Gear Questions:

March 21, 2009

“Wow,
I’m kind of surprised that it was a pickup without an internal mic!  You had a very warm and rich sound up there.  
How much of the tone would you attribute to the LR Baggs DI?  I’ve got a Tech 21 Acoustic DI, but it looks like the LR Baggs has more sound shaping capabilities.  
So, since [...]

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Pickups

February 28, 2009

Often I am asked about my pickup systems, and folks somtimes want to know if they should just get a new guitar.  As long as you like the way your guitar sounds and plays, then no.  Here’s my long winded answer to an email I received…..
First, I do not think you need to start over with [...]

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A very little thought about guitars.

September 8, 2008

Tools.  Just tools.  That’s what I call guitars.  On the other hand, I become strangely attached to them.  Perhaps it’s tone, or the feel, or the way each one may inspire a different approach to playing.  For me, tone is not everything.  There’s playability, and sometimes even “bad” tone is what I’m looking for.  I [...]

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A Beginning

March 9, 2008

In my last sophomoric years of high school I was busying myself with fishing, finding ways to hurt myself on motorcycles and skateboards, fixing VWs, and dressing abnormally so that I could be an individual. However, there were many other “individuals” that looked just like me: confused.
I had taken piano, and while I loved [...]

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The Year of the Guitar

April 17, 2007

It’s been the Year of the Guitar.Last year I traveled to over 85 concerts with one instrument that had a cracked neck, and a $125 guitar that really did not play well or sound good at all. To say the least I spent too many hours thinking about either fixing an old guitar, or [...]

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