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- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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)?
- 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...
They say that in good solo you hear the progression even though no separate rhythm track was played...
- 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
- 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...
- 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. :)
- 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!
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
But i do have a great diamondbottlenecks slide, highly recommended. Another i've considered is the dunlop 'joe perry' ceramic thin one.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
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.
- 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...
- 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...
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.
- 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, aboard!