE firewood...\

Sent "Bubble" off via .WAV file on YouSendIt to some friends in NY for drum and bass tracks this morning. Felt good...lol. Can't wait to hear the finished product...!

[jacksmar]

[Diamondjimi]

That is because you have never owned one.

Uhh, yes I have. Back when I was 15 I bought on for 100 bucks. (HAD to have a V) . I ended up painting it up like Randy Rhoads' polka dot one.
And yes, it was w wretched piece of shit. (Thinking back now, I think I did toss the fucker on a campfire...):tongue0011:

The extra two frets do things you do not understand.

I've owned a couple of 24 fret guitars in the past. And yes I still have a Washburn MG-74 with 24 of those fuckers on it and I manage quite fin

[Diamondjimi]

Why is this posted here?....

Lemme guess.......... you're Gene!

[jhale667]

Why is this posted here?....

Lemme guess.......... you're Gene!

Playing through a Marshall...combo??

[Diamondjimi]

Playing through a Marshall...combo??

On 4 !!!

[jacksmar]

As usual, thanks for watching.

[jhale667]

Try re-reading the thread title, FAILboat.

We'll never get that 30 seconds back, true.

[ThrillsNSpills]

LMAO.

for all the crap jacksmar gets you can't discount the combination of a Jackson into a good Marshall.

Kiss tributes are like Trix though.
They're for kids.

25 years ago.

[jhale667]

Back from vacation, back at it...

Busy freakin' busy...
I was trying to get a chance to put down a riff before I left for vacation and couldn't, but since I always take a Strat (usually my Koa one) with me as a carry-on, I was able to work on it all week. Then as I was unpacking yesterday, I new one popped into my head...got scratch tracks down for both this morning....

http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/shes-dirty-rhythm

That's the one I didn't get to last week...and here's the new one.

http://soundcloud.com/jayhaleguitar/from-where-i-stand-rhythm

They're both just my (Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Single-loaded) Purple Strat and the Boogie, no overdubs yet. For "She's Dirty" used the lead channel on the Boogie and the Recabinet "Green 4x12", but tempered the gain with the volume knob for the verse sections - and I used the rhythm 2 "Marshall/Brown" channel and the Recabinet "Tweed 2x12" emulation SM57/Royer 121 combo on "From Where I stand".

[Hardrock69]

I am getting antsy to get back to work on my current album project. Got sidetracked when the opportunity to remix demos from the mid-90s presented itself. Finally got done with track number 2 Saturday. 8 more to go. The bulk of the work is done, just tweaking the mixes to get it all to sound perfect.
Which can take forever.

As most songwriters, I have a large backlog of ideas and songs. I could quit my job and spend every day recording stuff and it would take me at least a couple of years to get everything recorded that I have written so far that is worth recording.

Only so many hours in the day.

[Diamondjimi]

The bulk of the work is done, just tweaking the mixes to get it all to sound perfect.
Which can take forever.

Ha, the story of my life right now.....