thesinner

Well, I sold another Gretsch snare that was definitely from the 60's and it had some crazy white pearl psychodelic skin and it was beautiful. It was such a strange size, too. Like a 14x14" or something. At first I thought it was a tom that had been converted to a snare but it was actually all original. The shell was perfect, nothing was cracked or damaged. I couldn't tune it for some reason ... but you don't honestly think I know how to do that anyway, do you? I was just having trouble with equal torque so I guess maybe some of the threads needed waxing or something ... but overall it was in what I would call *very good* condition for something of its age. It's the just the really ugly ones that amaze me. And I see them altogether too often. And they ALWAYS sell.

Oh, the UGLIEST thing I ever saw? (Drum related, I mean...) When we got that beautiful DK cocktail kit, there were some red glitter drum sticks that came with it. I was about to ask if drummers are just extra tacky or something but then I remembered the orange glitter flying v guitar and realize that no one has a monopoly on a bad taste. No really ... it was orange glitter. And someone did, indeed, buy it from eBay.

Today doesn't suck because my customer fucked up and then somehow a big project I thought needed to be done was STANDARD with our new system, so now I'm waiting on them and can walk proudly down the hall. This is just dumb luck, no effort on my part ... but how do you like me now? I probably won't get fired again today. Damn, I lead a charmed life.

How's Monday for you?

LOL @ "echo chamber". You are so correct. The whole house is wood floors now and the echo is ridiculous with no furniture.

So how did practice go?