by G. Edward Jones | Mar 31, 2014 | Good Finds, Lessons, Music, Upgrades
This week we just grab some odds and ends, because why not… First up videos by Wrathchild America and Souls at Zero. If you’re paying attention you realized that they’re the same band. After being dropped by Atlantic, prog-thrash band Wrathchild...
by daftparagon | Mar 6, 2014 | Lessons, Playing
This video is so incredible. If you’re used to the normal doldrums that is guitar instructional videos, you may have to watch it a few times to get the brilliance. In roughly six and a half minutes, Mark Knopfler gives more incredible creative advice than...
by G. Edward Jones | Feb 26, 2014 | Gear, Lessons, Upgrades
Sometimes a crazy idea pays off… So, a little background. Occasional Daft Paragon contributor, Tremol-No creator, Ibanez J-Custom creator, SRT fanboy and 5150 tattoo owner Kevan Geier sold me this guitar in January of 2000, it had been an original, Desert Sun...
by daftparagon | Jan 15, 2014 | Lessons, Repairs
On every guitar I’ve ever owned, the first order of business is to sand away any sort of finish on the back of the neck. I can’t handle playing any other way. Finished necks feel sticky, slow, sweaty, dare I say shitty (if nothing else, to keep the...
by G. Edward Jones | Jan 12, 2014 | Building, Good Finds, Lessons
So, at the end of 2013 I posted this bit of advice from Izzy1 Swan. If you’re too lazy to click the link and watch the video the overview is this: Woodworking is easy. You don’t need a lot of tools, you just need to try. Even the most complex project is...
by G. Edward Jones | Dec 30, 2013 | Building, Guitar Store Gospel, Lessons, Passion & Self Hate, Playing, Repairs, Upgrades
Most of us here on the Daft Paragon Ranch are still bleary eyed from tryptophan comas caused by a week of leftover turkey. However, before we get back up to speed in 2014, I wanted to leave 2013 on a positive note. Izzy1 Swan is a wood worker out of South Carolina...
