I have a magnifying glass for soldering that is attached to a base which is also a stand for the soldering iron.

Anyway I left this on a ledge behind my computer. There is a skylight behind the ledge. Earlier today I smelled something burning. The sun had come through the skylight and the magnifying glass focused it on my monitor. Thank God I was home because this could have been bad. Check out the pic of my monitor with the big burn mark on the back.

It looks like the screen is okay, but still annoying and embarrassing.

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Oh No!!! Sounds like something I'd do!! At least it still works but I know it's aggravating man!!

That really was a freak occurance and as you say it's lucky you were home,the outcome could have been disasterous.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Hey Kong...definitely a close call; very cartoonish; some thing Betty Boop's Grandpa would have done.

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Current Gear: Ron Kirn Barnbuster Tele,
Marshall: 1971 SuperLead 100>1997 1960-TV, bunch of pedals
and a 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe named Veronica

Made me think of this!!!

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man, thats somthing else What are the chances??? Good luck was with on this one, it could have been worse.

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Wow, I have a similar glass, for that, i will keep a close watch on that. glad you only have some superficial damage. it could have been much, much worse.

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

Kong, glad "it looks like the screen is okay". "but still annoying and embarrassing", aren't we all?

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

I think it's very cool that the curved burn shows how the sun tracked across the sky. Cheer up, Kong. It's a great conversation piece!

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

Kong forget about feeling anything but lucky. Something freaky like this could have happened to anyone of us. Just thank God you were home or you might not have a place to live right now.

Yeah I really do agree that I was very lucky, I was just about to go out and I got a whiff of the burning plastic. Who knows what could have happened. I don't even need a new monitor.

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Wow. The chances of all of those things coming together for that to happen is amazing. Just goes to show you that when the heavens decide to make something happen it happens.

Looks like a cigarette burn on a headstock.