January 29, 2009
THE HEADSTOCK IS INTERESTING TOO
latest rebuild finally finished ... recent early 2009 announcement pic was taken before string ferrules were installed and so now it has strings and qualifies as a musical instrument... lindy fralin blues special in bridge, duncan antiquity in neck position...all reshot with leftover reranch aerosol nitro lacquer--butterscotch blonde, fender blonde, lake placid blue, tinted clear, burgundy mist, trans "gretsch" orange and as many coats of clear as I had left...
I also shot the pickguard obviously....eventually I expect the dora & boots stickers to fall off and leave random spots on there where the lacquer will begin to chip away...neck is a warmoth standard contour 1 11/16 with bone nut.
tone is very reminiscent of keef--bright snarly and crisp. with slide it can also get into muddy water territory. I was playing "can't be satisfied" on it last night and it sounded very blues-approved, very reminiscent of some live muddy recordings I've heard. I'm going to keep it in open A (I like A better than G on electric guitar for string tension purposes)...this tuning sounds great on tele and allows one to explore the catalog of the rolling stones and the replacements/paul westerberg, amongst others. I also expect that before long I'll bring it down to the blues dive to play some bottleneck slide, which I enjoy but very seldom have a chance to play with others...
it's a subtle finish, dontcha think?
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and in other news....
Damn you heathen! Your book learnin' has done warped your mind. You shall not be invited next time I sacrifice a goat.
Do You Have Biblical Morals?
Take More Quizzes
who knew?
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January 23, 2009
HOW TO BUILD AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR
a lovely video homage to the art of luthiery from the drive-by truckers...
and no I do not believe that it is possible to build an acoustic guitar in one day...not with all that inlay work...glue takes time to dry...but hey it's a video...
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January 22, 2009
FISTING IS SO IMPORTANT
OMG YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP!!!
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MAKING MUSIC IN 2009
...shot by jeff coyle at a bloody good record, 01/17/09...
the revamped red tele sounded great at a recent session...I've also been using it intermittently on recent jazz recordings. not quite as deep a low end as the archtop but very clear and very quiet...a great recording axe...
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January 17, 2009
RED TELES TO THE FUTURE...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
a c-HANG-e is g-ON-na come ...
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January 08, 2009
"A GENIUS IS THE ONE MOST LIKE HIMSELF"
I'm seriously considering printing this out and professionally framing it..."you've got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
...[hat tip to charlie lewis for spotting this]...
January 06, 2009
GENTLY WEEPING
one of my favorite guitar players performing with that kid who became youtube-famous with his ukelele version of "while my guitar gently weeps"... here he is playing the song again! hey ukelele kid! time to learn a new song!
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