Guitar talk - amps, guitars, lessons and more. I am a blues, funk, country and jazz guitar player who rant about guitars and gear as often I can. http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/ Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT en-us I ran the fastest Half-marathon ever in Canada! Yes, it is true. Sort of. My time was 59:37 and the race was the 2007 Devon Turkey Chase. That's a pretty fast time by a Swedish old guy, don't you think? What, ... Posted by Robert on May 6th 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/fastest-half-marathon.phpPuffin for a Muffin 2008 This was a fun race. I ran the Puffin for a Muffin 8 km road race in 28:10, but we were directed the wrong away, and subsequently ran 123 meters too short. The race was interesting. ... Posted by Robert on May 5th 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/puffin-muffin-2008.phpJohn Scofield always inspires me greatly I get asked once in a while about my influences. Number 1 would be Jimi Hendrix, but in the next breath I need to mention John Scofield. When I first started ... Posted by Robert on May 2nd 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/scofield-inspiration.phpHow to play guitar like a pro in no time Would you like to know the secret all good guitar players share? The secret that makes them sound better than the average Joe? I am sure you have seen these ... Posted by Robert on April 25th 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/play-guitar-like-pro.phpPower calibration error burning DVD's Recently, my Lite-On DVD external burner has been giving me problems. I have been unable to burn my regular guitar DVD's - every time I've tried burning one the ... Posted by Robert on April 23rd 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/power-calibration-error.php Well, the Boston Marathon was a great experience. I finished in 3:01:33, my second slowest marathon I've ever run. My legs were just not working very well today. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes. ... Posted by Robert on April 22nd 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/finished-boston-marathon-2008.phpGoing to Boston for the marathon I'm off now to have some pleasant days in Boston, before I line up for the most prestigious of marathon races - Boston Marathon. I am pretty excited about this. I am ... Posted by Robert on April 16th 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/going-boston-marathon.phpKorg Pitch Black Tuner Pedal I finally received this Korg pedal tuner I've been waiting for. It's called Pitchblack and it just came out. I ordered it quite a while ago but as it often is, it took ... Posted by Robert on April 8th 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/korg-pitch-black.phpMXR Carbon Copy Delay I hear a lot of buzz about the new MXR Carbon Copy Delay pedal. It is a basic analog delay pedal which apparently sounds very good. It is true bypass, and it doesn't take up much ... Posted by Robert on March 31st 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/mxr-carbon-copy.phpJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Camrose Yesterday was the last show of this play in Camrose, and people really liked the performance. I would say it was a success. I shared the duties ... Posted by Robert on March 30th 2008http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/joseph-dreamcoat.php