šŸŽ„ 🧵 The Xmas thread 2022

Fucking hell mate, you’ve been practising!!! :dizzy_face::dizzy_face::+1::+1::+1::+1:

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I’ll soon be good enough to accompany you on the piano :wink:

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I treated myself to a guitar last week :+1::grin:

That’s a fecking recorder not a flute…

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That’s right. He recorded it on his recorder.

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A Polynesian nose flute mate. Not to be sniffed at…

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Oh, God, one string renditions of Smoke On The Water and 7 Nation Army?? :joy:

What type did you get?

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Ibanez Gio, just a basic SG copy :smile: It’s actually not bad for a crap player like me, because the action’s so low. No shredding of my delicate fingertips :sunglasses:

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Only just got it and already you can play so low? Wow
But I’m sure getting a band back together would be more fun

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https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/shopping/harrods-brazilian-jacu-bird-coffee-beans-250g-15989724

I came across these whilst Christmas shopping = once you can get past the price of these beans, the description comes up and slaps you on the other cheek.

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:nauseated_face:

I love the way it ends with - ā€œand will certainly add a talking point to coffee mornings with friendsā€

I can’t imagine what their response will be to ā€œDid you know the coffee you just drank was shat out of the arse of a South American pheasantā€

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Corrected for you.

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I have to admit though that Balinese Kupi Lowak is quite wonderful (Blue Mountain blend version in Vietnam as well)
And a Cat shits that out

…nuances of anuseed…

Ā£350

Fucking mad to pay for something that’s been shat out of a bird (…no, stop right there @scotty :wink: )

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…well, there was this one nightclub in Bali…

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These days even the lower end of guitars tend to be pretty good - I keep telling YoungAdult#2 that but he still keeps spending his student loan on expensive ones…. :roll_eyes:

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Good lad!

Its never stops… current list includes:

1986 Japanese Fender Strat with BareKnuckle '65 pat-pending hand wound Pick ups
2020 Fender Custom shop '52 blackguard super heavy Relic Tele
2015 Gretsch Duo Jet
2019 Nick Huber Krautster II
1995 Rickenbacker 370/12 WB Custom finish
2005 Rickenbacker 660/12 Amber Fireglo
2022 Gibson Les Paul 60s with Bareknuckle Stormy Monday custom wound PUs
1996 Martin HD28V
2018 Guild USA F5 12 String
2022 Taran Oreval Custom build in Madagascan Rosewood/Adirondack
2022 Mike Vanden Custom build arch top Octave Mandolin (this year Christmas present to myself :wink: )

Dr Z Nas18 Jr
Vox AC15
Blackstar Artisan15 Handwired

Fuck load of pedals

Fuck-all talent

…but make loads of noise

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