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I'm sure everyone has had a string break on them and hit them, painfully, at least once while tuning to pitch. I still wince for fear of it happening. Steel-string acoustic guitars, where the added danger of them pin popping out at bullet speed, make me even more fearful.
The Art of Rhythm Guitar
Recently my attention has shifted onto rhythm guitar, and I’m finding it equally as fun, if not more so, than lead. I’ve been studying Ry Cooder’s rhythm technique for a while now, it’s not easy. The Rolling Stones once said that they “try to do with four hands what Ry does with two”. Higher praise is there not. Here’s a particularly nice example – the audio is AWFUL, but you get the idea. That phrasing!
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Savannah Collection and the CCD
They’re very similar to the Korina Collection, aren’t they? Gotta admit that my reaction to the CCD’s newest addition was “oh”. The Korina models were a pretty radical departure from what they usually make, and I guess I was expecting something equally different and exciting when the Savannah Collection was released. What’s your opinion?
Last Friday the GF and I went for a celebratory lunch at my favourite near-by winery. It’s such a great place. No flashy cellar door tasting area here - this one is in a shed. The restaurant is a trestle table on the winery floor, and the food is excellent, home-style Italian that doesn’t cost much more than your average Chinese take-away, and the wine is superb - we took 18 bottles of wine home

