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Lads stay safe and may your axes be dry after it all blows over... Yes, the Orange People are special kinda guys and gals to go out when the weather's the worst - storms, cyclones, floods and to top it all off run searches and traffic details during bushfires in the heat of summer. Where would we be without them?
@lawry - hope everything is ok with you and yours. Stay safe.
Cheers,
Gav.
Hope all is well Lawry, stay safe!
Wild night last night but all is well. Cyclone Dylan crossed the coast at Hideaway Bay (about 1.5 hours drive away) and gave us lots of wind but not too much rain. At its peak the wind was deafening and I could feel the house shaking but it was nowhere near as bad as some we've been through. So... apart from a bit of a clean up of tree litter all is good. The next big event is at 11:00 am today when the high tide and storm surge combine. The tide is going to be 6.4 meters with another 1 metere storm surge on top of that, so the lower lying areas will definitely go under. We live about 100 metres from the beach but on a rise, so we won't be affected. Might go rubbernecking though :-)
Thanks to all for your well-wishes.
@Tony. How did you fare?
Cheers
Hi Lawry,
Really well mate. The dip at the last minute down took a lot off,(almost a non event) Always rougher south of the eye.
They got over 400mm in the Pioneer river catchment last night so I thing you guys may catch a lot of water coming down the river backed up from the storm tide.
good luck Tony and Lozza with the wild weather, stay safe and best of luck, sounds like the worst of it is over
Was hoping to go into work and do a bit of building on the fretless yesterday but couldn't get in because the only road out of where I live was cut off by the high tide, storm surge and winds. Hopefully it will be open today, I'm itching to make some progress.
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Far out Lawry, some wild looking weather you got there.
The weather has been holding up my build as well. We are heading for 42 here today (Port Lincoln, SA).
Way too hot to be out in the shed mucking around with guitars!
Cheers
Andy
Can't argue with that statement, Andy. 41 is damn unpleasant and you don't want to get sweat drops all over the guitar. Although, it may evaporate before it hits the bench. Sorta like virga. I think you'd be much better off drinking beer.
Huzzah! Finally got to do some work on the fretless.
Have put the deep colour coat of burning sun onto the spalted cap of the body and headstock. Man that stuff is thirsty. It soaked up so much colour that I don't think I'll put on another coat. Some of the glue and machining marks are a bit evident but I can't sand anymore without going through the cap. Still, it looks pretty damn good. Also cut out the required maple veneer strips and glued them into the fret slots.
Here's the body and headstock.
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