E-minor7
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2 hours ago, Murph said:
Vice versa?
Like, you bringing the guitar lots of joy?
Dig it.
I yell at mine all the time telling them to "WAKE UP"....
Yea, sure - U know a guitar ain't much of a guitar if not played - like a song is very very silent if never sung. The sleeping depressed garage car becomes something else. And the beautifully convex naked woman is almost invisible in the tower chamber of the dark cold mountain monastery. . .
'Xept for when she silently steps into your imagination, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and mine -
'cuse me Murph. . .
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7 minutes ago, E-minor7 said:
, , , , and more to come. .
+ 10-15 tracks or so.
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15 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Got To Get You Into My Life had horns. When I’m 64 had a Clarinet, but that is a woodwind instrument and not technically a horn. But still 95% or more of their music is hornless.
You introduced horns - Norton plays sax. But there are blown instruments on
For No One - Strawberry F - All You Need is LOVE - Mystery Tour - Lady Madonna - Hey Jude - Martha - Mother Nature's - Savoy T and more to come. .
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On 8/7/2017 at 10:41 PM, E-minor7 said:
This is really interesting - been writing about it many times.
As I see it, the Texan had plastic bridge, which is now replaced.
Yesterday was recorded with the plast/porcelain combo.
I have since changed view on this. Believe Macca's Texan has the same plast-bridge, , , but now with an ordinary probably wood/bone insert.
Apart from that Paul is relevant on another shelf right now - he fuzzes away on this track.
And does it really good. .
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May this little charmer bring you lots of joy 💫 vice versa
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9 hours ago, fortyearspickn said:
This thread sort of spun off from the "Which ToneWood do you prefer?" thread. 7 or 8 years ago, I asked the lead guitar guy for a Top 20 Country Performer (who played only acoustics on stage) which tone wood he preferred - Mahogany or Rosewood. He said he didn't have a preference, and looked like 'WTF' ??? I have a guitar I prefer for the sound. But a different one for 'feel'. And the third for all round enjoyment. All different back and sides. Also different body shapes, necks, etc.
Yes, as mentioned in post #1.
Only 7-8 years. I would have thought it was before the great worldwide acoustic epiphany, which took off plus/minus the millennium. Did this guy have interest in braces, , , did he know about them and what they mean at all. .
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9 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Your mostly a horn player correct? The Beatles music didn't have much horns in it. There was Penny Lane and maybe A Day In The Life. That's all I can think of.
Think again, , , , Pepper. .
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4 hours ago, Ceptorman said:
That is one beautiful guitar.
What's going on with the mortar on your brick wall?
Haheh, , , it's was fortified over 25 years ago when the cement-block under the window got refreshed. There was no balcony then. This is a former working class hood. .
I btw. find the F-bird very flamy and had to 'put out' the p-guard.
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To illustrate how dangerously strong it is we here see how it killed a passing spider -
It was shown no mercy.
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Here's mine from 2010 ~
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I'll have to say the acoustic Firebird - it's royalty and it's monstrous. Heavier sounding than both Hummingbird (for sure), J-45 and, , , the sibling Dove.
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1 hour ago, Retired said:
Can't remember where we sat but we had a great view of the stage.
But was it 76, , , the Wings Over America tour. .
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1 hour ago, Larsongs said:
I agree.. There is also a point where the Guitar is a Conduit between the Player & the Cosmos.. Sometimes a Song comes through that is already done.. It's the Player's job just to play it & write down..
💥 💥 💥 . . .
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3 hours ago, generaldreedle said:
When I tried them out (back in the day when the Seattle Guitar Center had good guitars), I tried it against the D28 I had, a regular HD28 and the HD28V. To me the torrified hit all the sweet spots, the HD28V had a neck I didn’t like and was really too boomy
My HD-28V is bit of a polite beast. I like it a lot - actually bond with it*. Chose it over another very decent ex, which lived here too. Back'n'forth-back'n'forth it went for years. . . 🤓😵🤓😵😆
Still the post above makes me even more curious.
*but yes, had to sand the neck a good deal. No prob as the guit was slightly mojoed already. .
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2 hours ago, generaldreedle said:
I have an HD 28 baked top that in many ways is a perfect guitar, does everything well, deep and resonant but not too boomy, articulate but not too dry
Aha, , never heard of the torrifried HDs. Like to try it.
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32 minutes ago, merciful-evans said:
Thanks. I need some to find my phones now. Wish me luck, I'm decorating.
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Enjoy the double ride - and send us a report from the other side of the cans.
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11 hours ago, Retired said:
Deb & I saw him 4 times now. 1st time in Aims Iowa way back. He had Linda with him. We saw Ringo 3 times with his all star band. Never disappointed.
Yes, I saw him in March 1976 from the second row. Bet you joined shortly after. .
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23 minutes ago, merciful-evans said:
I recently watched an interview with Giles Martin speaking of the Revolver remix. I know some clever processing went on. Who's got this? Is it very different?
Can be heard on the Tube - set up 2 'tabs' and A/B the new mixes with the remastered versions from 2009. Good autumn entertainment 🍂👂
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'ave fun. .
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1 hour ago, Murph said:
And style.
He had style.
And he never wore manscara...
Then again wig, eeehh ?
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On 10/12/2023 at 9:00 PM, jdgm said:
Frank Sinatra once said that "Something" was 'the greatest love song of the last fifty years'.
Who is Frank Sinatra, , ,
but a smart businessman with tone .
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On 10/12/2023 at 9:00 PM, jdgm said:
Do The Beatles still hold up to modern music?
Yes and no.
I have lived about 30 miles South of London, England all my life. I am there now. I was 9 in 1963 when I noticed my elder sisters getting excited about The Beatles. They brought colour and happiness to millions.
English society was repressive, very ordered along class lines, and monochrome grey back then; for instance, I was sent to boarding schools from 1962 to '69. My uniform was grey shirt, grey shorts (I wasn't allowed long trousers at school until 1967), grey socks, grey sweater, grey jacket, school tie and grey cap. Everyone knew their place.
TV was black and white - only 2 channels - and the radio was the BBC. If you were lucky you had your own transistor radio and could just about tune in to Radio Luxembourg which was the only other option until 'pirate' radio started (and BTW you STILL need a TV licence to watch live 'terrestrial' broadcast TV in this country to this day).
Pop music was frowned upon and when they arrived the Rolling Stones were seen as a very serious threat to society itself. That is NO exaggeration at all. The UK music industry had for years been dominated by music publishers, contractors and svengali producers all of whom knew each other and were dedicated to keeping things the way they were.
The Beatles opened the door, revealing a chink and then a dazzling blaze of light which showed us - the 'younger generation' - a way out of the greyness and conformity. I was there and I cannot emphasise this enough.
As the Beatles began to make enormous profits for the record company and those publishers, they were allowed and then encouraged to write their own songs. That and the presence of George Martin (who was a fine arranger with impeccable taste and a great producer with very high standards) allowed them to pull ahead of ALL the other bands. However they were not attempting to write timeless classics but 3-minute ephemeral pop songs that had to be catchy so they would continue to sell. The more they practiced, the better they got at it.
By 1966 they had honed and mastered their craft to such an extent that they had transmuted it into a genuine art form; "Eleanor Rigby" is art. No-one was expecting that, or Martin's haunting string arrangement. In a stroke of genius they paired the 45 RPM single of this track with "Yellow Submarine", a simple, light-hearted child-like singalong which is quintessential pop and showed they were still what they had been all along.
Most Beatle experts now agree that the Beatles split at the right time. By then they were no longer a team. However their best songs 'still hold up to modern music' as they still are modern music.
Frank Sinatra once said that "Something" was 'the greatest love song of the last fifty years'.
He said that after he had been singing the Great American Songbook for half a century.
If a songwriter has a large output, it will necessarily be uneven. You have to remember that until 1967 these were commercial pop songs written to sell. It was when it became art that the game changed for them and for everybody else.
Very well written, , , seen and thought. Still you focus more on the historical aspect than the Q about whether the music stands the tests of time.
What we have to consider is that their catalogue has been updated sonically as the years rolled by. A serious remastering was launched in 2009 and in this phase another PLUS ! , , a step-by-step remix (previously almost tabu) takes place.
In that that light the technical level holds up and thereby gives the music the best possibilities to survive and not end up as museum-pieces. Well, some of them will, , , but luckily the euvre is so wide that songs will fall in different categories. Some may be treasures of a long gone era, others will land in the almost magical mix between bein' old but fresh (simply due to the spirit on the tracks). And not few will stand as timeless icons, which many many different people and age-groups will choose and lend ears again and again.
Important question would be : To which degree are the lyrics in the way ? Is Hey Jude fx too weird to rise as collective anthem (apart from the sing-along-end-section of course). Is Come Together. .
Will Yesterday 'work' as a gorgeous melody, but in many connections collapse due to the words. Are Penny Lane and Eleanor Rigby too socially detailed to really be a signal - Lennon too surrealistic.Don't worry, people will find and dig them, but as cultural landmarks even unifying hymns, there is a chance Harrison will lift the torch. And if Something appears to be too narrow, Here Comes the ☼ shall proudly take over. .
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This film is only 1 hour old - don't know how to characterize the finish, but there is some fine playing to be heard.
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I have a 1959 and a 1953 - they are as different as one can imagine. The 1950 switched for the 53er was something third. .
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Inspired by the posts in the rose hog maple thread about owning a guitar or being owned by it, it dawned on me that neither really are ideal.
The guitar is by nature an instrument with a logic that invites you and your fingers to do certain things - discover patterns, moves, licks, etc., which all lie hidden on the f-board. . . There's a reason Ralph McTell said he was lucky to be the one who took Streets of London down, , , , because it was already waiting there.
What should be considered is the challenge of meeting the guitar half way - meaning you learn to understand what it offers and the then wish/call/order/demand something the other way as well. This is in my view the holy key. Represented by fx J. Browne and J. Taylor, but also Stills and Young to mention some well known players.
Maybe a John Fahey would be in the other group : The ones that primarily press their own subjective ideas over the guitars - and almost steer or control them under strict command, , , actually with too little sensitivity towards the physical and spiritual potentials/values within the wooden creatures themselves.
Well, just a thought - some of you may find it over-done, , , but give it a chance. .
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Do The Beatles still hold up to modern music?
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A true fundamentalist has spoken - respect. Personally I like the 09-remasterings and have the CD-box - the black in stereo. Remember we (4 guys) A/B'ed the M/S when they came out. Each person randomly picked 2-3 tracks. To me there was no doubt - S won. But 1 member bought the white M.
The new mixes are scientifically intereztinnng - reveals stuff sometimes suggest things as well. .
Would like to learn from this - sounds dramatic, don't understand it at all. .