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Mad guitar SKILLZ

Heard of his handy work a few years back.
Always wondered what how he would sound playin' steel


-----Gimp ------
 
Ya-a-a-h... they're OK but those riffs just don't lay a log next to the fire of the dude with the acoustic...
First clip (steel) is warming up music. Second clip makes me miss my Morley while skiddin' across the frets of my ole Ibanez. Third clip, Joe is always good... I can't compare to his tallent, not ven close. Especially since I can't get through Van Halen's Eruption without missing a few notes here and there... hehehe

----- Gimpster -----
 
SRV is a league all his own

Favorite Little Wing and I love Jimi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M

SRV was insane with skill.

Course all these guys have insane skill, but like one old axe player told me. The thing that makes them great(Jimi, SRV, etc) is that they can play no matter what. Jimi was always loosing tune, missing and swapping halfway through. What made/makes them great is that they can keep playing and pull it off.
 
he does a good job,but he is swiming in a sea of so many bigger fish....^^^^ as said jimi was an inovator,He on most of his recordings he played all the instrument,guitar bass drums organ and he did all the editing and was his own sound enginier,when you listen to a record of jimi it is all jimi,only the live shows did the band join in....
 
Aww yes.. this has been a good thread

thanks for the links

---- Gimp -----
 
indeed a fine thread.

ever notice how so many of the better players are based in blues? why is this?
 
xrated said:
indeed a fine thread.

ever notice how so many of the better players are based in blues? why is this?
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imho, because blues are played with your soul instead of your brain... in the words of Carlin "Anyone can play the notes, but playing the blues you have to know WHY those notes need to be played."

edit - in the spirit of this thread, I've been taking lessons now about about 6 months or so... having a blast and lovin it... here's a pic of my guitar, 2004 Fender 50th Anniversary Strat, a modern take on the original 1954 Strat with Custom Shop 1954 pickups, 1pc maple neck and solid Ash body...

IMG00067.jpg
 
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I have the same basic fiddle with a hummbucker on the bridge!!
Nothing like that strat punch!! They are the work horse of rock n roll!!:beer;
I also have a 75 Tele Thinline Deluxe that is the best playing smoothest action I ever had the pleasure to play!!:cool:
bonz50 said:
imho, because blues are played with your soul instead of your brain... in the words of Carlin "Anyone can play the notes, but playing the blues you have to know WHY those notes need to be played."

edit - in the spirit of this thread, I've been taking lessons now about about 6 months or so... having a blast and lovin it... here's a pic of my guitar, 2004 Fender 50th Anniversary Strat, a modern take on the original 1954 Strat with Custom Shop 1954 pickups, 1pc maple neck and solid Ash body...

IMG00067.jpg
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When you learn music, you learn the main scale of notes
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, along with the sharps and flats etc...
Blues has a different scale
a, b, d, e, g, I believe (I have to look at the neck of my fiddle and figure it out for sure as I now it by feel and not by notes)
There are other scales out there to play, but these are the most common 2Blues scale is rock, only rock artists will transpose between the 2 scales
A lot of times using the main scale as a filler between blues riffs and it will not sound out of key.
In a nutshell, rock is blues.
Artists alot of times can be identified by their technique of transposing
Ever listen to Jimmy Hendricks ? He will blow your mind with his transposing methods.
Once again, blues scales lead to rock. That is why guitarists will play a lot of blues. Kind of the base scale so to speak


----- Gimpster ---
 
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justadude said:
I have the same basic fiddle with a hummbucker on the bridge!!
Nothing like that strat punch!! They are the work horse of rock n roll!!:beer;
I also have a 75 Tele Thinline Deluxe that is the best playing smoothest action I ever had the pleasure to play!!:cool:
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i've got 2 other strats as well, neither get any play time since I got the 50th anniv. one though... this thing literally sounds like an original 54 strat... it was a limited quantity guitar, they only made about 2500 of them for one year only... if you ever wanted to get a 1954 and can't justify the $65-100k price tag then THIS is the one you want, can be had all day on ebay for ~$1000... believe it or not this guitar is starting to go up in price... when i bought this I played it side by side with an 08 SSS American Standard strat, no contest, this one was cheaper (by $50), came with the nice tweed case, and sounded WAY better... fwiw - the 50th anniv strat was only available i nthe 2tone burst in SSS config... there was a made in mexico version that is gold but not nearly as nice and there was a Dlx model with the gold hardware and the S1 switch, AND there was a Masterbuilt Custom Shop 50th version which is a 'down to the last detail' replica of the 1954 (they are selling for about 3-4K right now)... here's a youtube of the custom shop 50th side by side with an original 1954... the CS 50th has the same pups mine does...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fGnm88nm0
 
Mxican made one....that's always made me laugh. No doubt the US strats are better, just the fact that a father and son could both work for Fender. At the end of the day the Dad made a Strat with a US stamp and the Son made one with a mexican stamp, and they both sleep in the same house!

Ever listen to Jimmy Hendricks ? He will blow your mind with his transposing methods-don't use your techinal musical jargon....I just know Jimi flat out wailed!!!
 
Here is a pic of the axe I keep at the shop for stress relief
It is an old Ibanez Road Star II Series (Sunburst) I have had since 1984
It pierces the air through a Peavy Decade practice amp. I don't have my stack at the shop. The practice amp does fine.
If you notice wear on the neck, I have played it often.
Since I've owned it, there have been 27 replacement sets of Markley Ultra-Lite strings on it. (I like the #8 strings)
Not a bad fiddle, but the neck is a little thicker than I prefer to play

axe.jpg


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