La Grange Guitars

You want me to convert a Japanese Strat to all-American pickups and electronic parts with a mirror pickguard and a chrome lightning bolt designed for truck mudflaps? Hell, yeah, brother. Hold my beer.

"Cello...is it me you're looking for?"
Switching the French bridge (zut alors! Quel zizanie farfelu) to a Belgian one (il drache une fois). Yes, i will be wearing a Beret. Raspberry, of course.

You're probably all wondering..."Hey, do you have any more photos of that promotional beverage coaster. Like photos of each side, then with a beverage, and finally with a beverage and a judgmental Workshop cat?

I do. Behold.

Hear ye, hear ye:
The first shipment of 80 Pyramid strings just arrived. For $14.95 before tax, you may opt for German-made quality on your next guitar setup AND get to choose between two designs of stickers (30 total to give away) OR a beverage coaster (only 10 of these bad-boys). Imagine walking into your next gig with, or setting down your drink on one of these hombrés. Muy caliente!
Please note that I made a pyramid out of the pyramid strings, because I am no stranger to irony.

Just a wee tip: I write dates and voltage on my clients' batteries, acoustic or active electric. It helps to prevent the dreaded "dead system" when you plug in for a show. Do it at string change time, and consider replacing it when it gets around 8.5V. These systems like strong voltage, and do weird stuff when it drops.

**Breaking News** I have sourced and purchased European strings for electric guitars. For approximately $4 more than the ubiquitous American D'Addario or Ernie Ball brands, you may specify non-American Pyramid strings on your setup. High-quality German-made, and very popular in Europe. 9-42 or 10-46 available.
If you prefer D'Addario or Ernie Ball, I have several hundred of those already in stock, because I panic-bought (from Canadian retailers) last week.
The choice...she is yours, là.

Thanks to Wayne at ProSpec for adding me last minute in to his open order from Germany.

Pyramid New Rock Standard Regular Guitar Strings 10-46 | Pro Spec Strings Pyramid New Rock Standard Regular Guitar Strings 10-46 The minimum shipping cost on our website is $10 and we understand that this is brutal if you only want 1 or 2 sets of strings. Well we have a solution for you, just drop us a line through the contact us page and we will ship up to 3 sets of stri...

This is what 3 days of string changes looks like. Last year, I used between 800 and 1000 sets of new strings.
All these used ones go to Jacqueline Wright for her beautiful jewelry and charitable causes. Up cycle, not recycle.

I'm excited about the Troubadours & Vagabonds Productions Bazaar coming up on January 18. Honk if you are, too! FYI, I have reserved two tables:
1) One for Johnny-on-the-Spot evaluations of instruments to help buyers/sellers manage expectations. It will have a Tip Jar, and all proceeds go to the Centre, not to my kids/horses.
2) A table filled with amplifiers, instruments, electronic gadgetry and other wonders that you cannot live without.
Be there, or be a non-intersecting Venn Diagram.

For all that is holy, please stop stringing your guitars with nautical knots. This left-handed bowline knot is going back in dry-dock, matey. I'm too busy and delicate to be bleeding out. Ugh.