1941 Gibson ES-300
This one is for a friend of mine. He got it without a pickup, pickguard and someone neatly plugged the holes for the pots. Guessing they wanted an acoustic and ditched the electronics.
For the pickup I went with 1/4″ slug magnets, the originals had adjustable pole pieces. I made the guard and pickup cover out of celluloid sheet. I’m really happy with how it turned out.
In the short clip it’s going through my BR-3. I have the tone on the guitar rolled way back and the treble up on the amp. The high end sounds very George Barnes-ish to me. If only I could play like him!
Swamp Ash Roadmaster
I’m wrapping up four solid bodies. Here’s the first, 7 lbs 5 oz, fat soft V maple neck, SV pickups with slug magnets for the neck and adjustable pole pieces at the bridge.
Simple Shuffle in G
Growing up in LA I was lucky to have access to a lot of great guitar teachers. But the best advise, and what I’ve used most over the years, came from a guitar playing mechanical engineer that worked with my father. He told me to 1) figure out and memorize solos that inspire you. 2) chop them up into 2 and 4 bar phrases. 3)visualize the cord that’s underneath the phrase, and 4) work the phrases into different parts of the progression.
For example. In this clip I play a 2 bar phrase I got from Jimmy Bryant (Jimmy plays it at the beginning of his solo in Pink Cadillac) I used it over the 5 chord in my first solo. Adds a little spice to a simple guitar boogie shuffle in G. Pick up the tab in my store here, thanks!
Peg O’my Heart
I know Cliff Gallup’s ‘Peg-O-My Heart’ solo is the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ of C.G. solos, but it’s still one of my favorites. Here’s my attempt with CAR pickups, a reissue 25L15 and a Strymon El Capistan echo.
