About this blog title

I cannot tell you how many times I have shown up at events with a couple of cameras around my neck, a gadget bag full of odds & ends and a lighting kit and have been asked that question. If it happened once every few years, that would be one thing. But it happens a LOT. It's like getting pulled over by the police and he's standing there with uniform, gun, flashing lights and asking him "Are you a cop?" I would love to come back with a witty reply, such as "No, I am Jesus. Don't you recognize my beard?" However, I cannot be that rude.


Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts

Friday, June 13, 2025

I Install New Schaller Guitar Tuning Machines on Guild Mark V Guitar

 Thursday June 112, 2025

Beautifully packaged Schaller Hauser style classical guitar tuning machines.
I installed new Schaller guitar tuning mchines on my 1984 Guild Mark V classical guitar. The instrument fell over last Saturday and bent the original machines. I ordered replacement machines from StewMac.com located in Athens, Ohio. Placed the order online Saturday evening and the machines arrived the following Thursday. Very quick service. I purchased the Hauser style gold machines. They appeared on the website to be identical to the originals on my guitar. The new ones fit PERFECTLY. No new screw holes to drill or anything. Took old ones off and new ones fit perfectly, screw holes lined up precisely. Swapping out the machines and putting on new strings took me 30 to 40 minutes. Easy. 

New machines set in place in guitar peg head. Old machines bottom. 

New tuning machines by Schaller. Beautiful. 

Detail of New tuning machines by Schaller. Beautiful. 

New tuning machines by Schaller were perfect fit. Original screw holes
aligned precisely with them. 


Monday, August 22, 2022

Female Cardinal and Goldfinch photos at Bird Feeder August 17, 2022

A female Cardinal and a Gold Finch at the bird feeder behind our home in Chaumont, NY. 

 Here are a couple of photos I snapped of a female Cardinal and a Gold Finch at the bird feeder behind our home in Chaumont, NY. I used a Sony a6600 camera with Minolta 500mm F8, auto focus mirror lens. It was attached to the camera with the Sony LA-EA 5lens adapter. 

A female Cardinal and a Gold Finch at the bird feeder behind our home in Chaumont, NY.