Monthly Archives: October 2008

I call it Stealing

I’m not an SEO specialist. I have a vague idea of some of the internal workings, but make no mistake about it, what I know is about 3 drops in a 5 gallon bucket. Now I’m facing a problem that I never considered. There is a website out there using several of my articles without [...]

Joe Bonamassa is a New Breed of Guitar Player…

Since I started to jam or goof around with Allan C., we have become quite friendly. I hope it lasts forever. Not to many folks I feel that way about. There is a difference between a true friend and an acquaintance, a true friend is for life. Anyway, other than playing guitars and bullsh’i’ng a [...]

Maybe You Should Know Jeff Healey

Jeff Healey was born in Toronto on March 25th 1966. At the age of eight months old Healey developed retinoblastoma, an unusual cancer of the eyes. His eyes were removed surgically and he was given man made replacements. He was adopted at one year old, and lived without cancer for 38 years until he developed [...]

Albert King has a String Thing

Albert King was more than one of the fathers of electric guitar blues. Albert King was quite a unique character and guitar player. He was born Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi.
King was a left-handed “upside-down/backwards” guitarist. Albert was lefty guitarist, but usually played right-handed guitars flipped over upside-down so the [...]

Who is Elvin Bishop? He turned 66 today.

When I was a teenager, Elvin Bishop simply turned us on. We loved his music and lyrics, always playing the right notes. Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Elvin Bishop has been singing and recording his wild rollicking style of electrified home made blues for almost 40 years. Bishop’s history making presence as a founding member of the Paul Butterfield [...]

World Class Guitar Player Steve Lukather is 51 Today

Steve Lukather was born October 21, 1957, is a gifted world class American Grammy Award winning guitar player, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has also released several solo albums and, as a studio session guitarist, has arranged, composed, and recorded on over [...]

At last I’m willing to concede The Dallas Cowboys are now America’s Team!

Why, you ask, a lifetime committed Washington Redskin fanatic considered by his mother who, of course, rasied me right,  being the second greatest Redskin fan ever(she is the first), would make such a bold staement?
Just as our economy struggles as it seems to be falling apart, piece by piece, the Cowboys are falling apart piece [...]

Curing a Pot Problem…

One of my cohorts and friends who also blogs about guitars wrote an article about potentiometers. Buck from Buck’s Guitar Modifications posted a nice article about rebuilding pots. I don’t have a beef at all, in fact I agree with him very much. It actually caused my one half of a working brain cell to [...]

“two degrees in beebop, a PHD in swing, he’s a master of

rhythm and a rock and roll king”. That pretty much sums up the guy who wrote the song “Rock and Roll Doctor.” Who might that be. If you don’t know who the rock and roll doctor is, you should be ashamed. “Little Feat” performed the song, written by Lowell George. Original members included Bill Payne, [...]

Additional thoughts on worn guitar necks

The techniques laied out in the article “Repair techniques for a heavily worn guitar neck” are fairly advanced methods of wood repair. They also take a lot of experience, literally years of practice. In other words, you will need a piece of scrap to practice on, don’t ruin your guitar.

Even when you click on the [...]