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Stocks Getting Low

These are the last of the overlays. There is only one large SG with 60's logo and crown left. As you can see there are still plenty of Standards avaiable. Remeber these are original NOS fibre overlays and once they're gone - that's it.

The Following are still available:

60-70's large head LP Std.

60-70's large head with Crown Inlay

LP Custom

LP Std. current size

LP 59 Re. small head

LP with Crown small head

Headstock veneers and Decals now availble

PLEASE NOTE I WILL BE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO EMAILS UNTIL 28th SEPTEMBER

I am now able to offer certain Headstock overlays and very high quality waterslide decals from my friend Glen. These are the only ones I use and as anyone who has seen my results will agree that they are the best available.

Click on the image to see a list of decals avaible then email me here for further details
Apologies for the photo quality of the decals, we hope to improve these.


I can also offer a very rare superb range of headstock overalys, Standard, Historic and custom and also 50's and 60's style logo inlays and crown. email me Here for price and availabilty.

Click on image below for further details

For examples where I have used these various types see Headstock Logos and Decals

J Bass Update

The last two weekends good weather has enabled me to get the colour coats on the body, by next weekend I shall be ready to apply cellulose tints and then clear.
This is the point that one could do a Candy Apple Red finish which is a red dye translucent celllulose over a gold or silver metallic solid. However I have enough red finishes so I'm saying with the gold.. come to think of it I also have a couple of goldtops as well.

Click here for the update.

Unreleased Jimmy Page Guitar Riff To Be Retrieved From Secret Vault To Save Rock And Roll

GWYNEDD, WALES—Calling it the planet's last, best hope for saving rock music, the Guardians of the Protectorate of Rock announced Monday that they would take the extraordinary step of unleashing a never-before-heard Jimmy Page riff, hidden for decades in a mythic, impenetrable vault.
"We who believe in the immortality of rock took a vow 30 years ago that we would never release this incredibly powerful force unless we faced a Day of Reckoning—and that day has come," said Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, one of the chosen few who helped forge the Secret Vault to Save Rock and Roll, at a press conference in the Welsh highlands. "Just look at the pop charts, and you shall know I speak the truth."
"Let's give rock and roll its fucking balls back," he added. The Guardians said recent developments in the music world, such as the unaccountable popularity of the Dixie Chicks and Sufjan Stevens, have created a "perfect storm of lameness" from which rock might never recover. While Iommi refused to say when the vault would be opened, hard rock sources believe it will take place just prior to next month's Fall Out Boy–Honda Civic tour, which many fear will suck the remaining lifeblood from all that still rocks.
"Citizens of Rock, we refuse to stand idly by any longer," ZZ Top founder and Protectorate High Elder Billy Gibbons said. "When a puss like James Blunt is allowed to rule the airwaves, we must respond by exposing this monster riff, and blowing minds into the stratosphere."
The Protectorate, devoted to the preservation of badass jams and blistering guitar solos, was reportedly formed in the 1970s during the rise of adult contemporary music. According to legend, the riff, played only once by Page and recorded on a special cobalt record, contains the raw power, mind-blowing skill, and unbridled passion of all the Guardians combined. Recently translated parchments from the era describe it as a soul-searing power-chord progression faintly resembling a cross between "Smoke On The Water" and "Living Loving Maid," but "basically defying all description."
It is believed that, upon the riff's release, even those who claim that the genre is dead will have no choice but to pump their fists, bang their heads, and bow down to the gods of rock for all eternity.
"May God have mercy on our souls for what we are going to set loose upon the world," proclaimed Queen guitarist Brian May, dressed in druidic robes and bathed in the rising blue smoke of a nearby fog machine. "Will it save rock or destroy mankind? We have no way of knowing—yet we have no other choice."
Members of the Protectorate were each given only partial information about the location of the vault, which they were instructed to open in unison only in the event of a total Rockopalypse. While some believed the vault was buried in Boston, Chicago, Kansas, Europe, or Asia, others claimed it could be found in the Court of the Crimson King.
However, after piecing together clues hidden in Yes album covers and Pink Floyd liner notes, rock historians now believe the riff is locked away deep beneath the Welsh countryside house known as Bron-Yr-Aur, at rock-grid coordinates SH735026. British weather satellites have also photographed an enormous cloud, shaped like a hybrid of an upside-down question mark and cross, forming above these exact coordinates.
The vault's Key, regarded as too staggering a burden for any one man to bear, was divided in two parts, with half entrusted to Eddie Van Halen and half to David Lee Roth, shortly after Roth left the rock supergroup Van Halen. The two men, who have refused to work together for 20 years, recently announced plans for a historic reunion tour.
"Before we shake Heaven and Earth with the vicious power of this riff, we of the High Council of Elders of the Guardians of the Protectorate of Rock ask you: Are you about to rock?" AC/DC guitarist Angus Young said. "If so, we salute you."
When asked to comment on the possible dangers of using the riff, Sir Paul McCartney seemed surprised.
"There's a secret vault to save rock and roll?" McCartney said. "This is the first I've heard of it."

New Amp

I have treated myself to a new amp for Christmmas. It's a Marshall MG 30DFX, with built in digital effects Reverb, Delay, Chorus and Flange which means I do not need the pedals. This amp is tremendous in overdrive and is great with the Les Paul giving aa really bluesy sound.

This complements my other amps, my '75 Stingray 120w which has overdive but no reverb so I use a Behringer digital delay effects pedal with this.Great with the Stratocaster and Gibson SG but too powerfull and loud for home use - makes your ears bleed and windows rattle!

This is my Carlsboro GLX 30 twin reverb, not sure of the age but has a proper spring reverb unit in the cab. The twin 10" speakers make this a very loud amp and gives a very mellow sound, great for Jazz blues with the ES335.

Neck arrived OK

I ordered a Mightymite neck for the J bass from the US, half the price than in the UK but I was worried about it arriving in one piece having hear of others that did not. Needless to say this arrived OK.
I have added a page following the complete this project Building a Jazz Bass. I will update this as I progress.

MightyMite necks are licensed by Fender.

New Project

I fancy doing Jazz Bass so starting as basic as I can, I have ordered this body. I haven't decided what colour to finish in yet.

ES 335 Finished

It's taken a year but finally done, full build pictures HERE

Oh F*ck

At 9:15 on Friday I oppend the window in my study and sat down at the PC, the wind blew, I heard the bedroom door slam then I heard a noise that made my stomach churn and a blood curdling scream emitted my mouth as I realize what had happened. I entered the hallway not daring to look but eventually took in the scenec of carnage.
The bedroom door slamming had caused a large Ebony African tribal mask to fall off the wall hitting and smashing a light switch then landin on the control section of my recently finished SG.
The damage doesn't show up too well in the pics but a knob was smashed, the volume pot shaft is bent and there are three deep gouges in the body.I havent even thought about how to repair, the pot can simply be replaced but the gouges I don't know what to do.I'm still in shock - I need a drink

The offending item (bit of Voodoo going on here I think)

Damage report Scottie!

Strip down, Volume Pot and Knob needs replacing.

Fill gouges with paint and lacquer mix, then polished flat with compound

New Gold reflector knobs and hey presto!

AxeRus

I would like to publicly thank Jackie at AXERUS Guitar parts for their excellent customer service. I recently bought some parts which included a 3 way toggle switch which turned out to be faulty. I received a replacement within 48hrs without a question.
I have bought a number of parts from this supplier over the years and can't reccommend them enough.

Another tip

Wiring, soldering and fitting Pots and switches in hollow bodies can be very fiddly to say the least. After struggling with a previous couple of projects I came across this idea in a book.

Take a sheet of paper and tape it over the front of the body control area. Push a pencil through the holes and then transfer the paper to a piece of hardboard and mark the centres. Then drill the correct sized holes for each of the controls and fit them to the board. You will then have an exact layout that corresponds to the guitar.

Once the controls are in place you will find it much easier to solder the wiring.

Detach the compete assembly from the board, tie a lenght of cotton to each pot shaft and jack socket and thread through the relevant hole. Solder the pick up leads to the volume pots. pass the assemply into the F hole cavity and carefully draw each pot through, drop the fixing nuts down the pieces of cotton and fianally fix in place.

Top Tip

I have often been asked what is the best way to remove bridge and stop bar post inserts, well the safest and simplest way, if the instrument is fairly new and the inserts are not too tight in, then just drop a wooded dowel through the insert screw hole, screw the stop bar post into it and tighten down. This should lift the insert out easily.
However if this does not work straight away then find a tube of rigid plastic or metal that the insert will pass through, then get a bolt which is 10 mm longer and the correct thread for the insert. Cut a hole in a piece of an old mouse mat(the type with ribber backing) to protect the surface of the body, screw down with a socket or spanner and this will lift out the insert.

SG Custom Deluxe Just Finished

This was an old Westfield SG set neck body which I’ve had kicking around for a while, it had no hardware and was painted black though had been silver at one stage. It stripped easily and revealed a nice mahogany body with a decent grain and so was begging out for a translucent finish

All the hardware I had already some of which I was going to use on the 335, however as I’d already decided to go with Grover tuners and bought the Burstbuster pups I used the bridge and controls.

So all the parts on this SG are Gibson with the exception of one volume pot which is a CTS, the pups are classic ‘57’s, ABR1 tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar, Gibson Deluxe gold tuners with green tulip knobs, Abalone trapezoid inlays, ‘60’s style NOS Gibson headstock veneer.(this was the only part that I bought for this project)

I am very pleased with the outcome , for more pictures clik here or on SG Custom Deluxe on the projects list on the right

Some Progress

It's taken a few weeks but I've now finally matched the new neck colour of the ES335 Dot neck although this neck is in the style of a 345

And now for the difficult bit, the neck fitting, here is a test for the pocket fit.

Still a long way to go.

Overseas Online parts

I have just bought a pair of Gibson Burstbucker Pups for the ES335 which I got through an Ebay shop based in the US.The cost of these Pups were $109 each as opposed to £110 in the UK, so basically half price.
However; Paypal have introduced a new system which the seller has to use to produce an invoice, this means the seller has to declare the true price which gets picked up by the UK customs Nazis and you have to pay the VAT before the post office will deliver them. Interestingly though they didn't do me for import duty but the Post office charged me £8 for the pleasure of the admin. I've always got away with this in the past from the US as the suppliers usually declare the good as less than $30 (the level on which you pay tax) but if you pay by paypal they can no longer do this.

I paid £26 shipping from the US which I didn't think was too bad until I unrapped the rather larger than I expeted box. Don't you think these 6mm thick perspex containers are rather over the top?

Headstcock Decals

I seem to get a large amount of views of my posts on decals, largely as a result of searches through Google, so I will now provide a seperate page called HEADSTOCK DECALS and added to the project menu on the right, I will combine all the latest and old posts into one. Give me a day or so to get it right, maenwhile here is the latest one.

Update on the new LP

Sorry for the length of this post but I do get to the point at the end.
As some of you know I have MS (past 10 years) and because of the difficulty with co-ordination this causes I found playing very difficult and so lost interest and only picked up my acoustic now and again until eventually stopping altogether about 5 years ago.Then I got into refinishing because I still liked having guitars around me but even with 14 on walls and stands around my house, the desire to pick one up and play had vitually disappeard. In October I went into hospital for a knee operation and came out with an infection that put me back in for a month so when I finally came home I was, and still am confined to my upper floor study, so unfortunately have not had access to my workshop for 3 months! So to cheer myself up I bought a Les Paul Standard for my own 50th birthday present combined with my Christmas present (see below).

The long and short of this story is that this guitar has changed my life :) because of it's beauty and value I felt I could not justify just looking at it. So with nothing better to do I started downloading tabs and midi files and then picked a tune that I was going to learn giving myself 2 weeks to do it. I started with something simple - Smoke on the Water, which I used to be able to play with my eyes shut, but when your right hand will not work in conjunction with your left it's not so easy nor is holding on to a pick.
Because of the set up of the LP, the 60's slim neck and playabilty I found the left hand coming back quite naturally but inspite of 3 hours a day practice, strumming was proving more difficult and I kept dropping the pick. The latter I solved by getting a thumb pick. I also decided to go for tunes that were lead orientated as I could still manage pentatonic scales.I have a Gibson LP classic but with a 59 neck and a '61 reissue SG neither have I bothered to set up properly just being satisfied with having rebuilt and refinished them and so had no deisre to play them as I couldn't get a satisfying sound.
3 weeks later with the LP Standard I can now bang off Gary Moore's The Loner and Santana's Samba Pa Ti, next week it's Floyd's shine on you crazy diamond.Honestly I just can't put this guitar down :lol:everything is starting to come back and thanks to free midi file downloads, playing along with these make such a difference rather than the old days just using tabs.
Thank you Gibson for giving me a new lease of life. And thank you God for the determination, inspiration and motivation (in fact all the 'tions')

I've bought Myself a present

Both a Christmas present and my 50th Birthday, which was earlier this year, I've always wanted one in this finish, never thought I'd find one for the right money.

It's a Gibson Les Paul Standard 2004 Model with the 'fast' 60's neck and a beautiful flame top Root Beer finish and looks stunning! The colour really brings out the flame...
It sounds like you would expect - perfect. giving a hard rock sound to a gentel Jazz Sound. The BurstBucker Pro pickups give gorgeous thick hard rock tone and impressive sustain which isw very different from my Classic with the ceramics

It is smooth and easy to playand the Root Beer finish is gorgeous and really brings out the flame! A truely beautiful finish Mahogany Back - A deep red back with beautifull grain pushing through.

Can't make my mind up which is best the sound or looks.

Headstock Decal Update

Further to my previous posts on headstck decals I am just trying 2 further Gibson logo alternatives for restoring headstocks. These are much more expensive and use original Gibson NOS (new old stock) supplies. They are rare but can be found on ebay, (email me for details if you can't find them.)

The first I have bought is for my SG which I have decided to redo as I was never happy with the finish. It is a complete solid veneer with real MOP inlays and just glues directly onto the new bare face headstock, cost around £40 and is only availble for the larger format headstocks, ie '60/'70's SG's and EB basses with the '60's style logo.


The other type I have bought (from the same source) are for my ES335 project which has the smaller '59 style headestock and logo as used on '80s onwards and current Les Paul, ES and SG models.

Unfortunatly I have not been able to find a pre-cut veneer for these so I am going to have to make one. It should look like this which is one SG Lou from St. Moritz Guitars (see link on left menu) made. I only hope mine turns out as good asw his. Watch for updates.



This is a Willow veneer, Gibson used Holly but it's not easy to come by in veneer form. The inlays have glued inot route using epoxy glue mixed with ebony powder, these will be masked off before the face is sprayed with gloss black nitro then several layers of clear nitro lacquer.

Secure your Body Properly

If I awoke any of you early this morning with a string of profanities, I apologise.
As we in the UK are enjoying an unusally warm autumn (fall) with temperatures this week reaching 20C ( 68F) so taking the opportunity to finish that Strat body.
Monday - grain filled and sanded
Tuesday - Sand and sealed
Weds - final sand and primer
Thurs - sand and first color coat
Friday - 10.00am sand and fill where needed, sand again.
Friday - 12.00am Hang body from beam by strap button screw as I've always done, shoot 2nd coat.
Friday 12.10am unhook body to turn 180 degrees to face extract fan, start to shoot front - then - The screw lets go and the body falls to the concrete floor of my workshop, bounces on the bass side horn and settles face down.
Friday 12.10am +30 seconds a wail emits from deep inside me and projects outwards to form a string of every swearword I could sumon up at a level that must have been heard in the US.
Friday 12.35am - slam workshop door close, walk to kitchen and open a bottle of red wine - oh Sod it :twisted:

Something to be getting on with

I Just aquires this 1983 MIJ '72 reissue Stratocaster which is fairly beaten up and the hardware has rusted.
I will rebuild this to original 72 spec whilst I am waiting for the ES335 neck which will be another couple of weeks.
I recently bought a whole box of Fender bits off Ebay so I have all the hardware, I just need to sort out the body and neck.
You can see the rebuild and further pic by clicling on '72 Strat on the projects list on the right

Semi Finished - Now For Sale

I received the Bigbsy style trem this morning so this was the final part for this guitar and is now complete. I just need to set it up and change the PU ring mounti9ng screws for gold ones.

I have fitted Di Marzio style pickups and rewired with 500k ohm pots - sounds sweet.

This guitar is totally unmarked and now for sale - Make me an offer by email.

THE GIBSON LES PAUL GUITAR TRADER

A couple of interesting article on LP'S ' THE FIRST "TRUE" REISSUE? and THE GIBSON LES PAUL SUPREME

Also check out the blog 'Luthier than thou' over on the right links, some very useful instructions on guitar building especially the LP in progress

New Ebay Score

I just got this hollowbody off Ebay for next to nothing, I think it will make a good jazz style project which I haven't done before, maybe a George Benson signature style. It will give me something to do whilst I save up for the ES335 bits.

New Project

Ok so here's the latest score, a brand new Epi/Gibson 335 again had a broken neck so I already chosen a new one from the same source as I used the LP Classic.I'm not really sure what to do with it yet, I've always fancied doing a copy of Chris Isaak's one off Gibson 345/335 in white with a Bigsby trem set up, but the finish on this body is so good it seems a shame to change it.but it would mean matching the colour of the neck to the body which I had a lot of problems with the LP.


Gibson have come out with a new model ES336 which is similar with the Bigsby but only gold with this colour would go which wouldmake it quite expensive and I already have a 335 in dark red and gold. Any way here's the neck



You will be able to follow the build and see more picture by clicking on ES 345/335 on the projects list at the right of this page

Current Collection

I thought I'd just post a picture of most of the current collection before I start my next project, a copy of Chris Isaac's one off Gibson 345/356

Click on picture to enlarge

LP Junior Finished

This is the guitar that my son found in France (for full details click LP Junior on projects on right hand side list). It still needs some work as the original pots need replacing, but from something that was going in a skip, its not turned out bad.

Reshaped headstock with waterslide patch decal

Repaired Headstock

As you can see I have redone to headstock decals.
As I had previously used a patch waterslide and put 3 extremely deep layers of laquer on top, I could not strip it back to the paint and reapply as the lacquer takes up to 8 weeks to cure rock hard and enable sanding down, so the answer was to apply a full face vunyl venner which was successful.
The vinyl full face are much easier to apply than the full face waterslides, but the lettering is very shinny, I've yet to find a way to dull this.

I have now finished the LP Classic and the full rebuild can be viewed by clicking on the projects list on thje right.

Now on with the LP Junior!

Danger! Don't do this

After my post extolling the virtues of patch decals I should have added a warning which I didn't heed myself. DO NOT BE IMPATIENT DURING THIS PROCESS.

When deep fill lacquering allow each coat to dry before adding the next coat and do not put too much lacquer on at a time. 5 thin coats is better than 3 thick coats.

I applied 3 very thick coats 1 hour apart and the result can be seen below. The lacquer has soaked into the decal and distorted it. Also beware of dust!





















I pre assembled the body to check the neck alignment, electrics and hardware, all need a little tweeking but she's looking good and nearly finished.

Headless Telecaster

A friend of mine asked me to look at a prototype project with a view to setting up the action and an opinion of the concept.
He had described the project on the phone 6-8 weeks ago and I have to say I had trouble imagining the workings of it: however when I saw the beast in the flesh I was more than pleasantly suprised.

The mechanism was very simple and the whole guitar very well balanced and played normally, the only drawback being the adjustment of tunning had to be accessed from the rear of the body. However the player would very soon get used to this, just a case of familiarity with ones guitar.
Firstly one may ask why? The answer being simple - the player giggs in a very small club where space is a premium and at an after gig drink in the local pub the band discussed the possibilities of a headless guitar and through beer hazed waffle the projecft seemed like a good idea at the time and as far as they new there wern't any othermodels commercially available, and so the project was born

Why a Tele? Simple, it was the only spare guitar they had at the time to work on. The same principle could be applied to any solid.
My friend has registered the head (or tail?) design so I haven't shown detail of that or too much detail of the tuner anchoring which I beleive could be improved upon.















Now for the Plug, Phil plays in a local band Called OPEN ROAD, you can click on the name or go to the link on the right for their website for their gig guide and other details.

Headstock Decals

A couple of years ago, if you needed a replacement headstock decal, you either bought one from the Original manufacturer or one of the early copy decals available through the internet. These copy decals are obviously cheaper than the originals but came with a few problems. There are now a number of versions available, all of which I’ve tried, so for your benefit I would like to share my experiences with you.

The first decals available were the ‘Patch’ type, where you have the logo only. This came as a clear waterslide transfer with the logo printed by an inkjet printer or a computer cut self adhesive vinyl. Once applied you simply sprayed lacquer over the top and ‘bury’ the logo. The only problem was the early waterslides tended to be quite thick so always showed a protruding edge around the cut out. The vinyl’s were even thicker and tended to melt if you used a cellulose based lacquer, which most restorers/finishers do.




Vinyl Type

The early waterslides were very delicate, and if the ink was not ‘fixed’ could run when the backing paper was soaked off, they also curled up if left in the water too long and shriveled up if one was too impatient with the lacquer. As they were ‘patches’ if you had more than one decal to apply then obviously they came separately and so presented positioning and lining up problems.

The current waterslide patch decals are much better. The transfer is much thinner and pre-coated with a thin layer of nitrocellulose lacquer. This fixes the ink and makes them easier to handle, less likely to curl up in water and being less delicate, are easier to position once on the head stock. I would recommend this form of decal and not the vinyl type for your headstock, but ok on your amp or case, anywhere that you are not going to lacquer, although they do take varnish.

This is my ES335 using patch decals

This is the only type of decal that I now use. These and many other designs can be obtained from GLEN just click on his name to email your requirements

NEW TYPE
The new generation of HS decal is known as ‘the full face’ type. Again these are waterslides and are designed to cover the whole headstock. The black area covers your old logo and brand name. This saves on sanding off the old logo and respraying it also does away with the tell tale edges around the patch decals. The name & logo are printed as one so there are no alignment problems. However some are inkjet printed and some laser printed. Go for the laser.

The adverts for these claim that “this whole headstock approach makes it easy and quick to get professional results.” What they don’t tell you is that they are very difficult to position, you can’t see the headstock underneath the black paper, so it’s hit and miss as to whether the logo will be central and once applied it’s very difficult to slide about without wrinkling, also difficult to get rid of air bubbles although the instructions claim that once dry the bubbles can be got rid by pricking with a pin. However when applying the lacquer it manages to soak into the pin pricks and raises the areas.
They also shrink when lacquering so trimming has to be timed carefully. One I tried recommended leaving the trimming until after the lacquer had dried; the result was the edges curled downwards and adhered to the headstock edges and I had to sand them off and respray the paint adding about 3 weeks to the project.
The other I tried suggested trimming and clearing the tuner holes after the misting layers of lacquer had dried, then flood fill. It shrank leaving and edge around the complete HS.
These full face types also come in two versions, one printed on a clear background and one printed on a white background, these tend to be the inkjet type. Avoid the latter, if you mark it at all the white shows through. They recommend touching up with a black marker, however I used a permanent CD marker and melted through the mist layers of lacquer wherever I touched, I have had to strip this head completely and going back to patch.

There are vinyl veneer versions of these available which are a lot easier to apply and are much more durable but won’t take cellulose lacquer, however they are very glossy so don’t need lacquer but the logos are very metallic. This is the one type of full veneer that came out right first time, however I prefer not to use these on genuine restorations although the reults are very pleasing. I would recommend this type for the inexperienced restorer.

For a good supplier go to HEADSTSOCKDECALS for all types

Full face vinyl veneer

Evidence of Genius in the Court Room

These quotes are from a book called Disorder in the American
Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word,
taken down and now published by court reporters.

ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget things.
ATTORNEY: You forget things? Can you give us an example of
Some thing you forgot?
___________________________________

ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
WITNESS: Forty-five years.
___________________________________

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: Because my name is Susan
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
____________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty year old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty
________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh....
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: And how many were girls?
_______________________ _______________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: And was this person a male or a female?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: Dah, all of them.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?
WITNESS: OK.
ATTORNEY: What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him.
____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WTNESS: Huh?
____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive,
nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

That's Better

An exact match using celluose mixed dye

  

Still not right

2nd spray and not even close, I' think I'll try a dye mix
 
 

Not quite right

A slight cock up on the colour match here. However Steve at Manchester Guitar Tech has generously said he would send me another can, hopefully I can get a deeper blue otherwise I'll have to strip this off and dye it.


  

Back to the old site

Due to popular request I have reverted to the original site. For up to date posts go back to

www.crox.blogspot.com

While we're at it

Since Jack Straw has managed to offend the Muslims and the veil issue, why not go ahead and offen all faiths equally
This should do it:

The Ten Commandments
God went to the Arabs and said, "I have Commandments for you that will make your lives better.
The Arabs asked, "What are Commandments?" And the Lord said, "They are rules> for living."
"Can you give us an example?"
"Thou shall not kill."
"Not kill? We're not interested."
So He went to the Blacks and said, "I have Commandments."
The Blacks wanted an example, and the Lord said, "Honor thy Father and Mother."
"Father? We don't know who our fathers are. We're not interested."
Then He went to the Mexicans and said, "I have Commandments."
The Mexicans also wanted an example, and the Lord said "Thou shall not steal."
"Not steal? We're not interested."
Then He went to the French and said, "I have Commandments."
The French too wanted an example and the Lord said, "Thou shall not commit adultery."
"Not commit adultery? We're not interested."
Finally, He went to the Jews and said, "I have Commandments." "Commandments?" Moses said, "How much are they?"
"They're free."
"We'll take 10."