Geff Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Sell your soul to the devil in order to become a great blues player? I only ask because my mid-life-crisis plan to become a famous guitarist, despite starting to play at the ripe old age of cough-splutter, isnt going quite as well as I had hoped! I have a beautiful SG (admittedly a high-end epi with Gibson USA pickups but it is a work of art) and it sounds great when my friend, who can play pretty well, plays it but I seem to have had all trace of musical talent removed at birth. Unfortunately my friend is a Christian and plays in one of those religious bands so its no good asking him about deals with the horned god - he wouldnt approve. Edited for fat finger syndrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Sell your soul to Darwin instead...After all, he is the high priest of 'natural ability'. I think the saying 'it's in the genes' has a lot of truth - pitch recognition, finger strength, co-ordination etc, But I think that with determination, patience and a good learning system (with good support) you can work wonders. How about your Christian friend helping you - after all it is better to give than receive ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allen Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hey Geff, Here's how you do it: You take a black cat bone (way mucho hoo doo) and a feather from a recently sacrificed chicken (more way mucho hoo doo). You put that in a wooden box (cigar box if possible) and put a picture of yourself in it, along with a hair from your head and something of yours that is personal (a favorite guitar pick, maybe) . Now, on a full moon, you find a dirt road out in the country that has a crossroads. You dig a hole at midnight in the very center of the crossroads, and bury the box with said items inside. Wait a few minutes, and a man (or woman, it depends) will come walking down the road and ask you how he/she can help you. You make your deal. But it's gonna cost you somethin' dear. Be careful. As a 40 year old man on the verge of a similar crisis . . . that's how I've HEARD that you do it. . . Keep up the practice! It'll happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellion102792 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Your Christian friend shouldn't mind, when I play the Youth Group masses at my church I go between the SG and my 12-string. I haven't been smitten with a bolt of lightning yet, so I don't think it matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Didn't the Devil get his a** whipped in the film 'Crossroads' ? Ok, I admit - US films always distort the truth for 'box office'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston004681 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Edited for fat finger syndrome See Signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynvolt Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 It's like anything else. You just need to dedicate a LOT of time and effort. If your friend can play decent then if you can get together it will help you progress faster. No need to sell your soul ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswithesg Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 sell your soul to open D anyone can play the blues in that tuning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellion102792 Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Look around for a book called "Blues You Can Use" by John Ganapes. I've been using it with my teacher for the past few months, and my soloing and technique is really benefiting from it. What's nice is that it comes with a CD of every song (with both slow and fast versions so you can work on technique rather than speed), it has scale exercises, theory, and it will really help with your bends, slides, shifts. Blues is supposed to come from the soul, but the book will help you learn how to channel your soul into the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbomb76 Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 You don't. You sell your soul to become a good songwriter. H-Bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Send me a certified check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmiJAMM Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Keep your soul and make the devil wish he was you! P.S. H-Bomb, that '67 was a piece of junk. Neck pickup fried, rusty screws, replaced parts. All that for $4,000.00. I walked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Seem to recall I guessed $4K ! And it was described as original ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmiJAMM Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Seem to recall I guessed $4K ! And it was described as original ? Yeah, "all original"... all BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Didn't the Devil get his a** whipped in the film 'Crossroads' ? Ok' date=' I admit - US films always distort the truth for 'box office'... :([/quote'] Just U.S. films? :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbomb76 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 P.S. H-Bomb' date=' that '67 was a piece of junk. Neck pickup fried, rusty screws, replaced parts. All that for $4,000.00. I walked.[/quote'] Sorry to hear that man. If it were at least the original finish (no breaks), pickups (functioning) and tailpiece (and no stopbar mod in its history) I MIGHT have offered him 3K for it if everything else was at least functional and original-looking (in terms of fairly period-correct). But you gotta' go with the gut, and don't let anyone talk you into something that just doesn't seem right. Way to exert the self-control, bro! H-Bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG dude Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 about the whole selling your soul thing, i went to do it once, but upon finding out how, i realised that the devil is one helluva scary dark bastard, they just dont portray that in films anymore. (hehe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Just U.S. films? Just my wry sense of humour Murph, although I've heard that Hollywood are making a film showing how America actually won the war in Vietnam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGman94 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 forget the devil...ask chuck norris to breath on your hands and guitar and if he doesnt kill you and actually does it (highly unlikely) youll be the best damn blues player ever...next to chuck norris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestral Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Watch the movie "Angel Heart" with Robert DeNiro and Mickey Rourke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmiJAMM Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 JuI've heard that Hollywood are making a film showing how America actually won the war in Vietnam... U.S.A. #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Just my wry sense of humour Murph' date=' although I've heard that Hollywood are making a film showing how America actually won the war in Vietnam...[/quote'] Huh? You mean, we didn't? Darn that Jane Fonda........ Murph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Damm that Jane Fonda........ Murph. Check her out in Barbarella..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1msqpe6n48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geff Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 So do I sacrifice Jane Fonda to the devil or is Jane Fonda, in fact, the devil? Either way, thanks to you all for the encouragement and for humouring me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callen3615 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Im christian and I play METAL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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