Guitar

I just got in from a band audition.  I don’t do this often; in fact, this is my third audition in many many years.  I have been playing the guitar for something like thirty years (God I’m old) and auditioning for almost that long.
I was a very good student when I started playing.  This was [...]

I don’t think I caught on to the fact that today was an unqualified disaster til I was most of the way through it.  In spite of the miserable weather (Precipitation Wednesdays), things didn’t look all that horrible.  I should have known, though… things were going along too well.  When I say well, I mean [...]

I know I’m going to get absolutely creamed over this but I suspect I’m a masochist behind my back.  The thing is that I’m not a Springsteen fan.  The way I understand it, this puts me in a relatively small group, along with married couples who don’t want kids and left-handed accordian players.
My lack of [...]

Sex at my house is not a normal event.
Don’t run; I promise not to get into any gory details.
It was just such a great line I had to use it.
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All sorts of interesting things tend to happen coincident with and around sex.
I’m in the bedroom and notice my wife picking up the remote control.  Since [...]

If you followed the sage of my nephew’s guitar, you’ll remember my wife purchased a heavy metal-ish guitar for her nephew for his birthday.  The Guitar Center salesguy really pushed the extended warranty, promising that it covered anything.
Naturally, anything happened and the headstock snapped off.
Nephew took the guitar to a local Guitar Center, who said [...]

Determined to make my holiday time off count (whatever that means), I resolved to do some amp wiring (or miswiring or Design by Fault or Unhappy Accident). I even posted my intention to two online groups, hoping that would cement my future actions via intent.
Because I announced my intent to the Universe (and the [...]

I just heard that Guitar Center is blowing out Eric Johnson Strats for $999.  No joke; I have friends who are headed there as I type.
I believe the regular price is around $1700.  This is the price of a used one.
I hear incredible things about this guitar from people who know better.  So if you’re [...]

It’s been a bit since I managed to get much guitar or tube content posted.  Between my rather strange life and keeping an eye on how we’re getting screwed, it’s been busy.
TUBES
Fun with Tubes - this is a Yahoogroups.com group.  It is a tremendous resource for the tube-obsessed, regardless of knowledge level.  If the people [...]

These things never end well, even though they generally start pretty well.
First, let me bring you up to date on New Stuff<tm>.
The best moment had to be the Peavey Xmas Tree Amp.  It’s probably not called that, at least by Peavey, but it was clearly visible across the room because it did a fantastic impersonation [...]

I just learned that a local legend of a music store is closing [Medley Music].
The store has been around way longer than I’ve been visiting music stores (a significant period of time).  I have known one of the sales guys for almost as long as I’ve been playing.  I even hired him to help on [...]