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Neil, that had to be so much fun to do! And your playing was so enviable. You sounded great! Thank you for sharing this and I did enjoy it.

The editors at Guitar Techniques Magazine saw that we had this conversation about Hank Marvin and made the cover article about him!!! I suppose there is the possibility that they had already planned it. 😉 Planned or coincidence, this month's cover article is about Hank Marvin. I just got it yesterday. I am going to study it and if there are parts that I can share without infringing on copyright I, of course, will do so. Give me a few days or a week.

I'm not selling it! We can't do that here. But for anyone starting out to build a pedal board. Or for someone needing a back-up overdrive. Or for someone stacking overdrives. Here is an inexpensive Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive on Reverb. This one seems really inexpensive at $38.20. There is $20 shipping. But it is described as "mint" condition and it has a 6 month warranty. So, again, for anyone on here that is starting out and building your pedalboard, the overdrive is the foundation of a pedalboard. I think it is fair or accurate to say that, after a tuner, if a person only has one pedal it would be overdrive. And this one seems like an inexpensive one to start with! You're welcome! Actually, if this becomes the start of your tone obsession and pedal addiction, you will hate me😡😉😁

@Dig despite your claimed position a question, there is little doubt, at least to this observer, your position is one of an opinion. That little doubt can be the only assumption when your invited conversaants are "freaks" and simultaneously "brain damaged". And please don't try feigning sincere exchange of ideas with your offering "or is it me". We welcome a conversation about gear here. I actually wish we had more of it. I don't suspect we will see much more in this thread.

Playing only these. You have probably all heard Jeff Beck passed away from bacterial meningitis.

OK. I've got the dual delay pedals so we will see. (btw, @Oldjock I could do it digitally also. I could put two pedals in line in my POD HD500X. But later.) It's set up but not sure when I can follow the YT video and try it with my board. Btw2, this looks like an interesting pedal that I have owned and I have largely forgotten about. The delay side has a switch for "long/short" which I am guessing is for length of delay. And then the chorus has a switch for "normal/lush" so on a chorus we probably intuitively know what that is for. But after the years I've owned it I need to try and find an instruction manual of some sort for it. This pedal is the closest I can find for it. If memory serves, @Steve Krenz mentioned an H2O pedal at some lesson long ago. Later.

@Oldjock it just occurred to me I have two delay pedals! Old age memory decay is a horrible thing!! I have the Flashback, exactly like this guy has. And I have an H2O dual pedal. It's an interesting pedal that I haven't had on my board for years. But it has both chorus and delay (called "echo" on the pedal). In the next day or so I'll put in back on my board for fun, Btw, I still haven't mastered that "galloping" part of "Apache!" 😡 So that Katana patch sounded good?

I don't know how this list was chosen. No where do they state how the list came to be. I don't think popularity, meaning sales, was used. radio playtime? Or, most likely, just the author's opinion, very arbitrary opinion. If you look in the comments there are those that agree about Apache and Telstar. So do I! We have recently had a couple discussions about Apache so we no it has some followers on here. @Oldjock any stories you care to share about "theme from a Summer Place"? 😉 Come on, Henk! @Gary Nelson "Green Onions" has always had a spot in my heart!

It disappoints me that these are no longer part of top radio play lists. As this article states it these "are a thing of the past". Only 1 of these, the Venture's "Hawaii 5-0", I would call guitar centric. But #9 on the list, "The Horse", has some cool strumming patterns. For your listening pleasure here are the Top 10 Instrumentals of the 60's. https://bestclassicbands.com/1960s-instrumental-hits-9-26-155/

@Ice9, my granddaughter just announced at our Christmas family gathering that she decided to take guitar lessons. Well, of course, Papa (me) was all in for that. I contacted the place where I took some lessons and she had contacted about scheduling. I paid for a month of weekly lessons. And loaned her one of my acoustic guitars which she took with. PSA PBA (papa bragging announcement 😉) My granddaughter is working on her doctorate right now so I don't know where she will find the time. But I'm sure she will do well with it. She just stopped a few days ago and returned the guitar. She announced that she is not going to learn six string but instead she is going to play bass. And she just bought a bass guitar. I think she got a mexican made Fender. I don't know if Fender calls them Squire in the bass line? But @Ice9 maybe if she has a question she bounce it off you?

Given the lack of response, it is difficult to assess the level of epistemic curiosity that exists here. Knowing there are quite a few on here of my generation, I would have to believe there is a high percentage of those at least familiar with the song Apache. How many of those that want to duplicate the slap back delay Hank Marvin used remains a question. @Triple-o I finally did watch your video and the author did talk about the two delay pedals that he used to get the sound. And months, actually years, ago I came across this:

A bass guitar!?!? @Ice9 are you a bass player? Want to be a bass player? In eiter case, enjoy it.

Doug, I'm not sure what you're saying here nor do I know what you mean by a "phishing" article. Don't all companies publish articles such as this for free advertising? Anyway, to the article they never really said their criteria for inclusion in the article. They didn't say that it was the comparative number of albums the different guitarists were included on. So apparently it was some very subjective measurement of playing ability by the authors or Stringjoy executives. The article did hint at this with "these players are some of the best guitarists of all time", suggesting it was on getting around the fretboard. Any list like this usually spawns arguments about why 1) someone was included that clearly shouldn't have been or 2) why someone should have been included that wasn't. Here is my contribution to that😉 I have no idea how many albums, a lot of gold and multi-platinum ones, Tim Pierce has played on. But he has been on a lot of them. I don't know if he has a list on his website of if there is a list elsewhere. But if you watch any of his YT videos, his solo ones or maybe ones with Rhett Shull or Rick Beato he will often casually mention ones that he has been on. Many that are in our collections that we didn't realize he contributed to. And if you watch any of those same YT videos he is a phenomenal player. I'm not saying he should necessarily bump any of the five off the list that are on there. But certainly Tim should be included in any conversation about great session guitarists.

Mike, Santa brought you a beautiful guitar. That top is gorgeous! Enjoy!

A 12 string. That is something missing from my stable that a person should probably have. I hope we hear something from you with it. Enjoy!

Wim, it's a fun little amp and shockingly loud when you need it. Great sound for its size. There is a bit of a learning curve. figuring out how to download and upload tones, etc. The nice thing aabout it is if you are getting baack to playing you can just plug in and play. But when you start designing your pedal board you may want to know what each of the amps and pedals represent. For obvious legal reasons each of the amps and pedals are described as "inspired by". 😉 There are 30 different amps available and I have no idea how many effects pedals. And they have a video describing each. But I'm putting together a list of all of them and I'll share it with you when I finish it. In the mean time there are great tutorials by Spark Amp Tutorials to help you get started. Bryan, Of course that counts! That morning coffee is critical to successful practicing! Gary, Everybody needs a Strat! I've heard nothing but raves about the Silver Sky. Enjoy it a long time!

It's the day after Christmas. It's time to share what Santa brought you. When you got up yesterday morning what did you find under the tree. We are, of course, interested in what guitar or music related items you found. I will start. I have had my eye on the Positive Grid Spark 40 amp since it was released. I know they had their shipping difficulties and alienated a lot of customers. But the start up problems aside, all the feature reports I heard were rave. Seemingly such a great practice tool. Santa actually let me play it a few days before Christmas and all the reports are true. what a great practice tool and FUN! Smart Jam Auto Chords Unlimited Modelling USB Audio Interface Play to any track on your phone or computer 40 Watts. This thing is loud! Light to carry to any gig or jam So what did you snag for Christmas?

@Triple-o one can't help but learn from anything produced by Robben Ford. Even if it is "tongue-in-cheek" titled "ugliest guitar", he is one of the greatest players ever! Period.

@Triple-o, you didn't know one could do what? I can't invest 20 minutes right now to watch that video. Just taking a guess. A lot of people don't realize that Hank Marvin ran two echo (delay) pedals to get his unique sound. If you dive in, which I did a couple years ago, there is a lot of discussion on different forums about how he set up his two delay pedals and what settings he used. Quite the "rabbit hole".

Only checked out the first one so far but a good lesson. I had not heard of "Blues Guitar Institute". I'm going to investigate more of his material. Thanks! @Triple-o!

In an attempt to answer my own question, that being the meaning of "Dust My Broom", I started a search. An interesting fact about this song is the number of times it has been covered. From a website titled, "Talking Guitar ★ Jas Obrecht's Music Magazine" and an article (page) titled, "“Dust My Broom”: The Story of a Song" is this: "The song’s been covered by countless performers – a quick search on YouTube turns up versions by Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Howlin’ Wolf, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, The Yardbirds, Hound Dog Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Winter, Canned Heat, Cassandra Wilson, Ike and Tina Turner, Taj Mahal, Freddie King, Junior Brown and Warren Haynes, R.L. Burnside, Duwayne Burnside, ZZ Top, Todd Rundgren, and the list goes on. Along the way, the song’s been adapted to piano, accordion, acoustic guitar, and, most of all, electric guitar." Keep in mind, all those above, are YouTube covers! I wonder how many covers before YouTube even existed.

Triple-o good luck with that. Keep us posted on how you are progressing.

I know this is "old blues" music, which I like. I probably like a little more modern, electric blues better. But I love all blues. Kind off topic. I think "Dust My Broom" has something to do with working in the packing houses. I remember at some point reading about it but now I don't remember where I read it. But, at some point, I hope I can learn what "Dust My Broom" means.