[NGD 2020 Gibson ES-335 Satin Cherry]

As another Canadian,  I won't argue importing your own guitars vs Long and Mcquade cdn prices 

But I will say, enjoy your ES335 

And play it proud 

[Favorite Guitar Christmas Music]

Joe Bonamssa's O Holy Night of course.

Hammer-on's, Pull-off's, slides, bends, and of course volume swells

also I play about 20+ Christmas songs for church.. and I'm trying to record a Christmas song at the moment that I don't do in Church.. if I get it done.. I'll post it in Members Recordings.

 

 

[Session 5 - Basic Open Chords]

@Ionut Steve does talk about all open strings , and its pretty much a "no-no"

So no, don't strum all open strings 

You would be playing an Eminor11 chord and it would not be in the key you're playing the song in.

 

Chord changes come quicker with time, 

There are times where you might "sacrifice " the last beat of a measure to get to the next chord. But not normally. 

 

[Session 5 - Basic Open Chords]

@Ionut with the A chord, you'll find when you get to Session 8, you're going to need the first finger free for the bar chords,

Now I finger A either 1,2,3 or 2,3,4 depending,  but I would normally play it 2,3,4, since playing a Barre B, C, D etc will require 1st finger

G chord,  2 fingers might be easier and create a different vocing, 

There is a 4 finger G chord as well  as the standard 3 finger.

 

[Studio Monitors, etc]

That unit, you would plug your guitar in the guitar in and the USB as you say goes to the PC, and yes those RCA outputs would be line level signal to powered speakers 

[My music has died]

sad to hear Mandy.

when my mom died , I sat on her front porch in her favorite chair,  playing what ever came to me.

when I play live I always keep one of her lighthouses near me that I kept from her collection. some way I think she hears me playing.

you will go through a number of emotions. remember your music will always be there for you and it will be ready when you are.

[Studio Monitors, etc]

Line out on the amp, would plug into the input of your PC Audio card.

That way you should be able to hear your guitar on your amp, and the output of your PC speakers. 

There are a number of ways to connect your guitar to the PC, 

 

Remember the speakers running off your PC typically will not blow as they're running at PC level

Your  M-Audio USB FastTrack, should be find and hear on the speakers should be fine

[Slinky]

Wah was first built in 1966, so any recording or video older is probably a combination of tremo circuit in thd amp, and vibrato technique in his hands

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah-wah_pedal

 

[Session 11 - Pentatonic Scales]

@RockVox say the note names as you play the scales. 

Or play find all the E's, find all the F's etc

[TrueFire Rhythm Jamboree Sale]

not  sure how fast I can give you an update on the Gary Hoey course. I seem to be a 'slow learner' and I no longer do my lunch time car practice due to work overload and don't do my Saturday van practice since covid as the malls basically shutdown so the wife doesn't shop like she used to .

[TrueFire Rhythm Jamboree Sale]

Yup good stuff.

I picked up a Jeff Mcerlain course Blues Rock Soloing back in January,  I'm almost done on the last lick to smooth out

And in the Oct RockTober sale picked up another $5 blues-rock course Gary Hoey Blue Rock Reactor "powerful rythm and soloing" course I need to start.

I download the whole course for full "offline " viewing in thier app, on my desktop, laptop and my tablet 

[November Recording Challenge 85 -🎬 Movies/Tv/Theatre 🎥]

Wim fantastic job on such a sad song

[How to organize sheet music....suggestions, please!]

Sounds like you're still going to have to use binders

And decide if to organize them by alphabetically or by subject.

My church binder is sorted in groups alphabetically.  Season Easter has all the Easter songs, Same for Christmas, etc

But I use both a Samsung Android tablet running Mobile Sheets ($15 app)

And I have a new iPad Pro running ForeScore music app

(I do use my tablets for practice but their primary function is for gig's)

[Vamp 2 hookup]

I had a look at a few YouTube videos and the manual. 

Looks like this is a stand a lone pedal to look similar to a Line6 Pod.

Appears not to have any computer connections. 

So standard 1/4" guitar cable in

You can run 1/4" guitar cable to the input of your amp or use headphones 

[$$$$ for acoustic guitar]

As Henk and Diane said once you cross the $1,000 range of instruments the return becomes less and less .

like a car that didn't cost much can go from 0-60 in 5.5sec and costs a lot to get it to 5.0 seconds.

Granted there are many fine examples well below $1,000 as well.

 

Just remember,  nicks, scratches, and dings happen and are all part of a guitar knowing it's loved. 

[edit: owning a $2,000+ guitar is amazing.. play it , play it again]

 

[🎸Recording yourself helps you to progress your playing.🎙]

Recording or looping myself just proves how far off reality is and what my brain hears   😪

[Finished the L&M Fingerstyle course today.]

And covid has had the opposite on my free time, 

Very well done on completing so many courses 

[Session 10 - Fingerstyle Guitar]

@RockVox

he's barring the 10th fret with his first finger and since all the notes are played all at once..

you pluck the first three strings at once with your index, middle and ring fingers

[String Bends]

If you're on High E or B you have to bend up or you come off the fretboard 

If you're on A or Low E you have to bend down or come off the fretboard 

G and D can be bent either way, but it's easier to push up then it is to pull down

Your hand is also freer to vibrate/vibrato when pushing up

[A piece of Chalk]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_of_Dover_(composition)

 

While he did indeed compose "Cliffs of Dover", Johnson does not take full credit, saying "I don't even know if I can take credit for writing 'Cliffs of Dover' ... it was just there for me one day ... literally wrote in five minutes ... kind of a gift from a higher place that all of us are eligible for. We just have to listen for it and be available to receive it

Ah Via Musicom catapulted Johnson to guitar-hero stardom, achieving certified Gold and Platinum sales. A crucial element of the album’s success was the instrumental track Cliffs of Dover, which combined an infectious, lilting Celtic-inspired melody that appealed to general music fans with dazzling, blazing runs and a sweet, violin-like tone that impressed fans of technical guitar playing.

 

[Tube Eater]

$77 is pretty darn cheap 

Lucky it wasn't more

[EMG noisy]

I don't know enough about EMG pickups or their quick connect system. 

I'm also not certain if there any passive EMG pickups,  thought they all needed a 9v battery to run.

Maybe replace with a new battery 

One option for trouble shooting is put back the original pickups. Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forward. 

If you had soldered the connection on the pot, I would have you probably over heated the pot , but since this is a quick connect system that shouldn't apply

 

Watch out when you disconnecting the pickup you didn't in fact pull the wire off the quick connect connector 

[Lenny]

 

[Session 3 - Notes on the 3rd & 4th Strings]

@marshall not all rests need to be muted, not played is as good as a rest

[NGD]

So how do they compare sound wise