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September 18, 2020

Still Great - Mark Knopfler

September 18, 2020

but where is Emmylou Harris?

Many years ago I saw Eric Clapton at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. All through the show, I kept hearing Dire Straits. Finally, I grabbed someone's binoculars, and sure enough, there was Mark Knopfler! Since then I found out they are great buddies, and tour together a lot. Clapton was so cool, he let his tour guitarist have the final encore, this:

It was one of the best shows I've ever been to
Clapton backing Knopfler this time
with Chet Atkins

Music, 09/18/20

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Non-Adjustable Truss Rods

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This is my unusual design for a 12-string neck. You can see how the interleaved tuners install, with one set in the normal position on the back of the headstock, and another set on the edge of the headstock pointing in. The tuners are inexpensive six-on-a-strip open-gear models. The edge-mounted one was disassembled and reversed to be lefty.

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