chopping a wurlitzer 206a - part 6

chopping a wurlitzer 206a - part 5

rush - part 1

let me tell you something, as a musician, the only reason i learned how to shred was so that one day i could play rush covers with other losers. playing rush with other rush folk brings a level of brotherhood that only wars can conjure up. our rush cover band 'big money', didn't go over so well in the uneducated and backwards south bay area. i found this youtube video series and it was like looking into a rad rad rad rad mirror.







chopping a wurlitzer 206a - part 4.5

piano action is a pain in the ass. by action i mean all the moving parts on the inside. and after 30 years those insides get a little stiff from dryness and dirt and just plain old age. so once in a while you have to go and slap some lube up in it. here's a shot of the action.


so here is how the action looks removed. we have to free up all the joints.


i recommend this stuff called protek. i bought it off of some piano website for dorks.


then you just get a dirty needle and get it all nice and wet.


perfect



so the next thing i wanted to do before i put this thing back together was paint it. you have to use an oil based satin paint kids. i didn't go with the traditional 206a grey. i went with black because of that rolling stones song. a very controversial choice according to some wurlitzer online forums. i guess i'm just a rebel.

mastering with cmg + we are the night

tomorrow we start the second day of mastering for the "golden ghost" lp. that means we're almost done. another notch on the belt of my life.

here's the second commercial. it's going to get you excited.

chopping a wurlitzer 206a - part 4

chopping a wurlitzer 206a - part 3

chopping a wurlitzer 206a - part 2