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FOR SALE $299 Epiphone Les Paul Special Electric Guitar. 6 string. On Sale Now!!
#inlandjewelryandloan #inlandjewelryandloaninc #upland #7daysaweek #pawnshop #uplandca #pawn #loan #forsale #deals #shoplocal #smallbusiness #shopsmallbusiness #sanbernardino #california #diamonds #upland #inlandempire #guitar #electricguitar #lespaul #epiphone #epiphoneguitars #epiphonelespaul #music #musicinstrument #guitarsdaily

FOR SALE $299 Epiphone Les Paul Special Electric Guitar. 6 string. On Sale Now!!
#inlandjewelryandloan #inlandjewelryandloaninc #upland #7daysaweek #pawnshop #uplandca #pawn #loan #forsale #deals #shoplocal #smallbusiness #shopsmallbusiness #sanbernardino #california #diamonds #upland #inlandempire #guitar #electricguitar #lespaul #epiphone #epiphoneguitars #epiphonelespaul #music #musicinstrument #guitarsdaily

87 Les Paul Custom has been in commission for a while now… very happy that I’m (again) playing it! #umbersound #guitar #lespaul #music #metal

Save up to 75% on MusicLab’s virtual guitar instruments https://rekkerd.org/musiclab-virtual-guitar-instruments-sale/

#BestService #Guitar #LesPaul #MusicLab #Rickenbacker #Sale

New year, new pickups. Replaced the neck Gibson 490 and the bridge 498T with DiMarzio Air Norton and a PAF Pro. I am used to the PAF Pro in my Les Paul’s for decades.

#guitarporn #gibson #lespaul #dimarzio

Les Paul

Wisconsin's own. b. June 9, 1915. Still the only person to be in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Listen to the best of Les Paul on Amazon Music ... #lespaul #birthday #blues #country #jazz #RRHOF #solidbodyguitar #wiscomusic #waukeshawisconsin #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/06/09/les-paul/

Ouch

I’m too old for this shit.

Shoveling, I mean. I felt okay when I first came back inside after shoveling, but now that a few hours have passed… Ouch town, population me, bro. Every inch of me is sore, and despite having two of the best nights sleep I’ve had in ages over the last two nights, I am completely exhausted.

I don’t know if I have the energy to do anything other than sit on the couch for the rest of the night. I think we were already planning on ordering out for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll be able to crawl to the door to bring the delivery in.* I mean, really… that’s asking a lot.

It is a good thing I managed to put rhythm guitar tracks onto two RPM Challenge songs this morning before I shoveled. I don’t know if I will be able to do any more than that tonight, though I really need to. We’ll see how the pain goes. For now though, it’s just couch time. Much needed couch time, believe me.

Here’s a few guitar pictures to hold us over until next time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316576981/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316806444/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316994390/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805879/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805869/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54315686237/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #exhaustion #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #health #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pain #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Sleep #Snow #snowShoveling #SongWriting #sore #soreness #Weather #winter #z5

Ouch

I’m too old for this shit.

Shoveling, I mean. I felt okay when I first came back inside after shoveling, but now that a few hours have passed… Ouch town, population me, bro. Every inch of me is sore, and despite having two of the best nights sleep I’ve had in ages over the last two nights, I am completely exhausted.

I don’t know if I have the energy to do anything other than sit on the couch for the rest of the night. I think we were already planning on ordering out for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll be able to crawl to the door to bring the delivery in.* I mean, really… that’s asking a lot.

It is a good thing I managed to put rhythm guitar tracks onto two RPM Challenge songs this morning before I shoveled. I don’t know if I will be able to do any more than that tonight, though I really need to. We’ll see how the pain goes. For now though, it’s just couch time. Much needed couch time, believe me.

Here’s a few guitar pictures to hold us over until next time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316576981/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316806444/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316994390/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805879/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805869/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54315686237/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #exhaustion #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #health #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pain #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Sleep #Snow #snowShoveling #SongWriting #sore #soreness #Weather #winter #z5

Ouch

I’m too old for this shit.

Shoveling, I mean. I felt okay when I first came back inside after shoveling, but now that a few hours have passed… Ouch town, population me, bro. Every inch of me is sore, and despite having two of the best nights sleep I’ve had in ages over the last two nights, I am completely exhausted.

I don’t know if I have the energy to do anything other than sit on the couch for the rest of the night. I think we were already planning on ordering out for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll be able to crawl to the door to bring the delivery in.* I mean, really… that’s asking a lot.

It is a good thing I managed to put rhythm guitar tracks onto two RPM Challenge songs this morning before I shoveled. I don’t know if I will be able to do any more than that tonight, though I really need to. We’ll see how the pain goes. For now though, it’s just couch time. Much needed couch time, believe me.

Here’s a few guitar pictures to hold us over until next time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316576981/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316806444/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316994390/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805879/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805869/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54315686237/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #exhaustion #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #health #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pain #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Sleep #Snow #snowShoveling #SongWriting #sore #soreness #Weather #winter #z5

Ouch

I’m too old for this shit.

Shoveling, I mean. I felt okay when I first came back inside after shoveling, but now that a few hours have passed… Ouch town, population me, bro. Every inch of me is sore, and despite having two of the best nights sleep I’ve had in ages over the last two nights, I am completely exhausted.

I don’t know if I have the energy to do anything other than sit on the couch for the rest of the night. I think we were already planning on ordering out for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll be able to crawl to the door to bring the delivery in.* I mean, really… that’s asking a lot.

It is a good thing I managed to put rhythm guitar tracks onto two RPM Challenge songs this morning before I shoveled. I don’t know if I will be able to do any more than that tonight, though I really need to. We’ll see how the pain goes. For now though, it’s just couch time. Much needed couch time, believe me.

Here’s a few guitar pictures to hold us over until next time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316576981/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316806444/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316994390/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805879/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805869/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54315686237/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #exhaustion #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #health #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pain #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Sleep #Snow #snowShoveling #SongWriting #sore #soreness #Weather #winter #z5

Ouch

I’m too old for this shit.

Shoveling, I mean. I felt okay when I first came back inside after shoveling, but now that a few hours have passed… Ouch town, population me, bro. Every inch of me is sore, and despite having two of the best nights sleep I’ve had in ages over the last two nights, I am completely exhausted.

I don’t know if I have the energy to do anything other than sit on the couch for the rest of the night. I think we were already planning on ordering out for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll be able to crawl to the door to bring the delivery in.* I mean, really… that’s asking a lot.

It is a good thing I managed to put rhythm guitar tracks onto two RPM Challenge songs this morning before I shoveled. I don’t know if I will be able to do any more than that tonight, though I really need to. We’ll see how the pain goes. For now though, it’s just couch time. Much needed couch time, believe me.

Here’s a few guitar pictures to hold us over until next time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316576981/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316806444/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316994390/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805879/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54316805869/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54315686237/in/datetaken/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #exhaustion #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #health #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pain #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #shoveling #shovelingSnow #Sleep #Snow #snowShoveling #SongWriting #sore #soreness #Weather #winter #z5

Für mehr #Gitarren #Gitarre in der TL und was wäre zu Kackzeiten - wie ich sie gestern und heute erleben durfte - angebrachter, als DIE beiden Klassiker des #Rock & #Blues & #Soul, eine #Gibson #LesPaul und eine #Fender #Stratocaster. Wobei meine persönliche Präferenz in Corona zu finden ist.

Friday

It’s Friday. One week from today I am going to be writing about how I only have an eight hour work day standing between me and a full week’s vacation. I am already hyper focusing on it. Crazy.

I just watched the season two finale of Silo. It was very good. I sort of screwed things up though. The show is based on a series of books. A few weeks ago I got tired of waiting to see what was going to happen on the show so I started reading. I’m going to finish the third and final book probably this weekend. When the super confusing twist happened in today’s episode I knew what it was and I knew it was coming. I spoiled myself. I don’t care though because the books are good, the show is good, and the books and the show are just different enough that I can still feel engaged with both.

This week I also watched the season (series?) finale of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and I am down to the second season (series?) finale of The Alienist which I am enjoying a lot even though it’s creepy as hell. Fortunately season two of Severance came out today. I’ll watch that tonight before bed, I think. Silo is over, but I still have a Friday show to watch out for. That’s nice.

Last night I watched a video on the youtubes. Five Watt World’s Short History of the Les Paul Deluxe. My first “real” guitar was a Les Paul Deluxe. I didn’t learn how to figure out the date on a Les Paul until years later so I have no idea what year it was made. I think it was very late 70’s or very early 80’s. I bought it in 1988 at Russo’s Music in Lowell, MA. All of the knobs had cracked off of it and I never replaced them. I was a kid. I didn’t have the money or even the know how of how to get replacements that would fit. It also had a nasty gash in one of the frets, and I seem to remember that one of the inlays was coming unglued. I didn’t care. I loved that guitar. I adored that guitar.

On a Sunday night/Monday morning in November or December (pretty sure it was December) of 1990 it was stolen out of my car. That was pretty much the end of the world for me. I have never really recovered from the violation of it all. I bought my Les Paul Custom a short time later and that is still my number one guitar… but some days I really find myself missing that Deluxe. I would have loved to have taken it to a good shop and had all of the negatives fixed up. It would have been epic, mini-humbuckers and all.

Watching this video made me feel all the feels. Steve Hackett, Pete Townsend, and me. All of us, Les Paul Deluxe veterans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBWhGc6jxaw

Okay. Time to stop farting around and get ready for work. Happy Friday, everyone. The weekend awaits.

#appleTv_ #dust #fiveWattWorld #Gibson #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonLesPaulDeluxe #Guitar #LesPaul #lesPaulDeluxe #severance #shift #silo #skeletonCrew #StarWars #starWarsSkeletonCrew #Television #theAlienist #wool #YouTube

As I dive deeper into my #cigarboxguitar I am finding all manner of songs that fit its tone amazingly well. #pinkfloyd 's Fearless and #BillBragg 's Little Time Bomb are the two I am working on now. Now if I can only sing worth a damn...thank #bob and #LesPaul for multi track recording. #gdg #wsmfstudios

As I dive deeper into my #cigarboxguitar I am finding all manner of songs that fit its tone amazingly well. #pinkfloyd 's Fearless and #BillBragg 's Little Time Bomb are the two I am working on now. Now if I can only sing worth a damn...thank #bob and #LesPaul for multi track recording. #gdg #wsmfstudios

As I dive deeper into my #cigarboxguitar I am finding all manner of songs that fit its tone amazingly well. #pinkfloyd 's Fearless and #BillBragg 's Little Time Bomb are the two I am working on now. Now if I can only sing worth a damn...thank #bob and #LesPaul for multi track recording. #gdg #wsmfstudios

As I dive deeper into my #cigarboxguitar I am finding all manner of songs that fit its tone amazingly well. #pinkfloyd 's Fearless and #BillBragg 's Little Time Bomb are the two I am working on now. Now if I can only sing worth a damn...thank #bob and #LesPaul for multi track recording. #gdg #wsmfstudios

As I dive deeper into my #cigarboxguitar I am finding all manner of songs that fit its tone amazingly well. #pinkfloyd 's Fearless and #BillBragg 's Little Time Bomb are the two I am working on now. Now if I can only sing worth a damn...thank #bob and #LesPaul for multi track recording. #gdg #wsmfstudios

#LinuxDesktop #Screenshot #Software

For #KDE / ( #Wayland ? i dunno what i'm talking about half the time... whatever this is.. . it's not #Plasma i don't think )

It's a Gibson, but it's not a #LesPaul @[email protected] i dunno! you got any ideas? LOL.

But yea @zombiewarrior told me to use Flameshot -- which is INDEED awesome. sits there in the tray, like a good boy should.

Then, pop the clipboard into this one, Kolour Paint - which seems suspiciously like a #KDE named app, but this is #Cinnamon -
Oh? I'm just playing! I know that much. ..
don't it?
tee hee...
@jloco

Honestly? The entire effort is REW EEENED now. like stewie?
'cause i was just trying to share w/ everyone that even I find my insanity ... at least makes me grin, as i shake my head in disbelief.
:ahem:
"How to Guides:
Is you makin' movies?"

i swear i talk to myself. Hey. #COVIDtimes make me crayzeee ... like #FlapJack told #captainknuckles after he'd been drinking sea water.

https://youtu.be/keuY1NP3czk?si=iMGsXrzjIkmwFEOp
Also, for the cartoon lover in you, Happy Holidays, because for some reason i think he likes cartoons. then again...
dain bramage

@chrispederick

@[email protected]
there's a verse there somewhere about my #LesPaul and the #pawnshop story. couldn't find it.

https://whatsonyourbrain.com/dodging-shrapnel/

i was gonna say. that's not the one, but links tags might take to the one about the les paul. i can't rem what was the dominant metaphor (whatever bullshit mouth, mine! lol!)

... i was gonna say,

"... your triumph rusts"
damn. i guess i'm just a pissed of asshole all of the time.
i'll have to search the lespaul thing.

too much being old n worn out all of the time :: but that's a different narrative.

Maybe, like #LeslieNope 's actor (Amy Pohler ?) when she was on #UprightCitizensBrigade -
maybe i'm just "tired of being adopted. all of the time"

@[email protected]
there's a verse there somewhere about my #LesPaul and the #pawnshop story. couldn't find it.

https://whatsonyourbrain.com/dodging-shrapnel/

i was gonna say. that's not the one, but links tags might take to the one about the les paul. i can't rem what was the dominant metaphor (whatever bullshit mouth, mine! lol!)

... i was gonna say,

"... your triumph rusts"
damn. i guess i'm just a pissed of asshole all of the time.
i'll have to search the lespaul thing.

too much being old n worn out all of the time :: but that's a different narrative.

Maybe, like #LeslieNope 's actor (Amy Pohler ?) when she was on #UprightCitizensBrigade -
maybe i'm just "tired of being adopted. all of the time"

@[email protected]
there's a verse there somewhere about my #LesPaul and the #pawnshop story. couldn't find it.

https://whatsonyourbrain.com/dodging-shrapnel/

i was gonna say. that's not the one, but links tags might take to the one about the les paul. i can't rem what was the dominant metaphor (whatever bullshit mouth, mine! lol!)

... i was gonna say,

"... your triumph rusts"
damn. i guess i'm just a pissed of asshole all of the time.
i'll have to search the lespaul thing.

too much being old n worn out all of the time :: but that's a different narrative.

Maybe, like #LeslieNope 's actor (Amy Pohler ?) when she was on #UprightCitizensBrigade -
maybe i'm just "tired of being adopted. all of the time"

@[email protected]
there's a verse there somewhere about my #LesPaul and the #pawnshop story. couldn't find it.

https://whatsonyourbrain.com/dodging-shrapnel/

i was gonna say. that's not the one, but links tags might take to the one about the les paul. i can't rem what was the dominant metaphor (whatever bullshit mouth, mine! lol!)

... i was gonna say,

"... your triumph rusts"
damn. i guess i'm just a pissed of asshole all of the time.
i'll have to search the lespaul thing.

too much being old n worn out all of the time :: but that's a different narrative.

Maybe, like #LeslieNope 's actor (Amy Pohler ?) when she was on #UprightCitizensBrigade -
maybe i'm just "tired of being adopted. all of the time"

It is Friday, at last. Every single day this week has tried to trick me into thinking it was Friday (there must be something wrong with my brain’s calendar function) but this time it’s real. This time it actually is Friday.

Insert the sound of an emphatic sigh of relief here.

The weekend is one 8.5 hour work day away. The best part? My step daughter is coming over tonight! She’s going to a work conference tomorrow and is stopping here on the way to it. We haven’t seen her in ages. I’m really looking forward to her visit.

Musically speaking? I played some guitar before work this morning. 50/90 progress. I put rhythm guitars on two songs and leads on one. I took a bunch of pictures with my Nikon. I had the 28mm lens on it for all but one. I swapped to the 40mm and took one more pic just to make sure it was working. It was. That lens is so much better than the 28mm. I’ll keep the 40 on there for a while. I really love that little sucker.

Here’s the one 40mm pic. It’s the choice for the photo a day thing for today.

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/53912381450/in/datetaken/

Note the guitar case in the blurry background. That’s my other Les Paul. The one Jen got me for my 50th birthday. I’ll be swapping them out the next time I record guitars. The birthday Les Paul is the only one of my electric guitars that hasn’t made it onto a 50/90 track yet. That will change, probably tomorrow morning.

Now for a bunch of faux artsy pics with the 28mm lens.

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/53911043922/in/datetaken/

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/53911043832/in/datetaken/

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/53912179078/in/datetaken/

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/53912286524/in/datetaken/

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/53912179148/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/08/09/musical-friday-morning/

#20245090Challenge #365 #365Challenge #5090 #5090Challenge #Family #GibsonLesPaul #Guitar #Kids #LesPaul #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #primeLens #primeLenses #Recording #Songwriting #StepDaughter #StepKids #z5

This week is going to be a tough one for me. Not because anything particularly difficult is on the horizon, but because I took vacation days on Thursday and Friday and my brain is already in long weekend mode even though it’s only 11:30am on Monday.

Yeah, it’s going to be a long three days getting to that vacation time.

The reason I took the vacation time is Friday is my 20th anniversary with my company. July 12, 2004 was my start date. I figured I’d take the day off in celebration and then just splurged and took the day before too. I don’t have any set plans for the two days yet. Just vague ideas about making music in the cellar and going outside and taking lots of pictures. The latter assumes the weather will cooperate. The five day forecasts look okay, but not great. Maybe it’s getting time where I have to stop holding out for morning sunlight and just go outside and shoot whatever regardless of the light conditions. I don’t know. Maybe some ugly clouds over the ocean would look interesting? Who the hell knows. Surely not me.

Anyway, I am sure I will write 23462346747 more posts about my upcoming four day weekend before it actually arrives. For now though, here is today’s photo a day challenge picture… because. I don’t know. What do you want from me? I’m just an old hack. Leave me alone!

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/07/08/starting-a-tough-short-week/

#20Years #365 #365Challenge #Guitar #iphoneography #LesPaul #LongWeekend #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #plans #toDoList #vacationDays #workAnniversary

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#GuitarPlayer
“Leo wanted me to be partners with him... why should I fool around with some guy who is not a musician?”: The story of how Fender nearly worked with Les Paul
Leo Fender saw the potential of Les Paul’s solidbody guitar concept, but the latter opted not to work with the legendary luthier

https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/leo-fender-les-paul-guitar

#LesPaul #LeoFender #Gibson #Fender

I managed to sneak in some guitar playing today in between my doctors appointment and punching in to work. The recording project I am trying to work through right now had three songs that needed lead guitar tracks. I finished off all three of them. My playing was poor at best, but who cares. Bad playing is better than no playing, right?

Here’s where things get super nerdy. I had three songs that needed work… and I used a different guitar on each song. My only regret is that I didn’t have a forth song to work on so I didn’t get to use all four of my guitars. Oh well. In further nerd news, I took a picture of each guitar with my Nikon Z5 and… well… nerd… I took a selfie with my iPhone of me playing each guitar too. Thanks, camera app on my Apple Watch that has a timer built into it.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/05/16/sneaky-guitar/

#es335 #es335Pro #Gibson #GibsonGuitar #Guitar #iphoneography #LesPaul #lesPaulCustom #lesPaulStandard #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photography #Recording #Songwriting #z5

My staff and I just went out for a group lunch. I ate too fast. It was really good and I got carried away so now my gastric bypass surgery’d stomach is complaining. I am dumb. I am bad at following directions. I am bad at eating in this new stomach pouch kind of world.

Oh well.

Here’s my photo a day challenge pic for today. I took it just after I finished my morning exercise at around 6:00am today. It might end up being the cover of Quarantine Tunes Volume Eight. The jury is still out on that one though.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/23/food-fun/

#365 #365Challenge #gastricBypassRecovery #gastricBypassSurgery #Guitar #health #iphoneography #LesPaul #lesPaulCustom #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #weightLossSurgery

I have two musical goals for tonight after work.

First: Put together a playlist of the songs on our potential-singer-audition-songs list so that I can start practicing the holy hell out of them.

Second: Decide which guitar I want to use for the band’s come back work. As of right now I am leaning toward the birthday Les Paul that my wife bought me for my 50th birthday almost three years ago. I’ve been playing the two 70’s Gibsons that I had all of the repair work done on since November or so, but I think I want to start the return-to-the-band process with my newest guitar.

Whatever guitar I decide to use for the band’s comeback (which is scheduled to start this coming Sunday) is going to need new strings. I have a couple of boxes here, but I might need to order some more from the Amazonians today. We’ll see.

It’s time to start focusing on getting the band running again. I’m mentally ready for it, but not quite ready from a guitar playing ability standpoint. I have a lot of rust to shake off.

These are pictures I took for today’s photo a day challenge, but they are not the guitar I am talking about. Oh well.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/02/which-guitar-2/

#365 #365Challenge #Band #CasioEXS10 #challenge #CoverBand #digicam #es335 #Gibson #Guitar #LesPaul #lizardfish #Music #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #pointAndShoot

klangphonics_
#instrument #lespaul #prsguitar #guitarists #talented #guitarlessons #guitarsolo #gibsonguitar #gitaris #guitarhero 
#fender #leadguitarist #instaguitar #bluesrock #rocknroll #acousticcover #guitare #guitar #musically

Sunday evening, trying to learn the solo on Nothing Else Matters… #music #metal #rock #metallica #nothingelsematters #solo #gibson #gibsonlespaul #gibsonlespaulstandard #lespaul #lespaulstandard

I went to the guitar shop at lunch. I made excellent time despite a road closure somewhere in Andover, MA.

I played my newly refretted guitar with it’s new bridge and it’s new nut and my first impression is that it still feels pretty good. The frets are a lot higher than I’m used to on this guitar, but not too different than a couple of other guitars. The action is a little higher than it used to be, I think, but it’s still super low the way I like it. It felt good. First impression, again, is that I am really happy.

I took my guitar home!

What do you think, beautiful, eh?

He did mention that a couple of the inlays on the neck popped out while he was removing the old frets. That happens. He fixed them. That’s good. I didn’t see anything and I couldn’t feel any difference during my quick inspection. All in all… happy. Can’t wait to get the band back together so I can play this babie at practice and wind up the volume and let it loose. Anyone know anyone who lives near Haverhill, MA who can sing and wants to join a dad-rock cover band?

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/14/my-guitar-is-home-2/

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I heard from the guitar shop this morning. My guitar is done! Oh happy day! I am going to head over there at lunch time and pick it up. Please please please no traffic so that I can get there and back before my lunch break is over.

I am so excited!

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/14/it-is-done/

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No news on the Les Paul repairs front today. I’ve checked on the shop’s Facebook but the only posts are him working on a sweet Martin acoustic guitar. Based on the photos he posted yesterday, the new frets are in. I didn’t see a new nut yet, and he told me he had to order a new bridge as he didn’t have any gold ones in stock. Hardware on Les Paul Customs should be gold.

I was told I should expect to get it back next week. You know what I should do before then? Practice. I want to be able to play decently well when I pick it up on the off chance he’ll let me plug in and see how it feels before I leave. I don’t want to sound like a rusted over hack if that’s how it plays out. I want to sound like my usual normal hack.

What should be the first thing I play on my newly refretted guitar? “Smoke on the Water”? No… Some Jeff Beck maybe? I think I used to know how to play parts of “Freeway Jam”, that could be fun. No… I’ll probably just noodle over the minor blues scale in E like a typical wannabe. That suits me.

Not much else going on today so far. I’m working in the office. My group is in a big conference room. We’re going to have a group meeting shortly. It’s freakin’ freezing in here. I wore a fall jacket and a fleece when I left the house this morning. I put the fleece back on around the start of lunch and I am currently gazing longingly at the fall jacket wondering if it’s time to put that back on as well. Brrr, babie. Brrr.

Okay, back to work, Robert. Get yourself all prepped for the group meeting.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/08/it-is-quiet-a-little-too-quiet/

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My 1978 Les Paul Custom through the years…

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/07/through-the-years/

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Click this link and see if you can see the post…

Whitsett Guitar Works Facebook Post

That is my guitar… on the work bench… you see the old frets, you see it without any frets (yikes!), and you see it with new frets.

I’ll probably steal the photos, but I don’t know if I will be the kind of guy to share them here without permission, and I am not likely to ask permission. Whatevs, right?

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/07/on-the-bench/

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Got an EOY present from my wife. She always make the best gifts in the world and this time I didn't see it coming. What a stunning surprise.

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@squarepeig the #Wampler Tumnus Mini is an interesting #klon #klone.

It's a very good choice for anyone who lives on the bridge pickup of a #Telecaster in particular, because of the extra bass it produces.

I find that extra bass a bit problematic for the mighty #LesPaul, especially because I play rhythm in the middle position there.