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Day Four (Year Four)

So, today was... odd.

I made recording progress in the morning.  Got a scratch acoustic guitar part down for this week's song.  I can tell that I'm getting readjusted to the recording process, though, because it felt really strange to put that down without having a bass part laid down first.

Then, with that taken care of, I packed up my Strat and headed into Sioux City to see about getting it repaired.  I don't know if it was because I told the guy that I was in the middle of recording this week, but he looked at my guitar right away.  I told him that I suspected the problem was in the jack where the instrument cable connects to the guitar, so he took the plate off, and immediately said, "oh, I can see where that would be a problem."

Apparently there are two wires that serve to connect that jack to the rest of the electronics.  In my Strat, one of the wires is red, and the other is white.  I peeked at what he was looking at, and the white wire had come completely disconnected from the mechanism itself.  Here's a picture of what it's supposed to look like:
      

(just substitute the black wire here for red, and you'll have it exactly, even down to the color of the finish)

While I was out, I also picked up:

1) A Bass Fretboard Roadmaps book (because when it comes to bass, I need all the help I can get)

and

2) 100 Acoustic Lessons from Guitar Lesson Goldmine, because I need to play more acoustic.

also

3) The Definitive Collection by JJ Cale, because he passed the other day, and while I have his stuff with Clapton, I didn't have any of his solo work.

All told, a good day, and a busy day.  Got tomorrow afternoon off, though, and am planning on spending it in the studio.              

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