If anyone is inclined to opt out of this month's challenge due to real or imagined ethical concerns about this months pic being AI generated, here's a pic of the real Ralph in a rare moment of being awake during rehearsal, guarding my pedalboard for some reason.
You don't need to spend money on premade shims. There is no practical advantage to buying them.
If you have a cereal box or any similar cardboard you can make dozens of shims with absolutely no negative effects.
Ralph, who always insists on attending our rehearsals, and then curls up on the floor farting and snoring, would be much more useful to the band if he took the lead of his puppet counterpart.