Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan Present a Good Problem

February 23rd, 2009 ·

How can a person say Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan pose a problem? The problem is that I have a problem finding people to jam with. I could not help listening to and enjoying all sorts of rock and roll music. I enjoy the heck out of almost any rock music, it was what [...]

The “Blues” Is All About Being In An Emotional State of Mind..

February 20th, 2009 ·

I had an epiphany last night. I am in Maryland right now with my family. Many of you know my dad is not well. It is very emotional time for us now. I have been busy helping my mom and sister to take a load off of them for while. I am blogging in my [...]

An Evening With B.B. King…

February 16th, 2009 ·

Last week on Feb. 6th, you may recall that my buddy Allan and I went to Orlando to see Buddy Guy and B.B. King in concert. Here is the second part of the concert review. Now it is B.B. King’s turn. B.B. King is 83 years old, but he continues his rigorous tour schedule and never [...]

Buddy Guy Stinks of The Blues in Concert..

February 10th, 2009 ·

[/caption] Buddy Guy, what has not been said about him? George “Buddy” Guy was born July 30, 1936. He is a five-time Grammy Award-winning blues and rock guitarist and singer from America. He was born in blues county Lettsworth, Louisiana. My buddy Allan and I drove to Orlando to see Buddy [...]

Is Your Guitar Neck 24 and 3/4 inches, 25 inches, 25 1/2 inches..

February 5th, 2009 ·

Long, Or an entirely different length? I have a correction to make. The post: Choose the Guitar Neck Scale Length That Fits.. has what I call an important omission. There are more than 2 lengths of guitar necks. [/caption] When I wrote another post about: What Is Better, a 22 Fret or 24 Fret [...]

Paul Reed Smith 24 Fret Guitar Review

February 4th, 2009 ·

I would be surprised if very many of my readers have had the great opportunity to play a PRS guitar, having it in your possession long enough to get comfortable with it and get to know it. It is a lot different than walking into a guitar store and playing a guitar for a half [...]

Back to Basics When Repairing Guitars is Slow…

February 3rd, 2009 ·

Talk about coincidence. After writing the post It Sure Is Hard To Strike a Note After a Hard Day at Work…I realized that I resort to doing what I know how to do best when some income is needed. I am a mechanic by trade, as many of you know, a transmission mechanic by specialty. [...]