Pinmasters - Take 4

Well, week 4 saw us playing a tough team as we had to give them 10 marks right off the bat. We did fairly well, taking 3 of 4 and moving us off the bottom of the stack (after the horrible start the first 2 weeks). Wayne and I bowled real well, Tom kept his average, and Tim and John didn't fare so well, but as a team we did good and that is what counts.

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Out for Delivery

Well, after the wait, my new guitar neck is "Out for Delivery". I can't wait! I'll finally have my new guitar together. Pictures forthcoming...

Robin Trower Online Community

Other News...

Well, the Disney job fell through, they decided on someone else that was local. Oh well... On another note, there is a sweet new opening on Kauai that I am gunning for. We'll see what happens...

No football this weekend, so I guess I'll watch bowling, LOL... I actually catch bowling most weeks, so that was just a joke. Speaking of bowling, we did well last week (playing a tough team), taking 3 of 4. Me, Wayne, and Tim bowled well...

I found an old friend of mine, Bill D'luhosh and it was great to hear he and Nico had done fairly well with their Red and Black project. Way to go guys! Keep it up...

I also, "TADA", got my email notification of my neck being shipped. Should be here this week, so the official Stormbringer guitar should be a reality this week, hopefully in time for the Thursday Jam. Speaking of which, we are actively seeking a vocalist at this point to round out some of our tunes. I believe we are also planning to do some recording again soon (since I have all this bad ass equipment). That should be a lot of fun...

Circus starts at eight, so don't be late...

Wow... I pulled a banzai mission to New Orleans last night to see Robin Trower at the House of Blues. 'Twas an absolutely awesome show!

12:30 PM left home to drive to New Orleans
5:15 PM pulled into New Orleans
8:15 PM show starts - Soul Boys were the warm up act
9:30 PM Trower takes the stage
11:00 PM Show finishes
3:30 AM Arrive back home

Made for a long day. But well worth the cause. If you get the opportunity to see Robin on this tour, I recommend it. We had GA tix, but when we got there we paid an extra 'special' price to sit in the balcony and ended up with front row seats, not more than 30 feet from Robin.

The set list included:
Twice Removed
Shame the Devil
For Earth Below
No Time
The Fool & Me
Roads to Freedom
Islands
Day of the Eagle
Bridge of Sighs
Rise up Like the Sun
Victims of the Fury
Gonna be more Suspicious
Hannah
Little bit of Sympathy
Too Rolling Stoned
Go My Way
Another Time, Another Place

Guitars: Before the Custom Strat...

It's been a while, but here's a picture of the guitars I have right now. Really anxious for my neck to arrive for my new guitar!

Robin Trower - Hell Yeah!

So, I got tickets to see Robin Trower this Friday (the 25th) at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Should be a great show, as always! Me, Wayne, and Jack will be heading over early and coming back late. I was really hoping my new guitar neck would be in so I could have him auto it for me (you know, the mojo), but it doesn't appear that will happen, so I need to find a few other things to take for auto's. Hoping I can get a camera in as well, will have my cell so at the very least I can take a few photos with that...

3 Tynes a charm...

Well well well, Mr Tynes from the New York Giants put one through to put the Giants into Superbowl 42... After missing 2 previous attempts, he pulled it out in OT. Way to go for them (I was rooting for Brett Favre). Now it's New England (Hatriots) against the Giants. Go Eli!

Pinmasters - Gah...

Well week II of the second half came upon us last night and we basically "screwed the pooch". We lost all 4 games and bowled worse than I have ever seen us bowl. Wayne was the only one to bowl his average, the rest of us pretty much sucked. We probably could have beaten a bunch of children last night. Oh well, we are bottom dwellers at this point, so the only direction to go is up...

Crazy Football!

Wow, what a weekend for football! Two major upsets on Sunday lead to a clear and definitive answer as to who will be in the Super Bowl (IMHO). I am saying Green Bay and New England at this point (from my original wantings of Seattle and Indy). I would love to see Favre destroy the Pats in the SB for sure! What a way that would be to go out! In any event, San Diego upsetting the Colts was huge and then to see the Giants take it to Dallas (both were at home too). It made for some real great football! Sorry Seattle, but you know how I feel on the subject, Hasselbeck isn't a good enough QB to lead a team to a Super Bowl win (it's obviously been shown he can get them there). Go Green Bay!

On another note, I have been reading that the Raiders could take McFadden (sp?) with their choice in next years draft. That would be awesome. Nothing against Fargas, but to have a player of the Big Macs ability coupled with JaMarcus would be most cool! Might even be able to push the Raiders back into some sense of a decent team, heh...

Pinmasters - 2nd Half - Take 1

Well, as a team, we bowled our averages or better, but our opponents bowled their asses off! So, in the end, we only took 1 of 4 games. On a personal note, I bowled well, ending up with a 569 series (finishing with a 219 game). That coupled with my handicap gave me a 719 handicap series. All of this put me in the lights on our league page for many things and a couple of league awards forth coming. Woot!

Fender Stormbringer - Part I

So, as I mentioned in my past post, I was going to build a new guitar. Well, I sold the V and bought some parts for a new guitar. I have received the body and electronics, the hardware is on it's way, and the neck has been ordered.

Specs:
Body -
Flame Maple top on a Alder body, routed for EMG SA's and Wilkinson tremelo.
Finished in Bengal Burst with a black back

Neck -
Canary fretboard on Canary neck.
Reverse CBS Headstock, fitted for Schaller locking tuners.
1 11/16 Graphite Nut.
Void of fret markers, except for a Skull and Crossbones at the 12th.

Electronics -
EMG SA set

Here is the first picture with the electronics installed:

January 1, 2008

Well, welcome to a new year (or another year)...

I accomplished a couple of my goals last year, markedly raising my level of guitar playing and losing a little weight. So now, this year, I am going to elevate my guitar playing a whole lot more. With the soon to be arrival of the Fender Stormbringer I feel I'll have the needded mojo to move it to the next level, which is a huge jump. /snaps to attention/ I am up for the challenge.

There have been some recent runmblings of a possible job with Disney in Orlando. In many ways this would be good: I have always wanted to work for Disney, Diana would be closer to her mom and sister, it would allow me to get out of the career predicament I am currently in, and I would get to stay in a warmer clim ate. And this brings up the really only bad item, it will be HOT there. I assume I'll be able to aclimate to it, but in the beginning it could be rather brutal. Besides moving there would give others a reason to visit. No one seems to come and visit us here on the Panhandle. We checked it out and there are a lot of lakes for the boat, so we'd still get some use out of it (albeit here is the perfect place for that boat). Stay tuned, things could get a bit of a shake up soon...