Mike Hoodenpyle
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Thanks. I played it this morning and had to force myself to put it away and get back to work.
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Thanks guys.
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Santa came early and delivered this beautiful Taylor E14ce. This is a limited model, originally only available to dealers at Taylor’s Roadshows. The back and sides are West African Ebony, and the top is Sitka Spruce. It's very balanced with great sustain and clarity, and very responsive. The highs just ring, with a pure, fat tone, especially when you dig in. If I had to describe it in one word, I’d say “powerful.” I play acoustic almost exclusively fingerstyle, with bare fingers, and this guitar can get incredibly loud. It really shines when played hard. Love this guitar.
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Very nicely done. Love that tone.
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13 hours ago, Simira said:
@Mike Hoodenpyle Hi Mike that was a lovely arrangement and beautifully played😊
Thanks very much!
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7 hours ago, William Nelson said:
Very nice Mike. If there were any "warts" there, they sure sounded nice.
Thanks very much!
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6 hours ago, Wim VD1 said:
That's beautiful, Mike.
5 hours ago, pkotof said:Sounds lovely! Thanks Mike.
Thanks guys!
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Here's my arrangement of "O Come All Ye Faithful," warts and all.
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I think it boils down to personal preference and what you get used to playing. I'm pretty sure your S6 fretboard is 1.8" wide at the nut, and most classical guitars are 2" or just a shade wider, so not a huge difference there. Of course, you can always use the wider fretboard argument to justify adding a nylon string to your arsenal ;).
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I've ordered from both Just Strings and Strings and Beyond with no problems. Also, Sweetwater and Amazon.
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That's my next project. Love that song, probably my all-time favorite SRV song. I've never used the whammy bar, either, so it'll be something new. Gotta finish Lewis & Clark first, though.
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One of my all-time favorites, and one the main reasons I started playing guitar way back when. I recorded the guitar solo version a few years ago on a tele and posted it on YouTube. Probably need to do it again on an acoustic.
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Very nice. I have a Breedlove Oregon Concert, all Myrtlewood, that I absolutely love. It's probably the most resonant guitar I've ever played, or a very close second. Enjoy it!
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I'm not familiar with the progression, but I'm curious as to why the 3rd is eliminated. Also, if you do eliminate the 3rd, the chord is neither major nor minor. You would normally have either a 2nd or 4th in place of the 3rd, making it a sus2 or sus4 chord. If you're only playing the notes F#, C# and E, I don't really know what you would call that, except maybe a C#madd11/F# (no 5).
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OK, not technically with Laurence Juber, but I thought his performance of "The Pink Panther Theme" was fitting.
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My understanding has always been a riff is a rhythm figure; a series of chords/notes that repeats throughout the song. A lick is a short series of notes that generally doesn't repeat. Riffs can be strumming patterns and/or arpeggios, and can also include non-chord tone fills, which can make them sound like licks.
A turnaround could be either a riff or a lick, and generally returns you to the beginning of a song for the next verse after the chorus. Most (not all) songs end on the I chord, so most choruses also end on the I chord. That being the case, a turnaround would take you from the I chord at the end of a chorus, through a series of other chords and/or notes, and back to the I chord again at the beginning of the song.
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2 hours ago, gotto said:
Outstanding Mike! that was a very impressive performance that I really enjoyed watching and listening to.
Greg
Thanks very much, Greg. Glad you liked it.
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18 hours ago, Wim VD1 said:
That is great fingerpicking, Mike.
Your sound is very clean. Could you tell me what strings you are using?
Wim.
Thanks very much!
I use medium gauge, .013 and .017, for the 1st and 2nd strings, and D'Addario EJ-16s (light gauge) for the 3rd thru 6th strings.
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18 hours ago, Nutty 1 said:
Mike that was superb, smooth and flowing and beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us. 😎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks, Mandy, glad you liked it.
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Here's my attempt at Laurence Juber's "The White Pass Trail." This piece is special for several reasons:
1. It's one of my favorite originals by one of my favorite players.
2. It's in DADGAD tuning.
3. There's a lot going on: hammers, pulls, bends (both subtle and full step), slides, frailing, slap harmonics, percussion, just a little muted rhythm, and a pinch harmonic where the 24th fret would be if I had a 24th fret. Some of those things are going on simultaneously.
I did some things differently than LJ does (some of them actually on purpose 😀). I changed the transition to the percussive section with a brief lick and the aforementioned 24th fret harmonic. I also changed the transition to the outro. If you've heard the original, you know he plays a little blues lick there. I've never really felt like that belonged, so I changed that bar.
This piece is a little above my ability level, but I gave it a shot. No one was injured in the making of this video, so here it is.
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1 hour ago, Six String said:
Beauty!
Maybe just the photo but the the fretboard looks super wide. Illusion?
Good call on straplocks IMHO. Are you a Schaller or Dunlop guy? Something else?
Just an illusion I guess as the fretboard is standard. 1 11/16" at the nut, 2 1/4" at the body.
I use Schallers. The screws on the new model Schaller S Locks are built into the strap buttons and are quite a bit shorter than the button screws that came on the guitar. I was fortunate to have two old model Schaller buttons, so I used those with the screws that came with the guitar and it's good to go.
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PRS CE24 in Burnt Amber Smokeburst. Love this guitar. Easy playing satin neck. Superb workmanship, including the fretwork. Wide range of great tones. The only thing I dislike is the size of the strap buttons. They're way too big. It took me 10 minutes and I worked up a sweat getting a strap on, lol, but I'll take care of that tomorrow by installing strap locks. I think she's a beauty!
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1 hour ago, Popeye said:
Mike- You ought to be able to fulfill Psalms 100:1 with that in your hands! Can't wait to see photos and your feedback! Congrats!
I plan to take her to her first service Sunday morning. 🙂✝️
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PRS it is. Got to try a CE 24, a Les Paul Classic and a Les Paul Standard last weekend. I liked them all, but the PRS won. I wanted a different color, so I ordered a CE 24 from Sweetwater today. I'll post pics when she gets here, but here's a teaser.
New Guitar Day
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Thank you both. She's a stunner!