As the "pbp-band" is in progress. You´ll find more about it at another blog-site.
During me last weeks I´ve been at the Westcoast paradise. Trying hard to repair our car and make the yacht ready for the 2012 season. But some days it´s been raining cats n dogs so I´ll been inside playing music, and trying hard to find the perfect version of those songs Ive written.
Already when the last word and note is placed on paper, in my ears i could hear the finished product, song. I know exactly how it should sound, what style, rhytm. Its then up to me and my different recording gadgets to make it come true. Something that seldom happens, possibly cause I dont have the right skills with all the electronic studio gadgets, or even the fact that I´m not that good as a musician!
One thing I know for sure is that my skill´s in playing lead-guitar could make anyone cry. Already as a youngster I forced me fingers to produce the most delicat chord´s on the guitar. Maybe it all started when I was learning to play the chords to "If I fell" by the Beatles. An endless row of difficult chords put together in a perfect harmony.
So I became a Rhytm-guitar player no doubt about that, and if it was a qusetion of playing melodic lead-tunes there was no problem, maybe cause I knew how to read music.
I do still envy all those fantastic guitar-players that can listen to the harmonies of a tune, and then in a second play the perfect lead-riff.
So why the hell do I write and complain about this?
During a late night hour a few days ago i wrote a new song, its kind of rock n roll with a rather simple harmony structure. An hour or so later - or earlier cause by now it was a new day the backing to the song was recorded! With no lead-guitar riffs!!!
By now I spent at least 10 hours in hope to learn how to perform some kind of lead-guitar riff suitible for that song. with almost no luck at all. So the work on me new song continues in hope that i will learn to play a lead-riff that suit´s the song. Over and over again i try different versions...
A couple of weeks ago a Facebook friend of mine Mr Rob Taylor living in Canada with a new forum-site for musicians. NuMuBu. A great way to get new contacts all over the globe, contacts who share your interest for music. Try it out!!!! By the way, Rob seams to know all great musicians in the world and natuarly He also do own a couple of nice Burns guitars.
Already in the 60-ies Burns made one of the best electric 12-string guitars in the world. Used by world renown artist like the Searchers, Mark Knofler, Elvis Presley...
Burns Double Six and Elvis Presley
the New Burns Double Six Apache
As this model isnt in my Burns collection I set up this pic in hope to make my very own
"BURNS DOUBLE SIX"
my Double Six´s
And so back to my thought´s and findings of nice guitar´s and amp´s.
A quick trip to the nearest town Uddevalla gave me the opportunity to not only see but also try a realy nice guitar.
Jim Burns
Once upon a time Jim Burns in London wanted to produce a guitar to compete with the Gibson ES serie´s. The result was a hybrid between an electric guitar and a C&W styled guitar, baptised the Virginian. I dont know how many that actually was produced, and I have only seen a couple of those guitar in real life.
the Fender Jaguar 1962 and the Gibson ES 335
The lead singer of a very popular pop-dance group "Sven Ingvars" use to play one in the early 60-ies.
Sven Ingvars witha Burns Virginian
Trio me Bumba, popular band in the 60-ies that play´d as one of
the bands at the Beatles first tour in Sweden.
What strike´s Me is that caused by importproblems from the US lots of Scandinavian bands used different Burns guitars, instead of the Fender and Gibson models. So did the gentleman in Uddevalla who bought this Burns Virginian new in 1966, and kept it ever since. So I got the opportunity to meet with a 46 year old guitar.
Burns Virginian 1965
Have to admit, even if it was in need of new strings and a set up, it was still a great guitar. The neck was strait, the guitar only show some dents in it topfinish caused by age. Just before my arrival the owner Tom Nordblom lifted the guitar and heard a noice inside of it. Just to realise that inside the guitar was still the original tool-kit!!!
Tom Nordblom Orchestra in the 60-ies.
To me a fairly new band called the Bejing Beatles show up playing all Burns guitars on the YouTube video. 20 minutes of nostalgia in Asian style.
Playing heavy metal rock on Burns guitars is to be found at this to me unknown Russian Rockband.
