On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Daniel Miso wrote:
Strat's strings higher for better tone doesn't work for my
Ham Hands though
Dan is referring to a comment I made about the fact that the protagonist in this novel (a blind, female guitarist!) studied with a very famous teacher and player in the NY area where I grew up. Quite frankly, he was the best guitarist I've ever heard: Linc Chamberland and I decided I'd like to pay a little homage to him in my book.
He had a grip like a steel vise. No one (unless they did the same thing to their guitar and practised for a long time) could ever play his Telecaster! Raising the strings like this did give a remarkably clear sound, though, quite unlike anything else I've ever heard. If you want to hear a good example of Linc's playing check this out:
There's a lot of other information about Linc Chamberland and his band, The Orchids, on my website if anyone is interested.
Rick
PS And no, I didn't pay Frank Stickle to say those very complimentary things about my book!
PPS Ken Leonard lives!
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