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  1. NeilES335
    I think I heard him say in a video that he learned to play with his fingers because he couldnt afford a pick and didnt want to bother his dear Dad to buy him one. We're the better for it.
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    1:38 thumb is called Travis picking named after a style by Merle Travis. I'll leave the rest to others..
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    Hello Members: As this site matures, and the number of posts grows to into the thousands, let's be aware of the amout of data and storage space we're using. While I'm not privy to all the costs, I know from running my own website for business, that data space and maintence isnt cheap. As we're a free membership site, it's Steve that pays for it himself. I'm not suggesting you limit or refrain from posting, far from it! We want a vibrant and helpful community. I'm am suggesting we be aware and if you have a personal message or quick comment to someone, to use this feature, or a sticky note more often. It would make the posts more interesting to read, and reduce what soon becomes clutter. I hope this makes sense to you all... All the Best! Neil
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    @mrp777 Thanks for the notice.. I'll pass it along to our tech dept. (Steve)!
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    @Randy120 Im glad for you that you've found a digital amp that you are very happy with. Like youI my first ( and still only) amp is a Fender G DEC 30. I thought as a beginner Electric player that it would be ideal for me. But like you I found a myriad of choices and a not so hot menu confusing and difficult to use. So consequently to this day I only use 1 or 2 of all the amp models regularly, (called Jazzmaster ) I'd rather spend my time learnig and playing than fiddle. So, being fairly dissatisfied with the sound of the amp ad well, I am about to step into the world of tube amps. A somewhat retrogressive step, some would say. No menus, no multiple effects, no 99 amp models; just built in Reverb and tremolo ;that's it. Will this lead too massive spending on pedals and make my floor look like it's covered in black spaghetti? I don't think so. But this remains to be seen. So Randy I hope you really enjoy your new gear!
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    Danny; That certainly isnt good news but what is good is you are alive to tell us , so thank God for that. I hope you and your family are uninjured. " Stuff " (even our cherished music gear) can be fixed or replaced, hopefully with insurance. We wish you all the best as you recover from this upset. Regards; N
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    There are other good ones like AER and Henrikson if you have that kind of $
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    The undisputed champ of acoustic amps is the Fishman Loudbox and the Loudbox Mini. They are made to work with acoustic pickup s like the piezzo, and sound much better than an electric guitar amp. If i needed an acoustic amp thats what id buy.Period.
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    So you have to carry along an amp with these Traveller guitars (maybe a Vox AmPlug or AmPhones ... and some headphones) to get some audible sound out of them?
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    ...Which is just one reasons why Wim has become such a good guitarist.
  11. NeilES335
    Or Even a just piece of paper and a pencil to do this. Or nothing at all... just mentally say the scales in your head or out loud wotks too.
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    @ChrisJ032I will avoid suggesting particular amps, but I would suggest you keep it simple. Some the digital amps have many menus , screen, settings and so forth which add various effects and look attractive. I found these kinds too "fiddley" and ultimately they detracted from my playind and practice. For home practice all you really need is a decent sounding low power amp with eq and reverb . Play them before you buy.
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    That's acutally a very good idea. Sometimes you can find a very similar guitar in the store and use that, but I don't think any good store would object to you bringing in your own guitar.. I intend to do this once I've narrowed down the choices. (and hopefully can find them at the same store at the same time... like an "A" or "B" test) Nothing sounds quite the same as your own guitar.
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    @Mike Hoodenpyle They are on Long and McQuade website( Canada) as an exclusive run. The Princeton should work very well with even melower clean tone using a h'b pup like on my ES335 or ES137.
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    @Mike HoodenpyleThanks Mike. Ive been drawn to these amps for a while. There is a FSR laquered tweed version with a 12" hemp cone speaker (Canabis Rex) that offers a more mellow tone that sounds attractive ($1300 Cdn) but so far I cant find one in stock anywhere to try out without placing an order and waiting about 3 weeks. By chance have you tried it with a humbucker guitar with tone rolled back for a jazz tone? Regards. Neil
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    Something I doubt I will spend much time on... just dont care for this style of music, so time better spent on something will actually play. I would like to be a good ' all around " guitarist like Steve K, but my observation is that most advanced and pro players specialize in one genre or another.
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    Well it would helpif i practiced daiy vs somewhat sporatically.
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    Well, I thought I was about done with S17, until I went back and watched the video again. I know the patterns in key of F, and the fretboard pretty well, but I still need to go through and do all the other keys, and get the hammer on/pull off speed up. Steve wasnt kidding when he says it could take a while... I so much want to move on but these scales and even the arpeggios from S14 are still dogging me. PPP.
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    @JeyGabz I suggest you check out some of our past Live Lessons on our Guitar Gathering YouTube channel where the guest was Johnny Hilland, chicken' picker extraordinare. As I recall, he gave several demonstrations of exercises on the show. Regars; Neil
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    Bio After 25 years as a session guitarist and record producer, Alberto falls in love with finger style acoustic guitar and starts playing his arrangements both in Italy and abroad, from small clubs in New York City and London, to renown guitar festivals like Sarzana and Ferentino. His first fingerstyle record is released by legendary Stephan Grossman's guitar workshop label, together with an instructional DVD of his arrangements. The record will also be released in Italy and Europe by Fingerpicking.net Alberto’s arrangement are personal, with a 50’s big band vibe, yet rooted in the style of the great Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel. He digs into complex arrangements of Italian and american classics, translating them on the guitar (Georgia on my mind, Volare, Tu vuo fa l’Americano), picking up clever harmonic movements from those great arrangers and composers and making them his own, on the six string. He also write his own material, both fingerstyle instrumentals and as a singer songwriter . He released 2 albums as a singer-songwriter, and the third has just been mixed by legendary engineer Bob Clearmountain (Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Bryan Adams).
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    Should be a very useful Live Lesson! Be sure to tune in!
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    @Mike Hoodenpyle . Do u plug the amp into the same house current outlet every time you get the noise? It could be the outlet itself has 'reverse polarity' , ie, black and white wires are on wrong termials. An inexpensive plug in tester will tell instantly. If so, easy fix, just shut off current remove outlet, swat the wires, replace and thats it. You could also try the amp in a different outlet or room to see if you get the same result.
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    Now you can hold lunchtime ooncerts and charge admission Doug🎸😁
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    @Wim VD1 I agree, but thanks to some of our dedicated volunteers a lot of valuable info was condensed and tranferred to this site. The owners of the site, Legacy Learning Systems , just had no interest in it. For the last few years if it wasnt for our GG family the site would have folded long ago.
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    @Wim VD1Thanks very much for the feedback.

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