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by weelie
Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:54 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Epiphone Sheraton?
Replies: 28
Views: 28602

Re: Epiphone Sheraton?

i have a chinese dot. I think new ones are made in indonesia. Used to be korean. Might make a difference in quality?! Same for sheratons?! In a store here, i tried a sheraton felt cluncky, dot felt better, but the neck is big. Also tried hagstrom (is it longer scale?) sounded brighter than the gibso...
by weelie
Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:25 am
Forum: Song helper
Topic: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Replies: 5
Views: 17947

Re: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

i would assume it's c major pentatonic they talk about, not minor? C major penta has the same notes as A minor penta. I think this song should be an exercise in aiming the chord notes. If you play a minor penta at 5-8 fret, see the "open g chord" five frets up for the c chord. Then "o...
by weelie
Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:33 am
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: Hi from Sweden!
Replies: 12
Views: 12643

Re: Hi from Sweden!

Hej, Thaumiel! I am from Finland, a few years older than you, and I agree. It's very tough to find beginner-intermediate group to play with, unless you want play heavy metal. My leanings are also more like 40-50s instead of '70-'80s, which makes it even more difficult. I have done a band course for ...
by weelie
Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:10 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Working Out The Key From A Riff
Replies: 4
Views: 5714

Re: Working Out The Key From A Riff

Sure. What notes are in it? What is the "home" note(s)? Which note does it end or start with or stay most/longest at, any open strings used? Do the notes spell out a chord or scale (like mixolydian, minor pentatonic or blues scale)?
by weelie
Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:59 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Playing without backing
Replies: 7
Views: 9448

Re: Playing without backing

well the main thing is that you hear the beat and progression in your mind. So tap your foot an ingrain the progression in your mind.

They say that in good solo you hear the progression even though no separate rhythm track was played...
by weelie
Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:15 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Playing without backing
Replies: 7
Views: 9448

Re: Playing without backing

You can start in this kinda way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKpkUMjNVMk
by weelie
Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:14 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: Query - Stratocaster - anyone tried to ....?
Replies: 10
Views: 9495

Re: Query - Stratocaster - anyone tried to ....?

my strats will always have master tone. The other tone pot blends in neck pup or in-series... (Actually one of my strats had a blender pot that you could lift to get extra sounds). A lazy no-solder way is to just swap the place of bridge and middle pickups... So middle switch position is then bridge...
by weelie
Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:15 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Ladies and Gentlemen - The Rolling Stones.
Replies: 5
Views: 7063

Re: Ladies and Gentlemen - The Rolling Stones.

I would tend to agree about Get Yer Ya-Yas Out. :)
by weelie
Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:39 am
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Ladies and Gentlemen - The Rolling Stones.
Replies: 5
Views: 7063

Re: Ladies and Gentlemen - The Rolling Stones.

Yeah, the book was great. I did borrow the DVD, but wasn't much taken by it, so I just quickly scanned it and returned... Mick Taylor was great on it, though!
by weelie
Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:02 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: New Affordable Gibsons
Replies: 9
Views: 9221

Re: New Affordable Gibsons

i guess you won't agree, but i still think gibson's strategy of making the cheapos in usa, is a sound one. Fender has taken another route, of course. Although you do hear imperfection complaints (even about the 'memphis cs' es-339 that is a higher dollar model). At least the more expensive models ar...
by weelie
Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:34 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: New Affordable Gibsons
Replies: 9
Views: 9221

Re: New Affordable Gibsons

the sub-400 melody maker that gibson came out with a few years ago was a decent player i feel. The sub-800 tribute les paul with p90s were great, ane there plenty of decent worn models sub-1000. And made in usa, afaik. Fenders have always been cheaper, and the cheapest usa-made fenders are at least ...
by weelie
Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:37 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Slide Lessons Intentions
Replies: 21
Views: 21687

Re: Slide Lessons Intentions

oh my, i wish i could slide...
But i do have a great diamondbottlenecks slide, highly recommended. Another i've considered is the dunlop 'joe perry' ceramic thin one.
by weelie
Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:31 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: What gear do you regret not having anymore?
Replies: 10
Views: 10123

Re: What gear do you regret not having anymore?

I am in the same boat with VikingBlues... don't really regret any gear I've sold. Would I buy any one of them at the same price I sold them for... maybe one or two, or maybe not. (here's some I've had: Squier Bullet 2008 (modded by Rob DiStefano) 210 Koaloha pinapple soprano ukulele 220 Mahi Mahi so...
by weelie
Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:37 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Fingerpicking blues question
Replies: 4
Views: 5290

Re: Fingerpicking blues question

Classical guitar is played with 4 fingers, yes, but folk/blues fingerpicking doesn't need more than two! None of the old masters played with four, I'd say. Got op youtube and see for yourself.
by weelie
Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:03 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: I shot the sheriff tabs
Replies: 22
Views: 32575

Re: I shot the sheriff tabs

I would assume he always plays in the same key, which appears to be Gm: http://www.azchords.com/e/ericclapton-t ... 77961.html
by weelie
Sun May 29, 2011 10:21 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: In pursuit of recorded tone (again!)
Replies: 25
Views: 24035

Re: In pursuit of recorded tone (again!)

Sounds great!

I have always been Afraid of multi-effects units, and effects in general, really. Only lately, I've been pondering about multi-effects again.
Line6 M9 and Vox tonelab are names that I have kept in my head as high class choices.
by weelie
Thu May 12, 2011 12:16 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Slide Guitar?
Replies: 18
Views: 17757

Re: Slide Guitar?

I have a nice "Diamond" brand bottleneck from UK. Too bad I am just TERRIBLE on the slide. Maybe another decade or century until I won't. On playing with no picks (like Sumlin, JJ Cale, Matt Guitar Murphy, Jimmie Lee Vaughan, Knopfler... and other guitar heroes of mine). I go back and fort...
by weelie
Tue May 10, 2011 12:16 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Soapbar time
Replies: 25
Views: 23702

Re: Soapbar time

Makes me wonder if I should have switched the pups in my ex Tokai LC85 for P90s instead of selling it! Still my back should thank me for not going that route. :D Well, the P90s are not same size as humbuckers, so you'd need to get some made to humbucker size, which then might not sound right, who k...
by weelie
Sat May 07, 2011 4:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: RIP Seve
Replies: 3
Views: 4321

Re: RIP Seve

RIP. I was a fan of him and Nick Faldo in my youth in the... eighties and turn of the 90s, I think it was when they were in their prime. Never played golf myself, nor followed it since.
by weelie
Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:22 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Blues Sclaes and Progressions
Replies: 4
Views: 5994

Re: Blues Sclaes and Progressions

Oh, yeah, :welcome: aboard!