Here I am sat in a car with the laptop, I
am not a fan of using the laptop for my diary because it does not sort stuff
out in the same way as the old XP desktop which happily will correct the worst
of my spelling regardless of which program or application I am using. So I can
mess about in cyberspace and everyone still understands me (almost).
Anyway as I said I am in a car waiting and
typing as I type, we have nipped off to Shrewsbury hospital, something we do
from time to time although not a story for the diary.
It was rather strange getting here as back
home it was sunny if a little overcast, but not a bad day all in all, then
about half a mile down the road the weather was rubbish and was like that almost
the entire trip then the last half a mile was OK again. I am getting irritated
at present by builders with a loud radio listing to rubbish. Why do they do
that…
My Watkins Rapier 44 and a cheapo Encore Les Paul copy
OK that was all some time
ago as I am now back home away from the tinny thud thud thud of noise pollution.
I know what you are thinking, I am a young hip slightly eccentric chap who should
be dead keen on the thud thud thud of music, particularly as I play djembe and
a rather cool left handed Red Watkins Rapier 44 guitar. And I do like music but
not in a car park when it is being played on a cheap radio on a half built roof
with a man joining in with the nail gun but out of time and singing like a cat
that has just been nail gunned to a roof.
I have started making a log
shed out of wood, it seems odd to make a log shed out of the material that will
go in it so that we can take the wood out of it to burn on the log fire in the
winter, and summer sometimes, but I will not talk about the weather …….Ah I already
have DAM.
OK that is it for tonight
because …….. Well, I can’t be bothered…….. No only kidding HAH HAHAH HAH HHA
HAH HAH hah ah ha hahahah hah hah hah hahahah hhah hahhah hah ha.
No sorry I’m only kidding
that I’m kidding it’s a double bluff so I’m off
No I’m not tricked you
OK there are some pics for a man from Chicago of the wiring inside a Watkins Rapier 44. It looks a bit wild but it works and it might be a bit frail to mess with.
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Any chance you could post a detailed picture of the wiring on your watkins rapier 44? I'm trying to fix mine and the wiring is far from standard.
ReplyDeleteI assume you mean on the scratch plate. I am busy for a couple of days but will add a couple of images here next week, or can email them. remember mine is a left hander. I'm sure there is a Watkins Web site have you checked that .......
DeleteHey, thanks for the reply. i figured it would be a longshot...I did check the Watkins website and there doesn't appear to be any pics of that. Or diagram/schemematic. Yes, I do mean pics from under the scratchplate
DeleteOK give me a few days Life is busy....
DeleteNo worries, i can wait. Thanks again, I'll buy you a pint if you are ever near Chicago! Let me know if you would rather email me, rather than posting the pic.
ReplyDeleteOK pics taken I hope they help I'm just going to add them to the blog post. If you click on each pic it should give you the full size image, you can then just save them. I dont have the wiring plan and it looks a bit manic to me but then they were made very cheaply. Still its a great sounding guitar even after all this time. . . . Good luck
DeleteThanks so much, I got her up and running! Couldn't have done it without you. Cheers
ReplyDeleteWell if those pictures helped then you must know what you are doing. All the best with the guitar and I hope you enjoy playing it. One day they might be trendy again.
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