Which acoustic did you play today ?

Helping son seed so playing time is precious. Just trying to not lose all I gained over the winter. Played Never going back again on the old ovation, SK 1881, can't find my way home, stagolee, ain't no tellin on tanglewood mahogany, sittin on top of the world, that ain't no way to get along and when I lay my burden down on godin.
Now back to work, haha

mawmow said:

"Cause I'm too lazy to tune a guitar every time I turn a page did I answer. ;-)

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Told mine it was cheaper than replacing strings every few weeks. (actually, she's fine with it, she at least claims she enjoys listening and says it's much cheaper than a mistress I couldn't afford anyway. (she has a good sense of humor) )

Break in haying for rain, so spent the day between the tanglewood 6 crossroads, 12 hond. mah. and godin in D trying to retain what I gained over the winter. (alternating thumb base looks to be sticking, so that's good!)

.......It appears I'm about to embark on a Willie Brown/Freddie King kick.

My old ovation tuned to g. South city midnight lady, romeo and juliet, joe walsh, stuff I haven't played in quite awhile. Fun afternoon.

Had some time this aft; picked up the gretsch honeydipper dobro and got back to working on crossroads; lesson coming from, "Delta Lou" on youtube.
Now that I'm getting that thumb working independantly I'm thinking I can finally master it after harvest.........and of course a few minutes working on getting stagolee smoother/consistant(alt thumb is coming along, ain't don't have to think about it there yet.

2nd from left tanglewood, started working on an old Roosevelt Sykes song with finger and thumbpicks; coming along, all in good time.

Finished harvest yesterday, looking fwd to a day of playing and general lollygagging.
Picked up the mahog. 6 string and promptly the 3rd string broke, crap, don't feel like changing strings today(they're pretty much shot).

So picked up the old ovation tuned from the rain song tuning to RL Burnside C tuning (CFA#D#GC) and played some Little Hat Jones, Willie Brown and of course John Hurt. Love that low sour twang on some songs.

We're kinda new to this part of the country but I think this is about average for here. We were 10 days later than planned seeding due to equip. breakdowns. Think S. AB is pretty much done, heard the north country in AB is Really late this year.

Restrung that lam. mah. tanglewood I broke the string on yest......suddenly sounds better, Much better .....which got me looking at the strings on my other guitars....I'm gonna need some more strings,

Starting to feel brave using fingerpicks, grabbed the gretsch resonator and started working in earnest on crossroad blues. Tried a year ago and it was simply beyond me. Add a year of practice and now I'm making good headway.

Fingerpicking practice, practice, practice. Getting the one's I've been working on down so started on Ragged and dirty, and Texas easy street.

Willie Brown; likely the same? Learning it from watching this guy, he has the best version I've found. I love youtube.
Goal is to have it down before Christmas.

BEACHBUM said:

it seems like I'm spending half my life losing things and looking for them.

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We call that CRS; Can't remember "stuff".

I just keep working on "perfecting" recently learned songs and new stuff, once I get a song to the point it's almost down I start the first few bars of a couple more, constantly challenging myself. Mostly John Hurt and Willy Brown, but also stuff like Clarence Green Henry Thomas and Doc Watson.
Learning that alternating thumb base has really opened up a new world to me.

Practiced the songs I'm working on then started working on a Johnny Shines song with a slide; tanglewood in open G.
It's funny, I'm getting quite comfortable with the alternating base/ fingerpicking, but boy introduce one new thing to it(slide) and it's a whole 'nother thing. Fun though, it'll come, all in good time.

So yesterday helping son rescue a wounded piece of machinery(cultivator ground a wheel brg out and headed for China) that was abandoned in the field during hectic seeding, long story short handyman jack handle slipped and took about a 1/4" dia hunk of hide off my left palm, meaty part inch or so from base of thumb. My first thought, "Damn that smarts". Second was, "Crap, won't be able to play for a week".
Anyway, sore but manageable, not swollen and played about a half hr today so all's good.

Sometimes you get lucky.

Yamaha fs800 Smoking hams today so once/hr out in the snow to stir or add maple chips then back inside. Been alternating between learning Candyman and working some Chris Smithers style licks into a Johnny Shines song.

^^^I envy you having a teacher. Youtube is a wonderful place to learn new songs, etc, but doesn't replace having critique and helpful suggestions.

Worked on Candyman, then played the yamaha 12 string. Came across a Willie Mctell (sp?) 12 string tuning from 6th to 1st string: A# F A# D# G C Going to have a lot of fun with this. My fingerpick accuracy is going to need more work though.

Loosened. For now it's more of an experiment, but it looks interesting. Heavier strings definitely if stick with it. Today ran through the songs I've pretty much got down to the point I sing with them so looked around for new challenges......Buckingham Nicks it is. Back to work on Frozen Love (started last winter and shelved it, time for another attempt B E B F# A D) and Stephanie in open E Only have a couple bars so far but even playing that is like a dream come true for me.

Supposed to get a bunch of snow here tonight as well. Gotta love those nailheads that work their way out of our wooden deck, thunk.

Stephanie in open e just wasn't working but the mahog tanglewood in an open G-ish tuning seems to be matching the recording. Crying in the night on the godin 5th ave in D is so pretty. Gretsch resonater in G starting work on Johnny Winters Dallas and TV Mama.....he made it look easy, but I'm thinking this is a Long term project for me, like months, perhaps many of them.

Great find Everton FC! Wife used to call value village valoo valaaje, you know, fancy, haha.

Put the old ovation back into std tuning and spent the afternoon with it. The round back may be different, but boy that's a nice neck/action. They pretty much play themselves.