The Fearless Voice
I’m not a great singer, but I like to sing. I sing harmonies in many songs with my band The Drop Daddies, but I only really sing the lead vocal when I’m rockin round the campfire. I can sing in tune, and have good relative pitch. But my range is limited, and my head voice is weak, so I’m not the most versatile or confident singer. That said, there are times when I feel great about my voice. What gives?!
Ongoing Mackie DL32R Channel Failures
Our Mackie DL32R is acting up again! I previously described this problem back in 2017, with mixer channels intermittently failing. Fortunately, we’ve managed the last couple years with minimal issues on the DL32R. But over the last couple months we’ve experienced an intermittent hum on channel 8, and yesterday channels 8,16,24,32 all died completely.
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PRS SE Custom 22 Trem Experiments
My SG has been transitioning into a project guitar, so I’ve been wanting an alternative to use as my gigging guitar. After having been spoiled by the lightweight SG, my Les Pauls just aren’t appealing for extended gigs and rehearsals. More
Emergency Fret Repair
Last year, my SG took a spill and ended up with a nasty dent at the 3rd fret, where the guitar neck had impacted my mic stand.More
Sayonara Riviera
It’s a bittersweet conclusion to the guitar that inspired me to start this blog back in 2009. I finally sold my Epiphone Riviera P-93. Let’s be honest, the idea of this guitar was always better than the reality of it. The reason for all of my experiments and tweaks was that I wasn’t satisfied with how it sounded. Turns out, a pair of nice humbuckers would have been a much better fit for me than three dogear P-90s.More