January 2025
Guitars
Broke a guitar string the other week on the Tanglewood. Had to get a new set, which I got around to fitting on Friday. Boy they sounded fresh and zingy. It was that point that I thought that maybe I should have got two sets and changed the strings on the Takamine. They were similarly two or more years old (probably significantly more). So I got myself a second set and now I have two fresh and zingy guitars. A job well done—and definitely one that needed doing.
Got myself a winder tool for the first time (definitely quicker and better than just using your fingers on the machine heads), and it had a string cutter on it which helped a lot too. PSA: Defo use the correct tools for any job. It helps a lot in all matters.
Won’t leave it two years (plus) again between strings. Even galvanised me to put up a wee video about it on YouTube (first one in a damn long time). Now I just need to play some darn tunes again.
Got myself a winder tool for the first time (definitely quicker and better than just using your fingers on the machine heads), and it had a string cutter on it which helped a lot too. PSA: Defo use the correct tools for any job. It helps a lot in all matters.
Won’t leave it two years (plus) again between strings. Even galvanised me to put up a wee video about it on YouTube (first one in a damn long time). Now I just need to play some darn tunes again.
Comments
Damn Phones, Damnable Deliveries
17/01/25 14:13
Three years ago I bought a refurbished iPhone X from Back Market. It did well for me, but after a screen breakage and occasionally overheating battery I ended up moving on to a Samsung Galaxy S9+, which was kindly passed on to me. I need a phone for work. Anyhoo it has got to a point where it too has been slightly damaged and it is beyond financial common sense to get it fixed, so I’ve had to get myself a newer phone. Once more I’ve gone for a refurbed Apple iPhone (this time a 2020 SE). The X would have been seven years old so a newer phone is called for. It’s nice to get back to an Apple from Android. I’m truly an Apple fan. Just hope the memory is enough for me (I’ve gone for a 64GB rather than a 256GB X). The phone was with me in a couple of days and so far after some initial fear it seems the 64GB could be enough. We shall see if that continues to be the case.
Always a pain having to get new a new case etc when you change these things ain’t it? Not sure how many cases I’ve got—or thrown out—the different phone sizes and the positions of the camera lenses etc mean the cases can never be used again. Maybe I’ll have to think of some other use for them.
Refurbed phones are defo the way to go anyway—less than a ton for a decent phone. Lovely. Looking forward to getting used to it. The new iOS seems quite different and buttons that used to do one thing now do other things. It should be a relatively shallow learning curve though.
Back Market quickly processed the order and sent it out by Royal Mail. I was a little surprised the Tracked delivery was delivered to the Purple Bin (the waste to landfill bin). They even kindly took a photo of the bin to prove delivery. The mind boggles. Even Amazon don’t send stuff to the rubbish. Bin Day was the next day and I did rescue it in time; thankfully.
Links:
Back Market
Always a pain having to get new a new case etc when you change these things ain’t it? Not sure how many cases I’ve got—or thrown out—the different phone sizes and the positions of the camera lenses etc mean the cases can never be used again. Maybe I’ll have to think of some other use for them.
Refurbed phones are defo the way to go anyway—less than a ton for a decent phone. Lovely. Looking forward to getting used to it. The new iOS seems quite different and buttons that used to do one thing now do other things. It should be a relatively shallow learning curve though.
Back Market quickly processed the order and sent it out by Royal Mail. I was a little surprised the Tracked delivery was delivered to the Purple Bin (the waste to landfill bin). They even kindly took a photo of the bin to prove delivery. The mind boggles. Even Amazon don’t send stuff to the rubbish. Bin Day was the next day and I did rescue it in time; thankfully.
Links:
Back Market