I also love how his videos always start with the caveat "I'm slightly familiar with the song, but never heard this version or learned how to play it, so I'll just give the broad strokes based on what I hear in real time." And he then proceeds to rip through it like he wrote the fucking thing. :skepticalhippo:
I too have watched some of that guy's videos. He for sure is deeply familiar with most of the Dead's catalog and even if he's not familiar with the exact rendition, he has Jerry's licks and tendencies down well enough that he can play over them and tell his audience what's going on
this guy does a pretty good rundown of what Bobby does during that song. That lick over the C# (think Jerry and/or the keys paint over a minor third there but I could be wrong) is pretty juicy. Also zero chance I would have figured out the Bob licks over the chorus (a-g-d) without watching a video; now I'm able to fake it pretty well (provided it's not some coked out lightning fast 80s version)
87-90 versions of songs like Deal are fucking fire. Speaking of 80s, to my wife's chagrin, I had this sign in my yard for several months and, like moths to a flame, it attracted many a spun-out lot lizard to pay respects. My wife would be working from home and get a random knock at the door from an old-timer who wanted to talk about the 72 run.
No lies on that sign, though I'd probably quibble with the details from the last line since I think 79 was a very fine year for the band.
Here was one guy that my wife took a picture of. She said he talked to her for 30 min about why the dead stopped playing Cream Puff War in ‘67. My wife was like “yeah my sorority once put Grateful Dead bears on a date night shirt”
Twitter a while back. I'll try and find it. I loved sitting on my porch watching pedestrians double-take looking so confused.
I also bought this one which I put in my super Christian OAN-watching neighbors’ yard. I thought it was funny. They didn’t.
that guy like "wow, what a coincidence, I once ate 475 hits of blotter that had the dancing bears on it after I got popped at a checkpoint after the 87 Landover shows and the cops were about to toss my van"
Deep dirt Found my receipt in my email. I got it on a site called TeeChip. It doesn’t appear on the site anymore. I’m sure it’s available elsewhere. I’ll look tonight. (I need to get another one for me anyway)
I want to get better at soloing over changes as well. Considering signing up for jazz guitar lessons but doesn’t seem to be a lot available in my area. Current band has a song with an off kilter chord progression: F-C#-A-D# I realized they’re all part of a whole tone scale and tried soloing with that. It sounds gnarly
it’s so PINK. the plan is to replace the pickups and add a tremol-no to it gonna have to re-adjust everything once i put it in drop A
there’s a good chance! although i have mine done less often now that im getting back into guitar. fretting and long acrylics are mutually exclusive unfortunately
Pickup ideas? Going boutique or something more like Duncans? I love my Charvel with JB/59 setup but I’d imagine you’re wanting something more brutal like nazgul type range?
yeah, the nazgul is exactly what i’m looking at. i want to use this set and swap out to some white control knobs to properly trans my guitar’s gender
i’m adjusting the setup and this floyd rose is really making me work for it. leveling the bridge, adjusting the action, tweaking the innotation, over and over
Yep I’ll admit I took mine in to the local music shop for a setup. But it will stay in tune for MONTHS now regardless of what I do to the trem arm.
Any particular reason you’re doing that on a 6 rather than a 7? Seems like a 7 would be way easier for drop A.
There's a special tool you have to use for the intonation. I'm sure you know. Just tuning a Floyd Rose is a pain in the ass.
Putting new strings on a PRS with those little ridges you have to put them in and then lock them in-that's a pain in the ass.
What are some good classic rock songs to learn that are fun to play and more of an advanced level? I'd say Little Wing is my favorite song to play. Over the Hills and Far Away by Zeppelin was a good one.
I've always had the attention span of a toddler in terms of learning songs. I'll learn a few parts to them but if they are super long eventually I lose my patience and move on to something else. That has always been my problem.
definitely easier on a 7 but mine is currently in drop g. i won’t even lie, the color drove the impulse purchase. and i don’t really play or write anything tuned much higher than drop a
I have exactly zero qualms with "this shit looks awesome so it needed to be mine." That's like 50% of why it's fun to play guitar.
Similarly, I have ~10 pedals right now that have exactly zero practical application to playing live music, but they make ridiculous sounds so I had to have em.
Tuning it isn’t hard at all. You just start from the middle strings. Once it’s setup and locked mine really doesn’t go out of tune at all for months at a time. If changing strings you do have to keep the same gauge, but it’s really not any harder than any other guitar to change them.
It looks a bit more intimidating than it is, the Bandmaster Reverb is close to a Pro Reverb in head format. It's 40 watts but has smaller transformers like those found on a Vibrolux Reverb or Pro Reverb so it can't get as loud as a Super (which I had, loved, and sold due to space/volume constraints). Not nearly as loud as a twin, dual showman, bassman, etc. I do have an attenuator which I will use with it at home also. This particular amp is also in need of a tune up as it is in 100% original condition so electrolytic caps definitely need replacement, pots need to be cleaned, etc. Still, I'm pretty excited about it as I don't have any black panel or silver panel fenders in the stable currently.
Is it one of those Fenders where you turn the volume up past like 5 and it starts to add gain? Cool amps
Yes, it's a non-master volume amp so you need to turn it up loud to get any breakup. Not sure exactly when this one will start crunching when healthy, but it's supposed to be a bit earlier than some other Fenders due to the smaller output transformer. Maybe around 3.5 or something.
Pulled my violin out of storage yesterday, gonna get it refurbished and see if I've still got any skillz Haven't played in 15 years but was told as a teenager that I could do it for a living if I wanted Fourth generation of my family to play this particular violin, bought by my great grandfather from gypsies outside of Vienna in 1903
Attenuator is definitely a must like you said you had earlier. Even 40-50 watt apps can rip your face off.
I'm not sure. Schecter makes one that I like (see below although I'm not a huge fan of active pickups). I like Gibsons but I also think they're way overpriced. Like a legit Gibson explorer is like 2x as much as the link below. https://www.americanmusical.com/sch...RcIaMf5xkRzlTb80OK8lcDdGrtJl59vhoCpKMQAvD_BwE
For sure. And the good thing with getting an epiphone is you can mod it until it's unrecognizable and you don't have to feel guilty about doing it to a $3000 guitar. I have an expensive acoustic that when I first got it I was almost scared to play it. Having to see things like that as an "investment" sucks ass but that's a different conversation.
I used to be terrified playing my D28 after I first got it. Now it has some scratches but I don't feel too bad because it's made to be played, not sit in a case and look pretty
I bought a new guitar (fender acoustasonic) a few weeks ago and immediately bashed it into a metal leg of my coffee table like the 2nd day I had it.
Good, now you don't have to worry about fucking it up. The acoustic I was talking about was Taylor 412 that I didn't close the case on properly and one of the clasps put a gash in the finish. Also those are pretty interesting guitars. How do you like it? I could never figure out if I'd love it or hate but I like Fender at least taking chances on something.