Thanks! I was hoping to hear something like this. I'm still kinda caught between the two because after some more window shopping I've realized there are bandsaw options that are not much more costly than a decent scrollsaw. I've worked on a few more projects since posting this and continue to make the big cuts with a cordless jigsaw and some creative maneuvering and clamping on a slotted table. I just mention this because even there the burning comes up. Not a factor for these kind of projects since all those cut surfaces get carved or sanded away; but it definitely highlights the need for slowing down, as you said.

I don't know if this translates to the body and weight distribution of yours, but for the shorty the only position that really works (for me of course) is having the thing propped up by the bottom of the body on the thigh opposite of my fretting hand, and keeping a straight back, and keeping the thing leaning forward so that at it is engaging the strap. I think it's similar to the classical guitar posture, but relying on the strap and the forward lean to keep it in place since there's not enough guitar body to keep it perched otherwise.

I got a hofner shorty for keeping up practice on the road. My need was basically just for something near a full scale neck that could be tossed in a backpack as carry on luggage.

I would describe the shorty as textbook Stockholm syndrome. It is not comfortable to use until you find just the right position to perch it on your leg. It sounds mediocre to shit plugged in, but i never use it amped so, whatever. The thing is incredibly neck heavy, so in my opinion a strap that connects at the headstock is a must. Also recommend heavy strings if you want it to stay in tune for days at a time. When I'm stuck with it i spend the first day cursing it, second day accepting it, and after that i feel like it's serving its purpose.

Not sure i would actually recommend it, but if you just want a traveling fretboard for less than 200, it certainly is that.

No prob. Ive been doing it this way for a few years, and ive been through the full lifecycle of several species. Since im in a temperate climate i do move them outside for late spring through early autumn since there's so much rain and humidity. But the really tiny species spend their whole life in the terrarium.

Thanks so much for sharing this. A few months ago I was looking up these kits on ebay and was floored to see how much they go for. The pirate sets are some of my favorite and earliest memories. I remember getting the Cross Bone Clipper and playing with that thing daily for maybe two years.

You could call it that. The most direct analogy is RDP, or even a kvm. It's a remote session to another machine, but under the hood it's using the fast and efficient video codecs, h264 or hevc. It's also good about piping audio from the remote machine to whatever you're using locally.

I'm also hoping to dump windows. I spent a week trying to get my usb interface working with guitar rig running in wine bottles. I was getting nowhere with it just fell back to using the windows box remotely.

Yep, same. I would add that if you get a compatible usb sata enclosure and run the OS off that the performance improvement is tangible, but i still felt it wasnt worth running nextcloud this way. Even on a pentium nuc i feel this just barely put nextcloud over the acceptable threshold.