I had a tremendous trip to my homeland for Easter! The Daves and I played several fun shows around town, and I had a great time seeing all the Pittsburgh folk! We even played on the radio for WDVE’s Friday Morning Show. I broke a string on the air! It’s every guitar player’s nightmare, but we recovered quite nicely and it afforded Dake Yarkovsky two bass solos instead of his usual one! Here’s some photos from the DVE Morning Show. Keep an eye out for the recording from the DVE studio. As soon as I get a copy from the engineer, I’ll post it in the Bootlegs section.
Also, I was so happy with the way my de-fretted tele turned out! That’s right! A fretless guitar! Jimmy Relja is the best guitar repairman (Jim’s Guitar Works West Elizabeth, PA 412-384-2518)! I was able to extensively try it out at the Blues Jam in Irwin, PA headed by none other than The Duke, Gil Snyder of The Mystic Knights Band! It’s a little tricky playing chords, but I started to get the hang of it throughout the night and at the shows with The Daves!
So, now I’m back out in Los Angeles recording my next release and starting to form a new band out here. Also, I saw Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Jeff Beck for the first time the other night at The El Rey Theatre! Wow, he truly is a genius, and I don’t throw that word around lightly! It was an honor to witness such greatness in person! And he was very appreciative of his audience. A class act. I wonder how seeing that show will impact the rest of my album. Who knows? 
Great shows at Double Wide & Moondogs. Heard you on DVE as well. Especially dug the 1st tune…what is it called?
Give us more notice next time you come back East…have some friends we want to bring along.
fretless chords? noways.
are the fret placements visible? cuz i got a little idea-rs.
remember those tempermant-something or the other necks with perfect frequency notes? takes onna those and make it fretless so you can see the perfect notes to make super accurate playing with a fretless!
just an idea D:
Yeah- I see where your going with that idea of the true temperament de-fret, but it would only make the visual guide slightly more accurate (which don’t get me wrong, could be useful). But to me, it’s still an inner ear thing either way having to make constant minor adjustments to be in tune. Chords are really tricky to get perfectly in tune, but I see the slight out of tune notes as a charming quirk that comes with the territory. It almost sounds like a horn section at times because most notes will be in tune, then the occasional couple cents off make a very genuine manmade sound. Then other times it sounds plain awful! So, I will continue to work on this new beast of an instrument. I’m gonna post a tune where I played the melody with the fretless really soon. I hope you enjoy! It’s called “Try Again Now.”
Zack