Even though it was a crazy week last week, I was all recharged for this one (oh here we go again with the electrical puns)… and bolted into action. It was a little bit of everything week, cutting and gluing and routing and carving and drilling and sanding and finishing, assembly and wiring and stringing and testing and setting up and shipping off. It’s still amazing how much gets done in a week when I look at the spent lists all crossed off. Don’t let the sometimes glacial appearing flow on the builds page fool you. Part of it is there are a LOT of steps between the wood in my hands and the bass in yours. You see pictures of the plateaus but there’s a lot of climbing and listing and doing between them at this level. There are parts of similar model builds that are the same every time but the details are always different too… and honestly some days are for routing a nice easy softer wood and maybe top o’the week I’ll tackle the dense walnut with the ebony… it all factors into the flow. But flow we do, and it all gets done. And it’s still a hell of a lot of fun.
That said, it’s 15 balls-out years for Birdsong and 22 all-in years for me on this path and some changes are coming. More adjustments in pace and output than anything, but the July 4th Anniversary is going to be a bit quieter this year than the nuttiness of years past. Fun, but definitely tamer this year. I’ll talk about that next week – along with the latest hippy soap happening and music news from the shop! Don’t miss it! Thanks for checking in and have a great weekend…
Listening to: In assembly, live early Ramones and some music of the Andes. In the green shop? Sounds of nature outside and tools and work inside. I’ll get out soon and try to find another shop stereo, though. In the words of Leonardo DiBartolomeo (“Lenny the mechanic” in Scott history), “Work without music? Fughedaboudit.”