OMG you gotta hear it to believe it10.04.07

Now I already have a good pick-up system in my Larrivee L-03 but when went into my favorite guitar store, the 12th Fret in Toronto, I feel madly in love with the L.R. Baggs IMix.
Now I have been looking to update my pick-up system in my L0-3 lately and found many systems in which […]



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Guitar side ports09.28.07

The one thing that I see in the evolution of the acoustic guitar today is its link with the past from Canada’s own, Glenn Gould. He used a unique approach while playing in his later years, around 1983, when he took away part of the piano body to let the sound come out of […]



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The Perfectionist05.27.07

This is another song from Saga that we played in Pylis. The song starts up with an acoustic guitar that then goes into an electric. My Gibson RD Artist fulfilled that dual roll quite admirably I must say.
It wasn’t until recently that I re-visited this song on my Larrivee L-03 acoustic.

The lyrics were just […]



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Part one of trying to win Max Webster Tickets05.22.07

Well faithful readers, I am very desperate to get tickets for the super-Canadian Music Event of this millennium!
I decided to go down to Q-107 at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Toronto and attempt to obtain some tickets to this cherished show.

I put on my jacket, picked up my guitar and made a sign. […]



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My choice is the Kyser Capo, Quick Change11.25.06

I had this capo thrown in when I got my Larrivee L-03 at the 12th fret in Toronto. I always had used the ones with the adjustable straps before with great results. I had seen quick change ones before but I thought that they where not the best way to go. Mind you, they were […]



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