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Last weekend I saw two live shows on successive days:
- #65daysofstatic, one of my favourite bands for nearly two decades
- Three Bean Salad, a podcast where three comedians talk nonsense for an hour over Zoom
#ThreeBeanSalad has a recurring feature where listeners send in their own renditions of the theme tune, so I was inspired to make a version in the style of 65daysofstatic's 2004 hit Retreat! Retreat!. I think it came out pretty OK.
No thanks to my guitar's floating tremolo, which decided to abruptly go completely out of whack until I spent several hours watching YouTube videos, constructing a crude block out of packaging, and adjusting the springs & action until it lay flat again.
@wjt when this happened to me i got lucky and had a plastic pencil sharpener that was the exact right size to hold it in place.
@d6 I've had this guitar for over 20 years and honestly the bridge has been nothing but trouble. I don't even have the tremolo arm attached most of the time!
@wjt yeah same here. i never used the tremolo so as soon as i had any issues i just locked the bridge in place. been fine since (though i wish i had another pencil sharpener)
@d6 probably I should sell the guitar (Ibanez RG) to someone who would appreciate it (ie "play metal") and get a Tele.