Thanks to my friend DeeJay for pointing this out to me - it was on a BBC2 show. An excellent summary of alcoholism I changed because I have the sickness of alcoholism, alcoholism doesn't come in bottles it comes in people. You should have seen me. I drank for happiness and became unhappy; I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be out-going and became self-centred; I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely; I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious. I drank for friendship and made enemies, I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity; I drank for sleep and awakened without rest. I drank for strength and felt weak. I drank for masculinity and it sapped my potency; I drank medicinally and got sick. I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job. I drank to stimulate thought and blacked out. I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all; I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom...
Wow! That is a right in your face, rude Amber ain't she?
ReplyDeleteI'M LOVING IT!!!
ReplyDeleteThat second piece really reminded me of going to concerts when I was younger! I loved it. I was waiting for some vocals but I guess that's not what this is about, huh? Maybe next time?? *hint, hint*
ReplyDeleteNice!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Is there anything that you would like to be improved on it? How does it compare to other similar guitars you've played?
ReplyDeleteGood questions!
DeleteTwo little issues.
1. The bridge pickup is a bit "microphonic" - i.e. picking up handling noise on the guitar - not a major issue and actually not that uncommon on this style due to the mounting of the pickup in the bridge assembly. I might try some rubber pickup mountings to improve that - but I can live with it really.
2. at the upper reaches of the neck there are a few fret issues, a couple of proud ones making it buzz and "choke" a bit. I plan to "fret dress" (i.e. file/level) the frets above the 14th fret once it has settled in.
All in all it plays as well as other guitars like it I've played. Given it cost less than £200 to put together it is as good (fretting issue excluded) as some I've played at say £400 - £500. I mean it clearly isn't going to rival a £1000 - £1500 guitar but is still good.
I quite like the handling noise--there are some jazz guitarists who use that sound deliberately.
ReplyDeleteVery fasinating to hear you actually playing her!
As you say some people like that. To be honest it certainly makes her "lively" ;-)
Delete"lively" is a good way to describe the sound - although through the speakers in my laptop, i'm sure i'm not getting full fidelity! Love the distorted part. Suspect that's her sweet spot!
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