Had to sit through 3 opening acts . he played for about 45 minutes... a set .... first time for me so I couldnt pass on it. no Steve Vai I'll admit. whoplayed for 4 + hours and multiple wardrobe changes when I saw him in a small theater back in the 90's... Malmsteen
" phoned it in" by...
Two words- confirmation bias I once put 3 different saddles( standard rolled vintage type, cast block type and a brass one) on one of my strats-at the same time in the highE, B and Gpositions. then i put 9's on all three and tuned them it E. If I heard a difference between them it was slight...
Last September my doc wouldnt give to June of this year...(terminal cancer)A sons wedding in June ... Looks like I may make it after all... I too have short term memory loss...
A luthier is someone who can build an acoustic from sratch IMO. I taught myself how it set up my guitars in the 90's -before I had access to the net. These days theres so much access to info itsalmost a no-brainer to aquire the skills a a "tech"... which falls in the category of being able to...
Its not that hard to do... A few choice tools -especislly if you want to refret. SS is harder to polish and do the fret ends. Any imperfections on the crowns will be felt. Unlike standard frets which the strings will smooth them out in short order- found that out the hard way...
I remember it well. It was the late 90's and I didnt have a home computer-even if I had I wouldnt know how to use it.... I just had taken possension of a 1974 honda CB750. I had to scower the classified sections and motorcyle mags at the time looking for used parts. As I recieved it without an...
I'll admit there isnt a "For the love of God" on it. Still refreshing to hear him going in this direction. The song Candlepower has a vid thats interesting...
Just listened to this a couple of times thru. Think its his best since P+W- no singing -just instrumentals. Thing about Vai is while he is a shedder his playing never defined(pigeonholed) him as such.
In fact I just set up my Dads old machinists box with my guitar tools. My son got me a set of Stew Mac nut files I haven't used yet. Before that I used feeler gauges roughed up on one side...