found some money, and decided to pick up a wah-wah pedal. excellent timing – on sale for $50. awesome. so much fun.
Tag: guitar
rocker
evan tried his hand at messing around with the delay effect. he picked it up really quickly, cranking out some awesome spacey sounds.
train guitar dude
this guy was giving it his best, playing on an otherwise crowded morning train. he’d had a rough night, but was still trying. we need more music.
EAXGBE
I finally got around to replacing the strings, as the ones that came with the guitar were a bit corroded. It was my first time replacing strings, and I messed up on the D string, causing it to snap after bringing up the tension. Should have bought some spare strings…
play time
I got the house to myself for a couple of hours this afternoon, so I treated myself to half an hour of play time without headphones, cranked. I’m sure the neighbours weren’t impressed.
insane
I usually practice with a pretty clean setting on the amp, but sometimes it’s just fun to flip it over to Insane and crank it up a bit. Evan picked up the ukulele and started jamming with me, too.
pickup
I took a quick break from reading and writing to play a bit on the guitar. almost got Ghost Riders in the Sky down…
pick
I stopped by the guitar store to order a cheap amp, and picked up a few picks to replace my DIY corner-of-unrequested-MasterCard “pick”
fender strings
my shiny new (used) fender strat squier. it’s missing the whammy bar, and I don’t have an amp (yet) but I’m getting used to the fingering. the frets are MUCH further apart than on my trusty ukulele…