This is my first real attempt at posting one of my songs (actually a cover/tribute song) on YouTube. No real video, just some pics of my guitars, amps, etc.
The song is "Chunga's Revenge", the title track from Frank Zappa's 1970 album. The solo is "okay". Listening back to it, I definitely messed up some notes, but I wanted it very spontaneous and live. It's a first take run-thru solo, flubs and all.
Overall, it sounds pretty good. Yeah, I've been in a bit of a Zappa mood again. It's officially just over twenty years ago that we lost him. So go out and buy some of his albums. I recommend "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar", "Joe's Garage", "Bongo Fury", "Make A Jazz Noise Here", "Guitar", "Apostrophe", Overnight Sensation". There's so many, and now you can hear samples of most of them on YouTube, so dive in and pick what you like.
Howzabout my guitar tone? That's my Xaviere XV-870 "Darkside Edition", with "Lil Killers" pickups (the bridge and middle setting), thru my POD XTLive set on the Aggro X amp (is that right?), with a bit of simulated Tube Screamer as a booster.
The guitar is not easy to play. Medium size frets, and the action is all over the place, but I really like the "sound" of it. And it's very lightweight.
So there you go. Still trying to figure out what my new music will be, but I think I will include this one, perhaps a bit remixed.
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