Breakfast:
115 calories: 3 cups of coffee w/creamer
120 calories: 2 pieces dry wheat toast
Lunch:
45: 1 small orange
350 : 1 chicken sandwhich:
Snack:
Salad w/ tomatos and bell pepper. Light dressing.
Dinner:
1 small bowl of pasta/red sauce
1 piece of bread
Had a good workout on the Orbitrek — a good sweat for thirty minutes, and then I did some light weights, taking it easy to avoid further back strain.
Later: The stratocaster arrived tonight while the kids were swimming. I unpacked it and surveyed it. It appears to be in terrific physical shape. I immediately re-strung it with a set of .09s I had. The set up on this guitar was simply awful. I couldn’t put my finger on what was going on. I could not play it and thought, “Well, I’ve been playing bluegrass for two-three solid years now.” The strat felt heavy, and I could not strum the thing. Aha, the pickups were ridiculously high — hitting the strings!
I did a little research online and found a nice site explaining pickup height adjustment. I did that and it is already light years better. I will still take it to the local guitar tech and have him do a set-up on it. I think there is too much relief in the neck, too, and the intonation needs setting. I will put a set of .10s on it, which will make it not so twangy and buzzy. I bought the set last night on E-bay. I thought I’d try a set of Elixir light nanowebs. I like Elixirs on my acoustic, and I have never tried their electric strings.
I stayed up too late — to 11:15 playing it through the pod. It was great fun.
