Blackhawk Auto Museum Gig
Played a gig with the Drop Daddies at the Blackhawk Auto Museum last night, surrounded by priceless cars. Fun!
Stupid Deal on an SG
These Stupid Deal of the Day messages from Musician’s Friend are dangerous!
I sorta lost my mind a little when I saw this. $499 for a USA Gibson SG?! Ok, I’ll give it a go. MF has a great return policy, so nothing to lose.
On order!
Happy 100th Birthday Les
Today, Les Paul would’ve been 100 years old.
One of the many inspiring stories about Les Paul: at the young age of 33, he was in a terrible car accident and shattered his right arm and elbow. They couldn’t rebuild his elbow and he was offered the choice to amputate. Instead he had them set his arm permanently at a 90 degree angle so he could still play guitar. Despite the long recovery and his “handicap”, he continued to play guitar until his death at age 94. That’s dedication! More
SKB Rolling Rack Broken Foot
We use a 6-space SKB Rolling Rack Case to contain our Mackie DL32R mixer, power amp, headphone amp, and feedback destroyer.
This case is a beast- it’s really heavy duty and keeps our gear safe.
However, a couple weeks ago, I noticed that the rack wasn’t standing up straight anymore. I flipped it on its side and found that one of the plastic feet was broken. More
HD500X Train Wreck at Sunny Gig
So, I had my first train-wreck on stage with the HD500X. This was at the Twin Creeks Spring Carnival, so not exactly a high-pressure situation with a huge crowd, but still…
The first song in the set was Lonely Boy, in which I use a HD500X patch with the expression pedal as a pitch dive (heel original pitch, toe dive-bomb). More