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Yes, @Nairon! As @Gary Nelsonsaid, "Hang in there". It will come. We all found it "rough going" with barre chords. Keep in mind with barre chords there is the extra element of developing finger strength in order to master them. With everything else that you have learned so far it has been a matter of learning and practicing the technique to improve it. With barre chords one must also build up the muscle strength for the fingers forming the barre. That just takes time to build that strength and there is no shortcut.
If you have learned the different Fifth and Sixth string forms and you are comfortable with them, consider moving on. If you know the major, minor, 7th, minor 7th and sus form for both 5th and 6th strings, if you have them firmly entrenched in memory, I think Steve would be ok with your moving on. Just continue to allocate some practice time each day to developing that finger strength.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on your progress.
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Would you? Would you spend $35 for a pick?
If we are spending $35 on it, shouldn't we call it by its proper name, a plectrum?🤣
And, if we put it in perspective, consider it proportionately to what we pay for guitars, does it not seem so outrageous? (Answer, that doesn't work. It's still outrageous 😏🤔)
I love V-Picks. It's all I use anymore. Most of the time it is Vinny's Screamer. The rest of the time it's his Tradition or one of his others. Often it's the opposite extreme, one of his Ultralights.
But as much as I love V-Picks, and as gorgeous as the Fire is, and it IS beautiful!, I'm not spending $35 for a pick, er.., excuse me, a plectrum. Actually, I thought I was being extravagant at $5 for my Screamers. I have a handful of them. And I probably have 3 dozen V-picks.
What do you think? Can you justify that kind of investment in a pick? If you subscribe to the theory, and many do, that our tone starts with our hands and fingers, the pick is the TRUE beginning of our signal chain!
So let us know what you think. And whether you would or not, what are you using for a pick?
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Highly unlikely that it is still for sale. That was on an auction so most likely it sold. The only possible way that it didn't sell is if the auction did not generate high enough bids and the seller declared "No Sale". Given the signatures on the guitar, in addition to Willie, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings , Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller, and Rita Coolidge, I can't see that happening. But who knows?
If you are interested in it, you could contact Heritage Auction and ask them to contact the buyer and see if he is interested in selling it.
Edited to add: @JRopski, I logged in and it shows that it sold for $3,500.
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No matter how experienced (or inexperienced) you are in your guitar learning journey, at some point you are most likely going to want to record yourself. There are a lot of reasons for this other than sending the recording to Capital Records hoping for a deal! Send it to a band mate, Send it to Steve for review, Record it for yourself for review. At some point you will want to record yourself.
Getting started recording is hugely intimidating and confusing. At least it was for me.
TrueFire has a free course right now on home recording. A lot of us over the years have used TrueFire courses to complement our studies. The feedback I have always heard here on TrueFire courses has been positive. I have a lot of them on my hard drive.
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I have now seen him approaching a dozen times. Last night was not just the best concert of his I've seen. It is close to the best concert ever. I hesitate to call it that only to take some time to review all my concert experiences. But when the rumination is done there is little doubt it will be up there.
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I don't know that I need a Fuzz Pedal or will. But then I do want to learn the Kinks "You Really Got Me"! And soon. I gotta have a fuzz pedal for that, right? Come on, please. Encourage me! 😏
Fuzz pedals are in that category of overdrive/distortion/fuzz. I've got the overdrive covered with my Tube Screamer. But I'm still looking for when I need that really nasty. Rumour has it that Ray Davies took a razor blade to his speaker to get the fuzz tone. Other things I've read dispute that. I'll have to recheck my copy of "Record Collector ,The Kinks" to see if it addresses that. (below)
for anyone else looking for one, Josh Scott of JHS Pedals does a great job of describing the different types. He breaks it down to different number of transistors, or topology. Probably more information than anyone needs to know but Josh does, as he so often does, make it interesting.
A great introduction to different fuzz pedals available. I'm off to Reverb to do some shopping. 😆
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YES!!! Let's get started! Any time you have a question, concern, frustration post here. There is a very intelligent, friendly, helpful bunch here willing to help.
And please keep us up-to-date on how you are doing.
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#3 in what @Eracer_Team-DougH said is very important. Of course, all of what Doug said is important! 😉 But don't skip around and don't dilute your studies by bringing in other material. Sessions 1-9 are, again as Doug said, foundations for any genre of music you want to play. Sessions 10 and above you start specializing in Blues, Jazz, Country, etc. Then, if you want, start to look at courses in your favorite type of music to augment your studies. As our leader always says, "Learn All You Can".
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If you mean by the Doors, here ya' go. There is not a Howlin Wolf version I can find. This is not a copyright infringement! Anybody can go to THIS LINK and get this. In fact, you can download a pdf of the song there.
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I have to include myself in the category of "Gov't Mule Fans". Gov't Mule and Warren Haynes fans. I've never seen them/him in concert and I don't think I own any albums. but I certainly appreciate his playing.
From Warren Haynes:
"Hi everyone,
While on vacation in Costa Rica with my family this past weekend, I slipped on a wet surface and landed very hard on my shoulder. Upon arriving back to the States and seeing a specialist, it’s been confirmed that I fractured my scapula. Unfortunately, this means that Gov’t Mule’s Spring Tour, which was set to begin next Wednesday, must be postponed. I’m truly heartbroken and so very sorry that this happened. I don’t think anyone was more excited to get back out on the road than I was. We’re working to reschedule these tour dates and will have updates as soon as possible. The doctors are confident that my shoulder will be healed in time for Mule to hit the road this summer, as planned.
Thank you for understanding and see you all very soon!
With love,
Warren Haynes"He went on to list the tour schedule but I snipped that.
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Just Kidding!😆
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Thank you @Wim VD1. It occurred to me, milliseconds after responding to Diane, that to play it in normal tuning I would have to play the riff an octave higher, your option 2. Before even hearing it I'm pretty sure it is not going to have desired tonal effect Mr. Clapton intended, especially that very first note.
Certainly, it would be educational for me to try the drop down tuning and I can dedicate one guitar to that. So it's off to try tuning options 1 or 2; and to look at his video of tuning down 2 steps. So I need to decide if I want to try this song badly enough to try that.
Thanks again, Wim
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Thanks!! @DianeB. So if I understand the only notes/strings to be concerned about are on that first string. A chord is going to have the same notes no matter what tuning. A C chord is going to be C, Eb, G no matter what tuning?
So going to my chart, the first two notes as an example, are D and G. So if I go back to normal tuning and play them on the first string at the 2nd string, 5th fret, and 1st string, 3rd fret, respectively I should be ok? And the chords, Bb2, C2, Dm, Gm7, will all be the same.
Thanks again, Diane.
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Anyone know of a quick overview of Drop Down tuning? A "Cliff Notes", if you will. I am fairly sure I have seen TrueFire offer a course in it, but I don't want to study it that intensively. I may have to.
My wife and I were watching a Clapton video of his playing "Forever Man". She made some comment about how cool it is and then asked, "Can you play that someday?" Which I, of course, said "Sure". And then watching it it doesn't seem all that difficult. The riffs aren't that tough, I thought.
But then I bought the sheet music and it is in Drop D! I know how to chaange the tunings of course. But then I'm not sure how to convert chords, how to read the music, etc. One tunes down but then does one play a note where it shows on the music? etc. I'm not sure about where to start. Is it difficult to convert it back to "Standard" tuning?
I tried a couple laces for the music and they all have it in Drop D.
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Thanks, @Dave White! This promises to be really interesting. Definitely going to catch it soon.
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I love my Boss Chromatic Tuner TU-2. (Which has been replaced by the TU-3). From the product description on that link, "with a High-Brightness mode that cuts through the harshest outdoor glare."
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9 hours ago, Plantsman13 said:
@matonanjin Great answer. Thanks so much for the input. I’ll see if I can get something going on my end.
Have a great dayBryan
Bryan, if you have any more questions, plz ask. And if you are wondering about actual costs, pm me. Of course you can get that on the website but I'm ok chatting about it. And a little hesitant to discus here.
6 hours ago, Eracer_Team-DougH said:Bryan
@matonanjin how was Joe and the band on the cruise?
At least 3 long term forum people on the Bonamassa forum stated that the concerts they saw in what ever city they're in in the past 2weeks, seemed dull and lifeless
I really don't remember that being the case at all. Of course now I can compare. We will see him at the local concert in August and then on the cruise.
but I don't remember after a cruise concert thinking anything about it being dull.
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Somewhat related I just got our tickets for Joe B in Omaha August 5!!!! Front row of the balcony. I hope they are as great of seats as I think they will be! <-- did that make sense?🤔🤣
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@Plantsman13, not a dumb question at all. This will be a dumb answer but not a dumb question. And, first off, I'm sorry to take so long to answer. I saw your post last Thursday and thought I've got to respons. But then my wife and I headed out for a long weekend on Friday and I spaced it.
I'm not sure what you mean by "room selection preference". t I'll describe the sales process and we'll see if that answers. We are previous cruisers and, as such, are given first chance at getting tickets. About a month ago I got an email asking if I wanted to go in the "pool" to buy tickets. I, of course, said "yes" and then I got a response to be on the "look out" for my assigned time. I received that assigned time about a week and a half ago that gave me my time as last Tuesday at 10 AM.
Dutifully on that Tuesday at 10 I logged in and started searching available cabins in my budget. Some people want larger rooms which obviously are more expensive. My wife and my thinking on this is we spend so little time in the cabin, mostly just sleeping, so let's economize here and spend the savings elsewhere. We always try and take a few days after returning to Miami to go to the Florida Keys before returning to the frozen Tundra of Nebraska. Here is where we spend the savings. Rationalization?
But maybe this approaches answering your "room selection preference". After one logs in at the assigned time, 10 AM for me, you have access to all available rooms remaining. As the cost goes up one gets a larger room, one with a window, one with a balcony, and, finally, the really expensive ones, the suites may have an additional room. And there is some correlation with cost vs. level on the ship. I'm on 5th floor, which is the lowest floor which has rooms. If you go up to 7th or 8th, I'm not sure which is the highest level, you have the suites and rooms with balconies where one can sit outside and have a glass of wine and stare out at the ocean. And stare down at the peasants😏 I'm sure Joe B is in one of those rooms!
I don't know how the time assignment to log in and purchase is determined. Is it random drawing? Or do people that have been on the most previous cruises go first, 2nd most previous cruises, 2nd, etc.? There are some that have been on every KTBAS cruise!
Finally after all the previous cruisers have had the opportunity to purchase it becomes available to the rest of the world. I think I saw once that around 80% of the tickets are purchased by previous cruisers.
@Plantsman13does this answer at all? Let me know if questions remain.
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My son just sent me this. I thought it funny. My wife? Not so much🤣
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@Wim VD1, same here. I very much enjoyed listening to this.
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It really shocks me that I didn't see anything about this. Besides this one I subscribe to several guitar forums I don't think there was any mention of it anywhere. Shocking, since it was, after all, arguably the single largest cultural event in history. I just happened to see it on the news.
Michael Lang, co-founder of Woodstock dies at 77. He died of non Hodgkin lymphoma.
There are a lot of us Woodstock generation on here. So how did it effect you? Did it? I have to say I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. I was in undergraduate school, working, raising a family, one son at the time. Like so many. But I did see, at some point, the Woodstock documentary. And saw so many guitarists that would later influence me: The Who, Credence Clearwater, Jefferson Airplane, and, of course, Hendrix. But then I saw Santana performing "Soul Sacrifice". So often the clip from this is used as the logo for the Festival.
I went out and bought Santana 1. And I have been a huge fan of Carlos, whether in some band of solo, all of my adult life.
So what about you?
Guitar Gathering 2022 Approaches
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Nancy, you are echoing what I say every year!!!🥵