happy new year everybody

happy new year - merry xmas - keith's birday - my brother's birthday - baby jesus' birthday!!!!!
First of all... how many f'n college bowl games do we need?? don't know about you but i think currently, there are about 8 too many... I gotta say, i'm a sucker for a cheerleader... well, girl cheerleader - I feel so old, gals didn't get the breast augmentation back when I was in college... sorry, certainly I digress.

Had a great holiday, and got some great presents, first up, my brand new Shubb GS dobro steel:
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note: the face I'm making has less to do with my excitement and more with the metal object sticking out of the right side of my head. Another great present I received was the book, "Dance with the Devil" by Stanley Booth. Thanks TA, I've never met you face to face, thank you for the awesome book.

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Guitar of the Week:

Killer Gibson signature V - The Jimi Hendrix model... remember? the Band of Gypsys? My personal favorite Jimi Era. This V is clean, and with the 60's model tremelo bridge, humbuckers pickups, and funky 60's finish... Very affordable and Hey it sounds great when plugged into this...

Orange Combo! It REALLY DOES SOUND GOOD PLUGGED INTO THIS BABY!

Ok, Song of the... just click play I grabbed some stuff I've been listening to over the holidays..

First we have,
The Sixths, with "Kissing Things"

and the next two are my old buddy,
Brooks West with, "Sharpie" and "the Art Song"

it's good to be back...

sometimes reality television can yeild very good things...

This is, The Clark Brothers performing, YOU'RE IN MY HEART, by Rod Stewart

Do a Deed for a Dude Part II

First of all answer to the "what is this thing" question is "Guitar Nut Extender" so TA you win the prize!

Now as far as the Do a Deed for a Dude - I was trying to come up with a mnemonic device to remember Open D tuning... Do a Deed for a Dude doesn't work because open d tuning is DADF#AD. So if anyone has any ideas let me know.

I just took my first Lap Steel lesson and purchased the Kelly Joe Phelps Lap steel DVD. Guitar is equipped with my Nut Extender (I love saying that) and tuned to Open D...

Here's your first lesson:
D Major Scale in open D:


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I'm so stoked about taking lessons - I only wish I would have done this 10 years ago.

Next we'll talk about slides and dobro capos.

Do A Deed For A Dude - Part 1

Step One: Do A Deed For A Dude (or Dig A Ditch for a Doob).

Step Two: get one of these...

What is this thing anyway?


To be continued...