Todd's Testing Out Guitars? What?

That's me, testing out a Composite Acoustic guitar.
I'm playing a camp next week and my friend and guitar pimp, DannyB, hooked me up with this sweet thing for the gig.
If you don't know much about composite guitars, they're very cool - for a lot of different reasons!

Danny actually let me borrow two different guitars and I've already tried one out in a little home worship thing I played. I'll be testing both of them out on Wednesday through the church's sound system.

I'll be sure and give you a report!

By the way, for those of you who follow me on some sort of feed reader, I just added a new poll called "ToddSpeak" over on the right hand side of the site.
If you've got a second, open up the actual site and vote!

Thanks, Carlos. There's a lot to digest in this little video...I bet Buckhead will buy these in bulk.

Just finished Crowder and Hogan's book on death, the soul and Bill Monroe. (Thanks, Jinx, for throwing it my way.)

The book started a bit too "Crowder" for me - complete with a little too much in the way of self-deprecation and humor that felt a little flat initially. However, the more I read, the more I loved the book.

It's a fantastic read; the historical stuff alone is well worth the time and money the book would ask of you. I didn't pay for this book. Jinx let me borrow it. (Thanks again, Jinx.) I loved the idea of understanding the "soul" as a concept throughout the ages. I think both Crowder and Hogan were painfully candid with their own feelings regarding the loss of Kyle Lake, an aspect of the book that was quite powerful.

My only real complaint about the book is that it was too short. It's as if the end of the book snuck up on me. I had read the soul stuff, I had read the bluegrass stuff, and I was ready for more. I also thought the "columns" sections were creative - maybe a bit too proud of their postmodern typesetting - but a neat set of stories about connection. (I still don't get the 1.6 thing. Maybe somebody who's read it can help me out.)

I encourage you to pick up the book. I think it's one of those that most everybody can gain something from.

I'd just like to say that Justin Jinkins let me borrow this book. Thank you, Jinx. You are a good friend and I always enjoy spending time with you. You are a great guitar player, man, and a Godly young chap who's doing his very best to be all that he can be.

For The Laziest of Guitarists

Ladies and gentlemen,

The Transpocapo.

I really, really, really hate this chord.


(By the way, is blogger now uploading anybody else's pics in weird code before you publish them?)