Music, Instruments and Gear

Slidin' the Blues


Welcome to the music, instruments and gear page.  I have had a life long love of music, a lot of different instruments especially guitar.  It's funny though, I never bothered to learn to play, strange.  My brother has played as long as I can remember but I was satisfied with listening and tinkering.  A little more than a year ago, I decided to get serious about learning to play.  It has been a rewarding journey although I am still a rank beginner.  A word of thanks to all the great people that have posted terrific instructional videos on Youtube. 


I continue to listen to all styles of music, practice and tinker.  Recently, I finished my first acoustic build and currently working on a acoustic guitar to resonator conversion.


Here are a couple of pics of gear and a link to my online gallery.

Wanda


I love this guitar; built by Steve McDonald of Houston, Texas.  It features a custom made, one of a kind stainless steel shell built to exact Fender specs. Lace Gold pups, rosewood fingerboard and Sperzal locking tuners.  It almost plays itself.

Pictured right, my first electric, a gift from my daughter.  It is a little student Gibson/Baldwin Les Paul.  I have tuned up the pick ups and set the intonation as close as possible with this bridge.  

My first acoustic build; a full size dreadnought with a 17" bout.  Zebrawood back and sides with a reclaimed fir neck and sound board with an oak finger board. 

My goal was to build this acoustic from materials in my shop.  I purchased the following; tuners, frets, L.R. Baggs pick up, bridge pins, bindings.  The balance of materials did indeed come from my shop.

A current project; converting a Yamaha acoustic to a resonator.














Thanks for viewing!
Here is a link for my online gallery of instruments and gear:
https://picasaweb.google.com/101549896464547479905/Instruments#


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