So much for demoing my new-fangled guitar and its new-fangled tone circuit this week.
Pro tip: Just because your cheese grater looks like a Flying V and is called “The Shredder” doesn’t make it any less dangerous! However, the croque-monsieur was delicious (once I’d scraped away the blood and bits of flesh).
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Ouch, Joe! Oh no–that’s awful. Good luck for healing quickly!
(So…how was the tone on that thing?)
You saw the movie “Whiplash” right?
You’re the second person to ask me in 24 hours! Is it great?
At least it wasn’t your left hand. You can still hold a pick, right?
Ralph Towner used to compare playing a 12-string to a cheese grater. From the sounds of it you don’t agree?
I’m amazed at the sounds he gets with his bare fingers. I got to see him play up close, like, 40 years ago, and I’m still not sure how he gets such a consistent sound from fingertips and nails.
Oh, it's "The Shredder" alright. When it comes to guitar-shaped cheese graters, I prefer mine to look more like Bo Diddley's boxy guitars — and, preferably with onboard effects. Heal up soon.
I didn’t expect to like Whiplash but I did – well acted and it reminded me of a buddy’s description of going to Berkeley Music School and finding himself in class with Coltrane’s kid (or some one like that’s progeny).. Check it out while you heal.
Ouch! Maybe stick to Gretsch-shaped ice cube trays in the future?
would you describe your scream tone as ‘chimey’ or ‘icepick’ after you plugged it into your thumb?
Sorry, Joe.
Pinkies up and everything, but microplaning your finger while zesting a lemon is also good fun. Yeah…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kC0LXwAK2rs
Awesome, Colm. 🙂
Rickie Lee Jones once told me how her fingers started bleeding mid-song during a TV appearance, and they were still wet when she went to the sofa to shake hands and chat with the other guests. Or as she put it, “I tried not to bleed on Robert De Niro.” Once of my favorite interview pull-quotes ever.