The Friendly 12bar Blues Guitar Forum

How about Paccar or Peterbuilt?

Naw, I guess that misses the point.

This is such fun to listen to. Good job, VB. :clap: :clap: You really captured a vintage sound - especially with your singing. If I close my eyes there are parts of the song where I can see you in front of a big band and crooning through a cardboard megaphone - just like in movies from the 30's and ...

Kalle - I think this is great.

It seems to me that you relaxed into the groove a bit more this time. The tone is really good and your style of playing fits very well.

Seems like excellent progress to me.

Very cool tube amp + guitar made by one of the top self-taught luthiers in Tennessee + very good playing = perfect combination.

Merry Christmas to you and to your family Golfxzq.

And Merry Christmas to everyone on the 12bar site.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all members of 12bar from the warmth of Texas!!! I'ts just about one year since I joined 12bar and it's been a wonderful one. What I really appreciate about this community is that whatever question is asked or whatever topic is opened there are members with grea...

I think the first song these folks did was "Stand By Me". You can find others on YouTube. I think the name of the organization is "Playing For Change". It has a double meaning in English. A street musician who plays and leaves his guitar case open for donations is said to be &quo...

I think I like the second version better - just because I can hear HBL's guitar playing better. What I'm paying attention to in this piece are the dynamics. (At least I think it's referred to as "dynamics") I'm listening to the change in volume through a section, the attack on different no...

Congrats! That will look great under the Christmas tree. :amp: :thumbsup: :clap: That's a really, really good deal. I checked on-line with my GC after you posted and I either missed to sale or it's not being offered in my part of the country. :alright: I get catalogs from Musician's Friend but Guita...

HBL - loved the sounds of the fingerpicking in this post and in the earlier one (and the plectrum work as well). :thumbsup: I keep flip-flopping between thinking that the magic is in your choice of tune and notes and thinking that it's in your technique and phrasing. Tune? Technique? Tune? Technique...

Very beautiful guitar, VB.

And it wins high praise from the reviewers. Can't wait to see how this one molds your playing.

What I think I understand about all this is that the basic concepts in a DAW are drawn from the technology of hardware mixing consoles - and I didn't understand any of it. :icon_whoknows: :yikes: :wall: So I got a book about mixing consoles and read it. Then I could at least understand why things we...

HBL - Reading through your description of how you used your DAW to produce the different samples got me thinking. I've only used my DAW in the most simple manner up until now - other functions have been just a big mystery. But I've been reading the manual and I've even got a book called "Mixing...

Hi suco, I don't think your account was deleted. We all had to re-register when new software was used for the forum. I found your old posts from a couple of years ago still there on the Old Forum. When I am having trouble in life my sadness stays separate from the joy I get from music. In fact, blue...

Aggiefan - it sounds like you and Golxzq had a great time at the concert by that guy, umm......Bona....Bona....who? Great pictures as well. That signed pickguard looks awfully handsome on that guitar. It would be a shame not to show it off. Maybe you need a Black Cat II to put it on. A Black Cat I t...

Great playing - as usual. I think I agree with VB - the PG57 version sounds better to me. But it may be that the extra presence in that version is necessary to get the attention of my untutored ear. And thanks for posting all the information about how you produced these versions. I've been trying to...

Welcome DeaconBlues, :welcome: There seems to be a lot of us older guys here - plus a growing number of teenagers - and every age in between. I personally like to think of my talent as "nascent talent" or "developing talent" or "emerging talent"....or some days even &qu...

Congratulations! What a project! And what a way to bring it to fulfillment. Both the guitar and the playing sound great. Golfxzq - two postings to the Blues Room in one week? What a prolific guy! And brave too. Aggiefan has really learned his way around a blues guitar and sounds terrific! We sure ne...

Gerd, We considered that it would be somewhat heretical to spin off a collab outside of 12bar. We know of your commitment to keep 12bar open to beginners. We appreciate that very much. :thumbsup: Our whole goal in this project was to become worthy to post in the 12bar Blues Room without too much emb...

Sorry to hear this Blindboy. I'm sure our entire 12bar community feels your sadness and offers you support in your grieving. I hear your playing as both an expression of your feelings and as a tribute to her. If we could all be there we could create a fitting wake for Jeri, a blues singer and your f...

BB - I'm having visions of Jeff Healey in the movie Roadhouse playing behind a wire screen to fend off beer bottles and other thrown debris.

Iove your guitar - hope that mine looks similar someday.