Jamming with Jambox?
Each Sunday in Grenada a group of cruisers would get together for an informal jam session of sorts and from time to time, Rebecca and I would attend and participate. Yesterday, a similar event took place here in Bequia and even though it’s been quite a while since we’ve been in Grenada and even longer since we took part in one of those get-togethers, it was fun to go and we were happy to see some familiar faces.
The “right” music has a way of brightening just about anyone’s day and we enjoy having some tunes playing on ZTC when we’re exercising, sailing, doing chores or just hanging out. Our primary source for this music is the car stereo that we installed. It can accept an input from a USB drive or our iPods and will blast the tunes as loudly as we like. When we are out on the trampoline though, working out or lounging around, we prefer to use the portable iPod player that we brought with us from Canada. That way we’re not “entertaining” the entire anchorage. Unfortunately, that stereo has pretty much given up the ghost, begging for a replacement. We think this is the one…
The wireless Jawbone Jambox!
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/11/ecoxbt-waterproof-bluetooth-speaker/
That looks cool too. Alas, we have already ordered the Jambox. FYI, the link I posted for the device today is 20 dollars cheaper than buying it directly from the Jambox site!
Nice!!!
Merry Xmas Y’all,
Knowing you play some music, I thought I might share this with you. I like to keep an electric guitar on board and with security being what is even at CYC I don’t want to risk my higher end guitars – and there are some great low power mini-amps out there now. Perfect to stow on the boat, run on rechargeable batteries, good practice volume and loud enough to jam with friends.
Top choice is the Yamaha THR series – but a little pricey.
http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/amps/thr/#tab=product_lineup
I have a VOX 3w mini that I really love, it lasts for a months or so on batteries.
http://www.voxamps.com/mini3/
Both are modeling amps, http://www.rondomusic.com has $89 Telecasters that are actually pretty decent – I keep the $119 version on board II the Max (they didn’t have an $89 Tele then). Just a thought next time you are stateside – in the pix there are a number of jam sessions. My nephew has my Ovation travel guitar – 3/4 body with a standard neck – they are bullet proof and great for cruising (if you have room for 1 of each)…
Enjoy the holidays…
When I bought my guitar I would have gotten the electric acoustic version but they didn’t have it in stock. At the jam yesterday there were a few guys with amplified guitars. They pretty much killed the non-amplified instruments.
Note: Perhaps Santa reads our blog. 🙂
Hi Mike,
Great news! We are proud owners of a Brewer 42 12.8 so please take us out of the “no boat” column! We are fixing some things…par for the course and hope to head out in January.
You’re blog has been so helpful. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences.
Done, and congratulations!
Merry Christmas,
Mike