Grem

I have an old Alverez that I paid $150 back in the 80's. Still plays like a dream and sounds great. The action on it has always been the best of any acoustic guitar I have.

And I love my 12 string Taylor. Like you said, it's just got something about it that I fell in love with immediately. I got it for a steal too!!

Nice guitars Tim. That Taylor really steals the show. With the Epi coming in a close second.

But that Alverez has my interest more than the others. Nice design they got there.

On 3/28/2024 at 3:10 AM, Matt Rayner said:

one I really can't live without is

A good drill press, and a good heavy table to work off of with a really good vise attached with enough space to walk around it AND to have enough headroom.

I am not asking for much!!

Nice saw and planer btw. 

I have my PartsCaster almost finished. I just ordered a new Roasted Maple neck for it. I will have to shape the headstock when I get it in.

I have been meaning to write a short post on the subject to let everyone know how my adventure turned out. Problem with that is getting the story short!! And it seems the story isn't really over yet!!

I have so many new tools as a result of this build. I have been eyeing one of those saws too. But right now I don't have a pressing need. That may change.

Did ya'll make the gig?

How's new guitar player making out?

Updates!!!

English adapted a new calendrer?

Slept in my Kansas t-shirt and woke up in The Devils Game.

Slept in my Jamie Johnson t-shirt and woke up Mowing Down The Roses.

Slept in my Black Crowes t-shirt and woke up Hard To Handle.

Slept in my ZZ Top t-shirt and woke up Goin Down To Mexico

This could go on foreva.

Has anyone seen the new PGA commercial with "Shooter McGavin" in it?

LOL!!

That's a sweet place to make some music!! I really like that view. 

The wife and I were looking to downsize recently and went through some misgivings about if we really wanted to do all what your talking about; packing, getting house ready to sell, doing the move, unpacking, getting settled in... 

We saw some properties with big buildings/sheds and more land than we have now. Like you my mind was racing about what kind of studio/guitar repair I could do in there!!

In the end we realized that when we fix our present home up to sell we would fall in love with it again! So we decided to stay put and fix it up! LOL!! 

Good luck on the new adventure!!

Happy for you. Why so long before the move?

Or Mary?

10 hours ago, bitflipper said:

taking its toll on our singer, who's married to the drummer.

I am sorry Bit. I didn't know this small, but very important, detail. I was speaking like the drummer had no other ties to the group other than being a drummer. Knowing that changes my whole opinion.

Yeah, you can program as many drum machines as you want until your blue in the face, it won't be the same.

Hope the meds help him pull through the gigs.

And I hoe your brownie ride goes as planed!!  

Thanks for the video Craig. The way he pronounced it in French was exactly how my other aunts and uncles called him. I always thought they were saying "And Ya-ss". Hearing him say the word...  that was a wow moment for me!! All my cousins and I just always called him Uncle Ya-ss. 

Man.. the things I learn around here!!

5 hours ago, craigb said:

So, did anyone actually Google "Joseph-Ignace" to get the joke? 

I was sent a PM that said don't tell Craig we googled anything!!

On 3/22/2024 at 8:29 AM, craigb said:

Ignace

How would you pronounce this word? I had an uncle with that name.

He pronounced his name like this: "Ya' - ss". Like saying "Yacht" but with "es" sound instead of "ta" at the end.

I have heard people pronounce it "Ig - nuss."

Out of all my long years, I have never even heard of another man named Ignace.

5 minutes ago, John Vere said:

the day we realized we got paid the same $400 for the weekend with one less person to share it with

Yep... motivating factor!!

On 3/22/2024 at 7:18 PM, Bapu said:

Yep, that's bland. Glad it's Finnish-ed!

Hope your drummer makes it bit. 

Sounds like you need to get programming a drum machine.

I'm with 

11 hours ago, John Vere said:

it’s that or stay at home which is the worst of the 2 evils 

That's the bottom line.

You never know bit, there maybe a young drummer that's been watching ya'll from afar and just waiting for a chance to prove himself.

Until that happens the drum machine will work. Not as well as your old drummer that's for sure, but it can work. If ya'll want it to.

This is a good video. He really appears to be all for Sonar being brought back out.

Sure knows his way around.

25 minutes ago, kennywtelejazz said:

These skills are a perishable resource .  They must be maintained or they can be lost .

Yes, this is very true.  Sadly I have allowed myself to loose a lot of my hard earned abilities.  I am/been working to get some of them back.

31 minutes ago, kennywtelejazz said:

granting the guitar player the freedom of getting out their own way . 

Well said.

1 hour ago, 57Gregy said:

plugged my guitar into that and plugged that into the stack.

Did that before!! Back then we knew nothing of "line levels"!!

@kennywtelejazz Wow!! I just watched that Jay Roberts video!! Unbelievable!! I had to watch that first 30 seconds of the video several times!! I have never seen that type of practice technique!!

Any guitar player needs to watch that first 30 second of that video. 

[edit] Just watched the other video. Had no idea I have heard Howard all my life. He was just all over my fav TV shows!!

Great player. Uneducated. Self taught. Playing jazz like that??!!!

22 minutes ago, Tim Smith said:

the simplicity of just having a pedal with knobs to do what you want it to do

I played for years without any fx at all. No delay, no reverb, no comp. Then I got a Ibanez Flanger FL-9 and used that for a few years then got a Ibanez Delay, the AD-9.

I bought a Kelly C4 comp that I rarely use. 

Today I go into  a Mesa Tone Burst mostly as a clean boost that work extremely well. The Ghost Pedal does a great job as a clean boost also. IT just has a little more grit than the Tone Burst.

I have a pedal board that has 4 different chorus pedal on it! I use those more than anything else (besides the Tone Burst, that stays on all the time). 

Alright... I know it was a long wait!!

First half of clip is without pedal on. Last half has pedal on.  I did play some lead on it but decided that I would just showcase the rhythm part.

EZD3 and EZB were used. Also very little was done to EQ the guitar part other than HP filter roll off.

Here it is:

11 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

OK soldier ! This is no longer a drill !

Now drop and give me 50 ways to play an A Minor

Yes Sir!!

LOL!!

Will watch them tomorrow when I get up. 

Thanks