August 2019 – Chris And Rick Talk Guitars

Tele Talk Tuning Video

August 16, 2019February 8, 2020
by chris

I love the Youtube “rabbit porthole” that appears on the right hand side of the screen when watching a video. This showed up there and grabbed my attention. I hadn’t given tuning or intonation much thought in awhile but this excellent video had me thinking enough about them to want to explore them in a

Guitars

My Made in Japan Les Paul

August 1, 2019February 3, 2021
by chris

My first (and only) eBay guitar purchase was a made in Japan Gibson Les Paul Knockoff. Sometime in 2005 I became “re-obsessed” with the music that I obsessed over in my youth – bands like Mott the Hoople, Thin Lizzy, David Bowie and UFO. I was playing in a country/roots rock band and writing country/roots