oh, and while you’re at it …
Saturday, June 21st, 2008somebody please buy my Gold Tone Bob Carlin 350 banjo and Peavey SRP-16 Stereo Digital Reverb Pedal.
Posts Tagged ‘guitar’
somebody, please buy my guitar!
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Black Godin SDxt. Floating tremolo bridge blocked out to make it a hard-tail. Plays very nicely. Cheap! $275, on consignment at Encore Music Exchange - call Dave at 416 691-2686.
don’t fret
Saturday, March 29th, 2008We played guitar and banjo for most of Earth Hour. This is how my fretting hand ended up:
Ken Reaume | Wavelength Music Series + Zine
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Interview: Ken Reaume | Wavelength Music Series + Zine
January 20th 11pm – 18th, 2008Ken Reaume– at Sneaky Dee’s (431 College St, Toronto)
“Four Horses” CD release
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you’re a tube, Leo …
Sunday, January 13th, 2008I caved to the tone craving, and ended up buying a Fender Champion 600 all-tube combo amp. It’s nice; just the right volume level for the basement, and even dimed (or duodimed, since it goes up to 12) it’s unlikely to raise too many complaints.
But filling in the registration card was a problem. Tell me what’s wrong with this question:
Hint: it’s not the content …
i wonder
Thursday, December 13th, 2007… what Smokey Amps have to say about Minty Amps?
Robyn’s stolen guitar(s)
Thursday, November 15th, 2007Robyn Hitchcock had his blue Fender Telecaster stolen in Toronto on Tuesday. For last night’s show he managed to borrow Barenaked Lady Stephen Paige’s black Tele.
I also suspect that his Fylde acoustic was stolen too. He was playing a small-bodied acoustic last night.
Mean people suck.
four horses
Sunday, November 11th, 2007I really think that Ken Reaume’s Four Horses could be my best album of the year. It’s been on repeat play all day.
And yes, he does work in Penguin Music.
Ken
Thursday, September 27th, 2007I just heard some music by Ken Reaume - and I need to hear a lot more.
take your …
Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Just a few of the guitar picks I’ve tried (though the one at the top is a felt uke pick). I got a bunch of Fender celluloid picks at The 12th Fret today, and they could be good. The huge one at the bottom is indeed homemade, made from two sheets of wood veneer laminated together with the grain offset 90°.
There’s a tale about the Kinky Friedman one.
strings = strings + 10
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Perhaps somewhat rashly, I bought a Godin SD XT from Encore Music Exchange. It seems to be a lot of guitar for the money (others agree). Still no amp for it, so it’s sounding like a very quiet bee when I play it. A tonally rich bee,of course.
I do have to make special mention of Encore. It’s a very friendly store, and the owner has it set out like a living room. I’m sure I’ll be back.
So why ’strings + 10′? Even more rashly, I bought a wee bit of Canadiana on eBay: a Northern Doane-style concert ukulele. Hey, it was cheap …
twang twang
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007I had my first guitar lesson with Nichol Robertson last night at Steve Briggs’s place. It’s strange coming to guitar from another stringed instrument. I’m still convinced that the guitar has one string too many. But then, my guitar teacher is better known for playing the banjo, and my banjo teacher is better known for playing the guitar, so I may be confused.
From Eldoret to Sighthill (to Toronto)
Sunday, December 17th, 2006Daniel Aliangana is a medical technologist from Eldoret, Kenya. In 1994–95 he was studying at the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow, and living in the apartment blocks in nearby Sighthill. He recorded these tracks in his spare time, and gave me a tape before he left for Kenya.
Daniel recorded these on a double cassette deck, carefully overlaying each track by recording live over the top. He used a classical guitar, an electronic keyboard, and some kitchen objects for percussion.
There are occasional harmonies which might have been provided by Catherine’s former flatmate Grace Achiya. Grace is also from Kenya, and it was through her that we got to know Daniel.
I don’t know where Daniel is these days, but there’s a Mr D. Aliangana listed as Chief Technician in the Department of Medical Physiology at Moi University in Eldoret. Wherever you are, Daniel, I hope you are well, and thanks for the music!
(originally linked from my music page.)