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    They grow up too fast!

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    Posted

    On 11/6/2019 at 10:18 AM, jaxson50 said:

    I thought about posting a smart  come back, lime,  

     

    I was just jazzin' anyhow. She's an incredible musician. We all know that.

    Mason is a gifted singer and has a bright future as well. Perhaps the future won't all be ALL techno garbage and filth.

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    What got you hooked on the Gibson brand?

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    My first Gibson was a 1961 (red) double cut / twin pickup Melody Maker I got in 1969 at the age of 11. I played the Surfside Bar in Clearwater Beach with it at age 12. At age 16, I was gigging it all over Phoenix / Mesa / Apache Jct. Arizona making 25 dollars a night, 3 nights a week. Drinking beer and smoking cigarettes and stuff. Those were different times and there seemed to be no rules.

    I still have it, although it was painted (clear) in the late 70's.

     

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    My next gigger was a 1972 Les Paul Recording that I literally wore the frets off of. I've owned and gigged a few Fenders, I still own a '91 Telecaster and a Fender resonator, but I've never owned a Martin, or a Taylor and don't care anything about them. I'd buy one if I wanted to, but never felt the need. 

    New original song - A New Dawn Awaits

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted · Edited by Murph

    1 hour ago, dhanners623 said:

    For the umpteenth time, don’t worry about your singing. Do you think Townes Van Zandt considered himself a “shaky” singer? No. He just sang the song. That’s what you need to do. If we wanted Placido Domingo, we’d be on a different discussion forum.

     

    Bingo. I rarely agree with Hanners,   (😉) but HE'S RIGHT ! 

    Neal Young, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Garcia, many, many singer/songwriters can't sing like Tom Jones or Roy Orbison.

    Stop apologizing for your vocals !

    STOP IT !!!!!!

    I liked the song and the performance just fine. 

    You simply can't please everybody so quit trying. I had some Grateful Dead and David Bromberg on during a project at work and younger people were moaning and they later put on Beastie Boys and other crap like THEY were the musical genius.

    Thanks...

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    Jinder's New Video--Some Gibson Content.

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, Jinder said:

    ...nobody buys CDs anymore and there is very little revenue in streaming/downloads, 

     

    This is so true, Jinder.

    When Double Aught did our first project in 1998, it was the beginning of the end. We signed up with the Internet Underground Music Association (IUMA) and our project went digital in 1998/99. IUMA  was eventually acquired by cdbaby. We were crushed to see our tens of thousands of streams being played for (basically) free. There was no point in buying anything. Everything was free.

    Gillian Welch actually wrote a song about it. "Everything is free".

    When Owen and I did the Dummitt / Malone project last year, the minute it was done cdbaby put the whole thing on youTube. I mean, we signed off on it because that's the way things work, but why would anybody buy a cd they can simply play for free.

    My next idea goes against the grain.

     

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    Upcoming NUGD

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted

    8 hours ago, PatriotsBiker said:

    Guys, is it Rosewood that makes it so responsive to pick changes, or the J45 design?

     

    I prefer 80/20's on my Rosewood J-45 AND my walnut J-15. 

    I used Elixirs back when I used a thinner pick, but hate the muffled sound of them now that I'm using Bluechip and Wegens.

    You may have a point.

    J-45 First string change

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    I have a 2003 J-45 Rosewood body/ebony bridge and fretboard.

    Bac k when I got it I was simply using the same .60 Tortex picks that I used playing electrics in working/gigging bands for decades. I used Elixir 80/20's on it.

    As I morphed into an ALL ACOUSTIC player and also picked up mandolin my pick choice began to get thicker and more dense. This caused the tone to get darker and as an intricate lead player I felt I was losing some definition and tried the Gibson Masterbuilt 80/20's and just loved them.

    Gibson recently changed their signature strings to be a COATED string which I now don't like. So I found out who made the Masterbuilts for them.

    I now use GHS 80/20's and just love the sound. PB doesn't work for me. I also own a J-15 (walnut back/sides) and they work the same way giving a tad better definition to the solo lead work.

    Here's wishing you the best.

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