The plan 'B' guitars came in. So did the plan 'A' guitars. Sigh... I've got a lot of cheap electric guitars. With a few minutes tweaking, some of 'em aren't too bad either. But dang, I'm running out of cases. I've got guitars in the cellar, guitars in the attic, guitars in the bathroom. But not enough cases to last more than about two days.

Never quite understood the appeal of the Fender Stratocaster. That's basically what most of these cheap guitars look like. Even counting the fact that Jimi played one. They were designed to be cranked out of factories by the millions for about 50 bucks cost to manufacture. The most influential of the bolt-on neck style, based purely on cost. Sometimes you have to take the thing apart to change a string. Bad design. Still people want 'em and the factories are still cranking them out, but the factories are on the other side of the globe these days.

The family room light turned out to be a much harder task than originally envisioned. Between the light switch and the light (i.e. where I have to run all the wires) turns out to be a very complex structural component of the house. I'm gonna' haveta' chisel a small groove on the side to run my wires. But the process of discovery led to huge chunks of wall being removed in the laundry. That'll all haveta' be re-done before all is well again.