zigzag
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Yeah, I have only three that I'm not using, mainly because their bypass affects tone. I wouldn't buy another pedal without true bypass. I'm happy now with what I've got, and don't anticipate needing anything else or incorporating anything new. The same goes for guitars and amps... no GAS or AAS... couldn't be happier with what I have.
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The only looper I use is for playing rhythm sections to improvise over at home. I have something like 45 seconds on my Roland Cube 80X built in looper for that. I used to use Band in Box for that, but using the Cube amp is easier, plus I can play it myself and give it the sound I want.
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21 minutes ago, Mr. Natural said:
Don't forget Scotch tape.
... or Scotch Eggs with Branston pickle.
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It's been a while since I've seen a post like this, so I thought I'd ask what everyone is using. Until about ten years ago, I wasn't using the few effects pedals I owned, preferring instead to use on-board amp effects. I gradually began to modify my sound, liking the way my sound was developing, so I slowly started to accumulate pedals. While I probably don't have nearly the pedals that most of you have, I am in love with my current pedal board. I don't saturate my sound with predominantly one pedal, but instead, like to use several at once with just enough of their effects to know they're there.
Through the effects loop: Boss TR-2 Tremolo pedal, DigiTech HardWire DL-8 delay and looper pedal (discontinued), tc electronic Hall of Fame 2 reverb
Direct to amp: Dunlop 535Q Wah, MXR Super Badass Distortion pedal, electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi
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I did. See post #3.
Yeah, I caught that. Kudos. But I was referring to the G Mac OP.
Fripp and Belew together were the shizz... probably the most innovative and creative pair of musicians since Bird and Diz (not forgetting Lennon and McCartney or Zappa and Vai).
Hhmmm. That might make for a good thread.
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Fripp fan here, also. Can't believe you mentioned members of King Crimson without mentioning Adrian Belew.
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On the guitar front, my search for wood for the body continues.
I local luthier is using wood from junked pianos.
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[quote name='sparquelito' timestamp='1546900231' post='1971154'
Purdy fiddle.
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Getting the melody absolutely right on "Song For My Father" by Horace Silver....
With assistance of New Real Bk 2 chart and slow down and loop pgm. Quite hard to play on gtr.
Yes. I struggled with this one, too.
I often just pick up the Real Book and go down the table of contents until I find a song I want to learn. The great things about that book (and jazz) is that it's great for practicing sight reading notation, it gives the main melodies (heads) and basic chord changes, and encourages improvisation, which to me, is the real creative aspect of playing. I don't improvise that well, but it's what holds my interest in playing and most effectively helps me improve.
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My first guitar was a flamenco style early attempt by a local luthier when I was around 10 sometime around 1963. It was a POS, but I took lessons from the luthier's daughter whom I thought was a babe. I learned folkie and protest songs... mostly Bob Dylan tunes, cowboy chords, and finger picking.
My first electric was soon after. It was a one-pickup POS Kent that my parents bought used from a pawn shop. It had no truss rod (and the neck bowed beyond playability shortly afterward), and since my parents didn't know any better, I had no amp. So I had to rig a way to tap into our '50s RCA console record player for amplification.
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"Drive" - Joe Bonamassa
Been learning new recording software for me, and I'm using this song to learn it.
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Lately I've been hooked on playing along with John Mayall's Turning Point album with guitar and bass. Love that album!
I'm enjoying playing and improvising Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia and Pat Metheny's Bright Size Life. Having a hard time making improvisations sound good on those two, but I'm getting better with them.
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Steve Kimock reminds me of a blend of Pat Metheny and Jerry Garcia.
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Good timing. I've been working on the improv section of Midnight Blue for about a week. KB is my favorite guitarist right now.
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If it makes you feel any better, the saddles on my Memphis 335 are also notched off center, and so were the first two I rejected (not for that reason). I would not consider that a flaw. If the strings are centered and spaced correctly and the guitar will intonate properly, then what's the problem?
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I'm waiting for Gibson to invent machinery that automatically adjusts intonation.
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Just put these three CDs in my car:
Subject to Change without Notice, Jimmy Herring
Unstoppable Momentum, Joe Satriani
Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane
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I think Arlen Roth's lessons on the Gibson website are great. Here is his Chuck Berry lesson.
Yeah, Arlen Roth has done some great lessons. I remember watching his lessons on playing blues and doing vibrato on VHS tapes twenty years ago.
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The Cipher- Guitar fretboard intervals
IMO, this is the best source for learning the fretboard.
For learning theory and jazz guitar:
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Current Effects Board, What You Got?
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Good to know.