RIP Neil Peart ~ Luthiery Laboratories

January 18, 2020

RIP Neil Peart

January 18, 2020

I was so into Rush when I was a teenager. Not one of those people who followed them around, but I saw them several times in the eighties. That's why I have this thing:

It's still in very good shape, especially for its age - neck straight, double truss rods fine, front unblemished. The zinc bridge blistered-up and the nickel tuners turned black, so I replaced them all with real Ric parts. I also added a Ric 330k switching pot to give it the 4003 sound, wired upside-down from the usual way on a 4003, and full electronics shielding. The all-red 'BurgundyGlo' finish is rather rare, most red ones are bursts.

Here's Rush at the top of their game

Widely regarded as the greatest pizza deliveryman of all time

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September 11, 2020

Not Funny

September 11, 2020

Exploding drummer - now that's funny !!!

While surfing the internets, I found this list of drummer jokes that someone has maliciously edited into bass player jokes. These are the worst ones. This is not funny at all. This is the sort of thing that gives guitarists a bad name.

Q: How many bass players does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one - but the guitarist has to show him first.

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Mash-Ups

To my mind, there are three kinds of "mash-up": functional, constructive, and stylistic.

A functional mash-up changes the purpose of the base instrument, for example, building a bass on a guitar body. The Uke bass takes this to an extreme.
A constructive mash-up is building a classic design in a different way, for example, substituting masonite and plywood for rare and expensive "tonewoods" ( most of which are in truth neither rare nor expensive, although you can pay a lot for them if you shop in the right places. )
A stylistic mash-up consists of taking features from two or more different instruments and jamming them together. For example, horns on a violin body.

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