If you’re a guitarist like me, you are not fond of having to change your strings. As a result, I sometimes keep the strings on a guitar longer than they should, usually till they are so worn out that they…
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“You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do” . . : Changing Guitar Strings
Tagged with: Changing Nylon guitar strings, Changing steel guitar strings, Guitar Strings, Nylon Guitar Strings
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Posted in Equipment
“Small Cogs Make Big Wheels Turn” . : Lou Ottens and Henry Goldrich
I recently learned of the deaths of Lou Ottens and Henry Goldrich. These are not famous musicians but their impact on popular music was immense. Lou Ottens Lou Ottens was a Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette. As…
“How Will The Wolf Survive” . . : Jerry Garcia’s Wolf Guitar Comes Out To Play
This is a call back to a previous post (https://roymusicusa.com/2019/05/25/pictures-from-an-exhibition-the-instruments-of-rock-roll-at-the-met-part-iii/) where I talked about the custom made guitars of Jerry Garcia. Just recently while Dead & Company were playing here in NYC at Citi Field, John Mayer played Jerry Garcia’s…
Tagged with: "Play It Loud", Dead & Company, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, John Mayer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wolf Guitar
Posted in Equipment, Grateful Dead, Jam Band
Posted in Equipment, Grateful Dead, Jam Band
“Pictures From An Exhibition . . : The Instruments Of Rock & Roll At The Met Part III
Continuing my posts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll”, I think another name for this post could be “Jerry’s Kids”. The guitar pics that I’m featuring in this post were played…
Tagged with: Doug Irwin, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tiger Guitar, Wolf Guitar
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment, Grateful Dead
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment, Grateful Dead
“Pictures From An Exhibition . . : The Instruments Of Rock & Roll At The Met Part II
In my previous post, I talked and posted pictures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” (https://roymusicusa.com/2019/04/26/pictures-from-an-exhibition-the-instruments-of-rock-roll-at-the-met-part-i/). This time I want to talk briefly about this one single display in the show.…
Tagged with: Angus Young, Derek Trucks, Duane Allman, Gibson, Gibson SG, Metropolitan Museum of Art, SG
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment
“Pictures From An Exhibition . . : The Instruments Of Rock & Roll At The Met Part I
I recently went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the exhibition “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” which is showing through October 1, 2019. This is guitar geek heaven. The show has on display approximately 130…
Tagged with: "Play It Loud", Jimmy Page, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment
Posted in Classic Rock, Equipment
“My Bass Space” . . . : The Fender Precision Bass
For the last several years I have been focusing my musical energies on mastering the Chapman Stick, an endeavor that I have written about previously. Recently I decided to take a break from that instrument and return to my primary…
“He’s a bad motha – SHUT YO MOUTH” . . .: Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks The World
The video below was brought to my attention in a recent post on OpenCulture.com. It a very cool documentary on the wah-wah pedal. Yes, the wah-wah pedal. The coolest guitar effect ever! Featuring a slew of guitarists (Eddie Van Halen,…
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