Camstone

Uda is in Portland. I will be there this Wednesday.

Awesome work, bro! When I saw the first pic, I thought, "Oh no, he routed out my old Junior and put a humbucker in it. " I still miss that guitar......

I was anti-relic for years till I played a Nash Strat; now I own two. But my R8 could not be improved upon. It's been my #1 for over 10 years now. Not just about how beautiful it is, but how it resonates and feels in my hands. Love the huge neck.

The Road to You

I Can't Stop Running (Hamer content)

Hometown Blues

Eric Johnson "Venus Isle". Wow!

Toots Thielemans "The Brazil Project 2" This has been in my car for the last month and I can't seem to want to take it out. Wonderful!

The baton has been passed, on to KofSeattle. Thanks to Gene for getting this going and keeping it moving.

OK, one more bit of fun with this guitar. This girl's name is "Pirate" (well it's really Amanda Pieratte) but she goes by "Pirate" and that's how her last name is pronounced. She is our drummer's 26 year old fiance and she's 5'10". They just got engaged about three weeks ago. You can glimpse the rock by the 8th fret. We had a band Christmas party here at my place last night and I got her to pose with the Pirate guitar. She showed me her skull and crossbones tattoo. I would have liked to have taken a pic of the tattoo, but then we would have had to move the thread to the Outer Circle.

I played the Pirate guitar at a gig last night with my band Analog Jack at a venue called The Vogue Liquid Lounge in Chelan Washington. Here's a few pics. There was a video taken of me introdcuing the guitar. I'll get it uploaded to Youtube and post it here. Anyway, a good time was had by all and the spirit of WildBill was in-da-house. My guitars for the evening: Introduction of the Pirate The band Takin a ride

No It's not damaged, traveled fine and didn't have to go very far. It's super cold here and must have been in the Fedex truck last night. Maybe after it warms up the neck will go back to where it should be.

The Pirate has landed in Camstoneville. I am right in the middle of Washington State about 125 miles east of Seattle. Thanks to Don (django) for paying the freight up to me. As had been said before the guitar (and especially the case) are a trip. The neck has been shaved down so much that putting 9s on it has caused the neck to flatten to where the strings are essentially sitting on the fretboard. I tried loosening the truss rod, but it's all the way slack, so I am going to throw a set of 10's on it and take it to rehearsal this evening. I am in a few different music projects right now but the rehearsal tonight is with "Analog Jack" an all original blues/light rock/dance band. It's been a lot of fun. My buddy Eric Link has about 35 or 40 killer tunes. We've been working on the songs and arrangements for a coupla months. So rehearse tonight, rehearse next Tuesday and then our first gig Friday Dec 9 at a club in Chelan called The Vogue Liquid Lounge where I will use Pirate on at least one tune and get some pics or maybe even video??? Then the following week I plan to deliver it to KofSeattle in person. Inquiries on who want's it next should be sent to KofSeattle.

Harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans "Brasil Project Vol 2"

When is it coming to Washington?

I'm in Washington State. Let me know if the guitar is headed to this corner of the country, I'll gig her.

Would love to see a picture of this whole guitar please. Is that Mike's Tobacco burst?

Been doing mostly solo and duo gigs this year, so my #1 is my '89 Taylor 410.