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Blue Dog
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Its Great when a plan comes together . Great job Ice looks nice.
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Wes Montgomery . The King of Octaves. Here a piece the tell a little about his picking style. With links to tabs.
https://worldwidewoodshed.com/2017/11/wes-montgomery-the-king-of-octaves/
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Sorry to hear about your hand . Hope they find the problem and correct it soon and get you back playing. If it is torn and they fix it be prepared for a lot on pain. Good Luck.
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Mandy , The piece you posted above Is right on the money. as long as your remember the octave in which the Key is played in helps with that mood. Like Dark and gloomy don't work in a high pitch octave. and so on. I think the octave will set more of the mood then the key of the song. Them old guys back in time that wrote all them great songs . Knew a lot more then we do To day about putting feeling in to songs. They could tune to what they wanted to . they had time . they could have wrote a piece of music and played it in every key and octave to find the one that worked best. If a Mother sing a song to her baby. it don't matter the key of the song in which she sings it but the octave in the tone of her voice in which she sings. Dad voice don't work as good wrong octave . hope this spread some light on the subject that helps
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6 hours ago, V7#5b9 said:
I’m used to the standard 12” radius which seems to be a good compromise for both chordal and single line playing. All my electric guitar necks except for one have 12” radius. The exception has 14” radius which seems slightly better for bending, but I don’t even notice the difference any more. My acoustic guitar also has 14” radius. I’m sure the neck radius matters as well as the other neck dimensions and the neck profile in general, but I don’t recall trying anything other than “Size 12 or 14.”
Cool You seem to know what you like and why . . But you know a 12'' radius guitar works for you. and if you wanted a fender guitar you would proably like the strat or tele with the 12'' Radius neck instead of the 9.5 or the 7.75 radius's they offer. They make a 12'' radius neck for both. I think by knowing what you like can help in picking a guitar that you will play verse's one that you dont like . and that is the point . From 7.75 '' to 16'' radius a 12'' seems to be the middle of the road . Offering the best of both worlds. A classical guitar has no Radius .Now i know the next time i am at guitar center i an going to play a strat and tele with a 12'' radius neck vs a 9.5 neck. to see with one i like better. Thanks for your input on the subject.
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Hi Fellow Players, The question is How important is fret radius to You and what do you prefer. Fender style guitars have a 9'' Fret radius which is great for picking them blues , and Gibson style guitars has a 16'' radius great for strumming . most acoustic guitar has a 12'' to 16'' radius . Fender acoustic guitar stays with the 9'' radius. But do you look at the radius of the fret board when looking at a new guitar . Squire Guitars make fender style guitars with 9'' 12'' radius necks guitar. 9'' radius necks are harder to strum you have to plow through the middle strings . I have two fender acoustic guitars that never get played due to the 9'' fret radius . Great picking guitars but picking and strumming at the same time not to good. I seen Eric Clapton Playing on P B S to day and the fender he had was a flat radius neck and he was strumming it. it was not a 9'' radius neck. so if it matters to Eric Clapton the neck radius . Does it matter to you. Does player prefer A Tele over Strat Be cause of the neck radius i dont know i have not looked up the fret radius on a Tele Guitar but will in a minute. What are your thoughts. Is that why beginner play a guitar at the store and bring it home they find out later they dont like the guitar. It to hard to strum or pick.
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I use Ernie ball strings . for the simple fact price . tried others and see no differents. There is only a few manufacturing plants in the us. so some string companies sell the same strings , Just a diffrent name and package. I dont think Fender And Gibson Makes there own strings. Martin and D;addario strings acoustic strings are alike because D;addario sold martin there machines in 1969. Daddario is the world largest string company.
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That pedal and the katana amp should sound great . my katana takes pedals great . Does it take your pedal board , Let us know how it works. . I have Boss pedals OD. DS. Comp, and the brown sound (I forgot the name} . Friedman BE OD . I had To look it up. You should be able with that combo pull some great sound, Good Luck
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Nice Guitar, real pretty .Hope you enjoy it for many years . I really sticks out up against that yellow Pokémon.
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I like the Concept Capm, Being able to record songs and licks and then going back and changing amp models to find the tones you are looking for with just clicking a button . That is the way to go. The learning curve is high. Pedal boards would work better for players on the go. with presets. like Six String. has . I would like your set up if i had the space . and the wife would not move are mess with it . but i dont have that space i have to set up and then disconnect to much pain. then having to figure it all out again. That why i dont record songs for here much have to set up and the go in to the computer and change stuff. then when done having to change them back. But great sounds i liked them all . Maybe some day things will work out.
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I think Justin is a great guitar player form 3 strings to 6 strings he can play it. he can play a string on a stick. the man has talent . Thanks for posting.
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The Katana Amps will run on a Hp 2 in 1 laptop / Tablet and a windows sure face laptop / tablet. and all laptops . But will not Run on a android table . the cheapest way to have a tablet to run the Katana amp is with the Hp 2 in 1 laptop and table combo . 299.00 Dollars. at Wal-Mart. Hopefully some day they will make a app for androids tablets and android phones. that would be to coolest way . to have something hand held and that can set right on the amp. Bluetooth. would be the very Best way to have it set up. But we will see were things go as time marches on.
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Heres a couple videos that are two types of ways to do it.
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This might help Spraying you pot . and they have the cleaner to .
http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Maintenance/Pot_Cleaning_Cap.html
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3 hours ago, Six String said:
As Blue Dog says, contact cleaner may do the trick. That said, I would be concerned about what contact cleaner might do if it got on the finish of some guitars, so I'd advise a cautious approach. Take care to make sure the spray doesn't splatter on the guitar or bleed through around the shaft if it takes multiple attempts. Note that it can be difficult to get the cleaner inside the pot as there are not any openings designed for that. There will be splatter and you might need several attempts, but like Blue, I have had success doing this. Just take your time and wipe up any excess between attempts and it might solve your problem.
Now, if that doesn't fix it, you might consider replacing all the pots which is actually a fairly common and inexpensive way to upgrade a guitar . Good pots and caps are not particularly expensive (and many companies use really cheap ones even on nice guitars), but do play a fairly significant role in your signal chain.
For many popular guitar models (LP, Strat, Tele, SG, Flying V, etc) you can buy a completed harness with all new pots, a switch and output jack all soldered and ready to drop in your guitar. Going that route minimizes the skill required and you'll only need to solder a couple of points. If you are more adventurous and have intermediate soldering skills, building your own harness would not be massively difficult. If you aren't comfortable doing even the minimum soldering for a drop in harness, its something any shop should be able to do for you inexpensively.
These are upgrades that are often done on even higher end guitars and would be a definite improvement on a something like a Squire or Epiphone so I'd consider it, even if the pot cleans up with the contact cleaner as I'd always worry the gremlin would return at an inopportune time.
FWIW I've done full harness replacements on my Gibson LP Traditional and my Epiphone Flying V. Great improvements for both guitars. My Epiphone SG currently has a scratchy pot, so I'll likely eventually do a full harness replacement on it as well.
Your right Six I was worried the it would mess up the finish on my schecter and the lp but there was no run off. and the Tec didn't seem to worried about it but it's been a year and no problems. with the pot or the toggle switch.
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Guitar Center used Electric Contact spray on mine . and on the toggle switch on my Lp that cut out when toggling. have not had a problem since.
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9 hours ago, Mike Hoodenpyle said:
I took a leap of faith and made a quick trip to Guitar Center over lunch and picked up one of these. Very anxious to try it out, but I probably won't get to until Saturday.
Cool Mike. Keep us update on your likes and don't likes. I don't think you will have any dislikes. But if so tell us and we will see if we can work them out. Have fun . If you use the tone central app and you turn any knobs it will go back to the amp set preset. I have not program any preset yet. I like the sneaky amps a lot you have to import them to your library. same with tone central has to be imported. Good Luck.
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On 2/27/2018 at 7:38 PM, mm66 said:
Sorry to drag this question on but I'm talking about the Merle Travis exercise 1 in Session 10, Fingerstyle Guitar of the the Learn and Master Guitar course. Can someone answer my question about this specific exercise? The exercise shows a formed c chord (after the 3 note intro), but there's a g note in that measure. How do I play it? Thanks for any help.
Sorry mm66 , But you move your ring finger from the C note And place it on the G and then back to the C note and then back to the G note. If you want to alternate .And pick it with your thumb. Hope this Helps. Ps You can use your pinky and lift the ring finger. or come over to top with thumb. Ring finger is normal. But then it depends on the next chord shape . so the choose is yours .
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45 minutes ago, Mike Hoodenpyle said:
I'm looking for an inexpensive amp I can use in church and just leave there rather than carrying it to/from home. This looks like it may be a really good option, especially since it's for both electric and acoustic.
Helpful Tip If you use the amp recorded your setting some how so you can jump from acoustic to electric, Take a picture are something so you can change quickly. Even if you use the channels and a pedal.
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6 hours ago, V7#5b9 said:
Hi Blue Dog. The answer is because it’s a more major (less bluesy), but still bluesy enough sound. It’s simply a major pentatonic scale with a flat 3 added. As you may or may not know the General Rule is that in Blues over the I chord you can play the major or minor blues sounds and over the IV and V chords you use only the minor blues sounds. The major sounding blues scale does not have the p4, b5 and b7. I hope this helps.
Thanks I see . Cool
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Boss Katana links Downloads.
https://github.com/katana-dev/docs/blob/master/how-to/use-28-amp-types.md
http://bosstonecentral.com/liveset/category/katana/
You are suppose to be able to down load the Gt 100 pedal board to creat patches . but I have not been able to get it to work.
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On 2/5/2018 at 2:16 PM, V7#5b9 said:
Thought I’d spice up Griff’s Fretboard Diagram PDF with my own. If; in addition to the black, red and blue dots; you want to visualize the forms in terms of intervals like this:
Feel free to download my two PDF files: Five Major Blues Forms.pdf Five Minor Blues Forms.pdf
Hi V7#5b9. On the ,major Blues PDF how come it don't have the 4, b5 and the 7b of the blues scale, but the minor dose, The blues scale is R, b3.4, b5, 5, b7, R just wondering thanks
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Sweet Ice9. Glad you got one . I figured you would have went 100 watt. My 50 is great too . Play it every day. The red reverb is great . Have you did your down loads . I have but have not tried the tube screamer yet. You can Play with this amp for weeks. and still not hit all it does . Hope you enjoy it and post updates on how you like it. Or Not like it. Record some stuff. Try out the acoustic setting. it great . If you acoustic guitar has low feedback you can use all setting even Brown sound that pretty cool. Good Luck
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Here is a great Double Stop blues Riff in 5 minutes.
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Seven Tips for Older Beginners
in Guitar Playing & Technique
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Who's old!. Just because there snow on the roof don't mean there ant no fire in the stove.