Feh

Car is OK, more economical and nice to drive, but doesn't feel as planted on the road, particular at motorway speeds.

Double neck coming along but having problems with wiring. Hate cutting pickguards too. Next time I'll pay someone to building the fucking thing.

Installed final version of Windows 7 on PC, seems OK. Running 64-bit version with 4gb RAM, runs really well. Awaiting Ubuntu 9.10 so I can dual-boot.

New Rammstein album is really good.

Dispirited and pissed off.

Out with the old, in with the new

The beast awakens

Got the now double neck body back, and wow, it's amazing. The guy did such a good job at joining the two bodies. I've so far attached the necks and installed the bridges and strung it up for the first time. It's big, very big, but definitely quite playable. I even installed strap buttons to see how it felt on a strap and it's actually not bad at all.

It needs a good setup, the electrics, and then some sort of finish applied to the body but so far it's looking pretty good.

Riding along in my automobile

So, the Pimpmobile II had the exahust sorted and goes better now. It's still OK except now the passenger side front window has gone as well. It still works but judders at the top and makes loud noises so there's obviously something amiss.

Work has been hell on toast the last couple of weeks and that's all I need to say about that.

Last weekend was spent doing some more geocaching and things. This weekend I headed up to see my cousin who lives in Kirkham near Preston. She moved into a new house a few months ago and it's really nice, a small bungalow that is ideal for her. We went out for a nice long walk in the afternoon and took in some geocaches and saw Kirkham and the surrounding countryside. It's quite a nice place. That evening we had a really nice Italian meal.

Today I drove back down from Kirkham and met up with the usual gang for another walk which yes, included some geocaches. This was less successful as it was around Rhyl and it just confirmed that it is a complete dive. After we got back it was epic Chinese meal takeaway time before everyone headed off.

Can't wait for Berlin at the end of the month. Sometimes it's just so damned tempting to book a one-way ticket...

Started a new bass project, a double neck. Got two cheap Precision bass style bodies off Ebay which are currently with a friendly neighbourhood carpenter being cut into pieces and glued together. I've already got most of the parts including the two necks, one fretted, one fretless. I need a pickup for one of the necks and the various parts to wire it up but I'm not too fussed about that until the body and necks are mated together. It's definitely going to be big, but as the bodies are light bassword, it shouldn't be outrageously heavy.

Work tomorrow. Argh.