More guitar playing and playing ...

Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, 1:30 a.m. -- Well, I may not get much done the next couple of days ... I took one hell of a fall this afternoon walking in the hall heading into the kitchen. Stumbled and couldn't get my feet back under me ... my left shoulder caught the door jamb and my right side spun around and slammed to the floor. It's a  good thing fat guys bounce.

My right hand is sore from smashing it in the fall, my right knee is hurting too. My shoulder is sore from slamming into the door jamb. Nothing broken, so I'll be ok.

I'll get a chance to play more guitar tomorrow, which is good. I got to play some tonight, playing the Ibanez project guitar. I adjusted the neck pickup -- lowered the low E end and raised the other end. This did a good job of rounding out the sound of the pickup. The guitar sounds good and plays well. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the intonation was pretty close. I played it a while, and it just has an excellent feel and I'm digging the sound ok. Again, I miss the variations of my Peavey fat strat, but the bridge pickup gives a really nice, punchy sound.

LOOKING FOR MY NEXT GUITAR. Yeah I've been cruising eBay tonight, looking for my next acquisition. I'm thinking of putting my OE-30 with the tobacco sunburst on eBay and picking up a

hollowbody in a different color -- black or red. Of course, I have a really cheap hollowbody as it is, and I'm not sure the color makes a flippin' difference, other than I like red or black.

There are some good Chinese guitars hollobody guitars out there, though the set neck gives me some concern due to the possibility of neck damage in shipment. I'm still thinking about the SX line of guitars, and their Jazzmaster/Jaguar variant. I'm really curious about it, and the idea of getting one in surf green is a plus. Love the aged pickup and knobs, really want one to play!

I have to tell you that I am drawn to the Jay Turser SG clone with the funky sunburst finish and the cool Bigsby clone. The only thing that puts me off is the black on the bottom of the guitar ... if it didn't have that, I would be all over this guitar. Love the gold hardware, too.

Speaking of guitar parts, my new bridge for the project guitar should arrive in a few days. I think I'll be waiting a while for the 500 k pot for my Ibanez ... would like to get that fixed and marked off the done list!

Rock on!