The Friendly 12bar Blues Guitar Forum

Sounds like another real fun music night for you Bb. I noticed a poster at a place near where we were on holiday this last week which made my guts clench - a local pub with an open mic night. I have to admit I was OK with not having my guitar with me - I missed an opportunity to be scared to death!!...

If there are flaws ..I can't pick 'em out !! ..........all sounds perfect I'm glad I was away on holiday - I'd have been puzzling about this one too Strummer :think: - I would give 100% backing to what you say. between 1:40 and 1:50 I stretch the time I should have played these notes and I make the...

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

: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 ...

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...

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...

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.

fredm - hope you enjoy the forum for a long time to come - it's a great place to learn.

: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...

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...

12bar wrote:Try the BB King approach - either sing or play guitar...

That's a good bit of advice.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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".