Deering Banjo Co. Visit & Wood Room Session
I’ve had a few days off on the road and took the opportunity to drive down to Spring Valley, CA to visit with the folks from Deering Banjo Co. to pick up my Boston 6-String (pictured below), which got a brand new neck after an unfortunate incident earlier this fall, mid-gig. The replacement neck is awesome and the instrument is back to it’s old self – maybe even better! Big thanks to repair tech, Sam Miller, for giving it a little extra love. It really plays and sounds like new!
Sharing a few laughs with Chad Kopotic and Jamie Deering in the Wood Room at Deering Banjo Co. after filming some performances.
While I was down there, we shot a few live performances for the Deering Banjo Co. #WoodRoomSessions inside the factory in, well… the “wood room”. It was really special to be able to hang and perform inside the factory, chat it up with the folks from the company, ask a few design questions, and share a few laughs along the way. I must’ve been a little excited, because I ended up picking up a Goodtime Artisan 5-string banjo before I left! I am stoked to shed this thing a little bit in between gigs on the road and learn how to play this new addition. (It sounds great and is so much fun to play – even if I don’t really know my way around it just yet!)
A picture perfect sunset in Carlsbad, CA after a fun day of music and meetings in the greater San Diego area.
Of course, as a surfer, no visit to the San Diego coast is complete without some beach time. So, in between meetings and a little computer time, I’ve been managing to catch more than a few waves at some really special places with minimal crowds and some true locals in the water – the sea life! 
I can’t tell you how many dolphins, fish, and wonderful birds I’ve seen out there in the line-up, just a few feet (and sometime inches) away from me! What an amazing stretch of the California coastline.