So, Tom gave me a chord melody solo piece from his big book of guitar stuff. no tabs -- standard notation only. well, it's not too bad so far; i'm taking it slowly and getting the hang of reading staff (is that what to call it? staff instead of tabs?). the piece is mellow, a little jazzy at the end with an 11th chord i think. we're moving away from the blues, it seems, towards a more jazz oriented playing. good. i can do my bb king back track stuff at home on my own and study the solos in my book. tom's stuff will get me into staff reading, theory, jazz directions, etc.
also, got a new guitar!!! a fender pawn shop 72 -- surf green body, mint pickguard, rosewood fret board. you can see it at my youtube channel. two humbuckers, semi hollow like a tele thinline, hard tail, tele headstock, p-bass pickguard. a real monster! sounds great -- the humbucker at the neck is airy and jazzy. a good change from the woody sound of my 339. and different from the roland synth humbucker on my vg strat. i'm turning into a humbucker guy -- fender single coils are just too sharp for me. i prefer the humbuck warmth and thickness. so this is the last fender i'm gonna buy. it fits the old case, so now my fender collection is complete. i got a 15% black friday discount at GC, and ordered it online. it arrived in great shape, with a gig bag. needs a little set up, but not much, so no rush on that. the stock strings even sound good!
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