Pretty Awesome Gig

[piebaldpython***]

Well, the kids kinda poisoned the well though. I'd been telling them both all week for Haley to tell her dad I would be happy to come over and meet him, or discuss it on the phone (Haley heard that Jack was going and wanted to go along, obviously I wouldn't suggest this), so that he'd be OK with it. She got in hot water over some small other thing and then sprang it on him at the last minute instead. Ah, teens.

So I had to meet Dad right before the gig. I left the leather jacket and big boots in the van, and went in wearing a hoodie and Converse, but still... all black. Also wore some more "normal" wire frames instead of the Buddy Holleys. Fortunately, the fact that I had gray in my hair, and that our label guy/photog is an Alachua County Sheriff's Deputy, helped sway him.

LMAO.....LOL.....hahahaha.......OMG, too funny. Krash, it's like you became 16 again and had to meet the DAD before taking his daughter out. Still, it must have made you a smidge nervous as you're on stage and the kids are out in the crowd and you can't protect them from Everything that happens in the world.

Which is why YOU have to get one of these lap steels.......as it can easily double as an excellent "attitude adjuster" at a moment's notice.......plus, once you pull it out of it's gig-bag, you're sure to get tons of OOHS and AAHS and questions galore.

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I had forgotten that your daughter rocked out on Bass.

[Brian Krashpad]

LMAO.....LOL.....hahahaha.......OMG, too funny. Krash, it's like you became 16 again and had to meet the DAD before taking his daughter out. Still, it must have made you a smidge nervous as you're on stage and the kids are out in the crowd and you can't protect them from Everything that happens in the world.

Which is why YOU have to get one of these lap steels.......as it can easily double as an excellent "attitude adjuster" at a moment's notice.......plus, once you pull it out of it's gig-bag, you're sure to get tons of OOHS and AAHS and questions galore.

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Haha, actually we went with all-black guitars on Saturday, 'cause that's how we roll.

In my rack in foreground, back to front: Mitch's Gibson SG, my Frankentele with the minihumbucker in the neck slot, Peavey T-60, and Gibson Les Paul Special:



The T-60 has got plenty of heft and could take out just about anything in it's path (despite being a lighter poplar one, due to the solid color finish), but the Frankentele would be an even better candidate as it's the beaterest (playable) gitbox in the stable:

[Tig***]

Haha, actually we went with all-black guitars on Saturday, 'cause that's how we roll.

Black goes with everything.


Oh, and I know fiber is an important part of our diet, but do you hafta' chew on your guitars like that, Brian?

[Brian Krashpad]

Black goes with everything.


Oh, and I know fiber is an important part of our diet, but do you hafta' chew on your guitars like that, Brian?

Haha, believe it or not I BOUGHT it like that. A self-styled "DIY luthier" scene bud, Shawn, built that axe and had lent it to his son (speaking of multi-generational stuff), who was in some horrible poseur aggro-emo-goth band, who proceeded to Townshend the eff outta it. Father and son had a falling out (to put it mildly) and the Tele made its way back to dad.

Shawn then contacted me when he ran out of dosh in the middle of a recording session, and offered to sell me the guitar for a Benjamin even. Given that the neck pup is a Seymour Duncan mini worth at least half that, I took him up on it, and then spent another fifty or so getting it playable and (somewhat more) presentable. It's not only indestructible, but since it's already beat to hell I can really swing it around with abandon. Last time it was gigged was an outdoor show in cold weather, about 4 months ago, where I had tuning fits with all my guitars. At one point in frustration I literally chucked that Tele off sidestage into the dirt, and it's none the worse for wear.