After converting one of my Gretsches into a hybrid guitar, I now have the ability to not only play my acoustic music on an electric – but also blend the two sounds together. It has been the sonic equivalent of discovering the combination of chocolate and peanut butter… I’m rediscovering acoustic tunes I’ve been neglecting since I grew tired of them years ago.
Here’s one called “String Poem”, a piece I wrote for my cat DEVO circa 1999-2000 who didn’t give a shit about cat toys, but the second you dangled a piece of string in front of him? Game on. His 16-year-old successor Frank is the exact same way. Fake mice, jingly bells, laser pointers… whatever. String is where it’s at. Being a guitar player, I wholeheartedly agree.
