As someone with not a ton of exposure to this topic, it's heartbreaking to hear about the environment that these people grow up in, and how life they are robbed of by an institution of fear and control. I cannot imagine how difficult it must be to break free of the cycle when everything and everyone you've ever known is working against you do hard. I'm glad that their children are thriving in school and showing them that all that effort and grief was for a reason.
offthecrossbar
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It would actually be an incredible power move to gig with a sweet guitar covered in smudged signatures from a famous band that you don't really know / have an appreciation for. Still, I'm glad it made its way to you, thanks for sharing!
Oh yeah, they're definitely built to last! I love that they're made from unused car upholstery too. I got my girlfriend one of the camera straps as a gift a couple years ago and I think they may even be a little overbuilt for that haha
Thank you! I initially was planning on swapping them out for more traditional jazzmaster single coils but I fell in love with the sounds you can get out of the these. I mostly play indie and powerpop type music and they're perfect for that
In a surprise twist, the pickups in the J Mascis models are constructed more like p90s than typical jazzmaster pickups, with bar magnets along the bottom and the adjustable screw pole pieces. Guess they figured jazzmaster pickups weren't confusing enough people as is! ๐
Is that an offset on a rug that I spy?? Sweet build! A lot of offset tele bodies look kinda strange to me but this one just feels right. Love the grain on the body.
Well said. Honestly while I'm sure many, especially those that have made it here, would have paid an ongoing subscription for a perpetually unshittified Reddit / other social media, the VAST majority of users are going to flock to a free version. We didn't get where we are by accident.
Not lurking is such a hard habit to break. Especially with the way Reddit sorts comments, I'm so used to clicking into a thread to find some insightful discussion or hilarious joke that had already been made. But I'm trying my best, even by writing this comment!
I always feel the same way, but hey, even hearing you say that helps me feel seen and I'd say that's pretty worthwhile for an Internet comment, isn't it?
THE_PACK RIDES ON. YOU CAN'T MISS WHAT NEVER DIES BROTHER AROOOOOOOOO
Send him to the shadow realm
I think I probably ran consistently for at least 3 years before signing up for a race ever occured to me, haha. I think I eventually signed up for a Thanksgiving 10k, and while I was very comfortable with the distance, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing in terms of race day logistics. I was home from college at the time and I had forgotten my running shorts so I ended up running in my brother's sweatpants which were A) pants and B) much too large for me. Additionally, I had not put together that I wouldn't have a place to store anything and had brought a drawstring bag with me from the car so I ran the whole race with that bouncing around behind me, pants billowing in the wind ๐