Thanks Blindboy. I really should be packing now, but I'm giving the forum a quick fond skim before I go.
I've got to goooooooooooooooooooo
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- Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:57 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blackstar Boost Pedal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19340
- Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:54 pm
- Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
- Topic: hi
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18470
Re: hi
:welcome: to the Forum Shandra. Glad you've been enjoying the site. :thumbsup: Just a quick post as I should be getting things ready for the holiday. :away: I recommend the idea of the Vox Tonelab ST you're thinking about - it's the first PC interface / amp & fx simulation device I've had where ...
- Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:08 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Yamaha Initial Response Acceleration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14010
Re: Yamaha Initial Response Acceleration
Thanks for your replies - it's interesting to see what your impressions have been on this. :think: I find it very difficult to know how much to read into these sort of things as to are they innovation and proper research or how much is just marketing BS. For example, I found it fascinating that we a...
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:08 pm
- Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
- Topic: Fret size.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9077
Re: Fret size.
I prefer smaller frets, makes sliding (with fingers, not talking about a bottleneck here) easier for me, and I don't have any trouble with bends - at least not with lighter strings. I find smaller frets faster in gerneral. Couln't have put it better. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: The main reason I can be m...
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:13 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blackstar Boost Pedal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19340
Re: Blackstar Boost Pedal
Thanks guys.
I'll need to work on the lyrics for the Loch Ness Blues. Must be some room in a song there for some complaints about the rain and mists and being eaten by midges. Ahhhh - Bonnie Scotland at it's best.
I'll need to work on the lyrics for the Loch Ness Blues. Must be some room in a song there for some complaints about the rain and mists and being eaten by midges. Ahhhh - Bonnie Scotland at it's best.
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:23 pm
- Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
- Topic: Your favorite licks
- Replies: 28
- Views: 31289
Re: Your favorite licks
fredm - hope you enjoy the forum for a long time to come - it's a great place to learn.
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:14 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blackstar Boost Pedal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19340
Re: Blackstar Boost Pedal
:rofl: Thanks VB, I knew about the valve fx for quite some time... (I just searched in topics started by myself) Anyway, I'm not in the habit of taking over topics, so back to your (next??) demo The next demo will be a while - I'm just about to be a week without the internet, the computer, AND my g...
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:19 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Yamaha Initial Response Acceleration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14010
Yamaha Initial Response Acceleration
http://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_guitars/sg_s/?mode=features Several months ago on another guitar forum far away, full of squabbles and the usual forum antics :sad: that make me leave after a short time (thank goodness for 12bar.de :D ), someone posted an a...
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Open mic is defunct for a time
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4169
Re: Open mic is defunct for a time
That's a good bit of advice.12bar wrote:Try the BB King approach - either sing or play guitar...
Shame about that amp - I guess you'll miss those open mic gigs - still you've also got the "Dead Rabbit Blues" song to work on too.
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:03 pm
- Forum: Backing Tracks
- Topic: Deep Blue BT
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9543
Re: Deep Blue BT
Thanks for posting this BT JakeJ. Like the playing and there's a lot going on for what you call a simple little 12-bar.
Will have to have a go at trying to play along with it as soon as I can drag myself away from the Aeolian BTs I'm obsessively playing at the moment.
Will have to have a go at trying to play along with it as soon as I can drag myself away from the Aeolian BTs I'm obsessively playing at the moment.
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:09 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blackstar Boost Pedal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19340
Re: Blackstar Boost Pedal
Grin :) It has an old Fender 12ax7 inside that's why. I even found the old "introducing topic" back : http://www.12bar.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1306 Nice samples HBL - great sounds, and well done to find posts from a couple of years ago. :clap: I must have been walking around with my eye...
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:29 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blackstar Boost Pedal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19340
Re: Feeding the GAS syndrome ..
Nice one VB ... mind you your recommendation ( and your name ) might / will be used when I have my next GAS attack ............... "Well dearest .....I heard Viking B's and I just had to get one !!!" the only things holding me back ...............( apart from money !!) I've recently got a...
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:24 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blackstar Boost Pedal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19340
Re: Blackstar Boost Pedal
I can hear it. Nice!! Slight crunch and silky sustain. Gotta love them firebottles!! Ever try an attenuator on your valve amp? Kind of goes for the same effect by driving the valves harder and not allowing as much power to reach your speaker. Gives you crunch and sustain at lower volume levels. Wor...
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:14 am
- Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
- Topic: Fine motor control skills
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11245
Re: Fine motor control skills
Practice is an amazing thing. The brain ends up getting all those muscles to work in exactly the right way and the notes play just right ...... sometimes! Hmmm, back to more practice. :D It's like running down a flight of stairs - all those months of learning to walk means we can do it without think...
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:42 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Blackstar Boost Pedal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19340
Blackstar Boost Pedal
Anyone else tried one of the Blacktar HT-Boost pedals. :icon_whoknows: I've had one for a few weeks and I was playing around with Aeolian mode BT's and thought I could post an example of the pedal. Very simple pedal - 3 controls - Boost, Bass & Treble, 1 input, 2 outputs - high for valve amps, l...
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Slow blues in D collab... Finally
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8530
Re: Slow blues in D collab... Finally
Thanks for the final piece of the jigsaw Blindboy and thanks guys for all your work on this collab. :thumbsup: After using a chainsaw all day, having your hands out of whack is probably a positive outcome - I'd be fearful of my hands being in small pieces spread around the landscape. :yikes: And as ...
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Fishin' Blues; an attempt at playing and singing.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9874
Re: Fishin' Blues; an attempt at playing and singing.
I like it Bb! :clap: Your voice sounds fine and I don't think the recorded sound quality suffers too much for being on a 4-track cassette. Everyone on this forum seems to be trying to find their voice just recently. I know what you mean about playing and singing at the same time. Unless playing is j...
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:58 am
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: New String Bluezin'
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8253
Re: New String Bluezin'
Sounds like those strings got a real good stretching. As did your fingers B2M.
Nice sustained playing - enjoyed it a lot. Agree with Strummer - a "smoky club feel".
Nice sustained playing - enjoyed it a lot. Agree with Strummer - a "smoky club feel".
- Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:54 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: New Taylor Acoustic
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12583
Re: New Taylor Acoustic
That's one beautiful guitar there. Not surprised your fingers are raw. Good choice.
You know what we're going to ask I'm sure - please can we hear it.
You know what we're going to ask I'm sure - please can we hear it.
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:27 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: The Dead Bird (a mournful blues)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16903
Re: The Dead Bird (a mournful blues)
Ah well - the "Dead Bird" peaked at #2 in the Soundclick Electric Blues Charts and is now falling off its perch. It is an ex-hit. Beautiful plumage though. :rofl: At least it's showed me that my first go, "Clapped Out" wasn't a one off fluke - was it really only in December last ...