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by Ulysses
Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:09 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Your favourite blues record
Replies: 7
Views: 13740

Re: Your favourite blues record

8ea425105edf13aeb46de3b5edf7aa84--jazz-blues-blues-music.jpg I like Freddie King's first record, "Freddie King sings" perhaps best. It's filled with classics such as Tore down, Have you ever loved a woman and I love the woman. My personal favourite is "If you believe (In what you do)...
by Ulysses
Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:06 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: at last. my ultimate blues guitar.
Replies: 18
Views: 24566

Re: at last. my ultimate blues guitar.

I'm very curious about the sound too :) The guitar looks stunning. What did you mean by unwanted feedback, though? Is that a problem for hollow body guitars? Sorry, inexperienced. :icon_whoknows: thanks for the kind words. even though this was a shallow depth body (2 5/8" deep) there was still...
by Ulysses
Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:33 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2596894

Re: Currently listening to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cIF6-kLrQs One of the greatest intro lines in the blues, in my humble opinion. I'm gonna get up in the morning, do like Buddy Brown I'm gonna eat my breakfast, then I'm gonna lay back down Though I don't know if it's Lightning's version that's the original, Sleepy Jo...
by Ulysses
Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:15 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: at last. my ultimate blues guitar.
Replies: 18
Views: 24566

Re: at last. my ultimate blues guitar.

I'm very curious about the sound too :) The guitar looks stunning. What did you mean by unwanted feedback, though? Is that a problem for hollow body guitars? Sorry, inexperienced. :icon_whoknows:
by Ulysses
Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:10 am
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: greetings from behind the pine curtain
Replies: 5
Views: 11094

Re: greetings from behind the pine curtain

Welcome sir. Its great to have new members. You play guitar, I presume? Maybe you can teach me a thing or two, Mississippi JH is very advanced stuff for me. I never tried to play Skip James songs, I try and just listen to the recordings and its always a special experience.
by Ulysses
Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:04 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Blues band tips
Replies: 5
Views: 10622

Re: Blues band tips

Thanks admin :D We figured out it was the drummer screwing up after his solos, for some reason it's difficult to get back into a shuffle after improvising for several minutes because we get into it and usually the bpms jump up quite a lot. He's gonna work on it and I hope we can sort it out because...
by Ulysses
Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:12 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Blues band tips
Replies: 5
Views: 10622

Re: Blues band tips

Thanks admin :D We figured out it was the drummer screwing up after his solos, for some reason it's difficult to get back into a shuffle after improvising for several minutes because we get into it and usually the bpms jump up quite a lot. He's gonna work on it and I hope we can sort it out because ...
by Ulysses
Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:40 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Noodling for a short video
Replies: 17
Views: 21334

Re: Noodling for a short video

This is film-score level emotion! Congratulations, I'd be proud of this!
by Ulysses
Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:38 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2596894

Re: Currently listening to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zglDksAQED8 Found it... this is what annoys me with these bands, you really can't ever know if they have an ounce of creativity in them unless you investigate, and 9/10 cases you'll find some obscure record which they used and never talked about. I mean, it's an ok so...
by Ulysses
Wed Feb 12, 2020 7:35 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2596894

Re: Currently listening to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HzcWqj55d8

Where do I know this middle 8 from?
by Ulysses
Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:22 am
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2596894

Re: Currently listening to...

I'm on an Albert Collins binge Iceman, yeah his style (no pick, but capo) and telecaster tone was really unique. Love this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJT6JL_yc0 Yeah, and it's not just the feeling. He goes out of his way to imitate a lot of things and really knows how to make a show. Tha...
by Ulysses
Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:54 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Blues band tips
Replies: 5
Views: 10622

Blues band tips

Recently I managed to get a little band together. It's me on guitar, a bass player/singer and a drummer. It's going great so far and I think we sound pretty decent, considering this is my first band ever and I seem to be in charge of everything. We're even writing and coming up with some exciting id...
by Ulysses
Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:47 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2596894

Re: Currently listening to...

I'm on an Albert Collins binge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVYezQMQ4Vc

His spontaneous runs sound to me quite a bit like Buddy Guy, if Buddy Guy was more into jump blues.
by Ulysses
Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:18 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Theory question
Replies: 3
Views: 4425

Re: Theory question

Yes, it does sound like changing the key, that's what I was missing. I found an interesting video last night that suggests using corresponding arpeggios to help find the target notes, and that helped immensely. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKe5jX-5pII
by Ulysses
Fri Dec 06, 2019 1:19 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Theory question
Replies: 3
Views: 4425

Theory question

This one is almost embarassing but i cant wrap my head around it. In a 12 bar major blues progression in lets say A, where i can start my solo in either a major or minor pentatonic, can I use BOTH the minor and major D pentatonic on the IV chord? When I get to the IV chord, can I treat it like an I ...
by Ulysses
Fri Dec 06, 2019 1:09 am
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2596894

Re: Currently listening to...

https://youtu.be/fzf1d8_VCZs

Came on a shuffle and scared the shit out of me.
by Ulysses
Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:34 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Phrasing and timing
Replies: 3
Views: 9197

Re: Phrasing and timing

One thing I observed on a jam session yesterday is that my phrasing is also greatly affected by tone. I tend to phrase better when I think of the "tonal" qualities of notes than look at them as just notes, and listening the tone come out of the amp rather than just focusing on the fretboar...
by Ulysses
Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Phrasing and timing
Replies: 3
Views: 9197

Phrasing and timing

One of the things overlooked by new players is the ability to formulate and place licks in a solo. I feel like having great phrasing and timing is better than having great knowledge of the fretboard, yet there's little talk about it coming from the greats. I don't think I've heard EC talk about his ...
by Ulysses
Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:31 pm
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: Hussar checks in
Replies: 5
Views: 14317

Re: Hussar checks in

Welcome! Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?
by Ulysses
Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:30 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: When is a tele not a tele
Replies: 6
Views: 16510

Re: When is a tele not a tele

Well I love it even though I have an old-man's taste in that type of thing. That's why I hate to admit it :clap: