Category Archives: Guitar

Lennon’s Les Paul

Come together, right now, overpriced Nah, I’m just being a jerk. It’s lovely, actually, and it’s a significant guitar. It only makes sense that that’d do a repro. And I think the Junior looks good in natural mahogany.

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Guitar-in-law

Kat’s mom — world-renowned author of young fiction and disturbingly obsessed chicken fetishist — has just taken delivery on a custom-made guitar. Hot damn. That’s some serious olde-worlde artistree right there.

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New Palette-Swap Ninja track posted

Yay. After, like, five months of procrastinating, I finally finished my parts on the second Palette-Swap Ninja track, “Three Red Lights.” (Jude did his stuff back in April!) The guitars, quite frankly, scared me, and the bass is low in … Continue reading

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Lammy gets an upgrade

Yay, a game! Time to play Spot the Difference: If you said “Hey, that second photo has totally bitchin’ new DiMarzio blue speed knobs,” you’re right. (And if you noticed that the words “Seymour Duncan” no longer appear on the … Continue reading

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Open question for YouTube contributors

I’ve seen a lot of videos of guitarists and bassists on YouTube, and I really only have one question: Why would you bother to dress up, videotape yourself, and upload it if you’re not interested in actually performing? Compare that … Continue reading

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Flash! (Aaaahh!)

How on earth did I manage to miss this when it was announced at CES? The best part is that it comes with a case.

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Urgh! A (Gaming) Music War

The day before Guitar Hero II drops for 360, Harmonix (developer of GH1 and 2) and their new publishing partner EA announced that they will release Rock Band by the end of the year. Rock Band is basically “Band Hero”: … Continue reading

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Presenting…Palette-Swap Ninja

So Jude and I got to talking, and then we got to laughing, and then we got to work. The result is a musical side project for video-game related parody songs under the name Palette-Swap Ninja. We have our own … Continue reading

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She’ll come around

Kat is one of the most patient women in the world. She has never demanded that I give up a hobby, never expected me to throw away my video games — she’s only asked me to think critically about what … Continue reading

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Artsy fartsy

I have been too lazy to figure out any of the advanced features of my blog. I like using existing plugins and leaving it at that. I upgraded my WordPress install today and in so doing learned some of the … Continue reading

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