Today was an insanely busy day. I got up early to go to a car boot sale. It was pretty big, but when it's big it just means that there is a whole lot more shit out there. People really do try and sell the worst cack you can imagine. I did pick up a Nokia 9000i, one of the original Communicators. If you're not familiar with these phones, they're the ones that open up to have a larger screen and QWERTY keyboard inside. To be fair, this thing is huge. It works fine and came with the charger. It'll go nicely with my 9110 and 9210 models too.
Nokia 9000 Communicator
Today it was Farmer mode. I put on wellies and drove the Discovery around the fields sorting out some things. It was a rather satisfying day really, got a hell of a lot of things done and got all grubby and dirty and then had a really nice shower. It's great to have a shower when you're all dirty.
Also today I was watching a DVD I wasn't particularly interested in, and had the urge to create something. No idea why. So after some thought and seeing what was lying around, I hacked an old futon to bits and cut the wood up using a Black and Decker Scorpion, a scary electric saw that can also be used as a jigsaw. After some drilling and screwing (ahem) and attaching some random spare bass parts, I ended up with what I am describing as a 2-string lap steel bass guitar. It has to be a slide style guitar because the strings are so far off the neck. However, if you tune it to a powerchord and slide a glass up and down the strings, it makes some interesting sounds. Now I just need to find a spare pickup and attach it somehow. The wood is very soft so when the strings are tuned up, it starts to resemble a banana so it has to be detuned rather drastically. Oh well, it was a good learning experience.
Turns out this has been done before, Mark Sandman of Morphine played a 2-string bass with a slide. Interesting sound too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrx4EnkVj50&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn8n4nLEYIw&
So all in all, quite a productive day.
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