the obligatory follow-up

[dianec42]

Got the cardboard apart and the case out. Bass: check. Crazy locking strap that is a menace to anyone with tits: check. Cable: check. Tuner: check. Duct tape: so THAT's where that went! Check. Gripmaster: Ditto. Spare 9-volt: oh yeah. Spare kazoo (bright green): whatever.

Everything still works, down to and including needing to mess with the cable at the guitar end a few times before connectivity is achieved. No batteries died in the making of this experiment. I tuned up, noodled about a bit, and came to a horrible realisation: I don't actually remember any songs.

Crap. Well, it's probably time to feed the cats and feed myself too while I'm at it. It's a start, anyway.

Comments

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Excellent! And I so agree with the guitar straps are a menace to anyone with tits - I've had that experience myself. Then again, so are cloaks work over one shoulder and tied beneath the other arm pelisse-style.

Makes me think I really ought to get back to my guitar - especially since I bought one over here.

Happy noises!

[meepfrog.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that you are so humane to batteries. Some people can be so thoughtlessly cruel to them :)

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

I actually do okay with boring low-tech guitar straps - but this one has Wacky Locking Things on the ends which are apparently supposed to make it stay on the guitar better. Unfortunately, the quick-release tab on the top one faces towards my body, so if I move the wrong way I suddenly have to catch falling bass... Apparently boy guitarists don't have this problem.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

I'm really not. I've gone through a shocking number of AAs with the bluetooth mouse since starting to play too much World of Warcraft...