kansas

Am playing with a group doing a conference and one of the songs we are doing is "wayward son" by kansas. Kerry Levgrin is a neat guitarist. The solos and structure of this song are very well crafted. Got the first of 4 solos in and a bridge run learned yesterday. Plan to learn the second one tonight. Figured out the best way: Audacity has the ability to solo a solo down without changing pitch so you can play it and hear what is going on.

On another note: found a neat mod to do to my 18 watt...a power reduction switch. Should help me drop the power down to like 9, then 4 watts. Much better for practice although 4 watts is still pretty loud. Those who say no have never spent any time with my 1.5 watt Firefly..it will make your ears ring.
k

Labor day weekend

Labor day weekend was fun. Took the wife and kids to the Bay Point Marriott in Panama City Fl.
Much fun and food was had by all. Wife did the spa thingy. I got her an appointment and she had a wonderful time.
It's not about the trip...it's all about them. I love my family. I am proud of my wife and kids. I don't know how I could go on without them and being able to spend a weekend away was very rewarding.
I just want my wife to know she is the love of my life and means everything to me. Love you honey!
We have been married 13 wonderful years and I look forward to many more.
I love my kids too...of course, but I know that without us loving each other and making the commitment to each other our kids would be missing something that they truly need...a family.
I see so many others struggling to stay together. I see what a busted marriage, affairs, distrust and lying can do to kids and a marriage. I pray that the good Lord will hold us and keep us from ever giving up on each other, or giving in to this world.
I love you Di and don't you ever forget it.
K

Headed to Hiltonhead...

Going to a conference in Hiltonhead...hope there is some nice music around to listen to. Have been thinking of getting a Travel Guitar..yes the ones that are branded "Travel Guitar". Something to take on the road. I really need to practice the solos out of "Wayward Son" by Kansas...got to get them learned.

new speaker to try with amps

I picked up a Judy Box amps "BadBetty" 30watt 8 ohm speaker to try. They were parted out of some amps that had problems, so it is New In Box. The BB is a 92.5db rated speaker, so it is quieter than the 100db Veteran 30 from Warehouse Guitar Speakers or the 95db Celestion G12L-40H that is in my little cab now. According the Judy Box and the frequecy graf they have on their site, it has better lows and highs than the Celestion, but at a lower volume. The Celestion sounds good, but the lows are lacking and the highs are brittle..so we will see how this one stacks up against it.
(Try the search bar below and go look at the Judy Box amps, nice amps for the money...I think it will find them...Google ususaly does).
Let you know how it sounds.
Kirk

18 watt post 17

Hope I got the number right. Went to Home Depot yesterday and got a 10 foot 10" white pine board. Very tight grain, so it should do nicely. Will work on cutting and joining it this weekend, if not before.
Keep you posted.
k

Caffine...my brain is just slow

I am still struggling with the caffine thing. Not that I want it, gotta have it, etc....my brain just seems to be running slower. I play music as you know, and on sundays fast decisions when playing often are a struggle...remembering lead lines, etc...
I sit and think..."what was his name?" and get no answer from the terrabyte of storage between my ears....feels like i have molasses in there. Frustraiting...anyhows...hope it improves. Need more fish oil and ginko i guess...
k

18 watter at church again..more on caffine

Played the 18 watter at church again...my playing was much better this week. I mounted the 18watt on a board to keep folks from gettins shocked until I get a cab built. Love the sound..big full, even through my cheap cab. Now through the Vet 30 in my other cab...big mojo going on. The Celestion g12L-40H is a cheap speaker...less lows, smaller magnet...less db. All that is well and good for the church gig. If I play live somewhere else...use other cab.

Am going to Home Depot today to get boards to start on the cab with. Hope to work on it one night this week. Would love to get it cut out, finger jointed and then drilled this week. Then I can at least mount it in the box to use will I can work on it again. I would then do the stays to hold the front and back, then cut the front and back out and start working on the inlay for the front. Have a place to get faceplate material...so I need to go by there and get it and drill and mount it. Plan to get it engraved too. We shall see. May just get wood and do face plate first...
This is going to take a few weeks.

Still holdin out on no or low caffine...energy levels are ok...still not up to par yet...
k