SierraTango

Mr. Sun peeked out of the clouds and gave me a lovely ride in the Sierras. 45-50 degrees.

Very excellent performing by your friend. Interesting he is playing 7 string guitar. Altamira builds some fantastic guitars in China. Also producing some of the best Asian made Gypsy Jazz guitars as well.

Making guitarists envious world wide.

Beautiful brisk day in the Southern Sierras. First sunny day we've had for five days.

Two fingers.

Most likely a 3.5 mm or so celluloid. The Gypsy guys are very traditional and use really thick heavy picks to get that tone. I keep my hand in the Gypsy style but I have no chance of playing like that guy!

Kids these days....

Happy Happy Joy Joy! Replaced all 5 relays (which were most likely original to the bike) with the Picker units. Started on the button. Victory is sweet, however it was pouring rain and I didn't get a ride in. A special Thank You to all that replied. And thank you gstallons for walking me through the troubleshooting on the phone. Super helpful and kind of you. Sierra

Very glad you enjoyed Joe's music. As I mentioned I met him at Group IV. One time the owner of the studio and Joe were smoking cigars on a break and I joined the conversation. I told him I played and he nodded at his Gibson ES 175 and said play something. I did and his comment was "...sounds good keep working on it..." I later studied with Jimmy Bruno in Philly and he is a incredible Jazz player. He was very influenced by Joe Pass.

I guess it's rather obscure to most folks. I started as a 2nd Engineer at the Sound Factory in Hollywood in the late 70's. It is/was a pretty famous studio, Linda Ronstadt recorded 5 albums there and I was on sessions with Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon. I moved into post production film mixing after I came to the realization that records would kill me. I got on at Warner Bros. and did many projects there, then on to Fox. I moved from Fox to Group IV which did a lot of subcontract work for Fox and other studios. The Owner was good pals with Joe Pass and I got to meet him several times and chat with him. Truly one in a zillion on Jazz guitar-what a talent!

PM resent many thanks for a call.

I had a cup of coffee with her when I was a staff mixer at Group IV recording studios in Hollywood in the late 1980's. Nice lady. Here's me playing the same tune after a long ride at a friends house...

That would be really helpful. PM sent.

Good catch. Bob Benedetto is a Italian-American luthier that is a master. Benedetto in Italian is indeed "blessing" and it certainly has been one in my career. Since the instruments that Bob built himself are now very valuable, many of his guitars are in collectors possession and don't get played out in public. Mine gets played on every gig.😊 Now if I could just get my Le Mans started...I ordered 5 Picker relays from the link and I hope that cures my non-starting issue.