QuestionMark Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Since it seems to be the right time to post holiday music by us forum members, here’s some holiday music I recorded of me playing a few years back. Hope you enjoy! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Mighty fine, Jeff. That's a groovy 1/2 hour you can fire up and just let it play throughout the house. I remember it from a few years ago. Merry Christmas old friend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Nostalgia ! Even on our forum. This is great. You seem to get better each Christmas somehow ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Happy holidays, Jeff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 Murph/Ben, 40years, and 62- Thanks for the kind comments! Thanks to all who listened! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Man Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Such a nice, dry tone. What guitar are you playing? Great playing and song selection. Perfect for a winter's morning. Your video reminds me of my home growing up, too Happy Holidays! Red 333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Beautiful! Merry Christmas, Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 15 hours ago, G Man said: Very nice! Thank you! Thanks for listening! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Red 333 said: Such a nice, dry tone. What guitar are you playing? Great playing and song selection. Perfect for a winter's morning. Your video reminds me of my home growing up, too Happy Holidays! Red 333 That’s a mid-to late 70s Goya nylon string guitar. The story behind it is that circa 2000, a woman who was playing at an open mic I was at sold it to me because she said she was out of work and needed money to eat. I bought it sight unseen, but when I looked at it at home I noticed that although it was a nylon string guitar, she had it strung with steel strings and the neck and body were warped as a result…and the action was really high. I took the steel strings off, and put on nylon strings but the steel strings had already done their damage to the guitar. So I loosened the strings, put the guitar in its case, and basically put it away for about 20 years until the fall of 2019 when I decided to see if there was someway to try to fix the guitar. To my surprise, when I merely retightened the nylon strings, I found that the neck and body of the guitar without the inappropriate tension of the steel strings being on it, all the years later had on its own reverted back to its original shape…and the action on it was now fine. So while having fun playing the guitar that was suddenly playable after all those years later, I turned on a home recorder and picked out the holiday melodies you hear in the recording. I did them all in one or two takes while my wife was watching Greys Anatomy or something on TV in the other room. Liking the sound I heard, a day or two later, I edited out any duplicate takes, added a video loop I had shot on my phone while it snowed, and put it on YouTube. So the nice dry tone you mention, is probably the result of the guitar sitting dormant for about 20 years, the old nylon strings I put on it after taking off the inappropriate steel strings, and then my going with flow of how the guitar was sounding as I was actually playing it for the first time since I bought it from that woman circa 2000. BTW, I never saw the woman again so I have no clue if she really needed the money for it to eat or if she was just unloading a classical guitar she knew she ruined by putting steel strings on it. But, all is well that ends well. Glad you enjoyed the music and the growing up memories it brought you! Happy holidays! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Edited December 20, 2022 by QuestionMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 14 hours ago, DanvillRob said: Beautiful! Merry Christmas, Jeff. Thank you! Merry Christmas to you, too! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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