It's easy to be a customer and just be upset you didn't get everything you paid for that was advertised and I get that. 

For me though, $51.50 has been a deal even with the hiccups, because I know Dweezil'a had a lot on his plate between the pandemic, this podcast, the computer issues that came up, his studio build, planning and mounting (I think) two tours after it was finally safe enough to tour again (saw you at the Warfield, Dweezil), and that's just the public facing stuff. There's been real life going on for all of us in the interim too.

I'm on board for everything he's able to give us on this so far and much of it has given me a lot of repeated listening enjoyment (listening to John Shanks while I type this), so I'm ok with waiting for the rest.

I am curious if we'll see more fractal presets because I've been loving the VH1 and VH2 presets so far and have had fun cannibalizing to make my own presets for 1984, etc, but since I know it ain't easy running your own shop I think I'm on the patient side of the clubhouse over here.

Hey Kenny, there was major world touring going on in that time frame and all kinds of other pursuits! Give him a break!

Hey everyone! I’m excited for Episode 30 and hearing the goodies that Dweezil has in store for us!

I wanted to share a little something extra for the guitar players which I shared with Dweezil a while back…my transcription of “Mean Street”:

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z2snl1yPsfNSfdNHWK9Ucjgqg8jPIqC_/view?usp=drivesdk

As usual with my transcriptions, I’ve examined all available footage and consulted all available isolated tracks to help with the fingering and picking directions that I like to include to really notate the physical playing of the parts as close to what the available evidence shows were the actual articulation choices that Ed used most often live to inform what he most likely did on the album. 

I also like to notate instances where an obvious edit occurs…for example, note in Bar 2 where I’ve made the text notation “Tape Edit”. This denotes such an edit to let you know that it can be physically difficult to position shift fast enough to get to these notes from the previous hand positions. I try my best to link these sections and accomplish the position shifts as quickly as possible to imitate what happens in time on the album, but I know and the footage and bootleg live recordings show that Edward never actually linked these two sections together when he played these parts live. One can only do their very best to try to make this fretboard position transition as fast and as seamless as possible. You’ll see several people online who have made this transition flow very well…’Runnin’ With the Dweezil’ guest and guitarist extraordinaire Jacob Deraps is one such person-Jacob really does a great job with this transition, while I still practice it and hope for the best! 

Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions!

Is Dweezil using Frank Zappa signature Optima gold-plated strings in 8 - 46?  I think he mentioned using 8s in an interview, but I can't find it so I might have imagined this.  He definitely seems to be using gold-plated strings though.  I'd be curious to know his reason for using the gold-plated strings - is it a tonal choice, or something that makes playing easier.  

Last episode was 1 year ago...
Can we expect episode 30 in 2025 or will we have to wait until 2026?