Bill Lamont

Born on This Day in 1954, the ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star With $1 Million Legs Who Sparked a Style Trend and Lent Her Voice to Charity — American Songwriter Catherine Bach, the trendsetting actress who brought Daisy Duke to life in 'The Dukes of Hazzard', turns 72 today, March 1.

Fun fact: it’s Catherine Bach’s birthday today. apple.news/A34PqnGvrRS-...

Water’s End Brewery Dillingham Abbey, 8%. The annual spring brew. It is an amber color in a stemmed glass. More malty than I expect with a Belgian Tripel, but I certainly don’t dislike it.

Trivia night you say? Guess how many beers I’ll be having. #Bskybeer

On the left, a pint glass with the words “Cheers to me!” in red, against a very dark beer with a tight foam head. The glass is actually from Stone Brewing Co. On the right, a black can with the label Sullivans Brewing Company at the top, and Black Marble Stout at the bottom.

#Bskybeer I do what I want. Cheers to me! Sullivans Black Marble Stout, 5%, on a Tuesday afternoon. Who knows? Might have another.

I like the older Snark tuners with the button batteries. Very accurate but fragile. The rechargeable snarks are incredibly off and pick up other sounds.

D’Addario makes good products across the board, can’t really go wrong there. My band mate uses those.

These pickups are so super simple, easy to set up and sound pretty amazing. I’ve tried a couple other styles but I keep coming back to the Baggs Element.

Quick online search. I think Fender did a rerelease of Antigua finish guitars in the last year or so? This looks like a good summary of it: guitarnerd.com.au/2009/09/anti...

Isn’t that the story behind the Antigua finish?

I missed Green Day tho. Sigh.

Sorry I was watching Lindsay Vonn break a leg….

There’s sportsball on? Weird. Is that an Olympic sport now?

Close up of tailpiece, bridge, and pickups on a wine red Gibson Les Paul Standard, 1986.

I love that kind of shot! Show me the details!

YouTube video by robmacgillivray Screaming Blue Messiahs 'I Wanna Be A Flintstone'

This entire album absolutely rocks! was reminded of this song by a #wyrdwednesday post. Also, if you watch the video closely, I think there’s a Hardware Wars reference? Yabba dabba doo time. His heads in the kitchen and his tail’s out the door. Dino! Dino!! youtu.be/NGZenzfg3A0?...

YouTube video by minutegongcoughs The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone, Original version 45, Blondie. 1976.

Have you ever heard the original? The Nerves:

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Wrong @! @weirdguita.rs

In front, a black guitar on a wooden floor. It is an Emerald Amicus Black Opus, from Donegal Ireland. It has 12 strings, a very short scale, and is incredibly loud! Plays great straight out of the case. No setup required! Behind it is my 2006 Martin D12-28, for reference. It is about 4 frets worth of longer scale. Also a beauty, but very head heavy! I replaced the metal tuner buttons with pearl and took off the washers, which saved (no joke) about a pound of weight.

The Emerald Amicus on the stand against the Martin D12-28. Pretty accurately shows the scale difference.

The headstock of the Amicus. All black carbon fiber with black tuners. Heavy for its size, but very well balanced.

New guitar day! An Emerald Amicus 12 string, in all black carbon Fiber. Black Opus. This little guy really sings. Can’t wait to try it out with the band.

One for @weirdguitar maybe?

#ngd #guitar

A 5 gallon brew pot in a snow drift. The wort has boiled, and I am at the point of “cooling as quickly as possible”. I’ve decided that instead of hooking up the hose and wort chiller, I’d put it out in our 6 inches of snow and ice and 20 feels like 12 degree temps. Vanilla Porter coming soon.

Adventures in homebrewing. Vanilla Porter coming soon.

#Bskybeer #homebrew

Bottle opener with cap Catcher. The base is oak, with an overlay of bookmatched cocobolo in a dark red and brown. Surrounding the cocobolo is an abalone pearl strip with black/white/black purfling and a cocobolo edge. The opener and catch can are from Starr. The unusual shape is due to the fact that this was a HUGE pice of bookmatch, and I didn’t want to cut it down! All of my bookmatch comes from a local-ish guitar builder.

I haven’t made any of these in a while. Might need to start up again.

Meanwhile in VA it’s 16 feels like 4.

Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers by Stephen Deusner. Cover is an abstract painting of a black “Cooleybird” against a cloud backdrop, title written in black caps in a brush-stroke style.

My upbringing is not as rural, but family is from Richmond and Rocky Mount. Totally get it! If you haven’t, this is an excellent read. Stories of the where behind the stories. Good and Cooley are such excellent storytellers, with early Isbell on his way. Good stuff.

Not as bad as a Black Veil, but yeah there’s better options!

I used to work in a (now defunct) brewery - Port City Porter was the benchmark for our porter. On a side note, as a former ride Marshall sometimes for their Pedals and Pints, a porter (or 2) is not a good idea between 10 milers. Cheers!

YouTube video by Sue Herbert Biffy Clyro - Pocket, live @ The Borderline, 28/01/2013

Mon the Biff! Stuck in my head on this snowy sleety day.

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Our stage set. “Stage”! Our virtual tip jar got us a cool $10 to split- but cash is king! The FIRE bucket is amazingly effective as a tip jar. On the left is my set up, with music stand in the fore, my pedalboard below, and the OM28 behind. On the right is Kevin’s D28. The background is our new band backdrop, with the brewery logo aglow behind.

My Martin OM28. This is such an awesome guitar. So many voices, and takes everything I throw at it. I updated it this week, since Stew-Mac was having a sale: Gold Grover tuners, gold strap button and gold end pin jack for about $100. The metal parts kinda mismatched before with chrome tuners, steel strap button and bronze end pin. I joke that it makes the sound “richer”….

The pedalboard. In order shown (not the signal path) bottom row l to r: Mythos Mjolnir (for the boost but it’s a beast), Boss Dimension C (secret weapon), Mythos Fates Chorus (that 12 string sound), Kelley splitter and a Fishman wireless receiver. Top row: Sonicake Factory acoustic preamp, a rarely used Boss delay, and a Stark tuner. The tuner is on the B circuit off the splitter, so I can mute and tune.

A fun gig last night! 3 sets, good crowd, bar manager loved it, who can ask for more? My band is Derelict Dog, please take a look on instagram or the book of face. There’s a few tunes also downloaded on our website: www.derelictdog.com
#livemusic #guitar

Fun fact: original bass player Matt Sharp was a good friend of mine in junior high and early high school. Not sure what happened in 10th grade, when he moved with his mom to San Diego, but he has thus far not returned any of my calls.

YouTube video by Drive-By Truckers - Topic Decoration Day (Live at Flicker Bar - Athens, GA - June 20th, 2002)

Not to one up- but the new Definitive Decoration Day is superb. Remastered with a live set second half. youtu.be/umi-19EcK3o?...

Love those guys! Saw them 1988 or so? The Bayou, Georgetown, Washington DC. It was loud and rockin! Still have a couple songs from that album on the regular playlist.

An acoustic guitar. The shape is a Martin OOO/OM style. It is an Appalachian Spruce top with mahogany back and sides. The inlay on the headstock and 19th fret are clovers designed, cut and inlaid by me with Dave’s supervision. The dots are also hand cut- super tedious! The pick guard came later - it is one of Mario Proulx’s pickquard, and is a stunner. This is a fun small bodied guitar. Great for couch sitting and quiet strumming. I regret not getting another opportunity to visit Malone. It was such a warm and welcoming workshop. I do still do inlay work, and quite a bit of luthiery. Not quite ready to build another acoustic, but getting there…

In 2012, I traveled to Malone NY where it was -30 degrees. In a warm guitar workshop I learned the art of pearl inlay and the basics of guitar building. Dave Nichols was a wonderful teacher and an incredible craftsman. #guitar #pearlinlay

We had an exchange coach stay with us one summer. He was from Edinburgh. Couldn’t understand a word til he slowed it down. After about an hour he was back to normal speed and my accent had changed!

A misheard lyric that my wife and I have been laughing about for 20+ years- “Dream Police they come to pee in my bed”.

Thanks! So apparently this one belonged to Nancy Wilson according to the Met. Gorgeous.