Friday 12 September 2008

The weekend!


I am Home Alone this weekend. Well not quite. I am Home Alone with the kids.


My wife is off to visit her dad for the weekend, leaving me to deal with the ravening hordes at home. She won't be back until some time Monday, so I booked the day off so I can see them off, do the dog and make sure the house isn't too much of a bomb site for when the Lady of the House returns.


The kids are a pretty good bunch, really, so long as I keep them supplied with food and drink they are happy to amuse themselves most of the time.


The plan is to fend off the kids long enough for me to get the router going on the V-Bass, making the holes the right size for the pickups. Then I can do the wiring, make sure it all works and do a temporary "not-very-pretty-but functional" job on it so I can play it and see if anything needs tweaking before I do the final work of permanently attaching the switches, nobs, pickups and, last but not least, the shiny metal plate on the front to hide the holes and wires and make it look mean!


Think Phil Lynott's guitar, but V-shaped:


Hey, he stole my strap!

If all goes to plan I will be posting a vblog of myself playing the V in its "not-very-pretty-but functional" form on Tuesday!


That is if all goes to plan...


If not, I will probably be posting a vblog of myself ranting about what has gone wrong...


Wish me luck!

19 comments:

Ali said...

Tuesday?

Ha! I'll believe it when I see it.

Tease.

:)

Good luck with the kidlets!

Rock Chef said...

Ali - No I need to work out how to post the video so that you, and only you, can't watch it ;-)

tz said...

but will you be wearing the leather pants?

Rock Chef said...

tz - Um, no...

tz said...

hahaha, ok, still looking forward to seeing the video, I don't think Ali should be the only one in on the fun

terri said...

I didn't know who Phil Lynott was! Had to look him up on Google to find out he was in Thin Lizzy. I of course am anxiously awaiting the debut of Chief Rock Chef in concert! I just hope TZ doesn't toss her panties on stage!

Hope your weekend goes well with the kids. Have fun!

Rock Chef said...

Terri - I can't see there being any undie throwing - maybe the odd virtual tomato!

Ali said...

Oh man, if I ever get my hands on you John, you're going to be sorry!

Sombody a-gonna gett-a hurt reeeeeeeal bad!

LOL :)

Rock Chef said...

Ali - What did I say?

Teresa said...

Anxiously waiting!!

Enjoy your time with the kiddos. I'm sure you'll have fun!

amazingbrenda said...

I though that was you for a second. Just kidding. Yay video!!!

Have a great weekend with your kids. Hope your wife has a good time.

Jen said...

Cupcakes, vodka and wine oughta do it for the weekend. And a fabulous pair of stilettos.

Oh. Wait. That's MY weekend!

Have fun, Chief Rock Chef!

kenady said...

Good luck! Waiting patiently for the next 3 days!

Marie said...

Hope you're having a good week-end and that it's all going well with the V-Bass. Looking forward to seeing the video.

Kiki said...

Oh, count me in too, I can't wait to see the video either!!!!

Sid said...

Good luck.

Jack and Jill said...

Patiently waiting!

Sitting In Silence said...

Are we still waiting for the V Blog ! LMAO

Um Naief said...

glad to know it all worked out and you were able to get everything hooked up...

only hope my puter starts getting back on track so i can give it a listen...