Comments for Our Lady of the Spiral Notebook http://korywells.com Our Lady of the Spiral Notebook Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 korywells/commentshttp://feedburner.google.com Comment on Yay! A New Year, and My 2011 Favorites in Books, Music and Techy Stuff by Sheila http://korywells.com/2011/12/yay-a-new-year-and-my-2011-favorites-in-books-music-and-techy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Sheila Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:24:22 +0000 http://korywells.com/?p=1039#comment-120 Ah, yes, I see it now. It's darker than I expected, and before I looked closely at the picture, it looked like it had a spike or something, which I now realize is the back of the chair, covered in dark cloth. What fun! Ah, yes, I see it now. It’s darker than I expected, and before I looked closely at the picture, it looked like it had a spike or something, which I now realize is the back of the chair, covered in dark cloth.

What fun!

]]> Comment on Yay! A New Year, and My 2011 Favorites in Books, Music and Techy Stuff by Kory http://korywells.com/2011/12/yay-a-new-year-and-my-2011-favorites-in-books-music-and-techy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Kory Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:57:59 +0000 http://korywells.com/?p=1039#comment-119 Thanks, Sheila! I'm so proud of my honey (as I call him) for building this. He is a woodworker, but had never attempted an instrument before. I helped, and we both learned so much. The washtub provides the side and back of the bass - you can see the galvanized material just a little on the right side in this photo. When we were building it, although we had an approximate design to follow that I'd found on the web, I thought there was a good chance it wouldn't even tune up like it should. I mean, who were we to build an INSTRUMENT? And we did have to make a minor adjustment a time or two when we first got the strings on it, but it tunes up nicely, stays in tune, and for my purposes - plunking out the bass line on some old-time and country tunes - it sounds amazingly decent. I absolutely love it. As I said, I am going to do a blog about it - I took photos all the way through the building process, and hope to provide a video then (although I'm still not quite ready for prime time!). Thanks, Sheila! I’m so proud of my honey (as I call him) for building this. He is a woodworker, but had never attempted an instrument before. I helped, and we both learned so much. The washtub provides the side and back of the bass – you can see the galvanized material just a little on the right side in this photo.

When we were building it, although we had an approximate design to follow that I’d found on the web, I thought there was a good chance it wouldn’t even tune up like it should. I mean, who were we to build an INSTRUMENT? And we did have to make a minor adjustment a time or two when we first got the strings on it, but it tunes up nicely, stays in tune, and for my purposes – plunking out the bass line on some old-time and country tunes – it sounds amazingly decent. I absolutely love it.

As I said, I am going to do a blog about it – I took photos all the way through the building process, and hope to provide a video then (although I’m still not quite ready for prime time!).

]]> Comment on Yay! A New Year, and My 2011 Favorites in Books, Music and Techy Stuff by Sheila http://korywells.com/2011/12/yay-a-new-year-and-my-2011-favorites-in-books-music-and-techy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Sheila Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:05:07 +0000 http://korywells.com/?p=1039#comment-117 I can't believe that "washtub" bass! Where's the washtub? It's beautiful. Hope it sounds as great as it looks. I can’t believe that “washtub” bass! Where’s the washtub? It’s beautiful. Hope it sounds as great as it looks.

]]> Comment on Yay! A New Year, and My 2011 Favorites in Books, Music and Techy Stuff by Kory http://korywells.com/2011/12/yay-a-new-year-and-my-2011-favorites-in-books-music-and-techy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Kory Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:36:12 +0000 http://korywells.com/?p=1039#comment-116 We definitely need a local outlet for Yay! enthusiasm, Dianne! We definitely need a local outlet for Yay! enthusiasm, Dianne!

]]> Comment on Yay! A New Year, and My 2011 Favorites in Books, Music and Techy Stuff by Kory http://korywells.com/2011/12/yay-a-new-year-and-my-2011-favorites-in-books-music-and-techy-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Kory Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:35:32 +0000 http://korywells.com/?p=1039#comment-115 Thanks for stopping by, Alisha! I'd never seen the Yay! stuff before, either, but the sentiment is rather infectious, I think. Did you happen to see Hugh on "Great Performances" on public TV on New Year's Eve? It was a whole show about that CD, and I smiled the whole time. That groove just does something to me! All best to you in the new year! I always look forward to posts from your blog! Thanks for stopping by, Alisha! I’d never seen the Yay! stuff before, either, but the sentiment is rather infectious, I think.

Did you happen to see Hugh on “Great Performances” on public TV on New Year’s Eve? It was a whole show about that CD, and I smiled the whole time. That groove just does something to me!

All best to you in the new year! I always look forward to posts from your blog!

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