New guitar gear…
Peavey Vypyr 30w amplifier. Sweet tones. It’s a modeling amp, so it can be programmed to sound like a number of other amps, including a Marshall stack, a Krankenstein, and old school Fender dual reverb…it sounds GREAT and is a lot of fun.
Also, the acoustic in the corner was a present from my kids. Isn’t that great!
I love Christmas.
Crappy weather has kept me off the bike for over a week. I’m going today for a lap at Blankets. Hopefully, I won’t have lost too much…
Casey and I swapped my pedals for his yesterday to see if my crappy Shimano pedals were the source of a popping and creaking. They are. Now I need to get some new pedals. Sealed bearing pedals are on my list now. I’m thinking some Crank Bros Candys…
I taught Josh to play the rhythm part of Wish You Were Here last week and I played the lead solo. It was pretty neat. 
He just started playing guitar a few weeks ago.
With gas prices going down, I’m thinking about a bike trip to North Carolina. And if they continue to go down, I’m thinking a Moab trip in April. Oh yeah.
I’ve always enjoyed the old Tom Johnston-era Doobie Brothers. One of the first songs I learned all the way through was Long Train Running.
I also know about 40% of China Grove. I’m working on this one right now.
One of the more complex songs I’ve learned is Zeppelin’s Over the Hills and Far Away. I know the opening until the overdriven guitar kicks in. I haven’t had a chance to learn that part yet.
I think every guitarist starting out learns Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here.
But not many learn the solo from Comfortably Numb. This was a hard one, but worth the effort.
One beast of a song that took me several weeks to learn is Jessica by the Allman Bros. The opening until the piano solo was quite easy, but Dickey Betts’ part after the piano solo was a bear and I still don’t have it down to speed. I stumble alot on the quicker finger work.
I’ve also learned some riffs from Rush, Def Leppard, AC/DC, and a lot of other stuff. I need the get the video camera out. I’m fairly proud of my progress. Jake said he wants to start an AC/DC tribute/cover band, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to wear a get-up like Angus Young.
This is my new toy. It’s an Agile Dauntless SBD Cherry Sunburst Flame. SWEET!
You can get more info here.
Identical hardware, same brand and model, I just can’t decide on a color…
I think the black one with gold hardware is the classiest. The blue and the green just look so funky (in a good way). The classic Les Paul coloring is just friggin’ cool.
I was leaning towards the black with gold hardware, but looking at the others made me think I wanted one with a little more flair, something a little more eye catching…
I don’t know…I’m ordering one of these babies this week. I might just hang an image of each one on the wall and throw a dart.
Been riding this week. Trying to regain the passion. I’ve had two decent rides this week. Sorba Woodstock finished the new Van Michael Trail at Blankets. It’s an advanced trail, so I am avoiding it until July. I think we all know why. The new reroutes on the Mosquito Bite trail are really nice.
I’m ordering a new guitar tomorrow. Either an Ibanez GAX70 or an Agile AL-2000 Les Paul copy. See the picture in the post below for the Ibanez. Whichever I get, it will be a nice upgrade and should hold me over for a while, at least until I can afford a new Gibson ES335 Alex Lifeson Signature model for $3000. I played the Ibanez at Guitar Center yesterday and it had good action, a nice tone and felt really comfortable. The Agile gets rave reviews online though and is a very credible Les Paul copy. Decisions, descisions…
Me and Jake saw The Incredible Hulk yesterday. Huge huge improvement over the first Hulk movie. This Hulk was much more badass and not quite as emo. The fight scenes were great.
I’m looking forward to:
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