“What I’m probably most proud of is that I never think I’m good enough,” she says. “But that’s also my damage; I was raised that way; you know, not being good enough. That little dark gift my mother gave me actually became a pot of gold.”
Bassling blog
naviarhaiku642 – a moment before sunrise
The poem shared by Naviar Records this week had me reaching for my modified guitar.
Having never heard those footsteps for myself, I knew there was a broad scope for creative interpretation!
Disquiet Junto 0747 And a One
The Junto project this week is to "Record the first third of a trio."
This is a quick recording on my modified Nukulele electric guitar, where I mostly just jam on the D string.
Ableton Live seems to think it's around 117 BPM, which is where I usually land.
There are two outputs, each going through an Alexander effect pedal.
A Wav file and a Mov file are available.
I explain in the video below.
Reverb that goes places
I've been excited in the past by reverb models that offer recreations of famous spaces, like topline recording studios.
Then a friend invited me to listen to her performance while lying on the floor with my eyes closed.
She began a drone and my sense of the environment shifted.
I forgot where I was as the illusion of floating in a 'no space' pushed back the walls with a never-ending note.
Since then I've had similar experiences with classical Indian music and pondered the sense of spirituality that follows from losing sense of the self.
Another pickup experiment
After installing the bass pickup last week, I thought it would be interesting to have outputs for each pickup.
This is just a test.
Disquiet Junto 0745 Double Down
The Junto this week is to "Do something you do too much even more."
I'm often noodling away on a guitar and sometimes recording these unedited performances to publish.
So my Junto recording this week has a recording within a recording with the Chase Bliss Habit pedal looping back on earlier parts.
This is my Nukuele guitar with four strings and a bass pickup under the D, so that part of the performance is also doubled with the second output going to Ottobit.
Anyway, I talked about this guitar earlier...
Naviarhaiku639 – nobody home
The haiku shared by Naviar this week reminded me of a blues song I'd started as a joke with my partner.
I made a few recordings, but this one using a guitar tuned BEBE worked best.
Nukulele
The idea was to add a pickup for bass, then I decided to use the DADA tuning that I've been enjoying.
Anyway, aside from the comments comparing Frankenstein and the effects of meth (but surprisingly no one proposing it's what the monster would look like on meth, or if Dr Frankenstein took drugs?), I anticipated someone would tell me to grow up and stop shit-posting for giggles.
However, I didn't expect it would be Facebook posing the question whether I should have messed with one of the most beloved guitar designs.








