Chandler
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@just_the_flu sexy pic! Clean setup!
Musicians. What instruments do you play?
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I'm SnowBirding in Palm Springs, CA from Washington State. I bring a Voyage-Aire folding guitar, which breaks down nicely for air travel.
It's quite dry in the desert, so instead of breaking down my guitar and stowing it with a humidifier when not playing, I keep it in a plastic bag with a damp rag in a tall glass at the bottom of the bag. Meter says 5.0 RH. Way better than 3.0 or less RH and stays in tune way better....
It's quite dry in the desert, so instead of breaking down my guitar and stowing it with a humidifier when not playing, I keep it in a plastic bag with a damp rag in a tall glass at the bottom of the bag. Meter says 5.0 RH. Way better than 3.0 or less RH and stays in tune way better....
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SixStringToker
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Very nice, @macbill! The Boveda humidity packs are awesome if you can get your hands on them. I've been using them for years with all of my guitars.
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SixStringToker
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Here's my cover of Larry Pattis' arrangement of Ashokan Farewell (from the Civil War tv series):
The guitar is a 1981 handbuilt Cedar/Koa Laughlin; probably my favorite guitar for noodling around on the couch.
She's a beauty from a distance. Up close, she has some stories to tell...
A friend of mine added a player sound port for me; it's awesome:
The guitar is a 1981 handbuilt Cedar/Koa Laughlin; probably my favorite guitar for noodling around on the couch.
She's a beauty from a distance. Up close, she has some stories to tell...
A friend of mine added a player sound port for me; it's awesome:
SixStringToker
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Here's my cover of Ragpickin' from The Art of Ragtime Guitar by Richard Saslow:
This one is such a fun one to play!
This one is such a fun one to play!
Chandler
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You're awesome man! Thanks for posting that! Inspiration. I gotta long way to go. Everyday lil by little
Trying to identify the opening chord of The Beatles song 'A Hard Day's Night'
Everett says that the opening chord has an “introductory dominant function” thanks to McCartney playing the D in the bass. Meanwhile, Harrison and Martin play F A C G, over the bass D, on twelve-string guitar and piano.
Everett says this combination provides the chord “a mixture-coloured neighbour, F; two diatonic neighbours, A and C; plus an anticipation of the tonic, G – the major subtonic as played on guitar being a borrowed chord commonly used by the Beatles”.
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Jozin88
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I play bass, but an overall Ibanez fanboy. I left a lot of my collection back home. I've owned a lot of instruments and then purged the majority of them, after getting married, to keep one as a workhorse (read: recording hundreds of unfinished clips as a hobby)
It's not a particularly special bass, it's not the most valuable one I've owned but it's become my baby.
Ibanez SR506; kept the stock pickups, switched out the GARBAGE preamp for an actual Bartolini one and now this thing sounds like a poor man's MTD.
It's not a particularly special bass, it's not the most valuable one I've owned but it's become my baby.
Ibanez SR506; kept the stock pickups, switched out the GARBAGE preamp for an actual Bartolini one and now this thing sounds like a poor man's MTD.
SixStringToker
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It's New Guitar Day!!
purepotstill
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Yeah, there's some guitarists here. Not a surprise, as we say here, just lift a stone from a path, you'll find ten guitarists under.
So I'm a guitarist, playing mainly electric these days. Play a little Uke too, and had to take the bass in a ephemereal band a few years ago. Sorry not to show my main guitars, but they are made by my luthier and are pretty recognizable. One is a Strat-like, but with a half-through neck, pups and bridge are screwed in it, the second one is more Gibson like, hollow mahogany with center block and a real archtop massive maple top, with a bridge humbucker and neck P90. She became my main axe, can play everything from funk to 80's heavy with her.
So I'm a guitarist, playing mainly electric these days. Play a little Uke too, and had to take the bass in a ephemereal band a few years ago. Sorry not to show my main guitars, but they are made by my luthier and are pretty recognizable. One is a Strat-like, but with a half-through neck, pups and bridge are screwed in it, the second one is more Gibson like, hollow mahogany with center block and a real archtop massive maple top, with a bridge humbucker and neck P90. She became my main axe, can play everything from funk to 80's heavy with her.
Bologna
(zombie) Woof.
Horrible 80's VHS sound aside...Ummm:
Jason Becker - Paganini's 5th caprice Electric guitar ( Private @ Jason's Studio )
"Caprice No. 5 is one of 24 pieces composed by virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini in the early 19th century. The piece is known for its incredible speed and extremely high technical difficulty. Paganini is said to have been able to play it on one string, but there is no evidence to support or refute this.
The piece is also associated with the movie Crossroads (1986 film) as "Eugene's Trick Bag", which was written and performed by Steve Vai and heavily inspired by the caprice. The first recorded true transcription of the piece appeared on Eliot Fisk's landmark recording that transcribed the entire 24 Caprices for the classical guitar.
Jason Eli Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American heavy metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Shrapnel Records-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released the albums Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988. Cacophony broke up in 1989 and Becker began doing solo work, having released his first album Perpetual Burn in 1988, also through Shrapnel. He later joined David Lee Roth's band and recorded one album with him, A Little Ain't Enough.
Becker's performing career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In 1996, Becker lost the ability to speak, and he now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Despite his disability, he continues composing by using a computer and has since released with Shrapnel Collection, a "best of" album of his favorite songs and three new songs."
"Buckethead" who...?
Jason Becker - Paganini's 5th caprice Electric guitar ( Private @ Jason's Studio )
"Caprice No. 5 is one of 24 pieces composed by virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini in the early 19th century. The piece is known for its incredible speed and extremely high technical difficulty. Paganini is said to have been able to play it on one string, but there is no evidence to support or refute this.
The piece is also associated with the movie Crossroads (1986 film) as "Eugene's Trick Bag", which was written and performed by Steve Vai and heavily inspired by the caprice. The first recorded true transcription of the piece appeared on Eliot Fisk's landmark recording that transcribed the entire 24 Caprices for the classical guitar.
Jason Eli Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American heavy metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Shrapnel Records-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released the albums Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988. Cacophony broke up in 1989 and Becker began doing solo work, having released his first album Perpetual Burn in 1988, also through Shrapnel. He later joined David Lee Roth's band and recorded one album with him, A Little Ain't Enough.
Becker's performing career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In 1996, Becker lost the ability to speak, and he now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Despite his disability, he continues composing by using a computer and has since released with Shrapnel Collection, a "best of" album of his favorite songs and three new songs."
"Buckethead" who...?
Abysmal Vapor
Supersniffer 2000 - robot fart detection device
This is something i remembered from my youthHorrible 80's VHS sound aside...Ummm:
Jason Becker - Paganini's 5th caprice Electric guitar ( Private @ Jason's Studio )
"Caprice No. 5 is one of 24 pieces composed by virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini in the early 19th century. The piece is known for its incredible speed and extremely high technical difficulty. Paganini is said to have been able to play it on one string, but there is no evidence to support or refute this.
The piece is also associated with the movie Crossroads (1986 film) as "Eugene's Trick Bag", which was written and performed by Steve Vai and heavily inspired by the caprice. The first recorded true transcription of the piece appeared on Eliot Fisk's landmark recording that transcribed the entire 24 Caprices for the classical guitar.
Jason Eli Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American heavy metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Shrapnel Records-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released the albums Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988. Cacophony broke up in 1989 and Becker began doing solo work, having released his first album Perpetual Burn in 1988, also through Shrapnel. He later joined David Lee Roth's band and recorded one album with him, A Little Ain't Enough.
Becker's performing career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In 1996, Becker lost the ability to speak, and he now communicates with his eyes via a system developed by his father. Despite his disability, he continues composing by using a computer and has since released with Shrapnel Collection, a "best of" album of his favorite songs and three new songs."
"Buckethead" who...?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead
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Shadooz
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I'm pianist, and ragtime is my way of fun when i want to make my fingers dance
I couldnt compare Becker to Buckethead, but Perpetual Burn still gets solid plays around here, as does Population Override.
purepotstill
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Strange for a guitarist, but I don't listen to shred anymore. When I was younger, I was really impressed by flash players, stuff released by Mustaine and Hammett in early Metallica (ah, Kill 'Em All, maybe the punkiest of thrash albums), but never totally felt in love with Vai, Malmsteen or Satriani, probably for the lack of a real band. Never been into virtuoso finger picking too (although I loved your ragtime @SixStringToker 
, because the melody is so evident)
Today, it's really difficult for me to hear these musics, instrumental guitar music usually bores me pretty fast, a few seconds are enough. The older I get, the more I'm into songs, the more I listen to the voice. Playing with a great female singer a few years really made me aware the 1st place of a guitarist is rhythm. And most of my fav' players are top notch rhythm players too, from Hendrix to Setzer, and/or great singers (think BB King).
Django Reinhardt or Paco de Lucia (actually, I love a lot of great flamenco players) are ones of the few guitarists playing instrus I'm still in love with. Ah, was forgetting a shameful attraction for surf music (Pipeline !).
, because the melody is so evident)Today, it's really difficult for me to hear these musics, instrumental guitar music usually bores me pretty fast, a few seconds are enough. The older I get, the more I'm into songs, the more I listen to the voice. Playing with a great female singer a few years really made me aware the 1st place of a guitarist is rhythm. And most of my fav' players are top notch rhythm players too, from Hendrix to Setzer, and/or great singers (think BB King).
Django Reinhardt or Paco de Lucia (actually, I love a lot of great flamenco players) are ones of the few guitarists playing instrus I'm still in love with. Ah, was forgetting a shameful attraction for surf music (Pipeline !).
Bologna
(zombie) Woof.
Compare what...? Nah, only in what turns the kiddos on.... I don't regularly listen to any of that stuff, and didn't really even back then... If I've been 'stuck' in any particular style, I'd have to say it's been delta and country blues... skip james, son house, leadbelly, mississippi john hurt... shit like that. For a while now anyway... can't seem to get sick of it...!
Shadooz
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Exactly the opposite for me... the older i get, the less i can bear the voices...
I listen instrumental mainly nowadays..
purepotstill
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I listen to instrumental, but mostly non guitar. Loves classical piano, Nocturnes from Chopin or some Beethoven pieces.