As far as youtube, The Dylan Talks Tone guy seems good, Stew Mac has some Dan Erlewine vids. Dan has a book that covers the basics. There's lots of good luthiers on youtube, I can't remember the names but just search for whatever particular task, someone will have a helpful vid. I'm particularly fo...

DD has the best manner. I wish more of my schoolteachers had been like him. He always seems interested, playful and fair.

NUX Matsamune compressor and boost. https://www.nuxaudio.com/masamune.html The boost works well, and being able to toggle the order is great, but the compressor adds a weird keening whine to the decay of notes - like a faint shimmer reverb but at a constant pitch. Presumed the pedal was faulty, got ...

rather battling with my head at the moment, but in between all that i began to figure out three songs i've wanted to be able to play on guitar forever: 'all downhill from', 'therefore i am', and 'last year' by jim o'rourke. i often heard a sort of drony aspect to the guitar parts but never really t...

Sick banjo https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/449956731179182 https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t45.5328-4/468177371_1268707467706445_3044611613204814936_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960_tt6&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=247b10&_nc_ohc=WBt_hA1cTcoQ7kNvgH7JFuZ&_nc_zt=23&_...

Is it too obvious/homer-ish to give a shout out to To All Trains here? In a similar vein, in the run-up to my dad's death and afterwards, I found Bottomless Pit's The Cardinal Movements a huge huge help. It's sad and angry without being in any way depressing. The vocal line across the song is a thi...

I think "countries" are so fragile and volatile at the moment that my gut feeling is that it's probably a mistake to look at them like this. After the UK's Brexit referendum, so many of my European relatives and friends were bewildered (at times, verging - understandably - on smugness or c...

Cleaning and lubing has (unsurprisingly) made a huge difference. Boy, did it need cleaning. Feel pretty dumb for not automatically cleaning it when I realised there was any sort of problem. All the "saddle travel" has pretty much disappeared, bar a smidgen on the high E. Presumably the mov...