Theres a home studio in the land of fused. And a kid that shares it when he gets home from Berklee in Boston. I taught him too well and now he is going after it. Bad bad fused! :x
So between us, there are a lot of characters that make noise in that room. Oh and there are guitars too. :roll:
None of my guitars does everything very well....
But they each do one thing extremely well. As I intended when I dragged them home, kicking and screaming, but my wife eventually stopped and is at peace with them now... :wink:
The Martin and 12 acoustics have hit the local coffee shops with the kid a few times now. Great for recording but we let them out when I can be convinced.
Three archtops with (thomastik) flats are great for chord melody or jazz progression stuff.... Oh and one of these axes is the newly inherited Guild A 500. Yes, it gets in on the recording a bit now. Was having some trouble adapting to the string spacing at first. A bit wider than the Gibsons.
Then there are two beasts from hell that are fusion, borderline demonic. One is a Paul and the other is a mutated arch top ES-150 DC. Its had implants under the bridge (violin posts) that increased the sustain to almost solid body levels... Beefed up electronics and it will sustain until hell freezes over. Its days in the Jazz realm have been over for
decades. A Gibson Luthier guided me in mutating this beast.
Fun when the solids come out to shred and this thing catches their eye... :twisted:
And then there are the other axes that belong to the kid, and two to my wife. But thats what THEY play. This is about what I play :wink:
There is also a new addition to the family. An open back banjo that was played by someone when he was in highschool...graduated 1923... No markings or serial numbers to get an exact build date.... Its out on a stand and gets played by me and everyone else that walks by.
So in summary, why and when do I play each? There is no rhym or reason. Except for what is needed in the studio at the time. Or if someone stops by and asked if they can come out to play.