Damn, I love Shubb capos!  Now I normally never really flag wave for anybody–except me, of course–but you’ll come to learn that I love it when a company not only does what they say they will do; but when they especially when they excel! I have a Shubb deluxe capo and a couple originals.  Jeff Peterson introduced me to them a few years back and I immediately started using them exclusively.  They’re the best, pure...

www.justinguitar.com What a great site!  I picked up several great strength/agility builders from this cat. Justin Sandercoe is his name and he has really done a fantastic job on his site.  The beautiful part is that the brother kept his lessons free.  Now he’s built a bit of an adoring empire that worship his every lesson. Hail Sandercoe! This being said, he does accept donations–sites can’t run for free, ya know? ...

I gotta tell ya… I’ve played drums since I was four years old and I think my absolute favorite type of drum (at least when speaking of hand drums) is the Tabla. Pictured: Tabla The Bayan (generally, the left handed drum) is the larger of the two and probably the coolest sounding drum of any I have played.  I played the Tabla on my album on the segue tune “City Jazz” and on the intro of ‘Working on My Soul.’ The Bayan can be...

What is it about sounds that I dig so much?  On this album (Working on My Soul) I used: Hand percussion—djembe, Tabla, congas, bongos, etc 6 string banjo Electric sitar Loads of organs/synths—harpsichord, moogs, prophets, etc Mallets Symphonic instruments (real and soft) So on and so forth… So gangsta... It's going on the next album. I swear if I had access to other instruments I would have tried them all.  I’ll always be in...