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I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. It seems that one of my customers had used the box his tube shipment had arrived in to send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. I said give me the dude’s customer number and then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the show itself. One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! He had to build a special winding machine to do them with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it sounded like a helicopter. I don’t know when that particular show is going to air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) Lord Valve Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. > It seems that one of my customers had used > the box his tube shipment had arrived in to > send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently > left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour > called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. > I said give me the dude’s customer number and > then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be > more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) > Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful > Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if > I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery > Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the > show itself. > One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on > the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic > popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show > is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which > must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour > was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- > sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! > He had to build a special winding machine to do them > with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it > sounded like a helicopter. > I don’t know when that particular show is going to > air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep > your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) > Lord Valve > Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

Ah, a B-3 with an elevator and rest room facilities. I’m game. Ed Cregger

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. >It seems that one of my customers had used >the box his tube shipment had arrived in to >send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently >left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour >called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. >I said give me the dude’s customer number and >then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be >more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) >Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful >Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if >I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery >Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the >show itself. >One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on >the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic >popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show >is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which >must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour >was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- >sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! >He had to build a special winding machine to do them >with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it >sounded like a helicopter. >I don’t know when that particular show is going to >air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep >your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) >Lord Valve >Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

That’s so they’ll have to move the venue to the B3 instead of you having to haul the B3 to the venue. Then again, it wouldn’t be that much worse than moving a regular B3. Ron

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snore…yawn…zzzzzzzzzzz. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. > It seems that one of my customers had used > the box his tube shipment had arrived in to > send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently > left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour > called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. > I said give me the dude’s customer number and > then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be > more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) > Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful > Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if > I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery > Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the > show itself. > One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on > the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic > popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show > is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which > must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour > was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- > sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! > He had to build a special winding machine to do them > with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it > sounded like a helicopter. > I don’t know when that particular show is going to > air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep > your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) > Lord Valve > Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

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>I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. >It seems that one of my customers had used >the box his tube shipment had arrived in to >send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently >left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour >called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. >I said give me the dude’s customer number and >then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be >more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.)

You’ll have to see if you can convince your invoice program to only print the last four numbers of credit card numbers on the paper copy that you send with the order. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful >Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if >I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery >Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the >show itself. >One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on >the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic >popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show >is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which >must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour >was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- >sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! >He had to build a special winding machine to do them >with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it >sounded like a helicopter. >I don’t know when that particular show is going to >air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep >your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-)

I’ve seen those promos, but I’ve been ignoring the show.  I didn’t realize that everything on the show was functional.  Their promo shows a giant blender, which seemed stupid, but I didn’t realize that it works. I don’t know what night Big is shown on, but I’ll have to figure out when they’re showing that eppisode.  I’d like to see that guitar. Here’s a far less impresive big guitar, because it doesn’t function. The Cheatar, which is based on The Cheat: http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatar.html (click on the door after Strongbad quits talking) Who’s The Cheat?: http://www.homestarrunner.com/vcr_cheat.html Again, the Cheatar doesn’t work! >Lord Valve >Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

The Leslie will be amazing!  But eventually Howie will build a version of it for people who like to "get small". Pete — Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their on going decay. –Thundercles

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This coming Tuesday, at 11:00PM Central Time, on the Discovery Channel: Big! Electric Guitar 60 mins.   A 13-foot-long playable electric guitar is constructed, with help from Seymour Duncan and Matty Baratto. Host: Frank Payne. I’ll have to try to remember to tape that. Pete – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. >It seems that one of my customers had used >the box his tube shipment had arrived in to >send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently >left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour >called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. >I said give me the dude’s customer number and >then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be >more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) >Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful >Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if >I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery >Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the >show itself. >One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on >the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic >popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show >is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which >must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour >was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- >sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! >He had to build a special winding machine to do them >with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it >sounded like a helicopter. >I don’t know when that particular show is going to >air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep >your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) >Lord Valve >Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

– Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their on going decay. –Thundercles

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Screw the guitar, I WANT THE AMP!!!: From the press release: To test the "BIG!" guitar, the team hooked it up to a massive 36 x 10 650- watt Ampeg amplifier. The head houses 22 vacuum tubes. The amp weighs 950 pounds. After guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton tests it out with an enormous stainless steel slide, he, along with Baratto and Duncan provide fans with an extended jam session of massive proportions.

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Where are you gonna get those big toobs?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. > It seems that one of my customers had used > the box his tube shipment had arrived in to > send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently > left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour > called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. > I said give me the dude’s customer number and > then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be > more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) > Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful > Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if > I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery > Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the > show itself. > One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on > the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic > popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show > is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which > must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour > was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- > sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! > He had to build a special winding machine to do them > with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it > sounded like a helicopter. > I don’t know when that particular show is going to > air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep > your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) > Lord Valve > Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

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Harm Central article about this guitar: http://news.harmony-central.com/News/2004/Big-Guitar.html Click on the pic to see a closeup view of the thing. Pete – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. >It seems that one of my customers had used >the box his tube shipment had arrived in to >send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently >left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour >called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. >I said give me the dude’s customer number and >then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be >more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) >Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful >Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if >I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery >Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the >show itself. >One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on >the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic >popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show >is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which >must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour >was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- >sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! >He had to build a special winding machine to do them >with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it >sounded like a helicopter. >I don’t know when that particular show is going to >air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep >your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) >Lord Valve >Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

– Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their on going decay. –Thundercles

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I taped the show on Tuesday night, and it took me a while to watch the tape.  Methods used constructing the guitar and pickup were interesting, particularly since they supposedly did the whole thing in only a few days. Watching Seymour wind the giant pickup bobbins was a blast. The guy hosting the show, Frank Payne was the weakest part.  He may be just what a show about building big things needs, but that’ll be the last BIG! show I waste my time watching. Pete – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I got a call from Seymour Duncan yesterday. >It seems that one of my customers had used >the box his tube shipment had arrived in to >send some pickups to SD, and had inadvertently >left his invoice in the bottom of the box.  Seymour >called me to ask what he should do with the invoice. >I said give me the dude’s customer number and >then shitcan it – I’ll call him up and tell him to be >more careful.  (His credit card number was on it.) >Once Seymour found out I was the Great and Powerful >Lord Valve, we began to shoot the shit.  He asked if >I was familiar with the "BIG" series on the Discovery >Channel.  I said I’d seen the promos, but not the >show itself. >One of the "BIG" items which will be featured on >the show is an enormous red guitar.  (And a gigantic >popcorn popper.  ???)  The idea behind the show >is to feature huge versions of ordinary items – which >must be FULLY FUNCTIONAL.  It seems Seymour >was tapped to wind the pickups for the Paul Bunyan- >sized geetah – which weigh almost 160 pounds each! >He had to build a special winding machine to do them >with.  He said when the thing was up to speed it >sounded like a helicopter. >I don’t know when that particular show is going to >air, but it sounds like it’ll be a gas to watch.  Keep >your eyeballs peeled for it.  ;-) >Lord Valve >Contemplating a Three Storey B-3…

– Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their on going decay. –Thundercles

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> I taped the show on Tuesday night, and it took me a while to watch the > tape.  Methods used constructing the guitar and pickup were > interesting, particularly since they supposedly did the whole thing in > only a few days. > Watching Seymour wind the giant pickup bobbins was a blast. > The guy hosting the show, Frank Payne was the weakest part.  He may be > just what a show about building big things needs, but that’ll be the > last BIG! show I waste my time watching.

Yeah, he was a poser. That air guitar shit he was doing made me grit my teeth. The huge machinist with the arm tattoos was a hoot, though. So was the black welder chick.  BTW – did you notice that most of the folks on that show were on the hefty side?  ;-) Lord Valve Big

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> (snip) > BTW – did you notice that > most of the folks on that show were on the hefty side?  ;-)

Finally, a show made using REAL Americans for actors. Almost makes me wish I had seen it. Almost. Ed Cregger

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I taped the show on Tuesday night, and it took me a while to watch the > tape.  Methods used constructing the guitar and pickup were > interesting, particularly since they supposedly did the whole thing in > only a few days. > Watching Seymour wind the giant pickup bobbins was a blast. > The guy hosting the show, Frank Payne was the weakest part.  He may be > just what a show about building big things needs, but that’ll be the > last BIG! show I waste my time watching. >Yeah, he was a poser. >That air guitar shit he was doing made me grit my teeth.

Yeah, I didn’t look into who produced that show, but too much of the time was spent on things like that, and not enough time was spent on the planning and construction. The planning that they showed was staged for the show IMO. >The huge machinist with the arm tattoos was a hoot, though. >So was the black welder chick.  BTW – did you notice that >most of the folks on that show were on the hefty side?  ;-) >Lord Valve >Big

They only had the one skinny guy.  I think his name was "Token". And Seymour is carrying around a few extra Lbs. by now too. I don’t have a clear idea who’s shop those people were from.  They’re probably in every show, building a different big thing every time. Pete — Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their on going decay. –Thundercles

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>> (snip) > BTW – did you notice that > most of the folks on that show were on the hefty side?  ;-) >Finally, a show made using REAL Americans for actors. Almost makes me wish I >had seen it. Almost. >Ed Cregger

Even though I said I’d never watch another one, I saw that they were building a giant motorcycle this week (part 1 of 2) so I had to watch. It was the same shop of people who built the giant guitar, only this time they were building a giant motorcycle.   And these are fabricators with various metal working skills, so they were like a fish out of water last week.  That big guy with the beard is a machinist, and that big woman is a welder.  It’s unclear what the rest are. Again, the weak point of the show was the time that was wasted on that so called comedian who hosts the show, and pretends to be part of the project. But part one of the motorcycle show wasn’t as obnoxious as the guitar show.  Although maybe if I was a motorcycle enthusiast, I’d have a different opinion. My biggest gripe about the show (other than that host who wrecks everything just by being there) is that instead of really building the things in a larger scale, they’re just making things look big.  And instead of doing a good job, they’re on a deadline. Like on the motorcycle, they don’t have time to construct a large V Harley style engine, they’re building a sheet metal case to go around a Harley engine.  That’s just wrong.  It reminds me too much of that band with the 1" thick Marshall stack stage props. Pete — Time is an abstract concept created by carbon based life forms to monitor their on going decay. –Thundercles

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