malada

So... I spent a little money.

I bought a Super Snark guitar tuner. It clips onto the head stock of the guitar and can be used for both electric guitar, base and acoustic guitar. It's made tuning much easier. This is important because with my decaying physical hearing, I'm trying to train my brain to hear better. I've been working on it for several months by playing almost every day. I've noticed that my left ear hears better than the right when it comes to hearing things in tune.

I've bought a bunch of guitar straps!! My 12 string kept slipping off my knee when trying to play it so putting a strap on to keep it stable really helps. I've been having problems finding strap locks that I like locally so I may have to check online. There's these cute button ones that look like they come off of Grolsch beer bottles. They should be fine for lightweight acoustic guitars but I wouldn't trust them for my base. I still have my old strap locks which still work just fine for my Phony Fender.

They Phony Fender is getting new strings. It's about time. I've put them on but I haven't tuned it up yet. I want to give the strings time to settle. In addition, the initial stress of stringing it up the E string caused the nut to pop off. I've glued it back on and I want the glue to set overnight.

I've got a no-name short scale electric guitar that needs new strings. Also a classical guitar that needs them. I've got the strings, I just need the time to put them on. I really dislike stringing guitars - it's a pain in the neck.

The Hagstrom hollow body bass (in the picture) may need some technical help: a neck shim, maybe a new nut and complete set up. It also needs a new case. Because it's an unusual base the local shops are unable to find one that fits. I may end up building a case. I'm putting both ideas on the back burner right now.

When I started losing my hearing about a decade ago I practically gave up on music: I didn't play and I barely listened to any. I regret stopping. I have to build up my strength and my fingering all over again. Still, I think I'm making progress.