In memory of times past...

Ken Baker · Post by **Ken Baker** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:45 pm

This LA Times article, for those who attended some of the old GTGs.

Ken...

Post by **Craig** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:15 pm

LOL

I'm sure some of the past members (especially the Michigan members-hey Ches!) will get kick out this.

Ken, thanks for starting my weekend with a chuckle.

Have a good one!

Ches · Post by **Ches** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:13 am

Craig wrote:LOL

I'm sure some of the past members (especially the Michigan members-hey Ches!) will get kick out this.

Ken, thanks for starting my weekend with a chuckle.

Have a good one!

What are the odds???!!!

Few things are as freeing as public urination. This is from Michigan G&L Jam #2. L to R: Firebill, Emmitt, Milo, Mr X?, Boogie Phil, Prodoc, Ches, Slick, and Chris.

Sometimes you just can't make it to the head in time so you wind up with the "piss pants" look, which inspired this motivational poster from a subsequent Michigan Jam . . .

Now, where's that shot of Cajun Boy pissing like a golf course sprinkler????
Ches

Ches · Post by **Ches** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:14 am

Must not have a lot of "free range pee-ers" around these parts anymore . . .

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:00 pm

I suspect that loss of habitat has a lot to do with it. But I agree with you, Bri.

Those were the days! - ed

Elemeno P · Post by **Elemeno P** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:10 am

As a golfer, I totally respect and stand up for those who free-range relieve themselves.

But your front yard?

Come on now!

Bet his neighbors were happy he was "exposed".

louis cyfer · Post by **louis cyfer** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:48 pm

Elemeno P wrote:As a golfer, I totally respect and stand up for those who free-range relieve themselves.

But your front yard?

Come on now!

Bet his neighbors were happy he was "exposed".

you know that you'd have to get on the sex offender registry for relieving yourself on a golf course?

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:53 pm

Only if you get a hole in one. - ed

Elemeno P · Post by **Elemeno P** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:54 pm

louis cyfer wrote:
Elemeno P wrote:As a golfer, I totally respect and stand up for those who free-range relieve themselves.

But your front yard?

Come on now!

Bet his neighbors were happy he was "exposed".
you know that you'd have to get on the sex offender registry for relieving yourself on a golf course?

It'll have to be in multiple states too. Lot of golf vacations back in the day.

louis cyfer · Post by **louis cyfer** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:55 pm

zapcosongs wrote:Only if you get a hole in one. - ed

if you get caught. but this is a big problem with the megan's list.

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:11 pm

I'll defer to your expertise here, Louis. ;+) - ed

louis cyfer · Post by **louis cyfer** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:49 pm

zapcosongs wrote:I'll defer to your expertise here, Louis. ;+) - ed

it's one of my clients, who is a non profit attorney, it is her expertise.

Michael-GnL-Michael · Post by **Michael-GnL-Michael** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:04 pm

louis cyfer wrote:
zapcosongs wrote:I'll defer to your expertise here, Louis. ;+) - ed
it's one of my clients, who is a non profit attorney, it is her expertise.

From refugee camp to the employ of Gloria Allred......please give an extra hug to your family of rescued pets for me.

Michael-GnL-Michael · Post by **Michael-GnL-Michael** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:05 pm

Dick Cheney on the left is a G&L player?

Not quite so bad after all.

louis cyfer · Post by **louis cyfer** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:35 am

Michael-GnL-Michael wrote:
louis cyfer wrote:
zapcosongs wrote:I'll defer to your expertise here, Louis. ;+) - ed
it's one of my clients, who is a non profit attorney, it is her expertise.
From refugee camp to the employ of Gloria Allred......please give an extra hug to your family of rescued pets for me.

i wouldn't talk to allred, much less train her.

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:55 pm

Ches wrote: Now, where's that shot of Cajun Boy pissing like a golf course sprinkler????
Ches

Hey Ches! I believe you might be referring to this photo......LOL:

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:05 pm

Then, of course, there's this one. From left to right, Ches, Ches, Ches, Ches, Ches, and Ches.

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:07 am

LOL!!!

Hey Jim, great to see you post. How have you been? We've missed you! - ed

yowhatsshakin · Post by **yowhatsshakin** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:57 am

Fortunately it is easy enough to pick out the 'real' Ches. When I ask 'Will the real Ches step forward?' I'll expect it'll be the one with the stain to move

The rest are just a bunch of Ches wannabes. Imposters

- Jos

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:19 am

zapcosongs wrote:LOL!!!

Hey Jim, great to see you post. How have you been? We've missed you! - ed

Hey Ed! It's been a while! How have you been? I've missed you guys, too. I check in once in a while to see how things are going, but I guess I don't hang around for very long these days. I've been keeping pretty busy, but not necessarily with my once-lucrative career. The economy has pretty much put a kibosh on that, although, I've been building a few guitars lately. I hooked up with a guy that has a great woodshop, so we've decided to do some guitar builds. Fun stuff!

How about yourself? Whatcha been up to?

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:37 pm

Ha! You don't want to hear about my life right now, Jim.

But I'd love to see some photos of your guitar-building projects. Maybe on the Porn thread? - ed

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:23 pm

Well, I hope all is well at your end, Ed, but we should catch up on things sometime soon.

It looks as though the porn thread is for G&L stuff, and since I don't care to hijack this thread with a bunch of pics, I'll just post one pic here of the first build that was finished about four or five months ago. It started as an experiment, so we conjured up some scrap Honduran mahogany (3 pieces) for the back, and then we glued two pieces of 1/4" bookmatched average-grade maple for the top. The design is sort of a take-off from a Grosh ElectraJet, but we're now doing our own designs. They're just bolt-on necks for now, but we're hoping to add some set necks into the mix soon. This particular guitar has plenty of flaws, but "what the heck?".....LOL. It was a fun one to start with. Anyway, here it is:

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:52 am

Jim,
It looks like your learning the curves well,
I can't wait to see more.

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:45 am

That is absolutely stunning, Jim. I'm speechless. That's a first effort? Wow!!! -ed

Ches · Post by **Ches** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:10 pm

Jim P wrote:
Ches wrote: Now, where's that shot of Cajun Boy pissing like a golf course sprinkler????
Ches
Hey Ches! I believe you might be referring to this photo......LOL:

That's the one! LOL!!!! That one always cracked me up!

Hope all is well with you, Jim. I like the looks of your first guitar build. Any plans to do more?

Ches · Post by **Ches** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:12 pm

Jim P wrote:Then, of course, there's this one. From left to right, Ches, Ches, Ches, Ches, Ches, and Ches.

Good God. What a melon. Looks a tad large on some of those frames!

darwinohm · Post by **darwinohm** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:14 pm

Jim P , awesome build and show us more! Ken, there is humor in all this. Last weekend at the tribute show, I went to the bathroom and used the urinal. I pulled the handle and "whoosh". It blew water all over the front of my pants on both legs. it ain't purty and then you have to walk out.-- Darwin

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:23 pm

Ha! Darwin, that happened to me once. Know what I did? I went to the sink, and splashed copious amounts of water on my face and walked out, dripping wet all over. Needless to say, I no longer flush those without taking a generous step or two back.... - ed

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:26 pm

Wow! It's really great to see some familiar names here! And thanks for the nice comments! It really means a lot coming from you guys!

As far as more guitar builds go, this is what my workshop desk looked like about two months ago:

All of the bodies are currently receiving some nitro lacquer, and while three of them have received some stain/dye in one form or another, only the korina body will remain natural (lower left). I'll be sure to post some pics once they're finished. The next time, though, I'll open another thread somewhere, and perhaps it can be dedicated to this sort of thing. I guess you could say that I'm not exactly feeling comfortable with hijacking this thread.....LOL.

darwinohm · Post by **darwinohm** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:18 am

Jim, this is really interesting stuff. You should post this as a thread in the project section so we can follow it as you progress. Thanks for posting-- Darwin

Post by **Craig** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:24 am

Jim P wrote:Wow! It's really great to see some familiar names here! And thanks for the nice comments! It really means a lot coming from you guys!

As far as more guitar builds go, this is what my workshop desk looked like about two months ago:

All of the bodies are currently receiving some nitro lacquer, and while three of them have received some stain/dye in one form or another, only the korina body will remain natural (lower left). I'll be sure to post some pics once they're finished. The next time, though, I'll open another thread somewhere, and perhaps it can be dedicated to this sort of thing. I guess you could say that I'm not exactly feeling comfortable with hijacking this thread.....LOL.

Always great to have a past member return.

And it look's like you've been quite busy! You can open a thread
over in the General Music Discussion sub-forum. We definitely want
to see and hear more!

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:08 am

Craig wrote:
Always great to have a past member return.
And it look's like you've been quite busy! You can open a thread
over in the General Music Discussion sub-forum. We definitely want
to see and hear more!

Thanks, Craig! I guess you could say that I haven't really been away so much as I just don't live here like I once did......LOL. I'll definitely start a new thread in the General Music Discussion sub-forum once I have a few more pics to share. But, until then, here's another one that just received a couple of coats of nitro:

And, here's one I'm building for myself that's ready for some color. This one is going to have a blue flame top:

louis cyfer · Post by **louis cyfer** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:38 am

great looking gits. kind of like a bolt on prs look. how about the scale length?

Jim P · Post by **Jim P** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:25 am

Thanks, Louis! The design is sort of a combination of PRS, Strat, Jazzmaster (angled lower bout), Rickenbacker (horns), and who knows what else......LOL. I just wanted to find something that had a familiar look and feel without having to literally copy an existing design. I especially have fun working on the stained maple tops. We don't have any CNC machines, so we're fairly limited with what we can do for now. The red guitar has a scale length of 24.75", but all of the others are 25.5". At the moment we're using either USACG or Warmoth necks, so we can scale them either way, although, the 24.75" scale is a Warmoth conversion, so either scale can actually be used on the same body. We're still working on refining our own necks, and hopefully we'll get a few finished in the upcoming months.

yowhatsshakin · Post by **yowhatsshakin** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:45 am

Ches wrote:
Jim P wrote:
Ches wrote: Now, where's that shot of Cajun Boy pissing like a golf course sprinkler????
Ches
Hey Ches! I believe you might be referring to this photo......LOL:
That's the one! LOL!!!! That one always cracked me up!

Hope all is well with you, Jim. I like the looks of your first guitar build. Any plans to do more?

Was just reminded of something carved in stone somewhere in my old hometown of Amsterdam:
'Home Sapiens non urinat in ventum'

- Jos

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:07 am

yowhatsshakin wrote:
'Home Sapiens non urinat in ventum'

- Jos

I'll take a guess that Ventum translates to Wind .

yowhatsshakin · Post by **yowhatsshakin** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:11 pm

Good guess! Found a nice picture and description of the location too. Since the square is named after the late great Max Euwe, it of course has a large size chess board. Quite an interesting place right next door of Paradiso, the world renowned music temple (seen in the lower right corner of the areal shot)

- Jos

GDub · Post by **GDub** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:08 pm

Ah, the good old days of pissing in the yard stories at the good ol' G&LDP. Brings a piddle spot to my boxer shorts. ;^)

zapcosongs · Post by **zapcosongs** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:46 pm

GW - I didn't think you wore anything under the kilt. ;+) - ed