{"id":1247,"date":"2011-08-03T12:36:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T16:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2019-01-24T17:10:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T22:10:29","slug":"guitar-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/2011\/08\/03\/guitar-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, that kid o’ mine<\/a> sure knows how to push my buttons!<\/p>\n

He wants my guitar, my beloved Splatter Strat, that I bought back in 2004. (I recently wrote about some modifications I made to it – see Supercharging the Stratocaster<\/a><\/em>.) He can’t play, but he wants to. I’ve told him over and over that he can use it any time but he wants it nearby, not where I<\/em> store it. So every time he sees me eyeing another axe he goads me: “Go on, just buy it!”<\/p>\n

He knows.<\/p>\n

Well, the other day, just shy of 7 years since I bought the Strat, I bought a limited run Les Paul Studio 60’s Tribute.<\/p>\n

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Limited run Gibson Les Paul Studio 60s Tribute in Worn Cherry Burst.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Damian’s birthday’s coming up, Pam<\/a> and I reasoned, and with a month or so before school starts it’s a good time to help him establish a practice schedule… I gave him the Strat with two conditions: I could play it when I wanted and he’d give me first dibs if he considered getting rid of it. We threw in a VOX Pathfinder 15R and a bunch of other goodies. He seemed pleased.<\/p>\n

As am I. Oddly, I was originally looking for the Les Paul Studio Faded because of the outstanding reviews – not to mention the price and availability – but when I played the two side by side the choice was clear. Wow, those P-90 pickups were white-hot. Needless to say, it helped that Pam really liked the finish!<\/p>\n

It’s taking some getting used to. The first thing I did was change the strings to my favorites and get into the requisite setup. Amazingly, it took almost no tweaking at all! The action’s just a tad higher than I prefer but only the tiniest bit. I think I’m going to try to get used to it. The sound is, well, like a Les Paul.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Damian? He’s been practicing some every day. His fingers hurt but I’m pushing him to increase his session duration. He’s listening, which is good.<\/p>\n

Eventually he’ll not only look<\/em> like a rock star, he’ll make noises like one, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, that kid o’ mine sure knows how to push my buttons! He wants my guitar, my beloved Splatter Strat, that I bought back in 2004. (I recently wrote about some modifications I made to it – see Supercharging the Stratocaster.) He can’t play, but he wants to. I’ve told him over and over that … Continue reading Guitar Addition<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[21,94,70,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}