Adjust the Angle

Resurrection Shuffle: Spent three days in a hole in the ground burned out and confused after (by accident of course) I'd screwed up the bridge and action on the Red (not so) Special guitar. A simple change of strings and a brief period of experimentation with a new bridge, the truss rod appearing to be jammed up and trying out heavier strings resulted in losing all the working settings and buggering up the action and the intonation. I even filed a few frets down.

I was sweating, but in the end it was just the warm weather.  

Normal service has however resumed. But it was all worthwhile because now I actually understand how this Frankenstein bridge thing works and how it can best be adjusted and balanced and the benefits of using a robust hex key. I also understand it's limitations ... and mine ... well that's what I think right now. Something else unexpected and unpredictable is bound to come along.

Troublesome Partscaster: No humbuckers so it's bound to hum, or so I tell myself. Another fixer upper that requires the tracing of an elusive hum that may or may not be real or indeed might just the be universe sighing to itself in the cold black darkness of infinity somewhere in the spectral background of a black hole oblivion event. I may need a hearing test to stabilize my sanity and calm my anxiety. Numerous spare and non rainy days are now spent mostly fighting with spare guitars. Next up the resonator. Such is life.