1/8/2024 0 Comments Lindsey buckingham guitar rig![]() ![]() Once I got her tuned, I strummed a chord, and was completely surprised by the “OH MY F^&KIN’ GAWD!” response that came over me. After a quick check, and re-adjusting the low E-string’s intonation ever so slightly, I plugged the guitar into my rig, and tuned her up. Luckily it was dust-free as it sat in a great hard case that I purchased for it all these months and luckier still that before I put it in the garage, I restrung it with my favorite Fender nickel plated steel strings ( Fender Super 250s – actually pretty cheap strings, but I love their tone), so I didn’t have to worry about re-stringing the instrument. So it was with a bit of reluctance that I took it out to play it.Īs the guitar had been sitting for a long time, it was obviously very out of tune. Also, I’ve had this view that the Explorer is more of a pure rocker’s guitar (think Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions), and I was admittedly very intimidated by the legacy of great players who play the Explorer. But after seeing that ad in GP, and then seeing that a lot of other great guitarists play Epi’s, plus after reading the Epiphone history, I decided to take my Korina out, and give it a whirl. Unfortunately the Explorer has not been touched for quite some time.I think part of my not playing this guitar so much is that I had this bias about Epiphone being a “cheap” brand. I originally purchased it for my son as a Christmas present a few years ago, but sadly, he’s given up playing for awhile (he’s devoted pretty much all his time to ice hockey, and that’s okay with me). It’s an amazing story!Īfter I read the article, I remembered that I have an Epiphone 58 Korina Explorer collecting dust in my garage. ![]() But I was curious to find out more, so I did a search to see if I could find a history of the brand. Epiphone is a brand that guitarists know, and is considered to be the “bargain” line of Gibson. This past week, I was paging through an old issue of Guitar Player mag, and noticed a picture of Nancy Wilson playing an Epiphone Les Paul in an Epiphone ad. If you’re a songwriter, I’d like to hear your experience. I sort of enter a zone, and everything – lyrics and music – just comes. I’ll be reading something, or even listening to some music, or engaged in a conversation, and suddenly a tune will pop in my head. It’s such a stream-of-consciousness experience. When I actually think about how songs come to me, I get a little unsettled. It just happens, and to me, that’s the beauty of song writing. I have no control over what my songs will be about, or when the inspiration will come along. They just come to me and I’m compelled to write them down or record them. I’ve never been able to explain how I get song ideas. It’s something that happens to them.” That couldn’t be more true, at least for me. I was over at igblog reading about Lindsey Buckingham in Ig’s article, “ Lindsey Buckingham, guitar hero? « IG BLOG (life-music-guitar)” and something that Lindsey said in the accompanying video really struck a note with me (paraphrased): “ Most song writers will say that song writing isn’t something that they make happen.
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