Guitar Gear - Part 2: The Search for the Guitars

The long awaited search for the guitar post is finally here. I've been on holidays this week as Gabby Mei came to visit and on recent day off, I've been thinking about guitars. I've been going back and forth as to which guitar I would like from a Gretsch to a Fender to a Gibson to a Rickenbacker. And of course, I'd be honest in saying that I would like all 4! HAHHAHA! Here are the four probable models that I'm looking at:

Fender American Vintage Stratocaster '62





Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s Neck (Goldtop)





Gretsch Power Jet G6128T





Rickenbacker 330





With the exception of the Gretsch, the guitars have a slimmer neck which is great for my smaller hands. Of the four, the Gretsch is the only one that I've tried before. I still need to try out the other 3 but if I had to get one today, my first choice would be the Fender, the Gibson next, the Gretsch after that, and the Ric last.

Other than the neck being slim, it came down to tone. I've done some searches on the net and listened and watched videos and really liked the Fender and Gibson sound. Not only that but these are two guitars that my favorite guitarist, The Edge of U2, uses...or at least some variant of them.

The Fender is the "cheapest" of the four guitars with the Ric next, then the Gretsch and finally the Gibson. I hope I can get at least two of the 4 guitars. Ahhhh, need to save more and more.

jos

Finally, something to sing about....

Whew. After two-three hours of just putting my head down, I got a rough draft of the lyrics to the song I talked about in the previous entry. It's not set in stone yet but I tried it out last night with the music I do have and it's very close to working. I start laying down some tracks this weekend.

Writing the lyrics to this one has been tough. I started off writing as if I was talking to a friend and felt the need to share everything that was happening down deep inside my heart. But then, the chorus came half way through writing the verse and I was like...hmmm..is this going to work with the verse I'm half done? I continued writing, finishing off the verse and started on the second verse and I really didn't feel like it was going anywhere. So, I just stopped and examined my heart and asked myself, what am I trying to convey in this song? I sat there asking God, asking myself and started typing again...then deleting what I wrote, started typing again, left that line, wrote another few lines, deleted a few words here and there, tried to see if the lyrics would work with the music, changed a few words...and on and on and on.

Not sure if what I wrote captured what my heart was trying to say but I know the last line of the chorus is what I want to keep...it goes "to breathe the air that you breathe". So, hopefully, I can have something next week. It'll be rough but I'll have something! =)

jos

Happy New Year!

The new year has arrived and it will be one interesting year. Seems like I'm the only person amongst my blogspot friends who seems to be updating. I think blogspot has lost it's usefulness with the introduction of facebook. But that's ok. I'm sure no one really checks my blog anyways.

Recording has been a little slow. Once I got all my equipment, I sat down and just started writing stuff but nothing really is coming out. It's one of those writer's block. I have one song that is going somewhere now. I had the music for the verse for the past month or so but it didn't go any further than that. The pre-chorus and chorus is finally coming together. Unfortunately, I have no lyrics for the song. I hope to record a rough draft of it soon and maybe something will come up later on.

Anyhoo, I'm hoping this year will be a better year than last year. There are a few things that I am not looking forward to this year but it's all part of life and we just have to go through it. The good thing about these mountains that we climb is that we're not doing it alone. I'm glad for my family and friends.

Alrighty, on to 2008!

mucho blessings,
jos