| Why visit Andy? I haven't the foggiest
idea, but as long as you have, here goes a deeply personal
and introspective yet convoluted ya da ya da to heretofore
make your time on the planet somehow well spent inspite of
the fact that you are on the internet and not out in the world
committing random acts of kindness, or loving your lovables
in a real time or place. But alas, I judge not my friend.
Why guitar? Other than the fact that I feel so lucky to
have heeded the call to play, I really feel the guitar is
the most expressive tool I can find for giving voice to
the worlds that filter through me. Besides, back when I
played harmonica and piano I could never resist snatching
up my friends' guitars whenever they got tired of playing
the ten songs we all knew for the tenth time, or they got
too buzzed and wandered off. Before that it was my brother-in-law
Jerry's dulcimer and sitar that introduced/ seduced my muse
to stringed sounds. Playing is like holding hands and dancing
with mirth and life itself. Yeah, kinda cosmic, but if somebody
asked me, that's how it feels.
Playing with these Floydian minded musicians manifests
some of the most fun I've ever had, and leaves me longing
to get to the next note because it only gets better. I do
hope you're along to hear it too.
Besides, if a band plays in the woods and nobody's there
to hear, is the world a better place?
The Gear:
Fender '69 Telecaster, highly "Frankensteined"
with shaller stop tailpiece, 70's Gibson mini-humbucker
in front, Duncan stacked humbucker at midpoint w/ push-pull
single coil setting, and a Duncan JB in the rear w/ phase
switch. Also a 5-way select switch and a master push-pull
with all pickups on knob. Strung w/ D'Addario 10-46
Parker Nitefly, late nineties. Stock, except the piezo
bridge pickup is wired to the main output for blending.
Strung w/ D'Addario 10-46
Ovation ES-335 copy w/ shaller stop tailpiece and shaller
mini-tuners. Otherwise stock funky self. Answers to "Bertha".
Strung w/ Elixers 10-46.
Peavey Generation Custom '90. Carved maple top and mahogany
back with flamed maple neck and ebony fingerboard. Body
and headstock sugar coated in pepto-bismol frosting. Twinkies
wished they looked so good. Answers to "Pinky".
Full locking Kahler, strung with Peavey Nickels 09-46
Yari GY-1 '97. Cutaway dreadnaught acoustic, rosewood and
spruce. Answers to "Jerome". Strung with elixers
med.
Ohau 6-string lapsteel. 40's-50's?
Slides: 1970's Coricidin bottles for electric and acoustiglide
brass for acoustic.
Preamp: Peavey Tubefex, tube front end, 24 bit digital FX
Amp: Peavey Classic 60/60 120 watt stereo tube
Speakers: 2 Peavey 12" Scorpion Ultras in 2 sealed-back
cubes.
FX Loop: Morley Bad Horsie Wah, Boss SD-1 Overdrive, Boss
FT-2 Auto-Wah/Dynamic Filter, Boss RV-3 Digital Stereo Reverb/Delay,
Yamaha DDS-20m Digital Delay, ? Octave Pedal, Boss FV-50l
stereo line level volume pedal inserted between preamp outputs
and power amp inputs, Boss TU12 Tuner.
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