Daily User, methodistgirl and Premonition, yes, it has been a little lonely here as a guitarist. Using my guitar for parts to build this new one took me out of my usual musical activity, and so did being a forum member here. That only stretched me out musically, getting into other instruments and learning about a lot of musicians who have passed through my life.
And this is all the excuse I need to add these photos.
I was at master photographer Thies Bogners' studio tonight, getting some new video to upload next week, after editing it into my previous one. Another acoustic demonstration that certainly will make you question the reality of my instrument. I think it's symphonic-electric.
A long time ago, someone tried to tighten the arm and snap it off,
creating distortion in the threads.
I've always spun the arm in all the way and turned it back one rotation,
so it swings freely.
This distortion occurs before it bottoms, and isn't present during normal use.
I'm embarrassed my face and head are there, not part of the agreement.
While this misrepresentation of my actual, or potential image, serves me well
in my home town, it's not what I want to use to resume my playing career.
This was recorded dry through a Canon digital cassette camera.
I can see myself holding my guitar up to my vocal mike, making these sounds,
and either starting to sing or play the strings.
There's only one mammal on earth that scientists and doctors agree have a fetus
indistinguishable from human until the age of three months, The Orca.
Haida oral tradition says mankind walked out of the mouths of Orca who came close to shore.
And while humpback whales can emit a frequency that can kill a human underwater,
despite their suffering, no whale has killed a human this way.
These, plus the sounds, inspired the tone poem "The Haida of The Orca".
I've been working hard, trying to get a better presentation about my guitar going.
Here's the address of my new domain, still under construction, but with links that illustrate what's happening.
I know, I'm bad, posting here for almost two years without sound, and I still don't have a high speed portal.
But I've got some headphones happening now and I'm getting into it here like never before.
Please, if you look and listen, I can handle some serious commentary. About anything.
I keep thinking about what Premonition said, about guitars having quite the ability
to hit all needed notes quickly and efficiently.
This is a challenging subject for me, notes and how to get them, sounds too.
Right away I'm thinking yes, especially oboes, all the difficult wind instruments to play.
Then the thought of jazz musicians jamming spontaneously came to the forefront.
With seeing classical scores sitting in front of symphonic players.
Then I thought about bar bands, my scene.
Musicians who want to entertain and get the crowd dancing,
playing from memory and jamming it out. Also fingers on strings or things that hit them.
There's more considerations for finding notes than I can type about.
If you have any old or forgotten guitar synths that can actually track string bending,
bring it over here and give it to me, I'll look at it and try to talk you out of it.
Please! You don't need it. I'm not sure I do.
I want to be a symphonic player, even with my semi-solid-body.
It truly is an electric symphonic instrument.
What else can it be? Now I wonder if I shouldn't have done the tone poem thing.
If I was making an album it would be my reply to Jim Hendrix's tone poem on
Electric Ladyland, "and the gods made love", an aural palette refresher, or defragmenter.
Just when I'm thinking what's the matter you're replying to yourself,
I see the currently active users viewing this thread display and see only me.
And I can't even get enough blues out of this to motivate an online song.
Time to pick instead of click.
as always, John Watt
Luminosity! What a nice user name to receive a compliment from!
If you are in Sweden, as in Northern Canada, luminosity can be a wild and moving display.
Thank you!
The luminosity that turned me on recently, and that's not seeing an illuminated sign
I built in the past, was being told how to activate an internet address on my title page.
Aside from my youtube links, magle.dk is now activated, and I'm linking here now.
And the first time I do, I see an ad from a St. Catharines music teacher, a city near me.
That's as much of a homecoming as I can get.
as always, John Watt
It's taken longer than I like, but I can listen, photo, scan and video in my new apartment.
I'm almost ashamed to invite you with what is not a sophisticated musical or visual interlude, but, I gotta ask,
have you ever heard four octaves of E frets on the E string of a Strat-style, or any electric guitar?
You'll probably see more of me than you want, but it was my first chance being here with my guitar.
I've been typing this address and it might show "new video not available yet", but it will get you there.
Please search youtube for johnwattdotca:semi-solid-part4.
Seeing my other videos as floating alternatives makes me feel like an online star.
That's not as nice as being a Highway Star.
I hope you dig it without burying me.
Good evening! My situation has involved moving five times in the last four months.
I'm now in a stable residential situation where I'm attempting to recreate a backdrop
I almost finished previously.
Before my guitar is completely finished, with a bridge placement guess for intonaton,
old mismatched strings that have been on and off too many times, bad for nickel plated,
and before I can walk around without worrying about stuff on the floor,
I'm making videos for the first time. I feel like I'm confronting the camera.
Please, if you see previous videos where I'm not wearing a shirt,
don't let that dissuade you away from the serious intent of my guitar exposure.
It was my birthday two months ago. I let my hair grow out to see what I looked like for real.
This was late at night in this two story apartment, singing so quietly, leaning into the camera,
the guitar volume quieter than loud acoustic.
After getting an Art & Lutherie acoustic to start getting songs together with,
and having something I didn't have to plug in,
I wrote a letter asking about their in-house clearcoat, a semi-gloss.
We exchanged email and I was referred to Godin Guitars,
where we exchanged email with the pictures here and my narrative.
There wasn't any typing about a job or my working in Quebec. I didn't ask about it.
The mailing I sent described how I built the guitar and what it took.
So this letter disappointed me. I felt like I was back in the sixties,
listening to a player from Les Canadiennes during a hockey telecast.
Mais...
At least he said they carefully reviewed my documentation
and that I have innovations and my own guitar concepts.
Photos! Yeah! I got more!
Just to further illustrate the difficulty of reaching around an up-side down tremolo unit,
made further difficult with a tremolo arm dangling across the length, top to bottom,
here's two pictures showing how Jimi held his arm out, waving his picking hand.
When the tremolo arm is hanging from the bottom, it's easier to nestle in your lower fingers.
Those who doubted upper string access because of a heel twice as deep as Fender,
what you're seeing here hasn't involved palm to heel contact. Just thumb.
The photos look so good in this domain I just want to see my avatar bigger.
And that's the first photo here with the final finish, sanding and refinishing since beginning.
It's rare to hear or see about Point Abino.
A much vilified and protested land deal that gave shore rights to Buffalonians.
A few years ago The City of Fort Erie ended up giving up trying to keep them in court,
and accepted 24 hours of visitation time a year, to be arranged in one hour increments.
I'm walking along the shore going through a forest one way and sneaking past the guards.
This 1977 beading shows my interest in our underwater life.
A vest without sewing, with symbols of mammalian underwater communication,
and the various magnetic and electronic emanations of the earth.
The 1967 Rainbow Trout is one of my mother's knitting patterns done a bead for a stitch.
I added what are supposed to be dragonflies.
Yeah, those post high-school years, the symbolism of it all.
Corno Dolce! There's one riff in there I'm proud to present for your comments...er... critique.
The plugging in involved The Singing Machine, a karaoke unit, forty gut-wrenching watts through a 10" speaker,
sounding like an old Fender DeLuxe, 25 watts through a ten, but with AM-FM, cassettes, stereo and two quarter inch inputs.
No tone controls and I didn't use the echo.
I hope these continual attempts at expanding my presentation meet your interest.
as online, John Watt
Do you own a Strat? I used to own one before it
got stolen. I miss that one pretty much and
they are as expensive as this computer I'm typing
on.
judy tooley
judy tooley! I've seen methodistgirl on the other side of the Atlantic.
What'da'ya'mean... do I own a Strat? I could just say no and leave it at that.
But I won't. But that's true. I've always only owned one guitar.
I'll add a 1970 picture of me playing my '64 Stratocaster days after changing it to be left-handed.
There might not be anything Fender about my guitar any more,
except for the '64 volume knob and '77 custom ordered left-hand Strat tremolo unit.
Using a DiMarzio P.A.F. Humbucker for my lead pickup meant more volume than Fender.
So I'm using '77 DiMarzio Fat Strats, wound to the same specs but louder to blend with Gibson.
So the word Strats is in that product name, how about allowing me 1/2?
Two Strat parts and one same-name upgrade. Nope. I don't own a Strat.
But I can't say that's what's that. I can't make up a name for it.
I say gigster because I'd like to use gigsters as a band name.
It was a nice name to register. It went through for everything,
a surprise to the tech I was talking to.
You know, I'm going to go on about something else,
but it's because you got me thinking about naming my guitar.
I'm adding a scan of something I'd like to use for a headstock decal.
This comes from 1976, I think. It was taken over a year ago and was just retrieved.
Before I thought about the goose I uploaded these two since the function was on,
thinking I'd be giving you more to see.
Here's an address Freddy, a guitar friend who was just down the street,
until he moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake three years ago. He did my frets and markers.
WARNING! Cat content.
Santa Claus? That's supposed to be a little statue of me dressed in very, very traditional clothing.
You can see where the guy who designed "Santa Claus" for Coca-Cola got his ideas.
The very accomplished local artist Fortunato hand-painted this original ceramic,
following a serious talk about what such a rendition should portray,
in a traditional Scottish Highland way.
And before anyone starts thinking he just painted over a Santa Clause,
look at the eyes. Is he looking at you with merry eyes? What is that look?
The gifts he bears when gifts meant talents, not Roman coins, carrying The Light of The Lord,
wearing red of The Blood.
This is something I should do properly. This is probably handheld even.
And the red car and red bikes picture is stranger than you think.
That's a 1969 Ford Custom and 1969 Raleigh his and hers 10-speeds.
Well, thank you Judy Tooley for prompting this outburst, me at my worst.
Judy! Judy Tooley! As if you haven't seen me typing your name enough!
I've got a guitar question for you. What kind of guitar is Jimi playing here?
This is one of the few pictures of him not playing a Stratocaster.
And talk about you pushing some of my scanner buttons,
this is a bunch of copies and alterations of beautiful fleece blanket packaging.
I've had two for over a year and still can't imagine the front and reverse printing.
Holding them up to let the light show through, they look like asoft-focus stained glass windows.
Mr. Bob Tomesseti of Backstage Pass Inc., I think Inc., North American distributor rep for product from India,
gave me a vendors account and approved of my sales approach.
I'm interested to see what these look like big.
I've been moving so much since I haven't ordered anything.
Here's a photo of Jimi playing a guitar decorated with a hand-painted dolphin,
standing beside the original dophin tank at Marineland, went he went through Niagara Falls,
not necessarily cross-border... but getting into cross-mammalian frequencies.
yeah...yeah... thank you.. thank you... we're getting it together... okay over there... ready... now
I'm taggin' my own thread...
when I'm sad... it comes to me-ee-ee-ee... and with a thousand milli-amps, it smiles at me for free,
and I say it's all right, it's all right, you know it's all right, if you can just stand a little illumination,
and more wattage on your scree-ee-ee-een...
when it's flashing, yeah, and when it's an-i-may-yay-yay-ated,
there always seems to be a new one... that makes the others seem b-rated,
'cause now they're flyin'on across'a scree-een... my streaming angel shining love on me,
fly on my emo-ticon.... fly on my lit-tle emo-ti-co-o-on.... yeah my sweet lit-tle emo-ti-con...
I know you'll be flashin'at'me, make'a'mash'a media maybe, posting icons... with my emo-ti-con.
oooh.... and a stereooo...oooh... this Jimi in E minor rush I just got just feels so so appropriate.
lucychen! I've been watching north american news all my life.
I know what a pre-emptive strike is, and I'm going to give you one.
This is just so you know I'm not complaining. I started this thread.
It's about a new template of guitar I invented, yeah, basically all me.
So even though this is what many might call a vicious piece of spam,
you can stay as far as I'm concerned. I'll even look at it.
If you notice, I don't get many visitors, but that's why I like magle.dk.
It's not about guitars or the rock mentality and I find it challenging to keep up here.
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