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Eh. It keeps me wondering. But I ain't wastin' time no more on it. Reckon I'll go eat a peach. 🙁

Beautiful job. I love the new speaker cab!! 😉

I rode a Nishiki back in the mid 1990's. Loved that bike. Have no idea what I did with it. Probably lost it in the divorce. Along with my dignity. And a LOT of money. 😑

I like that most of the concert proceeds go to help farmers. There's much goodness in that. 🙂

Happy new bicycle day around here. A few weeks ago I sold off an elderly mountain bike that was never quite right for me, ergonomically. And so today I found myself in Sports Authority, looking for some Aguila Super Colibri's. (No luck there, sadly.) Somehow or another I ended up looking at bicycles. And then so test-riding a bunch of them around the store. Finally came home with this new Mongoose Spire. 27.5" rims, front suspension, and disc brakes front and rear. Just got back from a 45 minute ride, a neighborhood shake-down cruise. It was nice. Looking forward to working some bike riding into my cardio routines. Swimming is great, but I need to branch out. I mounted some battery powered lights on there, made by Bell. LED headlight and tail light. Very nice. 😃

Thanks, man. I wake up by 4:00 am every day of the week, seven days a week. Wish I could sleep in, but I can't. My body clock is a sadist. The 06:45 show time was to finalize the set-up and get everything ready for a 08:30 start time. 🥲

Excellent! Doesn't get any better than that. 😃

The weather was indeed great. 60 degrees F when we arrived to the river on Friday morning at 06:45 am, but a toasty 85 degrees when we loaded out in the afternoon at 3:00 pm. Yeah, Heather was stoked. And her entire family came out at one point to see her play. They sat out on the grass in lawn chairs, under a pop-up awning that we had set up for them. Say, do PM me, reference the Alabama-bound daughter. The Redstone Test Center (the place I just retired from, and the host agency for the big sports fest gig we played yesterday) would be a great place for her to apply for meaningful employment some day. AND they like to bring engineering students in as paid interns during the summer months. I would like to assist in getting you guys linked up with the chief engineers who manage the internships. Most of the intern hires end up coming to RTC to work after they graduate. Heh heh. The Test Center had one of their logistics guys camp out there on Thursday evening to guard all the equipment and gear. All of our amps, mic stands, PA heads and mixers were there under tarps, and there were fest tents, tables, chairs, trophies, ice chests, and a variety of support gear that had to be watched over. A very peaceable and beautiful place to camp out, I reckon.

Got in late this afternoon from an all-day gig at an outdoor sporting event. Shared the stage with another band, and traded sets. A lot of fun, but a LOT of work. It was a Thursday afternoon load-in and set-up, and an all day Friday playing affair. We combined forces with the other band, re; PA gear and mixers. Which brings its own degree of pain, trust me. Our drummer girl Heather played for the first time ever in front of hundreds of people. And she did just great! A few hours after arriving home, I finally got everything put away and the guitars polished and hung up. 😙

By my observation, bass players who play in rock bands featuring walls of distorted guitars to compete with, and in large arenas no less, require a crisp attack. Finger plucking can work really well when performing soft jazz or most songs by The Eagles. But for stuff like this, a plectrum is surely a good idea. Just thinking aloud. 🤔

Nice axe. Seven thousand bones is a bit steep though, for my finances. 🥲

I take the wife out to lunch at least once a week. We also meet her father and his wife for Sunday brunch, after the old man gets out of Catholic Mass. The ticket for those meals is currently twice or thrice that which I used to pay, before the covid hysteria. Sucks being on a fixed income in such times. Am grateful to have my old used Gibsons and Fenders. I don't plan to buy any new ones, that's for sure. 🙁

Hey, the chick with the huge pick guard is making national news now. Too awesome. 😀

How far is it for you to travel to those two towns in Minnesota, or to the impound facility in St Louis County? Go there. Make friends with the top officials there. Tell them your story. Bring any photos you may have of your father performing. (Preferably with either of those guitars, and with the amp in the background.) If you are sincere, humble, and polite, chances are they will give you the gear just to get it off their books. If they haven't already sold everything off, which is a distinct possibility. 🙁

Her name is Maren Morris. I'll let you look her up on Google, without any sort of commentary from me. 😐

I must confess that I don't know shiit from shinola about old Gibson acoustics, but that is a great guitar! I love the addition of the pickup and volume & tone knobs. Very, very J-160E thing to do, and way cool. Looks a lot like this one on Reverb. https://reverb.com/item/4149649-gibson-lg-1-1959-sunburst The bridge has been changed out on one or the other, but the details all look right. You look very happy playing her, and the dog approves! That is important around my house too. This is my black and white, Simon Peter. He's 12 years old. In this photo, he thinks he's getting some ice cream. 😀

I'm sorry. I'm trying to focus on the guitar and pick guard, but the gal in that little skin-tight outfit keeps distracting my eyes. 🤔

Hannibal, MO reminds me a lot of Weston, MO, all the way over on the western border, on the Missouri river. Quaint town, lots of antique shops, restaurants, a winery, and a few drinking establishments. Love it there. 😀

Sounds like the perfect relationship. 😐

The Ryman Auditorium is one of my favorite places ever. So much history, and the acoustics in that joint are just fantastic. I recall that the designers built it in such a manner that a speaker or performer on the stage could be heard clearly to a person sitting in any seat in the house. Built in the late 1800's, only shortly after the advent of electric microphones, this was important. One thing I would recommend, while visiting Memphis, is to visit the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel. This is where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray. The museum was built into the back of the old motel, and the motel and parking lot (with period-correct automobiles) have been preserved to appear precisely as it was on that fateful day back in 1968. It is a surreal landmark, and just a bit creepy. I liken it to visiting Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The street where JFK was assassinated, the grassy knoll, and the 6th Floor Museum there; I'm of the age where both of those tragic, historical events are burned into my earliest memories. 🙁

Oh man. Thoughts and prayers to you, good friend. Hope it all turns out well in the end. Stay dry. 😐

Photos, kidblast. We can make this the 'here's my guitar workspace' thread even. 🙂

Yes, you are right. I do need to come up with a more elegant solution than the standing lamp I'm using right now. The five lights do adjust via goose-neck stems, so that's a good thing. I'll think on it, and take a look around. 🫠

Happy New Guitar Table Day I got tired of using the kitchen counter for working on/restringing/setting-up guitars. Pretty sure the wife wasn't happy about it either. So, with just a bit of rearranging things in the music room, and trip to Lowe's to pick up the main item, presto chango, we now have a dedicated guitar work bench. With drawers. A long overdue addition to the music room. 🙂 Needs more stickers. 😐

Wow! Very nice. Love both of them. And I really love that I finally have found a Les Paul associated with the word, "Slash" that I actually love. That red LP is a stunner!! 😃