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nice gimp... mine has vitrually no wear on it, but that is changing as I'm getting about 45-60 mins perday on it since i've had it... my old one has some thumb wear marks on the back of the neck but nothing like yours... yet....

one of these days i'll get some motivation and record a couple youtube pieces for giggles...
 
bonz50 said:
nice gimp... mine has vitrually no wear on it, but that is changing as I'm getting about 45-60 mins perday on it since i've had it... my old one has some thumb wear marks on the back of the neck but nothing like yours... yet....

one of these days i'll get some motivation and record a couple youtube pieces for giggles...
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When I bought it, it had 10's on it and some minor wear from the G sting between the 7th and 8th. When converted to the ultra-lites wear began showing everywhere from agressive playing.
I hate 10's, they are like strumming highline wires...

----- Gimpster -----
 
Gimpster said:
When I bought it, it had 10's on it and some minor wear from the G sting between the 7th and 8th. When converted to the ultra-lites wear began showing everywhere from agressive playing.
I hate 10's, they are like strumming highline wires...

----- Gimpster -----
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got 9's on mine right now, probably gonna go to 10's though... the bigger strings get a better tone but ya, they are a bit harder to play... 8's would be like fretting silk thread... those big 10-11-12's give wicked tone, especially for soulful blues... i've heard SRV used 13's on his and i think we all know what sound he had
 
bonz50 said:
got 9's on mine right now, probably gonna go to 10's though... the bigger strings get a better tone but ya, they are a bit harder to play... 8's would be like fretting silk thread... those big 10-11-12's give wicked tone, especially for soulful blues... i've heard SRV used 13's on his and i think we all know what sound he had
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You could arc weld with his bottom E string...

----- Gimpster -----
 
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...

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Bonz---

While learning the major scale, get to know the blues scales that cover 3 octives from the first fret to the 12th (3 blues scales). Once you know them, there is a progressive scale that can walk you from the bottom E string through the neck up to the top E string, using parts of the 3 scales. Watch players as they use this progressive scale to move melodies from high notes near the 12th, through the middle of the neck and a lot of times pick up from a note within the blues scale, then play from there into their major scale riff, then use the progressive blues scale to get back into their rythm or move on to another riff keeping it sounding right.
Opens a lot of doors .... Especially while muffing and playing cords along with it all. Gives you a lot of directions to go, sounding in tune as you go

----- Gimp -----
 
Gimpster said:
Bonz---

While learning the major scale, get to know the blues scales that cover 3 octives from the first fret to the 12th (3 blues scales). Once you know them, there is a progressive scale that can walk you from the bottom E string through the neck up to the top E string, using parts of the 3 scales. Watch players as they use this progressive scale to move melodies from high notes near the 12th, through the middle of the neck and a lot of times pick up from a note within the blues scale, then play from there into their major scale riff, then use the progressive blues scale to get back into their rythm or move on to another riff keeping it sounding right.
Opens a lot of doors .... Especially while muffing and playing cords along with it all. Gives you a lot of directions to go, sounding in tune as you go

----- Gimp -----
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i'll look into that a bit further, got a simple 12 bar blues thing in E maj i'm workin on with a couple guys just for giggles so i've gotta figure some of these things out...
 
Almost makes a feller look degraded as easy as they make it look

----- Gimpster -----
 
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