Alain's new guitar

eBay is wonderful. Alain found a $30 guitar that looked good and ordered it. Shipping was more expensive than the guitar, but in the end a good deal was had. It has an unreadable brand name, but plays well. Heavily varnished black body, Fender-style pickups and bevel on the body, but Gibson SG look. The fretboard is rosewood, and it is light. Low end is good, and I expect will feeback quite nicely due to low weight.

Also had an excellent jam where we got lost in the music and laid down some straight through takes. The timing is excellent and the tunes are really jelling well. The music is a strange fusion of blues, progressive rock, and jazz. The bass and guitar are complementary and the timing is languishing, the bars last longer than one would expect and then change. The guitar is syncopated just because that is the way it happens. The bass is precise. We need to record a human drummer rather than a midi one, to give it the third dimension. Nevertheless it remains quite listenable.

Live playing will help. Stay tuned.