I'm building a new guitar. So three things influenced this one. A hybrid tele / Strat body I saw, an interesting neck and particularly an interesting electronics option. Here are the bits as arrived. The body is a telecaster shape, telecaster neck pocket, telecaster control cavity but routed for 3 Strat pickups and a Strat style vibrato bridge. The control cavity makes it different to many hybrid Telecasters a la the John Mayer model which have a more Strat like control cavity. The body was advertised as "mahogany" it's quite red in nature but nice looks to be two piece centre jointed. The neck is mahogany with a maple fingerboard and a maple skunk strip. So a bit reverse look from normal. Electronically I'm going with three Strat pickups from Tonerider, having used there nashville set in the nashville tele conversion I did I was impressed. Five way switch master volume and tone. But I'm putting in a shape shifter switch ...
They played Madison Square Garden last night. Only eight short blocks away from my office but I couldn't go. It's just TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE. I can't afford it. The worst seats were going for upwards of $95, and I'm too old to sit in the rafters. The better seats were $400 or more. Rich people ruin EVERYTHING. Mostly, I'm shocked at how upset I am that I missed them. I try to be all Zen and whatnot but when are they going to come this way again? Ever?
ReplyDeletebtw, are you interested in the set list of Rush's current tour? It never changes from concert to concert. Lighting cues and animations are set in stone. Here's what you get if you see them:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.setlist.fm/setlist/rush/2015/madison-square-garden-new-york-ny-53c953a1.html
I admit to not even remembering this song.
ReplyDeleteIt was on Signals never a big hit but I just loved it
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