Chit-chat on the radio.

What amazes me in these times we live in is the word 'sorry'. It would seem what shockingly bad thing that someone can inflict on another, if you say the magic word.. I'm sorry, then all has been reset as if nothing ever happened.

The amazing Smuggler Telecaster

Nah, it's not mine.

Sometime it puzzles me how people keep their jobs. Is the person that came up with this wacko Telecaster still a Fender employee?

It's a bling thing.

I did it, I did it.

Lewis is about to overtake Michael Shumy's pole position record of 68 with a lot of thanks to Mercedes. Seb is now a confirmed stayer along with the Ice Man at Ferrari. You would have to check the gossip columns to see if Valerie is sticking around for another season. I think he is which makes for a pretty stable top six for next season.
Just what is going on with the pinkies, that was just crazy stuff from Perez tonight. At least our lad Esteban picked up a couple more points and showed some good speed.

An Ibanez Strat when you're not having a Strat.

Looks funky, sounds funky, is funky!!

I sat down today with the Ibanez TM300M Talman just to see how good it was, how it sounded, how well it was finished, how heavy it was along with a couple of other things. Ibanez produce two versions of this, a Prestige model made in Japan and the Standard made in a friendly country elsewhere in that area. Being the cheap ass I am I tried the Standard model.

The Great F-Hole Competition

Clicky for a biggy and a closer look.

If you loved the F1 E'sports Competition then you're going to love The Great F-Hole Competition. No sign-up and no prizes, wha'd yah expect?

Before you are seven variations on the letter F. F holes are what can be commonly found on hollow body jazz-box style guitars. All these guitars are current off-the-shelf instruments. As I already know what F hole belongs to what manufacture, unfortunately I can't enter so if you guess them correctly then you win.

Wow! That didn't take long.

No mention of prize money so I'm out.

Formula 1 Esports Series

Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid.

Look Mum! No hands!

Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid as Junior Brown says. How long will it be before we finally get the humans out of Formula 1? They are just ruining a great sport. I just can't wait to see the pace car, whoops! Safety Car, drive into the kitty litter at Jones. Look Mum! No hands!

Podcast audio and linking test

Just a little touch up.

Yep, shows signs of a little bumping alright.

Sydney Motorsport Park Saturday August 19th. Supermarket car park or racing circuit? Day one of racing saw young Kiwi favourite Scotty McLaughlin take his umpteenth pole of the season only to be fried of the start by fellow Kiwi racer Shane Van Gisbergen.

Soundcloud audio player test.

Sim Racing since its inception.

It was in 1989 that a bunch or coders gave us Indianapolis 500. It was a step up from Space Invaders but not by much. This is a must-see..

Glen Campbell 1936-2017

Glen, doing what he loved.

Like a rind stone cowboy was how most of us knew Glen Campbell but Glen was way more than a singing guitar strummer.

Let's make it fun.

Go Lightning!!

Well we all know it's not fun that is behind Will Davison driving the Lightning McQueen Super Car at the Red Rooster Super Sprint next weekend at SMSP. It's actually money. Supercars are in bed with Disney but just for the one race. It's a pity as we just love it when racing bring us fun.

Yep, it's a pinky.

Pink, the new green.

Sometimes I just don't understand what I'm thinking but this thought has been with me for a while now. A short scale, very short scale, guitar but tuned higher than standard concert pitch. I like to think of standard tuning where A = 440 cps (top string 5th fret) as normal.

Time to make those summer holiday plans.

Do you think Tatnell will be there tonight Doris?

Speedway Australia have announced the tour dates for World Series Sprintcars WSS31. Has it really been thirty years??

Speedweek - SA, Vic
Murrays Machining and Sheds, Murray Bridge Speedway. Rd. 1 December 26
Murrays Machining and Sheds, Murray Bridge Speedway. Rd. 2 December 27
Borderline Speedway, Mt Gambier. Rd. 3 December 28
Avalon Raceway, Geelong. Rd. 4 December 30
Sungold Stadium Premier Speedway, Warrnambool. Rd. 5 January 1
Sunshine Swing - Qld
Ausdeck Patios Archerfield Speedway. Rd. 6 January 3
Ausdeck Patios Archerfield Speedway. Rd. 7 January 5 & 6 - the Australian Sprintcar Open
The Devils Swing - Tas
Gulf Western Independent Oils Raceway, Latrobe. Rd. 8 February 2
Gulf Western Independent Oils Raceway, Latrobe. Rd. 9 February 3
Solo Hobart Speedway. Rd. 10 February 10
The Western Swing - WA
Attwell Park Speedway, Albany. Rd. 11 February 16
Quit Bunbury Speedway. Rd. 12 February 17
Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach. Rd.13 February 24
Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach. Rd. 14 February 25 – Grand Final

Rockers and Rollers

ACDC ex front-man Brian Johnson has taken to is other hobby, race car driving. In this interview where his is promoting his book he talks about the few rollers he has had so far. His latest was a rollover he recently had competing in a celebrity race at Silverstone. Brian was behind the wheel of  a killer Austin A35 when the legs collapsed under him. So would you risk loosing your hearing fronting ACDC or risk your life on the race track?

Six cars, three teams

Esteban, he's quite a tall lad.

So where are the other fourteen cars? At Hungary this week of the 20 starters only six cars completed all the seventy laps and that included everybody's favourite Fernando Alonso some 70+ seconds behind. Well we did loose Hairy Dan on lap one to his team-mate who would have been in the top six if he hadn't come to grief.