Transitions....

Okay... so needlees to say I got distracted with fiddling around in the shop.

However, my guitar playing hasnt really suffered... just me making movies of it and posting them for you to laugh at has.

Though I did manage to get THIS little piece of eye candy together...

Its a prototype. Fiber optics arrive tomorrow by 3pm so I can start meddling with that.

Maybe its just me... but Im thinking that I will appreciate side markers that light up far more than fingerboard markers. Guess we will find out tomorrow!

On the guitar PLAYING side of things... I believe I can stumble through all 7 modes of CMaj now without too much fumbling.

I will probably have to post an Elizabeth Reed Moment here soon.... just bear with me.

Fretboard v1.2

Took the Green Meanie out to the woodshed to iron out our differences.
Here is the highlight reel!

More Pathetic Sheep Being Led To Slaughter

Just a quick video of some new "victims" for my neck lighting project.

Enjoy!

Guitar Destruction 101

Not much to say... learned 7 positions for CMaj... and trying to remember their greek mode names. Who the fuck was Phrygian anyway? Wouldnt some kid named Phrygian get his ASS beat by the other kids in the school yard?

The new video isnt about my guitar PLAYING progress... but it IS about guitar progress.
I have come to the conclusion that I am going blind in my old age and need some OTHER method of seeing fret position than pearloid inlays in a darkened environment... soooo....
WELCOME TO GUITAR DESTRUCTION 101!
This video very sloppily covers my forray into options for better sight of fret markers.
Oh The Horror! I use power tools and all KINDS of implements of destruction!

Cringe and Press Play!

Garage Cleaning Day

Not much to say except where does all of this SHIT in your garage COME FROM?!?!?!

Here is a movie of some NON GUITAR MOMENTS from today....

Anyone got a Q-Tip?

I am trying to figure this damned song out by ear. I think I need the wax blasted out!
The challenge for me is to be a better guitarist in 365 days.
I can already hear I am a better player after an hour a day practice for just 10 days.
But Dear God, or whatever you hold holy, I will NOT cheat this and look at tablature.
This will be MY work. MY improvement. Hell I should not only be a better player in a year, I should have a better trained ear as well... right? RIGHT?!?!?!?
Sorry... cant HEAR you.... DUH!

Get ready to point and laugh! Its Movie Time!

Damn you Elizabeth Reed!

I should post another movie... I know... I know... but what would be the point?

Theres this lick I cant seem to get past.

I can "hear" it. I can even play it at around half speed.... but at full speed it flys by so fast you would think the allman brothers were spider monkeys on crystal meth!

Good news though... I ordered a new toy....

Yes dear friends... this little gizmobox will allow me to run my hexaphonic pickup in the strat to TWO guitar synths!

Which... I just happen to have!

Beats carving up the strat to try and shoehorn some other pickup thingy into it huh?

Then again.... I should probably learn to play one freakin guitar before I start adding TWO synths to the chain huh?

EPIC FAIL!