Lunch today was some chicken I got from the local butchers - they sell them there, cooked, for $6.50. I managed to resist buying an enormous piece of pork crackling, that's just plain unhealthy. I ate the wings and those nice bits underneath with some leftover coleslaw. I always put some apple in coleslaw, it makes it even better.
Got a lot to cover today, I'm feeling wordy and inquisitive.
Off TopicToday I had a job interview (audition last night, job interview today, lunch reporter - I'm under a lot of scrutiny this week) for a stevedore position with P&O shipping. It involves driving cars off of ships for A LOT more money than I would have thought! I’m on my summer break from uni so rather than sit around the house getting fatter for three months I’ll get a job so I can pay off that credit card I wish I didn’t use! Who knows, I may even make enough money to fund a lavish music purchase! I have my mind set on an SH ASAT Special in either Fullerton Red or Emerald Blue, either way with a tortoiseshell guard. My girlfriend would prefer I put the money towards a mid year holiday, and she’s right - I haven’t had a proper holiday where I can put my feet up and not worry about money or house work for 5 whole years. But guitars are damn good fun and the exchange rate is in my favour at the moment…..
What's your next guitar related purchase going to be?On the topic of girlfriends etc - and I realise this is a bit of a girlie question -
where did you meet your partner? My girlfriend and I met at an evening called Soul-A-Go-Go on New Years Eve on this year’s side of midnight. My sister is responsible for introducing us – I was dancing with my sister and she’d obviously had enough of so she spun me around into my now girlfriend. We took over the stage when the actual Go-Go dancers got down, it was an absolute belter of an evening. After a while she left with her friends for another bar but I got her number! Our first date was a couple of days later at a Chinese dumpling restaurant; the bill was $15 in total. The rest, as they say, is history. We moved in together three weeks ago.
G&L TopicIn my opinion, the neck of a guitar, above all else, is the most crucial part of the instrument. There are so many factors to consider in the construction of a neck that it is a small miracle when one finds a neck that is just perfect.
What’s your favourite G&L neck and why? Is there a neck option you wish they’d add?For me, the #1 neck with its 12” radius fret board is just right. I love it. It’s big, but not too big. It’s fast, but not too fast. It’s as snug in the neck pocket as you like. I like the big frets on it. It resonates very, very nicely. I have it on two of my ASAT’s and even though it is made in the same factory on the same machine, I’ll be damned if they don’t feel different! On one of them, the Classic S I posted a picture of in Monday’s report, the edges of the fingerboard have a slightly more pronounced curve to them. On my Bluesboy, pictured in yesterdays report, they are somewhat sharper. This dfference is obviously down to the hand-finishing portion of construction, but there is another, more mysterious difference that I have noticed. The BB has noticeably more tension in the strings than the Classic S. Both are strung up with the same brand (Ernie Ball), same gauge (10-46) strings and have the same scale length but, inexplicably, there is definitely a difference. The BB is one year younger. My preference out of the two supposedly identical necks is for the one on the BB. It makes me wonder what might make it feel even better to me, but for now, and I emphasize the 'for now', its just right. I would, however, like to see the option of a radius between 7.5" and 12". Probably 10", as sometimes barre chords can be a bit tough on the 12" board.
Something big happened yesterday - I got some new picks, medium gauge Fender celluloid ones. They're great! I had been using the same picks but the heavy gauge, and recently they've felt a like they're fighting me a bit too much. I think I have found my perfect pick. My preferred pick seems to change with each step forwards in my ability as a guitar player. Anyone else noticed this?
That's all for now.
Jamie
P.S. Why no-one comment on theme tune, you no like?
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