drathbun Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Last Friday night my wife Winn and I played the "Free For All Fridays" gig at the Tribal Connections cafe in Okotoks Alberta. Once a month this small store/bistro/club opens their stage to locals who wish to perform anything they wish; standup comedy, poetry readings, music, rap, whatever. I played my Hummingbird 12 string there last month. This time I brought my SJ200 Golden Age. This guitar has no internal pickup so I used the iRig Stage pickup system. I cut a hole in a feedback buster to accommodate the iRig and it worked pretty nicely. The feedback I got was from the stage mics not the pickup. When I got there, I noticed they had added to the guitars they put out for anyone to come up and use. They added a very nice looking and sounding, sunburst, Gibson Songwriter. Next month I might leave my guitars at home and play the Songwriter. I owned one a few years ago and loved it. FWIW, here is a video of our performance mistakes and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Nice Doug - That's awesome you and your wife are playing together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Two great songs! Really nice, Doug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSoxBiker Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Very well done, Doug! It's always nice to see and hear an SJ in skilled hands. You and you wife perform well together, too. Very fluid and natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 3:39 AM, billroy said: Nice Doug - That's awesome you and your wife are playing together! Thanks, Bill. We've been singing together for many years, usually at parties and get-togethers for friends and family. On 10/26/2019 at 7:23 AM, j45nick said: Two great songs! Really nice, Doug. Thanks, Nick. We had three prepared but they needed time for the rappers. 😞 On 10/26/2019 at 8:07 AM, PatriotsBiker said: Very well done, Doug! It's always nice to see and hear an SJ in skilled hands. You and you wife perform well together, too. Very fluid and natural. Thanks, PB! The more we practice, the less rehearsed we seem! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) Very good performance by you both. Really fun. The Dimming of the Day was a nice surprise. I love Richard Thompson, and your version was a fine interpretation. Oh, your comic timing is good too! "We're known as...Doug and Winn." Ha! Red 333 Edited October 28, 2019 by Red 333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagull Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Nice! great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Red 333 said: Very good performance by you both. Really fun. The Dimming of the Day was a nice surprise. I love Richard Thompson, and your version was a fine interpretation. Oh, your comic timing is good too! "We're known as...Doug and Winn." Ha! Red 333 Thanks, Red! Later on the MC was going through the crowd with a mic asking people for jokes (as the next act was setting up). So I got a chance to tell one of my favourite Stephen Wright jokes... "All here who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand." 7 hours ago, Seagull said: Nice! great job Thanks, Seagull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Mighty fine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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