First Rehearsal Of The Season
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Well tonight was our first rehearsal as a full band after taking about 6 weeks off for some much needed down time. Art & I both tried out some “toys”, but like so often happens, the guitar always trumps the sax. 
What’s up with that anyway?
After spending a week in Seattle playing a lot of sax, my facial muscles are stronger than they’ve been at any time since I got ill, so I decided to bring out my handmade R&B/Rock mouthpiece that I bought a few years ago from Charlie Andrews. He developed them just before he passed away.
The BBQ kicks some serious ass, and is intended for just this type of playing. It can be raunchy as you need it to be, but can be toned down for the occasional ballad. The sound was perfect for the band, but unless you’ve got the chops, it comes with a warning: Don’t try this a home. It is not an easy piece to play, and takes all the control your years of training will have taught you.
However, you know what they say…Timing is everything…Art got channel 1 on his Ampeg amp fixed while I was away, so he now has more distortion effects available to him…Oh ya…And did I mention…Volume? Hmm…Oh well…You can’t win them all…
So at the end of the night the score was: sax 1, guitar 2.
I’ve asked the guys to post their thoughts on the pm as well, so you get a bit of a more “balanced” perspective, since I’m obviously more biased towards the non-electric perspective…And then there’s Gary…Even though he’s acoustic, he produces enough volume to count as an electric instrument! 
Deception is the Abbotsford-based blues band formed in the mid-90s by guitar player Art Panchishin.