The good news is I have three new bass traps in my studio, that I built personally. With two more to come soon.

The bad news… well, let me tell you about that. I have a staple gun that looks like it was built backwards. It’s really big on one end and small on the other. What seems natural to me (and to everyone else I know who’s picked it up) is that the staples should come out of the small end. I don’t know why, it just seems that way. Stapling fabric onto the bass trap frames, several time I picked it up the wrong way, but always caught myself before using it. Until right after I came home from buying more staples, anyway.

I picked up the stapler to get back to where I stopped before the errand. I lined up the end  on the fabric and pulled the trigger. Bang! But there was no staple in the fabric. It took a moment to realize I’d held it backwards. I thought, at least I missed hitting myself. Then I looked at my middle finger. Wait a minute, THERE’S A FUCKING STAPLE STICKING OUT OF MY FINGER!!! I felt surprise that it didn’t hurt, and then grabbed it and yanked as fast as I could. It hurt plenty when it came out. And bled a fair amount for a puncture.

So, that’s the bad news. All told, I’m happy to have the bass traps. And seriously thinking about throwing that staple gun away.