Candle jar and coaster tile monograms in vine font
Worked with vinyl cutter tonight to make some nice looking vine monograms that can be applied to candle jars or tiles (makes great coasters). Let us at gadgetdecal.com make your vinyl cut monograms….
I have tried over the years to keep an inventory of my books, CDs, DVD (VHS at one time) and games (XB0x 360, Wii, DS and computer) with not much luck. Spreadsheets, database applications and self made web apps just never fit the bill. I was always jealous that the MAC guys had their little library cataloging system but now I have something that rivals it. I started using http://www.gurulib.com a few days ago and have been able to catalog my complete book library and start on my CDs and DVDs. If you have a web cam you can scan UPC codes eliminating the need for manual entry.
First create an account with gurulib.com, create your categories, focus the camera for up close images, hold your UPC coded item in front of it and viola! your id number is confirmed against Amazon. The detailed information is returned and your product is now inventoried. I am even using it to track books and CDs I check out from the library which provides a great way to track things I have read and music that I may want to purchase.
You can view my book library at http://www.gurulib.com/jeffyt
I purchased a Fishman AG-125 acoustic guitar pickup off of E-Bay last week. The seller thought it was a AGX-125 which is for 12 string guitars. I was planning on putting it on my old trusty Yamaha 12. Well, it turns out that he was dis-informed and actually sold me a AG-125 ($35.00 which is good price for either pickup). The different pickup was not a problem because my Yamaha 6-string would benefit from the pickup also. The installation required removing the strings, shaping a new saddle to accommodate the extra height and drilling a 15/32 hole (required new drill bit from Sears) where my end pin was.
Now, I have had this Yamaha since 1985 and thought I would “Google” the model number. It turns out that they call this instrument “vintage”. So tonight I spent a few minutes drilling a very large hole in a vintage instrument. My 7 year old had to help me place the input jack in the guitar due to her skinny arm. She thought this was big fun and made the comment on how she might like to work on guitars when she gets older. Daddy informed that there is not a college curriculum for that and she should pursue other interests. She was not concerned that I had the experience of working in a music store and that it paid nothing or you spend what you make on the new stuff coming in the door. She said she would get me a guitar for free…she always thinks about others.
Anyway, the procedure went well and you cannot tell it is installed except that the strap button is now 1/4 jack. I plugged in into my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and it works great! I had been using a Dean Markley sound hole pickup for years but I think it is starting to get “vintage”.
So, if a guitar I had in high school in 1984 is labeled “vintage”, what does that label me?
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