Posted by Zed Shaw | 2010-03-01 08:53:20.075114
Fret War is a guitar competition site where contestants try to defeat lesser
guitarists in weekly rounds. Awards are
given each week for interpretation, accuracy, speed, and uniqueness. Learn more...
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This Round Is Done!
I blame it on a guitar. Not just any guitar, but one that I bought recently which turned out to be absolutely perfect. It has taken up all of my fascination and effort for the last few weeks, making me neglect my Fret War duties.
What kind of guitar is it you ask? It is a G&L ASAT Classic S. Not many of them made. It sounds exactly the way I want it to sound. It's first guitar that doesn't make my hands feel like raw meat after hours of playing. I now play just this guitar, all day, all night. It is lovely.
However, Fret War must go on, and it must come back in style. The Caleb experiment, while fun for a few, seems to have driven off some folks. What we need is something simple. Something fun. What we need my friends is:
An A Major Blues
That's right, do them up any way you like. Country fried, happy and chunky, swinging and rolling, all that matters is that you play blues in the key of A Major.
The Return Of The Show
Next week I'll be cranking out a new Fret Show and writing more for the Shed as well. If there's topics of interest you'd like me to cover let me know.
In the next installment of the Show I'll be demonstrating how I used a Reaper plugin to clean up a badly recorded piece of audio recently. It's actually quite interesting and makes for a good Shed+Show combo piece.
Round Notifications Going Out
You'll notice that everyone is getting notified about rounds. You'll get them for rounds, shows, and sheds now too. If you hate them, read further down for how to turn them off.
Alright everyone, the Conductor is back and we're going to start playing again. Stay tuned for some fun surprises as well.