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Happy Birthday Allison!

Great Poster Allison!

Thanks!!

Thanks to everybody who made it out!

Right now, none of the full size martin guitars are made outside of the US.

Tonight!!

Also,

Allison, thanks so much for the great piece.

tips for sleeping in?

don't have kids

This will be a great show!

Love Machine is a really good band. They wear their Death Cab influence on their sleeve but they are obviously tanlented songwriters and musicians. I've been listening to their disc a lot lately.

Tomorrow!

regarding Garrison,

I've seen so many of these in our shop for repairs. I don't buy the ABS plastic bracing. Wood breathes and plasitc doesn't. This means that the top will contract and expand with humidity changes and the braces won't move. This can lead to cracked finishs (see ovation) or rattles from the top becoming separated from the bracing.

The big thing you'll get if you buy from a more well established company (and more so with north american made, even more so with higher end brands) is proper wood selection and proper drying of the woods. This is huge. If the wood hasn't been reduced to the proper moisture content (made in china) then what is going to happen is that your guitar is going to decide that it is still a tree and move in another direction. This could be the neck, could be the top. All that you'll notice is that it feels impossible to play or its impossible to get in tune (more than one chord).

ok... time to stop

Also, beware the "off-shore" Martins, Taylors and Gibsons. If the guitar brands I've mentioned are surprisingly cheap priced, then they ain't made in the States.

There are no "off shore" Taylor or Martin guitars. If it says Taylor on the headstock it was made in El Cajon California, if it says Martin & co. on a Martin it was made in PA.

Both of these companies actually have some AMAZING guitars at the lower end. (I say lower end, but they are both high end companies so its not in the Norman range)

Martin has a guitar called the DX1 that we sell for $599.00, solid top. and you know what.. it actually sounds great.

My favourite would be the Taylor 110 between the 2. The Taylor plays and sounds fantastic. They go for $629.00

If you're looking at the 300-400 range I'd recommend a Norman. But get one with a spruce top and not the cedar(B-20 spruce, B-18 cedar), because the finish is so thin and cedar is so soft that I can guarantee you'll hack through the top in two years.

Right on, Dave. I'll be there, for sure. Are you going to be back at Humphrey's this fall, or was that just a July thing?

I'm hoping to get back playing with Mike again soon. I've just been way too busy lately!

Also,

Opening the show will be Shane Whitbread

Shane On Myspace

He does a one man show. More sort of avant garde electronic. very cool. Shane will be on at 9pm

hey,

Just a reminder that my show in Ottawa at Cafe Dekcuf is this Saturday. I'll be performing 2 sets of solo/looping acoustic electronic madness. I'll also be recording this for a possible live release.

Hope to see some of you there!

Dave

Hey!

So looking forward to playing in Collingwood again. Its been magic every time so far.

This show will be part of the live album recording as well as the show Sept 15th in Ottawa.

I'll be doing 2 sets for sure.

Hope to see you there!

So your mom has shitty little speakers!

It so happens you guys bought them last Christmas.

zing!

So good to get back down to SoOn to play. It was really great to see so many people I haven't seen in so long.

Thanks so much to everyone that came out and Diesel Dog for playing. I loved to bluegrass floyd!

Here's my set lists:

Set 1

Autograph

These Days

Zero Capacity->

The Maker->

Everlasting Beautiful Night

Set 2

jam->

echo the hills

the apology song

in pieces

night turns to day

No idea what time I'll be on, but at this point I'm imagining around 10pm

Bob and Mel...

So sorry for your loss... it is a loss. We're thinking of you, wishing you the best.

Love Lara

Some predictions for this show..

after soundcheck, Dave will...

a)- eat a pasta related dish at pepper jacks, while reading the latest copy of 'View'..

- walk up to that sketchy Tim Horton's for coffee

c)- return to Pepper Jack's, via the Bingo Hall

it will be so.

Don't forget about the honey butter... hmmm.

happy b-day my friend!

Hey everyone,

Short notice but I'm definitely looking forward to coming back to Hamilton.

Friday August 24th I will be at Pepperjacks not sure who else is one the bill.

Hope to see you there!

Yes its true!

I will be playing in Ottawa at Cafe Dekcuf on September 15th. I'm really looking forward to this show as I feel like I haven't really done exactly what I've been doing lately in Ottawa yet.

Its been about a year since I've been playing with my current setup and I've become really in tune with it and able to really execute my ideas smoothly. The sound has also become a lot more beat and electronic focused. I've been experimenting with doing some nero stuff as well and that has been really fun and interesting.

I'm really hoping to get a party happening on the 15th. I'm planning on recording the whole night and the idea is that if it flies, I'll release it as a live album.

Hope to see you there!

Yes its true!

I will be playing in Ottawa at Cafe Dekcuf on September 15th. I'm really looking forward to this show as I feel like I haven't really done exactly what I've been doing lately in Ottawa yet.

Its been about a year since I've been playing with my current setup and I've become really in tune with it and able to really execute my ideas smoothly. The sound has also become a lot more beat and electronic focused. I've been experimenting with doing some nero stuff as well and that has been really fun and interesting.

I'm really hoping to get a party happening on the 15th. I'm planning on recording the whole night and the idea is that if it flies, I'll release it as a live album.

Hope to see you there!

Constance Bay has a sweet beach. nice swimming. probably 35 mins away.

you guys should work some gnr into some jams.

I think I've heard this before.... passing through north bay perhaps.... just plain wrong...