I thought it was just a hiccup last week, but today found it's not!! Basically whilst playing the sound suddenly goes off, then hesitantly returns then goes off again. Last week I thought it was the cable, admittedly it was a basic one, so replaced it with a Fender Delux one. Everything was fine until this morning. As an Engineer I started a logical investigation, going through the chain. I discounted the amp because the sound changed as I shook the guitar gently. Knowing the cable is a good quality it was discounted too. The guitar was on loan for 5 years, so I have no idea how it had been looked after. Started with the jack socket thinking there might be a break in the soldering or corrosion. None found. Whilst the cover is off I checked the pots, wiring, soldering etc. and all was OK. The pots are smooth and don't cause any crackling. Next tested continuity from the toggle switch and that was OK, except the switch itself is a bit worn and very wobbly. Next checked the pickups: the neck pickups two of its poles will not adjust. The bridge pickup sounded very dodgy: no matter how much I adjusted the poles heights there was no change in volume. So decided to replace the two pickups with a Seymour Duncan JBs and a new toggle switch. I did electronics in my job so soldering the new components is not an issue. The guitar is about 25 years old, so it deserves a bit of TLC! Will post an update when I get to fit the replacement pickups.

Gotta love this one, just came across it https://youtu.be/1RNNQYpnukA?si=wYS9hyW_m1Wrygu7

Amazing dusky voice, will be sadly missed, quite a character too. Born in Swansea, Wales, UK

- 2023 PRS Custom 24-08, abnormally good even for a core. Roughly 2 hours of play time on polished frets and strings. $2800 - 2015 PRS SE Exotic Custom 24, nicer than an S2 for 1/2 the price. The dressed/polished frets and strings have about 20 minutes of play time. $800 - Taylor GS Mini, dressed frets and lowered action $500 - Peavey JSX 120 watt head with extra tubes for different gain flavors. $800 - 2002 Marshall 1960 slant cab with 8 ohm 150 watt Eminence Texas Heats $800 - Vox Night Train V2 $300 - Brand New Mesa Filmore 1x12 cab $300 Victoria, TX

Part 1 Verse Good morning! So, if you’ve been following our theory bites, you should now know the chords in the key of G Knowing the chords, and the triads and their spelling and all of those things, will make this much easier to follow. Analysis tries to figure out what is going on with a song, and highlight things like cool changes that work, song construction, and cadences. Verse G - Em - D - C back to G This is a I vi V IV to I. In Nashville terms its 1 6m 5 4 1 Today we will do this in Nashville Numbering System (NNS) but commonly, analysis is done with Roman Numerals. G goes to the relative minor Em then as you recall a 5 wants to pull to the 1 and in this case, with D it does not go straight to the 1 but takes a path towards the 1 by first going to the 4 which is C, then to the 1, our G. This is VERY common in music, and still gives a nice resolution. This is solid but effective songwriting. By the way, a 4-1 by itself is an effective cadence, called a Plagal cadence. It’s very common, and does not require a 5 for it to feel resolved. Its not as powerful, but its still in a solid 2nd place as runner up,for how well it works. So how does this analysis help us? Well it teaches us very common ways that a song can be built and most especially demonstrates ways that it can resolve back, and feel “home” again! Tomorrow we will look at the chorus!