We’re always searching for The Best, The Ultimate — The Perfect Blues Guitar Rig — and today, I’m going to share with you the center, and the chained core, of my most golden Blues playing experience. It all starts and ends with wood: I’m currently loving on my mahogany Les Paul.
After the tremendous fun in getting the Epiphone Hummingbird, I would like to now let you know how it has been treating me. Before I get into it, it is important to note here that the guitar does NOT come with any sort of case, hard or otherwise — I ordered a soft travel case because that is how I plan on carrying the guitar when I go shorter distances. I can always spring for a hard shell case later when the need arises.
If you have more than one guitar, you will, one day, need some basic tools to maintain your stringed instrument. In the Guitar universe, there is one granddaddy supplier of tools and other neat stuffs — and thy name is “Stew-Mac” — or “Stewart-MacDonald” if you want to be more formal. I purchased all these tools on my own, with my own money. Stew-Mac are not even aware this review is being written.
We’re in the high season for new Blues album releases from the old music guard. This week we have new Blues albums from Steve Miller and Tom Petty. On Tuesday, Cyndi Lauper will drop “Memphis Blues” for our listening pleasure. What is is about the Blues that brings us back to the center of our shared experiences? How does music bind us into contextual places that have memeingful resonances? With the release of — Mojo — Tom Petty endeavors to answer those ethereal musical conundrums.
There’s nothing more annoying than a vacillator writing reviews who cannot make up his mind. Dear and loyal reader Sean has rightly called me out on our Urban Semiotic blog for messing with him by changing my mind on what makes the best guitar strings gauge.
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