Wasted Continuum

Les Paul passed away today. I can’t even begin to state how important he was to the history of the electric guitar. Not only was he the one who made the solid-body guitar the way we know it today.

Besides being an inventor and innovator of the guitar world, he also invented the Gibson Les Paul line of guitars which happens to be my favorite kind of guitars. This guitar I’m holding is Josie. My first guitar was a cheap, old guitar I bought off my cousin. Josie was my second guitar, the one that I really wanted and saved up for. Took me forever to come up with the money for it but I still remember the very first day I got it and the moment that I plugged it into my amp. I was in love. Not all guitars are made the same. I love all my guitars, but Les Paul guitars are little more special to me.

Rest in peace, Les Paul and then rock on wherever you are.

I finally had a little time today to connect my guitar to my new MacBook and mess with GarageBand. I realized something today. I’ve completely lost my rhythm. I couldn’t hold a steady beat if my life depended on it. I was much better before when I used to jam with other people. I just kind of suck now. I need to spend less time playing the guitar and more time practicing the guitar. GarageBand is a solid program. It doesn’t have a massive amount of features, but I was able to just connect my PodXT to it without any issues. I just need to get used to the interface a little. I’m actually more used to using Soundtrack Pro. I think GarageBand will do what I want for now which is to do some multi-track recording quickly and easily.

Wow. This is how the song should have been. I understand more of what the songwriter was going for. Thanks to Mike Rose for his post on this video.

I just got an email newsletter from Taylor announcing a solidbody guitar line. I’m not sure what I make of this. Taylor makes some of the most beautiful acoustic guitars I have ever laid my humble hands on. They are absolutely amazing. However, I’ve played their T5 (semi-hollow) line and I was not very impressed by it. I’m a hesitant to give these solidbodies a try. I mean, I will, but I’m hesitant. It looks like they’re using mini-humbuckers on the classic and custom. I think I’d try the standard that’s equipped with humbuckers. As for looks, it’s a Les Paul variants. It looks like they’re flat-tops. I’m not to keen on it. I prefer the look of my Les Paul Junior. If only I can leave work before Guitar Center closes one of these days, I’ll go check one out.

I just watched the season premiere of House. He’s back and he’s all alone. He is, however, accompanied by a white Gibson Flying V. The guitar is actually used as ransom against House throughout the episode. It was a little hard to watch at times. I would of cave as soon as I found out one of my guitars were kidnapped. Overall, the premiere did not disappoint. Hugh Laurie is always great in his role and the writing was solid. They didn’t start with a typical intro, which through me off. Usually when the person who shows a sign of ailment in the beginning of the scene is never the one who actually gets admitted.

On a related note, the official Fox website for the show is sort of weak. I thought it would look more like how their intro animation looks.

In what twisted universe does mastering Eddie Van Halen’s two-handed arpeggio technique count as absolutely nothing? – Dr. Gregory House.

Vox just came out with their version of a mini guitar amp. They claim that they sound like their life sized counterparts. They plug straight into the guitar and runs on two AAA batteries. I listened to the mp3 samples and they sound great, but I don’t know how much I can trust them. I guess I’ll wait to see if anyone will review them. They’re $70 dollars. It’s way more than my Smokey amp that runs $31.99. From the sound clips, they sound a little more usable than what I get from the Smokey. I think I’ll keep a watch out on eBay for one. The only issue that I see is if it’ll fit on my Strat since it’s an angled jack.