The other day, I pulled out Shiny, my electric guitar, and got a little curious about it. So I looked up the serial number and discovered it was made in November 1998 in Epiphone's factory in South Korea. And then I went to Gibson guitars and asked them a few questions. So now I know that it's a Les Paul Standard, flamed maple top, solid ( Read more... )

A song that I started ages back has started to nibbling back on the edges of my brain, except now I only have little bits and pieces and the original emotional inspiration for it is long, long gone.

Normally, what I'd do is sit down with my guitar and just noodle and play with words. That's how I write most songs, I think.

Now, Anna's guitar is ( Read more... )

A bit back, I got a used Ibanez Gio fat strat to use as a beater electric. I figure that for travelling around, it's good to have, and it's not one I care to much about if it gets nicked ( Read more... )

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I didn't realize how flat the strings on Six Pack were 'til I put new ones on tonight.

[EDIT: 2006-08-16 09:31 NY time]: That's NOT Six Pack in the userpic, that's The Beast That Eats My Fingers. That's NEXT for the restringing.

So last week, knowing that I had the money and should be getting a larger-than-expected tax refund...I bid on something on eBay. Specifically, a barely used Epiphone Les Paul Standard, complete with SKB hard case.

It came today!

( Isn't it a beauty? )

This shows you how to play chords on the guitar.