David T. Music And Stuff

Hi friends and family,

After a couple of traumatic, anxiety and grief filled months, I finally have something good to say. I’m getting back on track with music and music repairs . . . Music heals all . . .

Here is a very cool custom built guitar that I bought from Zero Gravity Guitars. They had sold it and, during shipping, it had a little mishap. So, I bought it for a minimal amount and am now repairing it. I will attempt to restore the guitar to a ‘like-new’ appearance and then sell it as a ‘new/repaired/refurbished’ guitar.

I enjoy working on musical instrument,s and woodworking I find to be very therapeutic.

Oh yeah . . . ! Did I mention I’m recovering from surgery? On March 8th, I underwent robotic surgery for a double-hernia (groin). It’s going to be some weeks before I return to work as the surgery was more traumatic than I expected. On Friday, one week after the surgery, I received the news that I can’t have the catheter removed for another week which is not a happy thing for me, you might imagine. They didn’t remove it because, after testing, there is a good chance I would have to have another catheter installed which would be extremely painful. I call the urologist caregivers/nurses “torture experts”.

Apparently the surgery had been rather traumatic to my prostate, enlarging it and causing the urethra to be constricted. In other words, I’m unable to pee . . . Am I giving ‘too much information’???

I have to wear tubing and a bag all the time for another week! It’s not just uncomfortable and a pain in the butt but, it’s constantly annoying and a little painful to have a rather large tube ‘yanking my chain’ whenever I move, pretty much. Yesterday, Saturday, we went out to eat at our favorite restaurant for Brianna’s overdue birthday celebration with her best friend and I enjoyed the food and atmosphere but had to stay in the car, napping, when Sue took Brianna and her friend into Five-Below to shop.

It’s not all that bad, though. I now have plenty of time to work on new songs for the new iteration of my band “Two Many Daves (2MD)” and work out some kinks with the awesome Wi-Fi controlled PA system. And I’m organizing and preparing my workshop for guitar building/repairing after I retire next year. I’m also catching up on music instrument projects I have neglected because of work and family considerations during the past few months.

Here’s the first of several “must do now’” projects I am working on that have been sitting in my repair rack. I have a Line6 Modeling pedal device that I’m attempting to repair myself before taking it to an electronics repair shop. Yeah, I can’t stand having to rely on others if I’m capable at least diagnosing what the problem may be.

There’s several guitar builds that need some minor work before I can deem them sellable. I’m taking some daily ‘quiet time’ to do some creative thinking/ brainstorming and am also learning some new repair techniques.

I really don’t understand why some people can say “I’m bored”. If I’m not in the middle of a project, I’m planning one. And, I always have music running through my head . . . I don’t ‘hear voices’ like other crazy persons. I hear a constant symphony of music in my head . . . Always!

Boy! Am I rambling on? Or am I rambling on?” Sorry bout’ that, chief!” to quote, Maxwell Smart . . . Did I mention I’m staying well medicated???

Look at and enjoy the pics. This is a very cool guitar! I hope you enjoy the repair process as much as I do. Thanks for reading . . .

Love to all,

David T

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