[ParlourMan]

Do you sometimes forget a piece after not playing it for a while, relearn it but it turns out different from before? never quite the same second time around I suppose

Happened to me earlier with Rev Gary Davis' Cocaine Blues. It's turned into Ice-Cream van music....




Do you want a flake with that?

[QuestionMark]

ParlourMan, on 17 November 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

Do you sometimes forget a piece after not playing it for a while, relearn it but it turns out different from before? never quite the same second time around I suppose

Happened to me earlier with Rev Gary Davis' Cocaine Blues. It's turned into Ice-Cream van music....





Do you want a flake with that?

Nice.

Is that a J-45? Vintage sunburst?

QM aka Jazzman Jeff

[j45nick]

Nice take on this one. Dave Van Ronk did a very nice version of it, which I sort of copied years ago. I've actually gone back to working on it recently, as it's a really good fingerpicking exercise.

[ParlourMan]

QuestionMark, on 17 November 2012 - 04:38 PM, said:

Is that a J-45? Vintage sunburst?

Yes, this one...





It's a plain standard, issued to me as a replacement for the damaged Woody Guthrie model I had. I ripped the guard off it on the first day I had it and stuck this guard on instead. It's actually one of the 'Lacey Act' models, the ones with the two piece bridge.

Cheers Nick, yeah it's a cool picking exercise. A bit mutated from its original form I guess but works as a good 'loosener' to avoid the death grip.

[flatbaroque]

Good one! Sounds close to the Steffan Grossman lesson online.I learnt from that but never got it as smooth as yours.Excellent snap at those changes at times.

[BluesKing777]

Nicely done - PM!


Stefan puts that one in to see if newer pickers really want to do it........


Here is a slightly out of tune condensed version I found from the Rev:





BluesKing777.

[duluthdan]

Excellent kind sir ! I usually forget what I have forgotten, probably a good thing.

[j45nick]

I'm a great fan of the reverend, but I love Van Ronk's version of this:

My link

[BluesKing777]

Love Van Ronk!


Now what about a real believer:







BluesKing777.

[Del Nilppeznaf]

BluesKing777, on 18 November 2012 - 07:20 PM, said:

Love Van Ronk!


Now what about a real believer:







BluesKing777.

Great clip there BK

Amazing what these manufactured boy band members can do aint it....

[Del Nilppeznaf]

Soz Pm

forgott to add...nice bit of pickin there

can i have a strawberry squirt with mine please

[ParlourMan]

Aaaaw, does diddums need some attention? Not to worry my little muffin, you have my full attention. Just remember, usually if I take the bait, bite a little and answer you back a few times you then get all huffy, Del...

[ParlourMan]

Del Nilppeznaf, on 19 November 2012 - 12:42 AM, said:

Soz Pm

forgott to add...nice bit of pickin there

can i have a strawberry squirt with mine please

No, you get a flake like the other kids, sparkles are an extra 10p, double flake is 20p. We had some raspberry, but we ran out.

[blindboygrunt]

nice pickin , makin me think again about swappin the guard on mine .... then no ... then yes


i'll have a 10p slider and a poke in yer darky please

[ParlourMan]

blindboygrunt, on 19 November 2012 - 02:25 AM, said:

nice pickin , makin me think again about swappin the guard on mine .... then no ... then yes

A cheap-as-chips operation and took about 20 minutes from starting to remove the old one to new one being stuck on.

blindboygrunt, on 19 November 2012 - 02:25 AM, said:

i'll have a 10p slider and a poke in yer darky please

Oooh, upping the ante on the #RetroBanter there BBG.

[blindboygrunt]

is the guard just plain black PM ?
still irks me that i cant see my rosette

i'd like a tortoise shell one

[ParlourMan]

blindboygrunt, on 19 November 2012 - 05:46 AM, said:

is the guard just plain black PM ?
still irks me that i cant see my rosette

i'd like a tortoise shell one

Yeah just plain black on this one BBG, toyed with the idea of something a little more upscaled but just went with plain black as I had it sitting here in the house already.

[blindboygrunt]

any place this side of the world u know of sells them ?

[ParlourMan]

I had a black and a cream one laying around, they definitely came from this side of the water though, but no idea where. I think I've had them longer than I had any Gibson acoustic guitars, but they were sealed and new in my box of bits n bobs... probably an eBay job I reckon as no seller springs to mind directly. Try all parts UK

[ParlourMan]

Another wee bit of picking