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July 4th weekend? Ugh.  Couldn't pick a worse weekend.  I hope someone talks some sense to them.

I agree, forget about getting a room, that's also Tanglewood's big weekend.

They already informed the Chamber of Commerce and all the local lodging that this was the weekend, there is a push back, but last I heard this was the weekend.

They won't do 4th of July. Already to big of a weekend in the Berkshires.

I'll go so far as to say July 3 - July 5 2015.

gimme odds:

 

i say 99.74 percent yes for 2015.

 

we ARE talking about 2015, right?

I think I may pull the trigger and get one of these.  Can't believe how much better my Taylor sounded going straight through this vs. the cheap fender acoustisonic I am currently using.  Plus it's so much easier to cart around:

 

 

If you can afford it that is the way to go, very nice amp indeed :^)

I was told by the owner of a couple of the motels up there that they were told no Solid Sound this year, I would think that's pretty solid intel because SS is their largest weekend, so I could see Wilco giving them a heads up.

Pretty cool. I'm struggling a bit with my Tweedy SG. Not staying in tune. Intonation is off. I will make it work.

Really?

Mine's pretty solid, I'll play for hours and it's still in tune, I'll put it down and not touch it for a couple weeks and when I pick it up it's still in tune, well at least that's what the tuner on my pedal board tells me.  I've had some pretty crappy guitars so I've got this thing where I check my tuning every couple tunes regardless of how I think it sounds.

Then again, it's a Gibson, and where as I have no personal experience to this being the case, I have heard people complain about their stock tuners.

For a couple of years you were all but guaranteed to get Theologians when you saw that blue SG. But now there's a Whole Love track that uses it as well, I've been burned a couple of times.

Art Of Almost

Mike McCready from Pearl Jam was on Good Morning America this morning and they went back stage and checked out some guitars.  You have to check this out, 1:45 in, Mike is playing what he calls his "Wilco, Jeff Tweedy model SG" which he just picked up that day, then at the end of the video he's playing it on stage!  Pretty cool if you ask me.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/pearl-jams-mike-mccready-takes-backstage-nycs-barclays-20644090

The 4th would suck for me too. I always have to work on big holiday weekends. But I would just have to announce my intentions way in advance and find someone to cover for me--nothing's gonna keep me away from Solid Sound. As to the hotels increasing their prices, I think they're about as high as they ever get during SS. I wouldn't think the innkeepers would be crazy about this idea, though. One less blockbuster weekend for them.

Ya, I don't think the prices go any higher, we are already paying top dollar that weekend.

And don't forget the Sprint commercial.

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Vdu/sprint-evo-4g-lte-band-with-beats-audio-band-song-wilco

I'm hoping he's wrong, but I just talked the owner of a couple motels around North Adams and he tells me they were told that there would be no SS next year but there would be the two following years and that they will be on the Fourth of July weekend.  He didn't sound too thrilled about that, I think Tanglewood usually does a pretty big show that weekend so rooms are probably already pretty scarce. 

I really hope he's wrong.

http://modernfarmer.com/2013/10/cowbells/

 

I love that, as a kid, Glenn saved up for a cowbell.

I love that they mention the town over from mine where we have a baseball rivalry and play what's called "The Belltown Tournament", pretty funny, well for me at least ;^)

I would have been bummed if Jesse didn't get out alive - of all the characters, Jesse seemed the 'most innocent' and showed the most sympathy, growth, and sorrow for what he had done. I would like to think he overheard where the Nazi's hid the money and I wonder if he will come around and find it and use it for his own benefit, I would doubt he would, though. He has learned a 'great' skill, if he ever needs money again, though.

 

I am glad Walt, Lydia, and the Nazi's met their demise.

Exactly, EVERYBODY wanted Jesse to live and the Nazis to die, it would have pissed people off bigtime.

What I want is a spin off, "Better Call Saul", make it a comedy, pre-Walt days.

I was completely fine with the episode ---- hopefully Jesse finds some solace. It was great to see Skinny Pete and Badger one last time, too.

I was really happy that Lydia found her demise and the Grey Matter people found their feet on the fire.

Don't get me wrong I loved the finale, but how fitting would it have been if he got to the Nazi house and instead of them fetching Jesse they just shoot Walt in the head, then they take his body out to throw it in his trunk, where we see what his plan was, so close, but just short.

No, I guess not, guess best left up to your imagination.  Really the only unanswered question really, what happened to the money.

That and what REALLY happened between Walt and Grey Matter.

 

Breaking Bad, while not the best episode, had everything you would want.  Storylines wrapped up, call back to earlier episodes, Walt's plan actually working (getting the money to his family), great resolution to Jesse (although I wish he got the rest of the money some how).   

Do we know he didn't get the money?  The cops didn't know the money was there so if it was hidden real well Jesse could always go back and find it.

I'm not saying what she did is right - just that I understand...

 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/us/eagles-fan-stabbed/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

I get it, and it's not that I don't like the Eagles or anything, I actually do like them.  I once had a roommate who played Van Morison 24/7, before he moved in I loved Van, within months I hated Van, it's only now over 20 years later that I can listen to Van Morison again.  I will admit that even in my Van hatred period I still used Crazy Love as our wedding song.

Farm Aid 2010 had over 35,000 in attendance, the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" had 215,000, does that count?

I'd imagine that was the largest crowd that Tweedy played in front of - solo, correct?  I have this show on my hard drive, but never gotten around to listen to it.

I don't know what the largest crowd was, I do know the field wasn't as packed as it was for the night before (Wilco), the following week he was at Philadelphia Folk Fest which had a nice crowd, he has also played Farm Aid solo, that's a pretty big audience.

There is an app for that, download it onto your phone, record your voice and hear for yourself.

Yeah, two nights of Wilco and a Jeff solo set on Sunday would be the shit!  Maybe for SSF number four....

My guess is SSF5, I think there will only be 5 or at least that's what I was told the original contracts were for, and that's would be the ultimate finale.

The same one you were, apparently.

 

The first year of SS, Wilco played only on Saturday night, and I just needed more.  Don't get me wrong -- I loved hearing Jeff sing on Sunday afternoon, but I didn't get the full dose of Wilco I'd wanted.  When they changed the lineup to headline Friday and Saturday nights the following year, that definitely scratched the itch.

We agree there, two nights of Wilco are required, but Jeff should be closing Sunday night, nothing against Levon or MMW but it's just not the same.  The Jeff set from Solid Sound 1 has been (for me at least) the highlight of all Solid Sounds so far.

Great analogy!  Well, I've never seen a proper JT solo show in a theater and all -- but the solo show on the Sunday of the first Solid Sound just made me cranky and itchy for more Wilco.

WOW, I don't know what show you were at, but the Jeff show to close the first Solid Sound is probably my all time favorite Wilco related show ever and this is coming from someone who actually saw Uncle Tupelo.

Tweedy is fun and all, but seeing him solo is like being really hungry, going to a great Mexican restaurant, and then only ordering chips and salsa. Its doable, but a margarita and some fajitas makes it sooooooooo much better.

I can't say I agree with you there, in many ways I enjoy Jeff solo as much if not more then a Wilco show.

In that case any off the DI/preamps you mentioned would work, for a bit more though you can probably pick up a used K4, I picked mine up on eBay for about $275, if you are unfamiliar with the unit here's a link to a review: http://www.in2guitar.com/k4.html

I suddenly find myself playing acoustic guitar quite a bit live which is a new experience for me.  I have never really studied up on how to get a good tone.  I have a Taylor 414CE that I am plugging into a Fender acoustisonic amp.  I am thinking about maybe adding some sort of EQ or preamp type pedal.  Anybody have experience with any of these?:

 

L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic DI

Radial tonebone PZ-Deluxe

Fishman Aura Spectrum DI

 

Or am I going down the wrong road? 

What year is the Taylor, does it have the ES system, if it does which version of the ES?  Remember the output of an ES Taylor system is balanced, so the cable you use maters and in theory you don't actually need a DI.  I have a Taylor GA8e (essentially an 814e no cut away), I run it through the Taylor K4 preamp and couldn't be happier.  I run a reverb through the loop and use the Roland AC60 amp which I can also run a vocal mic into.