Late in the Evening drumming11.14.07

This is a song that I just love playing! It has everything a player, with heavy rythum guitar influences would want.

The rhythm is very catchy. It’s Simon and Garfunkel so everyone has at least heard the song one. The chord can be played in such a way that they all open with really big fat [...]



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Back from Vegas Baby11.13.07

If there is only one phrase that I can use to explain Las Vegas N.V. it would be, this place is way over the top!
The buzz of the city was not that apparent when we landed at McCarren airport. We got off the plane, picked up our luggage then got a cab. I had [...]



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A Lignum Vitae guitar pick11.12.07

I have a pick made of gold, honestly I do, and I’ve used it too … but one made of wood - never heard of one.

They say the Surfpick Lignum Vitae is much denser then white oak, gives you a richer warmer tone and that it makes your sound free from the dreaded pick click [...]



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My Fender Lead II11.10.07

I have been using my Fender Lead II as of late. I only have one guitar stand and I rotate the guitars that I put in it many times throughout the year.

I got this guitar off a exchange student from Japan around 1984-85. Oddly enough, this is a Student Guitar, meaning the body is smaller [...]



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General Information about Glenn Gould11.08.07

A little bit of Glenn Gould trivia for all of those interested.

(1) Glenn Gould’s mother played the organ at St. Andrew’s Church, 73 Simcoe Street, Toronto. Central Presbyterian church in Toronto
(2) His childhood home was32 Southwood Dr
(3) His summer home in Uptergrove Ont., near lake Simcoe/Orillia.
(4) Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, [...]



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