I think I mentioned a couple posts back that I’ve been playing with some jazz-ish kind of stuff. I know that I’m a blues guy at heart, but some of those outside sounds are just super cool. I’m not any good at it. With the course open in front of me, I can play what’s …
Category Archives: Guitars
Guitars
Been thinking about my guitars lately. And I’ve probably talked about this in a previous post. I’ve had 3 or 4 primary players over the last 3 or 4 years. Here they are (and maybe a couple of others) in no particular order with some thoughts. The Telecaster It’s a Fender 50s Road Worn. I …
Epiphone or Gibson
This morning I was perusing the Big R as I sometimes do, and I saw the question that is so often asked by trolls or folks just trying to stir the pot. I think the one asking this morning was the usual person just trying to stir things up. The question? Is Gibson so much …
The 3 Guitars On the Stand Today
Figured I’d tell you about the 3 guitars that are out on the stand today. Or more accurately, hanging on the wall today. Epiphone IBGC 1959 ES-355 The first is the one that, for the last year, is the one I generally grab. It’s my IBGC ES-355. Picked it up May a year ago. Mrs …
Online Teachers
Like a lot of guitar players, I probably spend way too much time surfing the web and looking up all things related to guitars. I like to see the new shiny gear. I like to hear the guitar talking heads talk about whatever they’re talking about. And I like to see what I can learn …
Guitars I Play
Today I’ll talk about the guitars that kind of rotate in and out of play. I guess that would qualify them as my favorites. First, the one that has been my primary player for the last year. It’s one of those Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop ES-355 models. I got it right at a …
What Is Perfection?
I spend too much time on Reddit. A lot of what I look at is guitar and pedal related. Some of the types of posts that you see there seem to be cyclical. And I’ve noticed a certain type of post is taking its turn again. And I hate them. Occasionally, I’m sure some of …
Ode to a Telecaster
When I got off work today, I wandered into my little music room and realized I had sat down and was playing my Telecaster. Telecasters are iconic. Because of that, I always thought I should have one. And like it enough that I, at the very least, occasionally played it. So, in like 2013, I …
What Makes a Ford a Chevy
I was cruising the interwebs today, and I saw something that made me laugh out loud. Some person, somewhere, was talking about their 2007 Fender Standard Stratocaster. They were wanting to sell it, and they were asking how much folks thought they could get for it. Thing is, right there in their first line, it …
Using the PodGo
Two or three years ago I took in a box full of pedals to my local GC to trade. I don’t guess it was quite a box full, but it was 7 or 8. It was by and large a bunch of Klones and TS-type that I had never used after I tried them out …