My Big Idea - Part 73.6.n.256.1023

Big Brian's Teardrop, apparently

I said before that Simon, the rather cool geezer at Fusion Guitars, had made a Telemaster body which I snapped up and am destined to turn into The Porn Shop One when I get around to it.

And I may even have hinted about other things, I can't remember.

Anyway, I have had a couple of chats with the chap and I am really pleased and stunned that he is going to make me a body that I think will be a groovily cool basis for a Jooky guitar.

This is a big step in some ways as it takes a little of the chaos out of it all, but there we are.

Sooo, what Simon is making for me is a body that has the shape of an old Vox teardrop - one of my all time faves - but is routed more along the lines of a Les Paul Junior, i.e. it will have a wraparound bridge and a single dogear P90, with a single volume knob.   It will be set-up for a nice Strat neck and will maybe made of either ash or mahogany or, err,  some other wood.

OK, I haven't decided that bit yet.
Which is maybe fundamental, but there we are.

It'll take a while anyway, as there is no real panic, but it's nice to have it as a "coming one day soon..."

Either way, it is a bit of a dream guitar for me - I've always wanted a Vox Teardrop, but whenever I've tried them the pickups have left me a wee bit cold, so it's the best of both universes with a (hopefully) better atmos.

Getting Into Shape

The Crowley One
A Shape

I haven't done anything about it as of yet, but I really fancy doing another 'shape' guitar, maybe a Firebird of some kind or a Vee. (The Crowley One scratched the Explorer rash for a while.)

Coming to the end of my parts stockpile means I can start to think about what I'd like to do, as opposed to all the things I wanted to do that I hadn't gotten around to doing and this, along with something Teardrop shaped immediately springs to mind.

Other things I can see me doing are some sort of Rickenbacker shaped guitar - 'inspired' I should say - along the lines of a 620. As with the teardropped One, I don't mean that it will be a clone, just pick up on the outline of it which I've always thought uber cool..

I also fancy doing something offset, but without curves, more plank like and rustic, and then...well, I can go on forever, in truth..

In fact there is a whole whirl going round, and round, and around and sometimes even up and down in my bonce and if I think about it too much I don't actually do anything else, so I tend to ponder, produce a list, and go from there.

As for finishes, there has been less fabric recently, but it hasn't disappeared totally, I just need to come from another angle. I like the metal paints and the leaf finishes too at the moment, and rust and corrosion of all of the above gives some amazing looks and I don't really think I've gotten started with them just yet. I also fancy doing something with acrylics again, and I still haven't had a go with laminates, and then...well, like I say, better to make a list, eh?

La la la

I love doing this.

The Private Collection

Well, I've been thinking for a while about the guitars I actually have to play myself - as in non-Jooky guitars, if that makes sense. The 'Private Collection' as it were. And to be honest I'm not really sure how I feel about them.

Over the last year or two, I hate to think how many guitars I've got thru, and for one reason or another not many of them have 'stuck'.

As it stands then, I have:

1. The Gordon Smith -

This is battered like an old school desk, needs some loving attention, but just feels perfect to me. I need to rewire it, maybe replace one of the pickups, and re-do my temporary repair of the bridge. I'm going to go for a new wraparound I think. Also the tuners I put on haven't proven to be ideal, so I'll probably change them too sometime.

I really like the way I've done the Sophie's Filthy Boots Fuzz in The Tripadelic One, so I am half tempted to do something similar for the Gordo. Two pickups a volume and a Germanium fuzz, sounds good. Maybe a P90 and a PAF type of 'bucker would be a good pairing. The GS pickup sounds grand so that is a keeper, the other one - which I think is a DiMarzio of some type doesn't really do it for me, so I might replace that. Hmmm...decisions.

2. An old Aria acoustic -

One of the horrible plastic backed- Ovation 'inspired' ones.

This is 'sentimental' and although not played too often, isn't going anywhere.

Despite everything it sounds great, is lovely to play and everybody should have an acoustic in the corner somewhere.

It's an electro, but doesn't worked plugged in. Really should have a proper look at why sometime. Even if it is just so I can be lazy and use an electric tuner.

One day....

3. The Busted Dot -

This is the Epiphone Dot that had a neck break, which I repaired. It still has a Mr Bump plaster over the repair. The fix is fine, solid and dandy, and I really like it, so it isn't going anywhere either.

I could do with tidying up the glue I spilt and maybe replacing the pickups with P90s...but I like playing it in my BB King moments and it is worth so little there is no point in selling it on. I could always put a variotone on it of course...

4. The Golden Shower One - I promised myself that I wouldn't keep any of the Jooky guitars (as basically I'd keep all of them given unlimited money, space, sympathy-from-the-family), but for this I made an exception.

I've decided to relax the goldenest of  rules then, and figured I can keep one Jooky for my very ownsome. Whether this proves to be it or maybe The Old Burny One, or something else entirely, time will tell. I need to sort out the fret buzz. I did re-file the nut and that is now perfect but it seems I have a slightly raised fret, so need to do something about that. Which will be a first and involves me getting some tools, I fear.

But back to the point of this and my 'collection' of non-Jooky guitars, well, that is that.

Not a list of top notch guitars really, is it?

Not a Fender, Gibson, Rickie or PRS among them.

No flamey maple or cocobo to marvel at.

In fact they are probably the cheapeast guitars I've ever owned. The Gordo cost £150, the Dot £60, the acoustic £40 12 years ago and the Golden Shower, well I hate to think in the end, but nothing dramatic if you cost time at 1p per hour.

You may also notice that they all need work done on them - which is probably psychologically of interest, especially as my brother is a mechanic and he only fixes his cars when he comes to sell them, so maybe that's the same kind of thing.

As to what guitars I want, well I'm planning on getting a guitar built for me, a Les Paul Junior type of thing - single P90 - but maybe with a different body shape.

Still plotting that, but I figured it would be nice to have at least one guitar to call my own that actually works.... No doubt more on that when it happens, if it happens.

I am also intending to get another Jazzmaster sometime, but to be honest after that I'm really quite happy.

No really.

The Gordo and Golden Shower/Old Burny will have finally cured my Les Paul needs.

The Jazzmaster and scattering of P90s cover all the twangy single coil bobbins.

And the acoustic is nice if I want to play Everybody Hurts.

It might change when I stop making the Jookies though, as there won't be the steady stream of my dream guitars passing thru for me to play weekly-in-and-out. Though saying that, I might actually play guitar a bit more if I don't spend all my days making them.

Heh ho

Missing Inaction?

Upside Down
Boy You're Burnin' Me

Well, as I said the other day, this week is going to be a bit of a missing-inaction kind of time, as family bobbins means I will be out and about a fair bit and there is no chance of any 'progress' as such.

Just thought I'd mention it as if anybody happens to buy one of the guitars, it means that they won't be dispatched until next week - just thought I should point that out...

I am, after all, very professional.
(La la la, ahem)

Of more interest, to me at least, I've now got all the parts I need for The Old Burny One, and everything is en route for The Porn Shop One, which is kinda exciting.

Mr What suggested a Bigsby for it, in the comments, which I'll have a look at, as it might be a nice option. I've tended to avoid them so far, which is odd as I love how they look/sound and I can't really explain why. Hmmm...tempting.

As for other things, it is quite liberating to have caught up on the recent flurry of guitars. I'd been planning most of them since last year, and had parts all over the place, which is cool, but not, err, 'popular' locally. Once the last few are finished, it will hopefully be a bit more one-at-a-time, which is cool, though there will be less guitars, which maybe is or maybe isn't. Depends on whether you want one, I guess.

I've also been asked a few times recently whether I'll take deposits on un-finished guitars, as I know a few people have missed out here and there and I guess would like to make sure they are first-in-the-queue. I don't think I can do that though, as it puts a bit of pressure on me to finish them - which takes the fun out of it - and I guess people would like to have some input into 'their' guitar, which again spoils it for me. Call it selfish if you like, me? I call it art sugar. (La la la)

The truth is, I'm not cut out for doing custom orders, life is too complicated and it kills the buzz. I think Geoff and Andy will verify that...

But there we are, I always say you have to be quick if you want one of these guitars, and it is pretty much true. Most of them go in a few days, which means I wear a lot of black and look mournfilled most of the time... Whatever a mourn may be.

Tooled Up

Well, The Moulin Rouge One is off to pastures new, so we're back to two for sale, which oddly still feels like a lot.

I'm starting a book on which will go next and the current favourite locally is The Tripadelic One (I thought maybe the Grecian 201 One myself as it has two pickups, but what do I know. The Sophie's Filthy Boots Fuzz might swing it though as it is rather a lot of fun. Heh ho, whatever.)

In other news I have made a move toward increased efficientness. I know most people won't find this too exciting, but I had a major productivity breakthrough yesterday as I finally moved into the industrial age.

Nope not a sooty factory, shoving the brats up the chimney and a dose of something nastypainfilled. for recreational purposes, I mean I got a drill.

And man, this is going to change my life.

All those little holes I have to make, and usually use a drill bit wrapped in insulation tape or a bit of plastic, they will be so easy now.

Yep, I've bought a proper old Stanley Handraulic Drill, it's going to be awesome

Next Week I discover that screwdrivers work better than old florins

WIP: The Bye Bye Buy One

Well, the last few weeks - despite my expectations - have gone quite well in Jooky terms, and I've managed to pick off a few guitars. Which is cool, it has to be said.

Though don't ask me about couriers, I really don't want to talk about those shysters.

But back en-topica, we're into the home straight of the school holibobs and there are family things that mean not a lot more will be done for a week or so, so today I figured it would be nice to get The Bye Bye Buy One as far as I can.

To that end I've lacquered the corroded copperness of the top and the corroded polka dottedness of the back and put it back together as far as the neck, tuners and bits that need screws go.

I've still not got pickups and am replacing the electronics entirely, as I tend to, but that'll be another day so I'm not worrying too much about that right now. I've got enough solder scars as it is.

And I have to say, I'm rather chuffed with the finish. This Corrosion (oh the Sisters of Mercy) bobbins really works for me at the moment.  There are so many possibilities it is quite lovely and deeply fulfilling. I just need to get some red paint and doilies and I'll be set for the winter.

So The Bye Bye Buy One, well, I haven't got a clue what I'll do with it, but it is fun, which is good enough for me.

As for other thingies, did I mention I've ordered/acquired all the parts I was missing for The Old Burny and Porn Shop Ones?

I don't know, but I have and it will give the local posties something else to whine about. Plentymuch parcels to be dropped, stamped on and left in ditches.

Other than that I've still not sorted the tuners and a pickup for The Drip Dry One, but there we are. Can't do it all, eh?

I know I've said this before, but the Autumn/Winter is going to be a bit calmer and there will be a lot less guitars (which is probably funny compared to most 'builders') as it worries me that I've already done more this year than I did in the whole of last.

I have to be careful, I can't rely on The Fat Old Man buying all of them, he has a wife and a 3D telly to support these days, after all.

All good stuff though...

La la la.

Pondering The Porn Shop One

Well, I said a while back that I had snapped up a Red Cedar Telemaster body from Simon at Fusion Guitars and quite naturally have been dithering ever since about what exactly I'm going to do with it.

To recap, this is an imaginary cross between a Jazzmaster - the outline - and a Telecaster - the rest - which Fender never made but perhaps should have done.

Kind of like their Pawn Shop guiitars, but cooler.

I'm not sure where the idea originated, probably with somebody playing with Photoshop at work when bored, but there we are.

Anyway, for once they are the best of both worlds, and I've long fancied having a go.

And now I can.

Well, since then I've mentioned it a few times, mulled-over various ideas and generally not made too many binding decisions.

Same as normal really.

However, I've since got it straight and have been collecting the bobbins I'll need.

From the top then, it is going to have:

1. The Fusion carved Red Cedar body. What does Red Cedar sound like? I don't know, but can't wait to find out. So next...

2. A lovely one-piece maple/maple Telecaster neck. I'd been edging towards rosewood, but I think a Tele should twang and sing, and the maple helps, so...

3. A proper old school ashtray bridge, with cover. I'm going for a Wilkinson one, as basically I loved the one on Lulu. Again we will also be getting stealthy and hiding a pickup under the blank scratchplate at the neck.

On Lulu it was a P90, with this it will either be an overwound Novak Jazzmaster pickup - which seems fitting, but if that doesn't cut it a hottish humbucker.  The pickup at the bridge is likely to be a Bare Knuckle Boss, or maybe a Yardbird, or a Brown Sugar. One of them anyway.

In truth I'm thinking about the humbucker at the neck to give some extra tone options. We'll see. I'll probably try both and go with whichever sounds best.

5. It will have a blank scratchplate at the neck, by that I mean that there won't be a hole cut in it for the pickup to peek out of.

Tuners I was thinking locking, but instead decided I'd go with the vibe and have ordered some nickel Kluson style ones. Again Wilkinson, and I might go for a bit of ageing, as I will with the ash tray bridge as it happens.

7. More importantly I've decided that I'm definitely going for a new variation on a rusting iron finish. I love the look of the corroded Bronze I did on The Grecian 201 One, but rust just seems to work for this. Though it is a tough call between that and the copper sulphate blue a completely corroded copper finish offers. No, the rust, it is going to be rusty - end-of. or maybe the blue. But rust, it has to be rust.

8. Other than that it will be standard Tele controls - though with Gretsch knobs which always look cool unless I can get some bakelite ones

So there we are, what is destined to be The Porn Shop One, coming soon as I get around to it, at an Emporium probably nowhere near you.

Taking Stock Again

I Could Be Yours

Well, well and quite well in truth, it seems we have three guitars for sale, something that has happened only once before I think. And then not for long.

In a way it is quite nice as I have three new guitars to play with a clear conscience, but in another I always get lazy once there are some in-the-bag.

You Can Have Me

Moving forward then, I'm still missing parts for The Old Burny One, waiting for pretty much everything for The Porn Shop One, and searching for inspiration as far as The Bye Bye Buy One goes. As for The Drip Dry One, I've kinda lost track of that somewhat. What did I need? Ah, a humbucker, bridge, tuners, that was it. I remember now. Is it me or are the names getting ever sillier?

Other than those nearly-dones, I've reached the bottom of my parts mountain now, and have no more bodies or necks lay around waiting for me to decide what to do. Well, there is the Parquet Tele Body, but I'm ignoring it for now. That is a good thing as I had had a bit of a spree and then got snowblind.

Me too
For Money or Favours

Going forward then, it is going to be more of a one-at-a-time thing I think. I like the idea of getting Simon at Fusion to make me another body or two, and maybe to start stretching things a wee bit in terms of what we do. The Telemaster set me thinking and there are a few other things I'd like to explore apart from Strats, Teles and Offset guitars.

As it happens, I finally got my finger out and have ordered the bits I was missing for The Old Burny One so there can be no more excuses really.

I do need to flog something again though to carry on this journey/crusade/dalliance - so if anybody  fancies making an offer or wants to do a part-ex, now is a really good time :)

La la la

Sold: The Grecian 201 One

Moody, arty shot that is utterly pointless

Taking its lead from a time-stained sculpture, The Grecian 201 One has an aged and corroded Bronze finish. A variety of chemicals have been used to create a genuinely patinated and cracked surface, which is truly stunning. The scratchplate has been coated with a rough finish copper that itself will age over time.

In terms of the sounds, The Grecian 201 One has a pair of Kent Armstrong Hot Lipstick pickups, which not only jangle, but give a beautiful SRV-soaked bluesy tone. At the bridge is a GFS ‘Hot Liverpool’ Retrotron, which can be coil-tapped using a mini toggle switch.

A left handed neck complete the picture and the guitar just sounds awesome.

This is the first guitar to feature one of our “Pam’s Baywatch Bronze” finishes.

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To be clear, The Grecian 201 One is an utterly unique guitar, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than a slo-mo run across the pebbled beach at Clevedon. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.




To treat yourself very well and buy The Grecian 201 One, along with a tweedy hardcase, delivered to your day (in the UK at least) for a quite stupid £399, simply click on the big yellow button before somebody else does. And they will, they always do...

*** SOLD ****

Technical Stuff:

Type: Pam’s Baywatch Bronze finish, Lulu’s Copper Top scratchplate

Electrics: Kent Armstrong Hot Lipstick pickups, GFS Hot Liverpool Retrotron

Guitar Type: Fender Stratocaster

Construction: Alder body, Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard, corroded metallic paint.

Strings: Nickel 10s

Output: ¼” Guitar Lead

Controls: Single Volume, Single Tone, 5-Way Switch

Special Stuff: Certificate of Authenticity, Builder Signed and Numbered, All Wrapped with our Trademark Jooky Wrapping.

Serial Number: JGE#37

RSP: £499

Sort of Introducing The Grecian 201 One to the Family

Well it was a spurt, a late spurt, but a spurt that nonetheless saw me drag my act together and finish The Grecian 201 One last night. I blame Sky+ and a greater than average rainfall in the local area.

The Tripadelic, Grecian 201 and Moulin Rouge Ones

Anywaysup, in between swearing at couriers yesterday, I'm pleased to say that my lovely antiquated bronze baby is all together and sounding rather neat. Proper fotos will follow when the light shines again, but here are the unholy trinity...

But The Grecian 201 One, from the top then, let me introduce you to my latest trick, featuring or maybe even revelling in the mud of the glory that is having:

1. An Alder Strat body, but not just any Alder Strat body, this is

2. An Alder Strat body ladled with reactive bronze enriched paint. In fact it is

3. An Alder Strat body ladled with reactive bronze enriched paint that has been tortured with acid, varnished, corroded and generally mistreated in ways too evil and vile to comprehend.

4. A maple neck with a rosewood scratchplate. Left handed for your pleasure, flipped upside down for your delectation.

5. Gotoh tuners, Wilkinson bridge/tremthing

6. A raw copper leafed scratchplate

7. A GFS Retrotron Hot Liverpool humbucker at the bridge, coil taps being provided via a mini-switch thingie

8. Two Hot Lipstick Kent Armstrong Lippy pickups

All of which means that The Grecian 201 One jangles as well as grooves and generally has lots of cool, hot and interesting tones for you to extract, if ever you get to play with her.

So there we are. And man is she fotogenic-like.
What a girl
What a battered babe.

Three little Jookies, standing in a row

WIP: The Grecian 201 One

Well, as we're paddling in the uncommon waters of having two Jooky guitars for sale at once, it probably seems perverse that I'm getting closer today to expanding the harem, but there we are.

As you may be able to notice, my bridge, tuners and neck all arrived yesterday for The Grecian 201 One and I am halfway thru spoodling them.

The Gotoh tuners I've gone for mean that I need to ream out the holes in the headstock a wee bit.

As you can see I've done a couple but managed to lacerate my finger in the process, so gave up for a while.

Maybe the kids will do it for me later...

After that there is a bit of wiring to be looked into and probably screwed up and then we aren't too far away.

I'm really loving the knackered bronze look of this one.

After that, I really need to get on and finish The Old Burny One. I've ordered the bits I need and got the lacquer, so hopefully it won't be long now.

I know I won't get it sorted during the summer holibobs as was the plan, but such is life...

The Moulin Rouge One, and other bobbins

Well, it took a while in the end, but I'm pleased to introduce to you, my sweet baby The Moulin Rouge One. And what a hot and heavy wee girl she is too.

From the top, my latest trick is a Classic Custom Telecaster design and features:

- An alder body, smothered in variegated and then patinaified gold leaf

- She has a rusted iron covered scratchplate

- A maple neck with a roseywood fretboard

- Wilkinson EZ lock tuners, graphite saddled err, fixed bridge thing

- A PRS P90 soapbar at the neck, which as a wise man once said - is sex-in-your-face

- A Bare Knuckle Holy Diver humbucker at the bridge

- Les Paul-esque switches and knobs for twiddling purposes

Playing, well as expected as a whole symphony of different sounds and can be tweaked in many directions. I really love the PRS P90s (I may have mentioned that), but this is a first for me as far as the BK Holy Diver goes and it is seriously hot and loud. Thru a nice wee valve amp this really does the business.

In summary, this is my attempt to do the BFG thing, but err, with a Telecaster instead of a Les Paul and with a finish in stead of just bare wood. But there we are, I never said I was accurate.
So there we are, rock 'n' roll..

In other news, the neck showed-up for The Grecian 201 One, and amazingly it fitted without me getting blisters with the sandpaper. I also got some nice Gotoh tuners and a bridge which means that tomorrow I can move onto warmer climes... Looking forward to a bit of jingle to go with me jangle..

La la laaaa

Sold: The Moulin Rouge One

About The Moulin Rouge One

The Moulin Rouge One is a new departure for the Emporium, featuring both one of our beautiful, variegated and then patinated  ‘Marilyn Golden Tops’ for the body and headstock and our not-yet-quite-patented ‘Cilla’s Rusty Iron’ finishes for the scratchplate. All of which are protected by first coats of acrylic and then nitro lacquers.

The guitar is of course based on the Fender Telecaster Custom, but with a few twists. Tuners and bridge are both takes on traditional parts and work perfectly and come from Wilkinson.

As far as the pickups go, these are a P90 Soapbar taken from a PRS SE One, which is one of our favourites as far as P90s go, and at the bridge is a handwound Bare Knuckle ‘Holy Sinner’ which is breathtakingly cool in a hot kind of way. We’re really pleased with the combination of these pickups and they overlap beautifully, giving every rock tone you can think of and a few more for goodly measure.

All in all, it is a unique looking and sounding guitar. You could say it has it all.

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To be clear, The Moulin Rouge One is an utterly unique guitar, and there will never, ever, be another made. It is signed and numbered, entirely hand built and finished cooler than a pleasant night in a Somerset field. There will genuinely never be another guitar like this and past experience suggests that it won’t be around for long.


Technical Stuff:

Type: Marilyn’s Gold Top, Cilla’s Rusty Iron Scratchplate

Electrics: PRS SE One P90 Soapbar, Bare Knuckle Holy Sinner humbucker

Guitar Type: Fender Telecaster Custom

Construction: Variegated Gold Leaf Finish to the body and headstock. Rusted Iron Finish to the scratchplate. Alder body, Maple neck, Rosewood scratchplate.

Strings: Nickel 10s

Output: ¼” Guitar Lead

Controls: Dual Volume, Dual Tone, Three-way Switch

Special Stuff: Certificate of Authenticity, Builder Signed and Numbered, All Wrapped with our Trademark Jooky Wrapping.

Serial Number: JGE#34

RSP: £499 SOLD

More Progress on The Bye Bye Buy One

An impressionistically drugged up front

Actually, there wasn't much progress at all as it happens. I lacquered and generally messed with the front of the guitar for more of an abstracty arty kind of look, which you'll either prefer or loathe.

Life's like that after all.

And once that had more or less dried I copperified and acid-rained over the rear of the thing...

Other than that, nothing much arrived in the post - tuners, which are  neither here nor over there and The Grecian 201 One is still neckless, which is traumatic to say the littlest.

Still, the 'morrow is another day...

An ozone hating acid fried behind

Bye, Bye 1980s...

Step 1: Find a girl you love

Well, I thought I was there with The Moulin Rouge One, and then I noticed that the pickup ring was broken. Being a chap in possession of a bit between what is left of his molars, I took it back to pieces to fit a new one, before I realised I err, didn't have one to fit. Just big chunky monster ones. Which was a tad annoying. And so I await yet another part.

Typical, but there we are.

Looking around, I thought I'd take stock of where I am with everything...

Firstly, I noticed that The Old Burny One needs lacquer, plastics and a bridge. I haven't got any of those to hand, so...

Secondly, The Drip Dry One is missing a pickup and some tuners. Haven't got them either, so...

Thirdly, the neck for The Grecian 201 One never arrived Saturday, or the bridge and tuners, come to that, but hopefully they will show up in today's post, whenever that arrives. Can't do a lot until they do though, so...

Step 2: Throw acid in her face

Fourthly, I realised that there was indeed not a lot I could do yesterday so I might as well do something else.

Five minutes later and bored of cooking, gardening, entertaining the brats, my gaze turned toward The Little Red Charvette and I vaguely pondered.

Now this is missing a few parts as well, but unlike the others there was some stuff I could do to save my sanity. OK, that's a bit ambitious. But, ignoring the as yet unscavenged parts for this one - I'm going with a lippy single coil and a Filtron or P90 when I get around to it - what I could do was strip it down and smother it with copper paint, and then generally degrade it chemically. And, hopefully as you can see from the snaps, so I did.

As for today, I'll probably lacquer the top of the Charvette, before I copperify the back (it is still fluro-orange at the moment) and then it is back to waiting-for-parts, all over again.. I need a name for this one though, hmmm.

Something typically '80s that signifies the image over substance belief in the flash, overheated consumer and corporate greed driven thirst for unsustainable credit that ultimately fell about our ears.

The Bye Bye Buy One,
there that wasn't so tricky.

Then it's just a case of waiting for the postie, I guess.

Ah, that Monday morning feeling.
So many things to do, but none of them ready-to-go.
Might as well have a coffee.