Obviously there isn't much going on Jookywards, but my little practice sesh with the veneer went better than hoped so I'm going to make a start on The Gypsy One in oddly grabbed moments.
I've also made a beginning toward getting some parts for it and have gone for a set of Bare Knuckle Yardbirds and another set of Brown Sugars which should be nice and warm whichever way they fall, I would think.
I've gone trad on the bridge and tuners, have a maple/maple neck and there we are. I suppose a rosewood 'board would have made more sense, but what the hell, I'm not exactly interested in building a clone of Mr Harrisons or the like.
As for the New Year well I think I've said before that this year's planning is based on the third law of the see-what-happens principle of Jookiness, but I don't doubt it will involve a few guitars here and over there-ish.
Totting up, there were 24 new Jookies in 2011, and I think that is probably too many for one so slack, so 2012 will be a lighter load. It's about art after-all, sugary one, not production stats.
One lovely thing, I just noticed I'd got an email, and the above foto is of the Gorman boys with The Lulu and Porn Shop Ones in the old school science block where they all live together - kinda like the Partridge family, but post-puberty. Obviously they re-decorated the place themselves.
Now, they are a couple of guitars I'm proud of, and nice to see that Chris (henceforth 'Chas') and Dave have taken the whole Movember thingie to extremes. Cool chaps both and I'm rather pleased that they got the guitars as they are top fellas indeedy.
Plus, of course, they can play them better than me, which isn't a great claim-to-infamy, but there we are.
If you haven't already, tis well worth checking out Gorman, btw. You can hear some cool tunes HERE.
Happy Crimbulmus to two and all over the place, like.
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