Old Blue plays great, but wow is it heavy!

Saturday, June 6, 2015 -- I've been taking advantage of Scott Grove's video library of lessons, he had the entire collection on sale for $20 -- as downloads. He also offers them on thumb drives and on portable hard drives, which makes it simple to use (and less time intensive than downloading them).

I spent some time tonight playing guitar and trying out some of the new licks I've learned, and I decided to bring out a guitar I've not played much -- my Davison Les Paul.

I'm really pleased with Old Blue every time I play it. I still have some work to do on the intonation, but its pretty close as it is now. It was way the hell out and the action was way high out of the box. But the finish is just beautiful, and it plays like a dream.

I bought Old Blue from Musician's Discount Warehouse back in December, and I've been absolutely tickled with it. I took a chance on it because it was listed as a "2nd" with possible scratches or defects. I've not found anything wrong with it yet, and I saved about $50.

I've considered buying a second LP copy, but after playing Old Blue, I've remembered why I don't play Blue more than I do -- the weight it place son my shoulder. I may have to try one of my wider, padded straps; right now I have a Fender strap -- its a narrow 1/2 -inch leather with a pad for your shoulder. It isn't nearly as comfortable as the other straps I use.

I can confirm that after about 30 minutes, my shoulder was feeling the weight with the strap I was using. Here's the stap I've been using on several of my guitars ... I bought another one recently, and

will probably put it on Old Blue.

The interesting thing about Old Blue was that it was uniformly out of tune ... all the strings were sharp. Not sure exactly why, but they were.

I've considered investing in locking tuners for my Strat ... I've never had a guitar with them, and I would like to give them a try.

I've put my Peavy Raptor EXP in a gig bag; I've mostly been playing my Cherry OE-30 semi-hollow body, my Arctic White strat or my Ibanez GAX 30. I love the OE30, it just feels good and sounds good -- though I can't say it sounds or plays better than the strat. The OE-30 is a really nice guitar that does well with country, rock, rockabilly or what have you. With that said, I was playing country with Old Blue, and it sounded pretty damn nice.

 BEST DEAL ON A GUITAR STRAP.  It isn't the most stylish guitar strap, but its one of the more comfortable ones. For less than $14 (plus shipping), this strap has a great pad that you can adjust to place it where is best for your back. I just bought another one, and will probably buy another soon. I hate having to move straps from guitar to guitar.

Time for bed and a hot shower first. G'nite.