The weather has been the worst in years, cold and snowy. Here is a photo off our deck in the back. The snow was above the deck rail not long ago.
Many people have had water coming in through the ceilings due to ice dams. I shoveled the garage roof about a month ago and the house roof last Saturday. It was a lot of work but I told Ginny i was taking a heart test. I survived but was soaking wet when done. Here is the picture of a neighbor behind us. I hope that he has had no damage.
Some of the ice dams have been 8-10 inches deep. My roof is completely bare so we are fine.
Not much today in the G&L fold other than our recording experience. I am about 95 % complete and plan to have it available by April 1. All of the guitar other rhan acoustic is done on G&L's. Steve showed up last fall with an American Tele that he had just put new strings on. He has always been a Fender guy but is gigging G&L's now. I had him rerecord the work he had done with Tele as it was so anemic and sterile. What a difference. I have also rerecorded a couple of the bass tracks with the L-2500 as I really like the tone for a couple of songs. I am glad this project is nearing completion. But all I can say for the G&L guitars is tone, tone, tone! The bonus is that they are special to look at. Any thoughts?????
I have been getting ready for a trip to west of Denver Colorado next week to watch my 13 yo granddaughter compete in Junior Olympic skiing. New tires on the van, Aligned and it is road ready. My daughter Kari asked if I would bring her baby Taylor along with me next week as they are already there and didn't have room. The dad and other granddaughter have to return here this weekend so I will be bringing my daughter Kari and granddaughter Haley back. It will be a blast. Ginny is staying home with the kitties and working. Yesterday was my chance to take a look at the Baby Taylor. This is one of the early ones made in America with a moulded case. Kari picked it up about 3 years ago for I believe $100.
The strings were older than dirt, the action high, so I decided to give it a good going over. I adjusted the truss rod, removed the neck and shimmed to lower the action and stringed it with new EJs. The action is perfect and the neck shimming was a breeze as it is mounted with two screws. This guitar has had some use but is good for much more. It plays pretty sweet now. What have you been doing for entertainment during this messy winter? Here are some photos.
Neck mounting screws
Very nice molded case.
Last subject today is something I have not seen discussed here and that is Guitar Insurance. It is obviously important to me and I have always checked with our carrier to make sure that mine were covered against theft, fire and comprehensive. They were but here is where it gets into the grey area. The limit on household articles is determined in you policy. Our belongings would have been covered up to that max but my guitars would have put it way over what they would have paid. I am not worried about coverage when I am gigging and my homeowners will not cover a guitar that is being gigged or away from home. I am okay with that as I keep an eye on them when gigging. I sat down a couple of weeks ago and added up the replacement value of my guitars. That is when reality sets in. What would you do if you came home from a weekend and they were gone. After talking to our agent I decided the increase the value of our personal property by $100,000 for an addition $60 a year. In my opinion, that is a bargain. Remember that this can vary from state to state but guitars do not require special riders like jewelry or guns at lest in Minnesota. What are you thoughts and concerns about this issue. What have you done? I am interested to see what others have done. Have a great day, the sun does it for me! -- Darwin
