If you said, "The Lovin' Spoonful, 1966," you get 20 bonus points. If you added: "The Lovin’ Spoonful, humorously extolled the talent of the city’s musicians. The title has become a widely accepted catchphrase for Nashville studio professionals," you get an additional 30 bonus points. If you thought it had something to do with my fondness for felines, well... you're right, but no bonus points.
Joan and I had lunch at Babbo's today - very tasty pizza. First time we've had pizza there, and I would certainly go there again.
When we got back home, I headed out on my motorcycle. The temperature was into the mid-80s for a high today, and I thought it would be a good trial for the one-piece riding suit I got several years ago. That temperature (and the blazing sun) is as high as I'd be able to stand riding in this suit. It has a decent vent at the upper chest in the front, and "exhaust" vents at the back, so it lets some air flow through. But, other than that, the suit doesn't "breathe" - it is designed to be waterproof. I made a really good buy on it, but it is not as comfortable to wear when it is warm to hot out as my armored mesh gear. But, it's another option. I didn't get any photos.
When I got home, Amazon had delivered a couple packages; one of which was a pack of guitar strings... not my typical choice, this set is for Nashville Tuning. For those not familiar, Nashville Tuning is the same E-A-D-G-B-E, but the top 4 strings are all an octave higher. It is essentially, the "additional 6 strings that you would add to a regular set of strings to put on a 12-string guitar. It has a much higher and lighter (some would say "jangley") sound than typical tuning. But it plays with the same chord structure as a typical 6-string.
"Why would you do that, Jim?" Thanks for asking. On its own, it sounds a bit like a mandolin (or some say: a steel string ukulele). Played with another guitar, the combination sounds like a 12-string, but you can do more with it. When I'm playing with a bunch of other guys playing guitar (when Mark and his MIM friends get together)... well, it's a LOT of guitar (7 players: 6 guitar players and 1 bass player... the reason a couple of us play some kind of percussion once in a while). This will add some different tones.
The desk in my music room is adjustable for height - nice to raise it up when I'm working on a guitar...
I like to stand while re-stringing a guitar. Then, tune it up and sit down and play it for a while...
The Emerald X7 is one of my favorite guitars. On the first strum, it said to me: "What did you do? I am a kick-ass rock 'n roll acoustic/electric, and you've made me sound... sweet!"
"You'll get used to it," I told it, "besides, it isn't permanent. I can change it back any time we want." I'm not sure the X7 is happy about it. But, we'll run with it for a while.
Change can be good.
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Here's what Nashville Tuning sounds like...
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