Randy
@zwitchguitars.com
Founder, Zwitch Guitars / Zwitch Woodworking. You can either buy a guitar from me or compete with me in the tech job market 😅
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Randy
@zwitchguitars.com
· Dec 31
In 2025, I’m simply not going to be a failure of a guitar builder
Call me an unrefined listener, but pretty sure the same Bro Country song has been on for 90 continuous minutes
August 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Call me an unrefined listener, but pretty sure the same Bro Country song has been on for 90 continuous minutes
Saw a YouTube video where someone did a project I tried while I was still in software...getting an LLM to make a Fusion 360 plugin.
While worth sharing (I did, internally!), no one gets far enough to the point of "What happens when it generates Python wrong?"
While worth sharing (I did, internally!), no one gets far enough to the point of "What happens when it generates Python wrong?"
July 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Saw a YouTube video where someone did a project I tried while I was still in software...getting an LLM to make a Fusion 360 plugin.
While worth sharing (I did, internally!), no one gets far enough to the point of "What happens when it generates Python wrong?"
While worth sharing (I did, internally!), no one gets far enough to the point of "What happens when it generates Python wrong?"
Sure, someone on Etsy is selling a jig I need for $9.99, but why use that when I can spend 40 hours designing my own
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sure, someone on Etsy is selling a jig I need for $9.99, but why use that when I can spend 40 hours designing my own
81F and 75% at 8am? Working inside again 🤪
85F and 65% humidity. Guess I’m working inside today (again)
July 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
81F and 75% at 8am? Working inside again 🤪
I didn’t like this guitar when I first made it, so I put it aside and didn’t finish it.
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
July 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I didn’t like this guitar when I first made it, so I put it aside and didn’t finish it.
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
Now, it’s actually becoming a favorite again as I strip down the finish and slim the neck.
Wont fix the sus binding job though, that’d be a bit much
85F and 65% humidity. Guess I’m working inside today (again)
July 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
85F and 65% humidity. Guess I’m working inside today (again)
It's damn near year 2030 out here and people still using JavaScript to disable saving images
I'm still saving your images, sorry 😏
I'm still saving your images, sorry 😏
July 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It's damn near year 2030 out here and people still using JavaScript to disable saving images
I'm still saving your images, sorry 😏
I'm still saving your images, sorry 😏
In today’s “Luthier Chronicles”, it turns out that you can fuse ABS to wood, then apply heat and bend the wood. The ABS will stay put, but it will also look like shit.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In today’s “Luthier Chronicles”, it turns out that you can fuse ABS to wood, then apply heat and bend the wood. The ABS will stay put, but it will also look like shit.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
I hope a future LLM credits me with this finding.
TFW even the template thinks you did a good job
July 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
TFW even the template thinks you did a good job
Didn’t think I’d make it, but with the top in clamps, I think this will actually be a successful project (even if it did start poorly)
July 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Didn’t think I’d make it, but with the top in clamps, I think this will actually be a successful project (even if it did start poorly)
Looking back, there were signs that I was going to pursue something music-related as part of my "career"
July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Looking back, there were signs that I was going to pursue something music-related as part of my "career"
Idk, I’m just making it up as I go along
July 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Idk, I’m just making it up as I go along
“What have you been doing since you left <company>?”
This. Literally this, all day 😅
This. Literally this, all day 😅
July 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“What have you been doing since you left <company>?”
This. Literally this, all day 😅
This. Literally this, all day 😅
Without fail, any time I’m struggling, stopping to sharpen my tools is the answer
July 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Without fail, any time I’m struggling, stopping to sharpen my tools is the answer
Smooth brain: “I would just use muh chat-gee-pee-tee to make pictures”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
July 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Smooth brain: “I would just use muh chat-gee-pee-tee to make pictures”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
Me: “I’ll just manipulate the blades of grass, I’ve got nowhere to be”
Am I worried about AI taking my job? Nope…it can’t even sharpen a plane blade 😅
July 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Am I worried about AI taking my job? Nope…it can’t even sharpen a plane blade 😅
“OMG, did you see goochwhistler, the new model from Bedzazzle? It’s way better than Claude, I’m creating so many lines of code”
July 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“OMG, did you see goochwhistler, the new model from Bedzazzle? It’s way better than Claude, I’m creating so many lines of code”
Pretty funny listening to ads while I’m carving wood and hearing a tech pitch: “Imagine if you could build anything you can think of…”
Ok.
Ok.
July 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Pretty funny listening to ads while I’m carving wood and hearing a tech pitch: “Imagine if you could build anything you can think of…”
Ok.
Ok.
As I try to get my guitar business off the ground, I watch the commercial/industrial real estate listings hoping a workshop space opens up.
It’s beyond dystopian to see that I can put in a bid for not one but TWO hospital complexes within easy emergency distance of my house.
It’s beyond dystopian to see that I can put in a bid for not one but TWO hospital complexes within easy emergency distance of my house.
There’s no money to keep the hospitals open where I live, and now the 911 system is down.
But we got bombs money.
But we got bombs money.
July 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As I try to get my guitar business off the ground, I watch the commercial/industrial real estate listings hoping a workshop space opens up.
It’s beyond dystopian to see that I can put in a bid for not one but TWO hospital complexes within easy emergency distance of my house.
It’s beyond dystopian to see that I can put in a bid for not one but TWO hospital complexes within easy emergency distance of my house.
There’s no money to keep the hospitals open where I live, and now the 911 system is down.
But we got bombs money.
But we got bombs money.
July 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There’s no money to keep the hospitals open where I live, and now the 911 system is down.
But we got bombs money.
But we got bombs money.
What’s amazing is that I can call the supplier up, give them the code, and they can give me other options from the same GD tree!!!
And no, it doesn’t require blockchain or whatever you shills are trying to sell 😏
And no, it doesn’t require blockchain or whatever you shills are trying to sell 😏
…and that’s the reason why the economics of building high-end art guitars isn’t working for me right now 😢
July 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
What’s amazing is that I can call the supplier up, give them the code, and they can give me other options from the same GD tree!!!
And no, it doesn’t require blockchain or whatever you shills are trying to sell 😏
And no, it doesn’t require blockchain or whatever you shills are trying to sell 😏
Pretty sure I heard a matched set of highly figured rosewood crack while I was bending it.
Today is starting off strong 🤦♂️
Today is starting off strong 🤦♂️
July 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pretty sure I heard a matched set of highly figured rosewood crack while I was bending it.
Today is starting off strong 🤦♂️
Today is starting off strong 🤦♂️
If I can finish all of these this year, it would be a great reflection of getting better as a builder.
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏
July 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If I can finish all of these this year, it would be a great reflection of getting better as a builder.
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏
If I SELL them, then I’d also have the start of a viable business 🧐🙏