Plantsman13
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@matonanjin Sad news indeed. I had recently watched an interview clip of him back in the 90's and he really came off as a polar opposite to Mick and Keith's 'oversized, outlandish' persona! He ranked only behind those two in time spent as a member of the Stones. He was always in the background keeping everyone on the beat...even when Richards intentionally changed it during a song to mess with him, and Charlie quickly got it back. R.I.P. Mr Watts.
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@matonanjinAsk me again on another day…and you might get another answer! 😎
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Hope it goes well. Sounds like a great time. 😎
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A recent Acoustic Guitar article was based on these guitar shops of Nashville. Fun read.
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@Wim VD Enjoyed your rendition. Thanks for sharing. 👏👏👏
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Fretboardconfidential.com with YouTube pdf download page I believe.
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@Wim VD1 I liked the muted base, good ‘thump’ separation from the melody. Your right hand timing is coming along nicely. Well done!
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@DianeB Thanks for sharing! Hope everyone has a great experience.
Note: Can you adjust your text color? Currently I’m getting black on a dark grey background and it’s tough to read…-
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@matonanjin And here I figured it was going into a 'sinking fund' for your next PRS baby! 🤣
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13 hours ago, Wim VD1 said:
This one is based on a Tommy Emmanual Travis picking lesson on TrueFire. I brought back in a bit of The Animals for the intro and tried to make my guitar sound like a mandolin in the end
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It"s the first recording with my new Fender Paramount PM-2 Parlor Mahogany. It"s a nice small short scale fingerpicker with the neck joint at the 12th fret. Great guitar for fingerstyle blues.
Wim.
@Wlm Van Damme Great job, the mandolin at end was a nice touch. My only suggestion would be a little more damping on the base line to separate the melody...but again, that's everyone's own taste. Enjoyed listening.
The guitar sounds nice too. 😎
Bryan
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@matonanjin Besides, Mike is a far better fingerstyle picker to showcase its attributes! I’ve been ignoring the Sirens’ call lately for a quality ’whole hog’ 00 14 fret with cutaway...😳
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@Mike Hoodenpyle Congratulations. That is a real beauty!! I've always admired Koa guitars but hesitated because of the longer 'break in time' I've read associated with them. Now we wait for you to post a recording of you playing it for all of us to hear how it sounds. 😀
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@matonanjin So true! Steep Canyon Rangers did a wonderful rendition of his Let Me Die in my Footsteps; but Tangled Up in Blues is still one of my favorites. I recall reading Dylan's quote on Neil Young, 'Why do I want to listen to someone who sings as bad as me (very loose translation)! If I ever get courage to sing along with my guitar; I'll just announce it's a Dylan Phase I'm passing through. 🤣
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Cautionary note: Always check with the guitar manufacturer's recommended string gauge on your guitar. I have heard of medium strings 'over powering' the guitar's design limits; especially, small-bodied guitars. Bridge lifting can occur in some instances.
Bryan
Dave White - please let us know how your two new arrivals work out. I've been interested in the XS D'Addario, but seeing some negative reviews on discoloration of fingers from the coating. I tried SCGC Parabolic Tension lights on their H13 model and they were wonderful...I often regret selling that guitar.
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Phosphor Bronze lights, 12 -53, for me as well. I prefer coated strings because I truly hate squeaky strings and I'm not the best at changing my strings in a timely fashion. I've probably used Elixir the most, but a great sale price is never a bad thing either. 😎
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Nairon,
Randy makes some very good points in answering your question. I have evolved to solid wood guitars; however, there are ' upper entry' level guitars being offered today that are very good as compared to a few years back. Laminated quitars appear louder from the start, but they won't break-in with age. I would look for playability, quality of construction, presence of a truss rod, and any buyer reviews over time ( I have played some all wood guitars that should have served as kindling). Does the guitar feel good in your hands, play smoothly, have good intonation, have a straight neck, and is adjustable for tweaking to maximize the quality of music the two of you can make? And truth be told, there will always be a beautiful guitar on the horizon with its 'Sirens' Call'! 😎
Bryan
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Does it come with pixie dust to allow the user to reach VH's zenith while playing it? And here I was ogling a Santa Cruz OM at Eddie's Guitars with The Tree figured mahogany and Tunnel 13 Redwood top for around $22K new (notice I did NOT say shopping). Fun Google lookup tone wood adventure for inquiring minds.
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Great job. My wife loves this song and her The Body Acoustic album had a great acoustic version. Thanks for posting. I might have to queue it up on this weekend's playlist. 😎
Bryan
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@Cinco I play mostly Acoustic finger style blues in standard tuning or Dropped D. Wlm is correct with the Triad lessons of Steve for helping to open up the neck movement from open position to accent the melody. A focus for me currently, is to 're-learn' my pentatonic boxes in terms of position name, rather than just the pattern. I find it difficult to follow instruction when talk of lowering the 3rd, or flatting the 5th, etc are tossed around freely. Starting to realize it makes changing keys far easier.
Here's a screenshot from DH that has inspired me: An easier way to group Major and Minor scales using them
Enjoy,
Bryan
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Doug,
I've done a number of DHamburger TF courses and feel they improved as I progressed further into them. The degree of difficulty definitely increases. Fretboardconfidential.com has some free lessons (and courses for pay) as well to get a taste of his style. Even a Sweet Georgia Brown arrangement, tabbed out, I believe is available.
Bryan
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Mike,
I personally felt the Blues Guitar course was the weakest link in the L&M offerings. Four or five sessions into it, I abandoned it to try the Fingerstyle course with far happier results. I have since migrated to Fingerstyle blues in steady bass and alternating base styles with other instructors on TruFire and membership in Fingerstlye Five. I am far from mastering the technique, but have found far greater satisfaction in the process. I can play something, without a band, and my spouse can actually recognize the song. And I'm desperately trying to obtain the freedom of improvisation/arranging to break out of the entrapment of playing songs by memorizing someone else's arrangement...a bad childhood memory of piano and another John Thompson volume to overcome.
I've probably said too much already, but I admire you sticking with it for 2 1/2 years. If others would like to discuss fingerstlye blues I would be happy to follow suit. The Travis picking has been wonderful.
Regards,
Bryan
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@Mike Hoodenpyle Very nice rendition of a song that brings back good memories for many of us. As for TE, I recall Jack Pearson on stage with him in Nashville telling TE, "but NOT that fast!".
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@NeilES335 So tell us about how you would customize “your” Benedetto guitar if the guitar fairy left an all expenses paid gift card under your pillow?
🎼🎶 Summer Recording Challenge - Blues / Open Mic 🎙️🎸 July - September 2021
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@Wim VD1 Great job. Very clean and well played. Don't take this wrong, but I would love to hear you inject some of 'your soul' into it to develop a groove with dynamics, not just a lot of well played notes.