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This ^^^

 

Toss it and don't give it a second thought

 

Just scheduled my pre-season service and inspection for next week. Spring is near!

 

And it looks like either S&F’s or Federal’s pump truck also. I see their rigs early morning on the Pike.

 

(Sigh) What a week.

I got bumped in traffic on Monday. No damage, but I literally saw it coming. Dude behind me starts rubbing his eyes while creeping forward and bang! Work was meh, wife was sick, baby wanted nothing to do with me. I ordered a bunch of parts for the Vette to redo front end lighting but now feel super guilty I spent the cash.

I also bough a wall mount to hang my guitars and was kinda bummed out when I received it. It's 36" long, so I assumed it would easily hit two studs and be a simple mount. Nope, it's 10" on center and there's 4 mounts. The instructions say to hit one stud and use toggle bolts for the other 3 mounts. So I got the stud and 2 of the 3 toggle bolts. I hit a duct with one of the bolts, so I switched over to a sturdy metal hollow wall mount. I ended up getting it hung, but I wasn't confident at all in how strong it was.

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IMG_3937 by Mike M, on Flickr

You can see on the top how it's pulled from the wall a bit. The guitars themselves also sit further off the wall than I had hoped and interfere with the door. So I found another place to mount it, but those stupid 10" holes are going to drive me nuts. I'm going to have my uncle come over and take a gander since he's super gifted when it comes to all things woodworking. My thought is to use some plywood the same size as the mount and bolt that to studs then bolt the mount to the plywood and call it good.

Of course since I had to drill 5/8" holes for the toggle bolts I've got huge areas I need to touch up with compound and I'm absolutely awful at it. I see every flaw and when I try to fix them, I just make them worse.

I need a vacation.

 

Time to start guitar lessons?

 

Time to start playing again. I used to be terrible, now I'm even worse.

 

My haha correct it was an S&F pumper

 

I was lucky enough to get lessons in college. Final semester of senior year only needed 4 classes to graduate..... My crazy self took 6 turbo machinery and guitar lol

 

Hey now!...

 

I still mess with my Ibanez occasionally, check my album pics. Had it since I was 11.

Depending on the size you used, those toggles can work well. I used 2 to mount a dish rack in my kitchen a few years ago and it ain't moved a hair.

 

I've had the red Tokai strat since I was 9 or 10 myself. The others were cheap purchases from friends except the acoustic which was a gift. It was a cheap guitar and has issues as such. I need to file the frets at a minimum.

I ended up changing locations and mounting a board to the wall via studs and then the mount to the board, hitting one stud with 1 of the 4 mounts. Ultimately I wasn't satisfied with the mount there, so I said screw it and drilled a hole through on the opposite side and screwed in a lag screw. I changed out the supplied bolt in the stud with another lag screw. It's not going anywhere. It's a shame to have a screw visible, but it's better than guitars on the floor.

 

Hi guys. I'm new to the world of Tacomas but we wanted to invite everyone to attend our 2nd Annual Riot for Wyatt memorial ride at AOAA on May 25, 2019. Our ride is in memory of our son, Wyatt, who passed away from AML leukemia on November 13, 2016. All of the proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald House of Pittsburgh and Morgantown. We have some really great sponsors and awesome raffle prizes lined up this yearso we hope to see you all there! Look usup on Facebook at Hope to see you all there!

 

So sorry to hear about your son but what your doing in your son's memory is fantastic! I only wish I could attend. Good luck, please post pictures and also welcome to TW!

 

Happy Sunday folks. I’m off for the weekend and for any of you that know me, then this smoker Sunday shot won’t surprise you at all. 15lbs of pork shoulder rolling in oak and cherry. Rubbed with Jack Daniels pork rub. Started at 4am. Have a great Sunday everyone

 

I'll be over!

 

Thanks man! Glad to be here!

 

Great news! We have secured a partnership with @Mobtown Offroad to be a new sponsor for the 2nd annual Riot for Wyatt! They have graciously supplied us with some awesome prizes that I'm sure you guys will love to add to your rigs! Hope to see you all there!

 

Happy birthday @johnnym !!!