West R Lee
Venerated Member
Sure are a lot of old timers (like us) playing acoustic Guilds in your circle Mark. Great to see.
West
West
ce blues said:West,
I can only say that "optimistic" doesn't begin to describe the hopeful feelings that result from seeing living proof that there is rich musical life after 70! The one thing I constantly wish/pray for is that I will retain my skill thus making my dotage truly the oft-promised (but seldom delivered) "golden years" of popular mythology. Life of late is a constant battle with arthritus in my fingers and tendonitus in my left wrist and right/left elbows.... exercise, modern herbal-pharmacological "promises" and boring diet are what I use to retard my physical deterioration... but denial of the debilitation's progress seems an uphill battle that I am destined to lose sooner rather than later. take care, my friend
ce
West R Lee said:Doesn't sound one bit "preachy" to me CE. I'd be very thankful too. That thing could have easily hit you in the face. So glad you're ok.
West
Could've been worse, Ed. You might have been an oboe player and not had the gig in the first place. :wink:ce blues said:I had a horrible scare this last week. I had a tire go flat on the freeway at 2 AM early thursday morning after playing a gig in Long Beach.
ce blues said:I hadn't thought of that, Mark. And people tell me that I'm over-dressed when I go out to work as a guitarist; I can't imagine wearing a tux to a philharmonic gig (only working oboe players I can even conceive).... on the other hand, it would just be the one instrument case and no overweight amplifiers and multiple guitar cases. that would definitely be an upside to being an oboe player; I think I could get into just humping one instrument case and a sheaf of charts to my next gig...... naw, I can't imagine NOT being a guitarist. Even with the downside of too much gear it is still the best job in the world (IMHO); and if I ever become "successful" there will be people to hump and set up all that heavy gear.
I was at MoPhat for about an hour last tuesday but hunger and sleep deprivation forced me to go home at 8:30, so I missed you. As it turned out, I don't require the services of a luthier to install my new Fishman "Ellipse Matrix Blender" system on the D30. I tackled the job myself last night/this early AM (after playing in LOng Beach again--no flat tires or serious injuries this time out!) and I think it turned out really nice. I am really enthusiastic about new sound of the D30 after replacing that mini-condenser mic with a blended, dual pickup system (mic and undersaddle transducer mixed through on-board preamplifier).
amplified, the guitar sounds like its old self again.....previously the mini mic only picked up the low frequencies and mechanical player-noises (pick, finger-string noise, etc.). the addition of the transducer brings the high frequency tones back into the amplified output and the preamp mixes the two souces to give a very realistic acoustic guitar sound. I'm also really happy with my new ability to adjust both volume and tonal voicing at the guitar with only a fingertip instead of a trip back to the amplifier.....the preamp also has phase-cancellation for the mini condenser mic which helps control the feedback problem I had with the other system. all in all, I am really happy that I decided to go ahead and do it myself (my main motivation was the fact that I have two acoustic gigs over the next week and I wanted the upgrade without paying a premium for having a 24-hour turnaround time on the installation with my regular guy.)
have any of you folk noticed my tendency to "prattle" forever in my posts? hope I see you next sunday, Mark ....the downside to next sunday as a gig-date hit me this morning. Sunday is Mother's Day, I wonder if that will hurt our drawing power?
ce
ce blues said:ya got me, Jerry..... I am a chronic motor-mouth and am usually only allowed near the microphone to sing. If I even appear to contemplate talking to the audience our harmonica player has the radio-trigger to a shock collar I'm forced to wear when we play. if I utter one word past "thank you" at the conclusion of one of my songs its the old zap-box that brings me back to reality and a sphynx-like countenance.
ce
ce blues said:ya got me, Jerry..... I am a chronic motor-mouth and am usually only allowed near the microphone to sing. If I even appear to contemplate talking to the audience our harmonica player has the radio-trigger to a shock collar I'm forced to wear when we play. if I utter one word past "thank you" at the conclusion of one of my songs its the old zap-box that brings me back to reality and a sphynx-like countenance.
ce
ce blues said:Dear GuildFS4612CE,
for the record, Mother's Day was not kind to the Robert Garrett Trio. We had a very small (but also very appreciative) house. oh well, I'm sure next saturday's gig at McClain's in Fullerton will be much better. regards,
ce
BTW, I got through 2 sets with only one triggering of the shock collar. a record, I think.