down on luck?

yea probably. not sure whats going on but this year has been pretty rough so far.

lets start on the updates from the previous post abt my fender 54rs strat. 1stly, it isnt really a fender, nor is it a re issue. i went to music connection to get my N&M pickups swapped out and the guy told me the guitar was custom made. the guy who bought it from him (believe it or not the original shop who made the guitar has seen its works come back to him lol) had him ship in the body from all parts usa. so body wood confirmed, its alder. =D

2ndly, the pickups were changed to dimarzio area 58(N) and dimarzio virtual vintage blues(M). both are fucking quiet even under high gain. pretty big thing for me considering my gain level is set to like near max most of the time lol.

next up, i did say i was gonna change amp. so here it is. my new amp: the blackstar ht-5 all tube amp. kinda lazy to get the specs all down so i'll just post a link here. nope not the full one, just one speaker unit only. not enough moolah for 2 haha. bloody $705 leh!! add another speaker and i'll go broke! the sound is much much better than my sound drive amp. but then again i cant compare both since one is a tube amp and the other a solid state. now here's the 1st problem: after a few days, i realised that when i sustain a note w/o doing a vibrato, the sound starts to distort abit. this becomes more apparent on my scalloped frets on the higher strings. called the shop, they said nothing wrong and told me they'll call me when the guy gets back from his overseas trip. waiting in progress...

now my desktop, the acer aspire m7720 has been pretty stubborn lately. it wont stay on for more than 10min before going through a spade of rebooting. catch no ball?? before 10 min, the com will just shut down, not the normal way, but as though i cut the power source. then it will reboot and before it hit the startup screen, it shuts down again and reboots. this process carries on and on till i have to just cut power. now i'm using my mom's com. its pathetic!! fucking slow!! acer better give me a good explanation for this. the com was completed in the factory under a year ago! wtf!! and now this thing happens -.-

my insurance agent. yes. he doesnt even know his product well. i've got a policy that has alr matured but i'm still paying for it. and when i ask him. guess what?! he cant give me an answer that isn't laughable. of cos when i say laughable i mean ridiculous enough to make me wanna throw my shoe in his face. u are alr in a line that nobody wants to work in, selling products people dun wanna buy. the least u could do is know ur products well, no?

but luck isnt on my side, as it hasnt been since like sec 3. last year was ok though, not as rough sailing. this year just stinks, and its just the beginning. haiz...