Walden live!

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Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on May 25, 2012 at 3:51pm

How about comments on the sneakers?... ;-)

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on May 25, 2012 at 3:55pm

Well, I like the guitar tone - AND the playing - AND the singing...

Hope those comments are OK... ;-)

Permalink Reply by Lee MacMillan on May 25, 2012 at 8:47pm

Thanks.  I'm far from the best at most open mics but nobody has more fun than I do!  Here's what the sneakers look like.  Pretty cool, eh?

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/8T6QcQPhokFoxt7SwMnoN_xMHLW...

Permalink Reply by Gary Ellis on May 27, 2012 at 7:50am

Well done! You should have left the applause in. I thought the playing and singing were very good. I am curious why, did you tell us the strings were 2 months old? Do they suit your sound better as they age? 

Permalink Reply by Lee MacMillan on May 27, 2012 at 1:38pm

Thanks for the positive comment.  The string age mention was just a point of reference.  They aren't brand new but aren't dead either.  I will probably change them before my next appearance.  I like fresh strings and so does this guitar.

Permalink Reply by Zach Stevenson on June 6, 2012 at 12:13pm

Sounds great! Are you happy with the Schatten? I'm thinking of removing the stock undersaddle pick-up on my guitar and installing a passive Schatten HFN and mating it to the existing onboard preamp. Did you do your own install? If so, was it fairly easy to place the pick-up?

Cheers,

Zach

Permalink Reply by Lee MacMillan on June 7, 2012 at 8:56am

Yes very happy with it.  Install was not difficult but I did make a fixture to make sure I got the pickup aligned directly under the saddle.  Schatten tech support was very good and should be able to help you connect the passive pickup to your existing preamp.

Permalink Reply by Lee MacMillan on July 16, 2012 at 1:00pm

Recorded 7-11-12.  Same setup as last time (Walden G640 with Schatten HFN active pickup) except for 1 week old DR Sunbeam strings (which didn't sound appreciably different from the 3 month old John Pearse they replaced.)  Fumbled the lyrics a couple times but hey, it's live and I'm an amateur!

http://home.comcast.net/~lmacmil/Tangled%20Up%20in%20Blue%20-%20FH%...