Blacked Out

This holiday weekend ended up being semi productive although not entirely according to plan.  I mainly worked on finally (yes, finally) redoing the main guitar on "Optimism" from the "Mirror Land" EP, and I'm hoping this seals the deal at long last.  I probably should have re-recorded the 12 string guitar part a long time ago.  I also did a minor part on the third track from that EP, doing whatever I can to make things sound a bit fuller and deeper in sound.

Next, it was onto the Defrost Nixon tracks.  I finally (again, yes, finally) rerecorded the main guitar on "Never Say Never", one of the more pivotal tracks on that album.  I'd been arguing over it for about 5 years or so.  In the end, I think it was the right move.  It's not a night and day difference but it just sounds a bit better and fuller.  I also added a secondary guitar part via the Les Paul and I think that might be the missing link.  I also redid the 12 string part on "The Worst Salesman Ever", another song that had been suffering a bit, and I think it now sounds pretty good overall.  Could it be that these songs are finally coming together?  One can only hope.

I did decide to the keep the '89 Rickenbacker 360 White with Black Trim model, btw.  I had to place multiple calls to Guitar Center in order to get them to knock off $300 from the price tag but it finally worked itself out.  I was all ready to record with it this weekend but it seems it has just a tiny bit of a bad connector which was causing some noise so I opted to pull out my Mapleglo 360 instead that I picked up a little over a year ago.  I swear it's one of the prettiest Rick 360's in Mapleglo that I have ever seen with a lovely knotty/curly top.

The weekend rounded out with taking in a viewing of the film "Tar".  Unfortunately, right in the middle of the film, the power went out, in fact in the whole neighborhood, and so I still have to finish that one up.  Apparently, someone ran into a power generator nearby and put 3500+ residents in total darkness for about an hour and a half.  Now, that's the way to end a holiday weekend...finally.