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Ok trying something--We had a conversation about the Grateful Dead the other day so at practice today I tried to video this...I am lame at videoing so forgive me. But the worlds best Dead tune...
Tuned the double neck today and letting it sit prior to testing. finished detailing the telecaster thinline build and tested it and so far really good, very pleased.
Dark, cold, rainy here in New Mexico so kind of
oppressed feeling the past few days but----trying.
Today I set up my new Batwing travel guitar with a small amp and headphones in my computer room so
I can grab it up and play or practice when the mood strikes me....😃✌️
I checked the dbl neck pickups, adjusted their height
made sure they still functioned and restrung the 6 and 12 sides it wore me out restringing this monster
So i am letting it sit for a day or so before tuning.
I now have massive respect for Jimmy Page's
guitar tech for sure🙄
Thinking too much about life while trying to
get to sleep last night...
then this song came to me and I could sleep
I had to play it today.
Into The Mystic---Van Morrison
I wanted a 6/12 dbl neck when i was in bands I was always the utility player but could never afford one which is why I am so focused on making this cheap
build work
so
I replaced the 12 bridge p/u
smoothed the fret edges as best I can
now ready for re-stringing to try it again
The world has been one thing after another lately and I have had zero guitar time this week
I just wanted to post some music
so this is an old video
I never posted from awhile ago
practicing on Fat Bottom Girls
For sure it may not be up long--🙄
Set up/tested the Batwing
headless travel guitar
I LIKE IT!
The action is excellent, the pickup powerful the fit and finish is excellent for a 200 dollar guitar
The playing position will take getting used to and I will have to find amp tone settings for it
very pleased 😃😃😃
Guitar lessons most of the day tomorrow
but
My Batwing headless guitar arrived today
I will check-set up and test maybe Sunday? 😃👍
I am really pleased with it tho 😁✌️
instrumental---the last p/u test
If I remember correctly this is a bit of an exercise by
Francisco Tárrega. I pulled it up from memory and it is just a bit of this piece. please forgive the couple of stumbles I haven't played it in a long long time. 🙏✌️
Testing the new sound hole pickup
Leader of the Band
from memory so forgive me
when playing this song I always think of my father
he wasn't musical but one day, when I was 14
out of the blue he took me to buy
my first decent guitar and amp. I owe him ✌️
Worked on the acoustic pickup problem
replaced the new Donner humbuck p/u
which I did like the sound of in this guitar with an old p/u I had in stock. Reward for never throwing an old guitar part away😃
works well sounds great
I will post a song with it when I get the chance👍
I managed to install the new p/u in the Ibanez, I was all thumbs for some reason? Plugged it in and
truly I am not that happy with the sound--
could be my mood today but--
I'll wait a couple of days and play it again and see?
Guitar today
Trying to go to sleep at night I make myself think about music
it keeps me from rehashing unhappy memories
Last night it was this song
I was maybe 17 hired to play 12 string,
backing a vocal quartet at a talent show where they sang
Another You
by
The Seekers
Last night I was thinking of gigs I played when young.
A band I was in we played the community pool teen nights in 1966 and often played this song
Rhythm of the Rain by the Cascades.
played this today to get it off my mind..😃✌️
After storms and medical appointments perhaps some guitar time today?
I am hoping to replace a very old sound hole pickup in one of my favorite acoustics with this new Donner pickup today and test it. 😃✌️
A bit of
The Lights of Cheyenne by James McMurtry
McMurtry has always been my favorite
most honest, singer-songwriters.
I recorded this a while ago but never posted it
I've been overloaded giving lessons and
home tasks but I still wanted to post some music
😃✌️
Found time for the guitar this am
things have been busy lately for me unfortunately
I wanted to post some music before the
world got busy again...
Can't find my way home---Steve Winwood
😃✌️
I did 5 hrs. of guitar lessons yesterday so pretty
crashed today....😃
Errands and little household stuff today ✌️













