Not had much time to do much at StudioLock at the moment. Moping around, I picked up the guitar, fired up a drum loop and twiddled with my knob – then I decided to play some guitar! (Who said cheap innuendo is dead, eh?) But after some knob-twiddling, the Boss SL-20 Slicer pedal I’m using spat out this most excellent loop – which is basically my guitar sliced about and manipulated by the pedal. I immediately recorded the loop and drum combo and believe that this could be the foundation of a snazzy improv somewhere down the line.
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Meanwhile, on the blog Jess had this to say:
“Hi, great info about xtsa maintenance! thanks. I note you comment on problem with the nut, I have it in my xtsa and I wonder how you apply the HB graphite in such narrow grooves? I am very interested!
again thanks, btw.. cool videos with your Godin!!
Jess”
Thanks for the positive words, Jess. It always gives me a thrill to think that someone out there in virtual cyberland might be enjoying my stuff. It’s a warm glow that cannot be bought by money. With regards to applying graphite to the nut of the Godin (or any guitar that’s giving you tuning problems) – the trick is to use a soft pencil. 2HB is a good start. You then sharpen the pencil and rub the graphic into the groove of the nut as if you were scribbling. You can wipe the excess graphite away with your finger. Alternatively, you can buy liquid graphite solutions (I think there’s one on the market I’ve tried that’s enigmatically called “Nut Sauce”) that does the same job but is more expensive than a pencil.
I hope that this information is useful to you! (Or any other guitarist who might have wandered by)
