Chris Franklyn
@chrisfranklyn.com
I make guitars, bad jokes and occasional furniture. But mostly I say what ever pops into my head.
Using alien technology in guitar repairs?
January 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Using alien technology in guitar repairs?
Not often you have to whip out a spirit level doing guitar work. But I'm drop-filling some nasty chips in the finish that make it impossible to play.
January 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not often you have to whip out a spirit level doing guitar work. But I'm drop-filling some nasty chips in the finish that make it impossible to play.
Preparing to glue the binding back on this gorgeous PRS after a speaker landed on it. Then some finish repair.
Soon it'll be playable without shards of polyester entering the owner's hand!
Soon it'll be playable without shards of polyester entering the owner's hand!
January 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Preparing to glue the binding back on this gorgeous PRS after a speaker landed on it. Then some finish repair.
Soon it'll be playable without shards of polyester entering the owner's hand!
Soon it'll be playable without shards of polyester entering the owner's hand!
I never did manage to make this #bernie on Mars concept guitar.
Like a SG but headless, multi scale, offset and through body. I did make it in sparkly yellow though.
Like a SG but headless, multi scale, offset and through body. I did make it in sparkly yellow though.
January 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I never did manage to make this #bernie on Mars concept guitar.
Like a SG but headless, multi scale, offset and through body. I did make it in sparkly yellow though.
Like a SG but headless, multi scale, offset and through body. I did make it in sparkly yellow though.
Surely they've learnt to cyber by now. Fatima did.
January 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Surely they've learnt to cyber by now. Fatima did.
That confused stare reminds me of that time someone took a photo of me immediately after sneezing and looking up.
January 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That confused stare reminds me of that time someone took a photo of me immediately after sneezing and looking up.
I don't need to take insults like that from chocolate spread.
January 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I don't need to take insults like that from chocolate spread.
Fuck off James. No you don't. I hate being lied to in automated sales emails.
January 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fuck off James. No you don't. I hate being lied to in automated sales emails.
Redoing one of my very first necks. I was very wary of going thin back then and made a few baseball bats!
January 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Redoing one of my very first necks. I was very wary of going thin back then and made a few baseball bats!
There's more fun ways to orient the dots!
January 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There's more fun ways to orient the dots!
Baby guinea pigs are awesome. Just a few days old.
January 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Baby guinea pigs are awesome. Just a few days old.
It's a sea turtle!
(I'm following a tutorial on Unity, the game programming tool)
(I'm following a tutorial on Unity, the game programming tool)
January 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It's a sea turtle!
(I'm following a tutorial on Unity, the game programming tool)
(I'm following a tutorial on Unity, the game programming tool)
Let no one tell you that you cannot reach your goals.
January 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Let no one tell you that you cannot reach your goals.
No cheating, your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.
January 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
No cheating, your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.
Anyone else think of We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus as a Christmas song?
December 9, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Anyone else think of We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus as a Christmas song?
I'd planned a productive day off but the dogs woke me at 4am. If anyone needs me I'll be PowerWashing a Dreadnought from the Warhammer 40k DLC.
November 28, 2024 at 8:58 AM
I'd planned a productive day off but the dogs woke me at 4am. If anyone needs me I'll be PowerWashing a Dreadnought from the Warhammer 40k DLC.
So it's just me who thought the start of Doom was in a fast food place and those were burgers on the screens?
Admittedly I wasn't playing at this resolution back then.
Admittedly I wasn't playing at this resolution back then.
November 27, 2024 at 2:06 PM
So it's just me who thought the start of Doom was in a fast food place and those were burgers on the screens?
Admittedly I wasn't playing at this resolution back then.
Admittedly I wasn't playing at this resolution back then.
Old photo. But you can eye up the gorgeous flamed walnut while I mourn the pink gaffer tape that I ran out of.
November 26, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Old photo. But you can eye up the gorgeous flamed walnut while I mourn the pink gaffer tape that I ran out of.
I need to start calling these two Statler and Waldorf. They were very unimpressed I went out without them earlier.
November 24, 2024 at 2:39 PM
I need to start calling these two Statler and Waldorf. They were very unimpressed I went out without them earlier.
When you name something as an experiment, notice it's still there years later and you don't have heart to change it now.
November 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM
When you name something as an experiment, notice it's still there years later and you don't have heart to change it now.
The frost standing to attention on the car this morning was a delight!
November 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
The frost standing to attention on the car this morning was a delight!
Part walrus, part motorcycle cop, part Russia henchman WASN'T the look I was going for. However it's for charity and if anyone has any pennies to spare please visit this link. It would be very appreciated.
It would be remiss of me not to share the link:
movember.com/m/15254866?m...
#movember
It would be remiss of me not to share the link:
movember.com/m/15254866?m...
#movember
November 19, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Part walrus, part motorcycle cop, part Russia henchman WASN'T the look I was going for. However it's for charity and if anyone has any pennies to spare please visit this link. It would be very appreciated.
It would be remiss of me not to share the link:
movember.com/m/15254866?m...
#movember
It would be remiss of me not to share the link:
movember.com/m/15254866?m...
#movember
That's fighting talk.
Anyway, here's my ZX Spectrum.
Anyway, here's my ZX Spectrum.
November 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
That's fighting talk.
Anyway, here's my ZX Spectrum.
Anyway, here's my ZX Spectrum.