No more hobbies. I guess I’m done. I just saw an ad for an old guitar case (just the case!) for $10,000. I think that’s the turning point on trying to be involved in the “Vintage Instrument” world. I have…
Blog Archives
“I have nothing to say and I am saying it.”
…as John Cage said. So with that in mind, instead of writing a million more pages of words, like I did last time, I’m just going to put links to recent music here for you folks to peruse. Here’s the…
A Short Tour, part two
Returning to our lovely Vallejo Ramada Inn, we bought a six pack of Lagunitas IPA on the way, and when I went down to Chris’ room to pick one up, I ran into some 20-something kids on the stairs outside…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, concert, David Lowery, Guitar, live shows, Los Angeles, Music, touring, Victor Krummenacher
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Touring, Violin
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Touring, Violin
Shine Out
I have a new record out! The official release date is February 10 2014, for no good reason. The album is called “Shine Out“. It was made relatively quickly (for me); it only took about 6 months! Entirely DIY. This…
Tagged with: Guitar, Music, psych folk, Sweden
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Sweden
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Sweden
The Bass Guitar
I’ve been intending to write about the bass guitar for a while. The electric bass guitar. Isn’t it an amazing thing? And it’s only, what 60 years old or so? Imagine the happiness of bass players when they didn’t have…
Les Paul, Les Paul, Les Paul!
It’s weird how some guy’s name is now a guitar. I just jokingly posted on FB that after reading “The Beauty of the Burst“, a book about the specific Gibson Les Paul Standard models made between 1958 and 1960, I…
Acoustic Instruments
As I mentioned before, having started on classical guitars, and moving from there straight to electric guitars, it did actually take a while before I actually decided to get a real acoustic guitar. Since I was playing with Steve Cammack…
There and back again
Here is a very banal blog entry, simply about the things I have been doing lately. I had to go back to California for 10 days (had to!) to play some shows with Camper Van Beethoven, then came home. It…
The Stratocaster, part 2
When my 1971 Stratocaster named “Honey” was stolen, Camper Van Beethoven was in the middle of a tour. Luckily for us, we had a management connection to somebody at Fender so we were able to get “artist-priced” (that means half…
The Stratocaster and I
My first electric guitar was a Stratocaster. Well, OK, that’s not quite true: it was a copy of one, made by “Memphis” (from Japan). (Actually, that’s a lie as well, I briefly had a “Pan” brand SG copy before this,…
photo by Ian Weintraub
Jonathan Segel 