livemusic Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Fred, after months of repair, finally got the guitar out of the shop here in Nashville. They did a terrific job of fixing the huge cracks, you have to look very hard to see them. I am amazed, there was total separation of those cracks. Braces were busted loose too. This is my first write of 2014, just finished writing this. My engineer said "Wow, that guitar is amazing, it's so evenly balanced." Meaning bass strings all across to the treble strings. But I was strumming it. This is us seeing how it sounds on a fingerstyle song. And I do not have nails, I use flesh of my fingertips. Wish I had nails. This is rough, he could make it sound better with doing his engineer magic, so, this is, more or less, raw. I really love the guitar, it has a special sound. If you like the new song, please drop a brief comment. Still recording my first album in Nashville. It's a bear to choose songs, I have so many! Which is a nice problem. But it is a huge problem! https://soundcloud.com/bill-pittman/me-alone-guitar-vocal-work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Liked the song and the C&W sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 You da man! Nice song, nice guitar, wonderful. All the best in the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggieryan Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 there is something about a great repair job on a badly cracked vintage guitar that just seems to end up magical. maybe the glue is makes a stiffer overall material and the wood is nice and dried out at some point in its life. all I know is that the results can be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 There bound to be a small psychological thrill that improves playing when you get something like that in your hands. Such a nice thing to see old things getting restored. Hope it brings you success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Bill, I'm so happy to see that guitar brought back to life. It is a really nice guitar, plays extremely well, and has classic 1950's slope-J tone. (And I like the song, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol fred Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Bill, how in heck did you manage to write a song about me without ever meeting face to face ? Now you know why I told you that you would love that guitar...magical, the only way to describe it Gave me goosebumps when I heard it again. I loved that old guitar for twenty five years, now it's in the hands of someone who can share it with the world. Great job brother. But it aint really done till ya post the pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 LM , what a beautiful song ! nice guitar too sounds killer JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 It's a great guitar. I know both Nick and I played it at Fred's place. Hope you enjoy it for a LONG time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol fred Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Fred, after months of repair, finally got the guitar out of the shop here in Nashville. They did a terrific job of fixing the huge cracks, you have to look very hard to see them. I am amazed, there was total separation of those cracks. Braces were busted loose too. This is my first write of 2014, just finished writing this. My engineer said "Wow, that guitar is amazing, it's so evenly balanced." Meaning bass strings all across to the treble strings. But I was strumming it. This is us seeing how it sounds on a fingerstyle song. And I do not have nails, I use flesh of my fingertips. Wish I had nails. This is rough, he could make it sound better with doing his engineer magic, so, this is, more or less, raw. I really love the guitar, it has a special sound. If you like the new song, please drop a brief comment. Still recording my first album in Nashville. It's a bear to choose songs, I have so many! Which is a nice problem. But it is a huge problem! https://soundcloud.c...itar-vocal-work All of that work really paid off and we can't forget the role that jt played. Make me feel warm and fuzzy. Thanks UPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I am really surprised! It WAS not looking good for that guitar a few months back. And there it is, and sounding great, LM. The whole story put me off buying O/S guitars a bit, but I weakened and hit the go button on another, and guess what? They seem to have lost it! Yesterday, the tracking said it was here in Aust Customs, who gave us a new kind of certificate Roadblock redtaper when called, but this morning tracking says it is in Memphis still..... Huh? Like I said,I was never going to do this again. Staying calm by getting the Better Half to deal with the @###@#ERS.... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumblefinger Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Mate,you're about to upset the whole fabric of modern society if that song ever gets out. Whata ya mean it's MY fault. What about the guvment, my mother, my wife, can't I even kick my dog anymore. Love the song, good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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