Friday, May 6, 2011

The Swedes and the Dobro

Flew into Stockholm yesterday.

I've now travelled on British Airways twice within Europe and the flight attendants are second to none.

In Stockholm I met Bjorn Borg precisely five times in one day; or is it perhaps that all Swedish people look alike?

Two things I want to say about the Swedes: they're all attractive and they're all nice. I've started to learn the language, which I test out on every unsuspecting Swede I come across. They have all been excited to help me learn.

I've spent countless hours on Yusuf's Dobro (pictured). I hope to upload some sound clips soon. Yusuf wants to play it like a normal guitar, so I had to dismantle it, pull the neck out, reset the neck angle, do a partial refret, and take humps and bumps out of the fretboard.

At rehearsals today the Dobro went really well. It's probably going to be used for Yusuf's song Popstar, but there was also a jam on Peace Train with it, so you never know.

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