Broken Nail in Bm
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:10 am
Well - this weekend I've been playing guitar like a horse running on three legs due to that doggy over there ------->
While playing games with him (when he wasn't busy looking out of the window) he managed to break my right hand index finger nail on his teeth. I tried to go back to using a pick (I did use a pick for nearly 40 years) but all I played that way was tonally bereft.
So I ended up just messing around this evening with a backing track in Bm and trying out different guitars while avoiding use of the index finger as far as possible.
It's ended up not too bad I thought - maybe the index finger's not as key to my playing as I thought?
Hagstrom Viking Deluxe (both pickups) to around 0:40, Daisy Rock Candy Special (my wifes) (both pickups) to around 1:15, Yamaha Pacifica (once mine, now eldest sons) (middle pickup) to around 1:50, Tokai LC85 (both pickups) to 2:20. Then Hagstrom Viking Deluxe (Bridge Pickup from this point), with backing from Tokai to 2:55, Tokai with backing from Hagstrom to 3:25, Hagstrom with backing from Tokai to 4:00, Tokai with backing from Hagstrom to 4:35, and finally both Tokai and Hagstrom on lead to the end.
There are variations in tone down to the individual guitars, but they are all through the same amp, reverb and delay settings, and there's tonally not as much difference as I expected there would be. I guess it shows the influence of amp and player is pretty strong. It does remain though that the better the guitar the easier the musical notes fall and the easier the hammer ons and pull offs and bends are which adds to the fluency.
Of course the Hagstrom, Daisy Rock, and Tokai are all Humbucker guitars so they have a basic type of sound that will be similar. The Daisy Rock may be a "girls" guitar with a more compact fretboard for smaller hands but it does have nice blues in it. To be honest the Yamaha now feels a bit weird to play - very light weight guitar and the longer string length does feel odd, but I thought it would sound more different to the others than it does.
Anyway for what its worth if anyone wants to listen go ahead ....
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I would be interested to hear how much other players feel is the relative influence of guitar / player / amplification on the tonal sounds for them.
While playing games with him (when he wasn't busy looking out of the window) he managed to break my right hand index finger nail on his teeth. I tried to go back to using a pick (I did use a pick for nearly 40 years) but all I played that way was tonally bereft.
So I ended up just messing around this evening with a backing track in Bm and trying out different guitars while avoiding use of the index finger as far as possible.
It's ended up not too bad I thought - maybe the index finger's not as key to my playing as I thought?
Hagstrom Viking Deluxe (both pickups) to around 0:40, Daisy Rock Candy Special (my wifes) (both pickups) to around 1:15, Yamaha Pacifica (once mine, now eldest sons) (middle pickup) to around 1:50, Tokai LC85 (both pickups) to 2:20. Then Hagstrom Viking Deluxe (Bridge Pickup from this point), with backing from Tokai to 2:55, Tokai with backing from Hagstrom to 3:25, Hagstrom with backing from Tokai to 4:00, Tokai with backing from Hagstrom to 4:35, and finally both Tokai and Hagstrom on lead to the end.
There are variations in tone down to the individual guitars, but they are all through the same amp, reverb and delay settings, and there's tonally not as much difference as I expected there would be. I guess it shows the influence of amp and player is pretty strong. It does remain though that the better the guitar the easier the musical notes fall and the easier the hammer ons and pull offs and bends are which adds to the fluency.
Of course the Hagstrom, Daisy Rock, and Tokai are all Humbucker guitars so they have a basic type of sound that will be similar. The Daisy Rock may be a "girls" guitar with a more compact fretboard for smaller hands but it does have nice blues in it. To be honest the Yamaha now feels a bit weird to play - very light weight guitar and the longer string length does feel odd, but I thought it would sound more different to the others than it does.
Anyway for what its worth if anyone wants to listen go ahead ....
download/file.php?id=9
I would be interested to hear how much other players feel is the relative influence of guitar / player / amplification on the tonal sounds for them.