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: Opinion
But can you really tell?
I don’t know why I follow guitar stuff online sometimes. I really don’t. I saw something recently where a company’s new sparkly had been been either accidently or purposefully leaked. I point that out because it, honestly, looked like it could have been either. It’s a really cool new sparkly. Truth to tell, it’s a …
JHS and Pedals
This past weekend a buddy and I got to attend a really cool event. JHS Pedals held a Tone Workshop here in the Metroplex. Mr JHS himself and a guitar player named Stu G hosted it. They talked gear and tone and gave away a whole bunch of pedals. It was a LOT of fun. …
What are the words?
The spring that I graduated from high school, an album came out that has turned out to be very nostalgic for me. As my lifelong best bud and I have said, I can hear the songs on that album and be transported back to those day. I’ll smell the model glue from the airplanes we …
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 …
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 …
I bought a Notadumble
I bought a Notadumble. When JHS announced it, I was actually excited to hear about it. You see, my always-on pedal for the last few years has been a D-type. I’ll admit. I have no idea what a Dumble sounds like. I know that it’s supposed to be the Robben Ford sound. I, also, know …
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 …
But I still buy on Reverb
I saw a vid a couple weeks ago that made me stop and think. Well, not much, but it just kind of confirmed something I had been thinking. Long and short is that I don’t really sell anything on Reverb anymore. Heck, I’ve got a box of pedals over there that I need to get …
I always eat at the same restaurants
In a former life, I was GM of a mom and pop burger joint. Burgers and fries were our big sellers and what folks knew us for, but we also sold chicken fried steak and a couple things like that. While I was there, I read a couple of industry mags every month. I remember …