Blues and Jazz Off Topic/Chat Thread!

[imgooley]

What other music do you listen to, Goolz, other than blues and jazz? I only ever hear you talking about those two genres.
Everything except for european stuff (like classical and european folk, and electronic music). I hate electronic music for the most part.

I love hip hop, metal (including metalcore, but not nu metal [i'm including metalcore with my metal as spite to the asinine redundancy of UG]), punk (especially hardcore punk), classic rock, folk, soul, R&B, funk...

That's pretty much it.

Oh, and Reggae and Ska.

[Dimebag22]

Everything except for european stuff (like classical and european folk, and electronic music). I hate electronic music for the most part.

I love hip hop, metal (including metalcore, but not nu metal [i'm including metalcore with my metal as spite to the asinine redundancy of UG]), punk (especially hardcore punk), classic rock, folk, soul, R&B, funk...

That's pretty much it.

Oh, and Reggae and Ska.
Sweet dude. :cheers: for having a very diverse taste :p:

Yeah I'm mostly into Ska and Reggae. I've seen Ill Scarlett and they rocked. They might be my favourite band at the moment along with Sublime, Slightly Stoopid and Bedouin Soundclash. Then of course Bob Marley, and I saw his son (Damian Marley) play live.

Metal. More classic metal though, like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, but then also stuff like Pantera, Metallica and BLS.
I actually saw Iron Maiden live not too long ago, it was fucking insane! I saw BLS a while back and it was AMAZING also.

Then of course like classic rock. I've seen Roger Waters live and it was the best concert I've ever been too, I've also seen Def Leppard, and Van Halen. A bunch more too, I've seen Led Zepplica (a Led Zeppelin tribute band) and RAIN (a Beatles Tribute band) and they were both amazing.

And if I'm in the mood I'll listen to some modern rock like Coldplay, Pearl Jam, RHCP, Stone Temple Pilots all that kind of stuff. I saw the STP live at a festival not to long ago, maybe 2 weeks ago. It was pretty sick.

:haha Sorry for the epicly long post :p:

[imgooley]

^I'm realllly picky with modern rock. I don't like STP at all, or coldplay. I love me some alternative sometimes, though. I will also listen to some pop punk.

I literally listen to everything, except for classical music. I love me some Down and Black Flag.

[Dimebag22]

Have you heard of a band called Rides Again? You might like them.

My band played a show with them a while ago and I chilled with them for like 30 mins just talking about everything. It was awesome, and they're really nice guys.

http://www.myspace.com/ridesagain

[TheDev01dOne]

Goolz - Yeah I played it without a slide, didn't have one handy I left mine in my acoustic case at the pub with my guitar from sunday.

I listen to (or used to, don't very often these days) Opeth, I have most of their albums and I love their softer stuff probably way more than the brutalz stuff. The singer does have a great proper singing voice and epic growls. I suppose a lot of their stuff on like Blackwater Park and the softer stuff is pretty jazzy though I'm not really into jazz.

I'm pretty open about music genres, if I'm choosing it's usually gonna be blues but I also listen to a fair bit of metal (not brutalz black metal crap but mostly doom or proggish stuff like Tool, Isis, Jesu, Opeth etc.) and classic and modern rock. Loads of acousticy songwriter stuff and some country/bluegrass, just starting to get into that lately. I like some hardcore and punk but I'm pretty picky there, mostly Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys and The Living End.

Basically I will listen to anything but things like rap or techno would always be last last resorts.

[imgooley]

^Doom, ftw.


Anyway, I really, really suck at harp. I just recorded a song with harp, and I coughed halfway through it...

It was probably the best I was going to get at it with this particular song, though.

[gopherthegreat]

I like some hardcore and punk but I'm pretty picky there, mostly Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys and The Living End
The Dead Kennedys are awesome.

Edit: Btw, you should check out Black Flag (if you haven't already, of course). They have some awesome instrumental stuff.

[imgooley]

^Screw the Law is epic.

[GD_GC]

Hey bro. How was your trip?

Hey, wanna vote in the Blues and Jazz Forum Awards Thread? We've been waiting for you :p:
:cheers:

Where is this awards thread?

[gopherthegreat]

Thats probably my favorite instrumental by them

Edit: Actually, It's a tie between Screw The Law and The Process Of Weeding Out

[imgooley]

Where is this awards thread?
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=883551

Right here.

Also, can you guys take a listen to my new songs?

I haven't done anything in about 2 weeks, so I felt it was necessary to do record something. Not too great, but passable.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=895821

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=895817

[GD_GC]

Thanks man, I voted

:cheers:

[sre9981]

I'm hopelessly addicted to techno and dance music right now. Anything with a drum machine and a grooving bassline is fair game.

Discuss

[imgooley]

^Electronic music can suck my sweaty balls.

It's like disco, but only more high tech.

Sorry.

I still like you, though.

[TNfootballfan62]

You guys mind if I join the fun? :)

[imgooley]

You're always welcome, kyle

:cheers:

[TNfootballfan62]

:cheers:

[imgooley]

So what's up?

[TNfootballfan62]

Well, i'm trying to figure out how to get some nice recordings. :p:

You?

[imgooley]

Contemplating whether not I should try to record Smokestack Lightnin again...


It's hot.

[ze monsta]

Clapton is going to be EPIC.

[GD_GC]

Man, I would kill to see Clapton.

But on another note, what do you guys think of Los Lobos? I'm just getting into them, and they kick some serious ass. Great blues rock, and they sing in Spanish sometimes which is good porque estoy aprendiendo espanol.

[imgooley]

No quiero aprender espanol porque es muy dificil.

Los Lobos is alright. I hear enough Spanish around here anyway.

[TheDev01dOne]

Is Los Lobos David Hidalgos band? He's a cool guitar player, epic on the first Crossroads DVD.

I'm happy, I've got some more gigs lined up just as like a support for some bands from the pub around town, just gonna be me playing solo acoustic maybe a bit of a set before the bands and in the middle to give them a break. Really looking forward to it I'm gonna knuckle down and finish some songs I've been writing too and learn some more covers so I have more songs to choose from.

Also I've been asked to play guitar in a once off band thing to play some Paramore covers and some other lame shiit. Lol I'm gonna do it anyway though just because I like to play. Pretty gay though.

[imgooley]

^Lulz. Pop punk can be fun sometimes.

So I suck at harmonica. It's official.

I just finished recording a cover of Smokestack Lightnin. It would be so much better with drums.

[gopherthegreat]

I hate Paramore

[imgooley]

^Me too.

[Thefallofman]

Man, I would kill to see Clapton.
That's good, because most people have to kill and sell bodies to afford the outrageously overpriced tickets!

Needless to say, I'm skipping Clapton this time around. I'm seeing his old friend Jack Bruce though.

[Dimebag22]

:haha http://youtube.com/watch?v=Df_O-EBjVrk

I've felt pretty much all that stuff. :haha Man, I'm blazing right now.

I've never asked... How many of you bluesmen smoke pot???

[Punk_Ninja]

I don't, no drugs, no smokin', but drinkin' galore.
I pretty much grew up with the Rory Gallagher/Frank Zappa mentality put upon me and I wouldn't want to use drugs (or smoke) to reach another level of playing or otherwise.

Very moralistic on the drugs issue if you can't tell :p:

On other news, I'm mondo pissed as I have no idea where my slide has gone so I've been using a shotglass to do Empire State Express with recently (pretty much the only proper song I can play with a slide efficiently).

[imgooley]

No drugs for me, but alcohol till my stomach bleeds.

Slide with a shot glass? Nice.

I bought 5 slides, so if I lose one, I will have another around somewhere.

[TNfootballfan62]

No drinking or drugs or anything of that nature for me.

[GD_GC]

No drugs or drinking for me. It's not that I'm that stupid straight edge thing or whatever its called, I just don't need it.

But my parents say they are gonna let me drink when we go to Michigan in a few weeks, so it will be interesting to see what happens :haha

[gopherthegreat]

:haha http://youtube.com/watch?v=Df_O-EBjVrk

I've felt pretty much all that stuff. :haha Man, I'm blazing right now.

I've never asked... How many of you bluesmen smoke pot???
Marijuana FTW

*high five*

[Dimebag22]

:haha Ok, at least I'm not the only one. :p:

[GD_GC]

Marijuana FTL. I have nothing against people who use it, and I think it should be legalized, and I have a feeling that I will end up using it sometime in my life (especially as a musician :p: ) but I just don't do it.

[Axegrinder#9]

hahah if anyone cares, here's a video of me making a fool of myself on drums (I'm a guitar player!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z0AGRVtsdk

[Axegrinder#9]

somebody talking about that goddamned marihuana!

[Dchild042]

ive smoked everyday this summer except like 5 days but thats going to stop when school starts up again. then its beer. im smart about it and dont get caught and I enjoy it but i hate the stereotypes that people put on potheads. especially pussies at my school that dont know ****.

[imgooley]

Pussies suck. Pussy rules.

Both plural, though.

Beer is good. So is Scotch. And Bourbon.

[Dchild042]

so is John Lee Hooker

[GD_GC]

:haha

On that note, does anyone know if that whole "House Hunt Blues" part of the Thorogood version of that song is a cover, or if he made it up?

[imgooley]

^To me, it sounds like an original. More like he just made it up, on the spot.

It works, though.


Comment on my threads in OR and Cover forums!!!

(please?)

/shameless plug.

I need some liquor.

[Dchild042]

lol i see you like the liquor. have you ever got in a bar fight?

my cousin got in one once and a guy went at him with a pool stick and he snatched out of his hand and almost killed the guy by wacking him in the head. and he showed up to work the next day like covered in blood and everyone just laughed and was like what the **** happened man?

[imgooley]

I'm 19, so I've never been in an actual bar (casino bars don't count).

I'm too nice to get into a bar fight, but if I did (get into one), I would definitely end up in jail.

[Dchild042]

well the only reason my cousin didnt end up in jail was that the dude was scaring the customers and they asked my cousin to tell him to stop because they were kind of friends but no friends after because the dude got pissed and ran at him with a pool stick. But ya jail sucks really really bad from what ive heard, im not planning on ever going to jail.

[TheDev01dOne]

I don't drink or do drugs of any sort and I AM that stupid Straight Edge. I can have more fun sober, I don't need drugs to have fun and my life is glorious so I don't need drugs to escape reality either.

Just because I'm pedantic.. All who said "I don't do drugs, I just drink".. Alcohol is a drug, the most harmful of all drugs, more people are addicted to alcohol than any other drug, more people get killed every year because of alcohol than any other drug..


I'm bidding on a Budda Wah on eBay, I hope I win it, wanted one for ages and there hasn't been any on eBay for months.

[imgooley]

^I've been dry for more than 3 months, so you should be proud of me, Tim.

How much is that wah running for right now? I haven't used a Budda wah.

[TheDev01dOne]

It's only got 1 bid £50 so far.. The last one I seen went for some crazy amount like £120 and I've seen some sell for £70-80 so I bid £85 and see what happens.

They have a real cool talk-boxy kinda sound, think of Adam Jones from Tool's wah sound, he uses a budda. And they're purpley pink colour which is just awesome.

[imgooley]

nice.

So, I totally suck at harp blowing.

[imgooley]

Oh, and the purpley pink color would go awesome with your Joss Stone cover.

[TheDev01dOne]

:haha that's exactly what I was thinking. And my Paramore covers.

[Jackal58]

You sigged me Gopher. Very nice. Much better than the one Dirge Humani had about me and my wifes underwear. :(
Haven't smoked a doobie in about 25 years. Don't really miss it. Beer is where it's at. I like my black and tans.
And hola to the peeps I've never seen in here before.
Recommend me some good recording hardware people. The computer just don't cut it. Mine shuts down after about 30-35 seconds of recording with Audacity or Fruity Loops and my kid blew up the sound card on his.

[TheDev01dOne]

How complex do you want to get with the recording?

I use a ZOOM H4 4track digital recorder, has built in microphones and crap and you can use it as a stand alone recorder, or you can USB it up to your computer and use it as an interface into cubase or whatever recording program you want to use. Also has built in Zoom modelling crap for guitar and stuff. It's very good and handy since it's so small and portable. Check it out anyway, all my stuff on my myspace is recorded with it just using the built in microphones and the actual recorder, not plugged it into cubase or anything.

They're pretty cheap too I think for how good they are.

[ze monsta]

OK - Hard Rock Calling was AWESOME.

After some old guys playd some fun Thin Lizzy/ Purple style classic rock (coz they won a competition) on came Robert Randolph and The Family Band. They played the best version of Voodoo Child I have EVER heard. Mind blowing. The bassist is awesome, and a good singer! Robert Randolph is such a great showman as well, he stood on his chair sang, had a foot up on his pedal steel whilst playing, and drank his coke as he played!
They had an awesome set, despite me not being able to remember much.

Next up: Jason Mraz - power pop superstar from San Diego. He really got the crowd going (he's pretty big in England), he really changed my opinion on mainstream pop music. He was fantastic. After one of his originals they went into Three Little Birds by Bob Marley (epicly good). It was like he had the weather on cue, it had been nice all day but as soon as he went on and started playing the sun came right out and whenever his songs mentioned the wind it was suddenly a nice cool breeze.
Check him out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A

Next: John Mayer. Distinctly unimpressive to be honest...I was disappointed. His songs were good, his voice suited the occasion and the mood but the highlights were definitely his solos. Guitar wise he was great. He only played one blues song which was annoying, but with so many songs that he could choose from - fair enough. The blues song was Mercy by Duffy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE2orthS3TQ which he turned into a great slow blues.

Sheryl Crow was pretty good, I thought it would be the time I would go and grad some food and use the toilets, but I stayed to watch and was really glad I did.

Eric Clapton: ****ING AWESOME. Wow, just WOW.
First up was Tell The Truth, then Key To The Highway, Hoochie Coochie Man and Outside Woman Blues.
He played a few Robert Johnson songs (Little Queen of Spades, Travellin Riverside Blues and for the encore Crossroads). He played Motherless Children by Blind Willie Johnson about halfway through which was amazing.
His last three songs were incredible - Wonderful Tonight (to which everyone sang along), Layla and Cocaine. Absolutely brilliant, I sang along to every song like a right little Fanboy wearing my Blackie T-shirt. :p: Then they went off. There was a few minutes of applause and screaming (much of me and a some blokes next to us screaming GOD!!!!!!!) eventually the yelling and claping died down. So it was time for slowhand claps (oh the irony!), and finally EC came back on and played an incredible Crossroads with Robert Randolph, Sheryl Crow and John Mayer. Absolutely fantastic.

MONSTA EDIT:
Set list:

Eric Clapton's Hyde Park Set List - 28 June 2008

01. Tell The Truth
02. Key To The Highway
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Outside Woman Blues
05. Here But I'm Gone
06. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
07. Driftin'
08. Rockin' Chair
09. Motherless Child
10. Travellin' Riverside Blues
11. Running On Faith
12. Motherless Children
13. Little Queen of Spades
14. Before You Accuse Me
15. Wonderful Tonight
16. Layla
17. Cocaine

Encore:
18. Crossroads (with Sheryl Crow, John Mayer and Robert Randolph)


Worth every penny of the 50 quid spent.


On other news, I'm mondo pissed as I have no idea where my slide has gone so I've been using a shotglass to do Empire State Express with recently (pretty much the only proper song I can play with a slide efficiently).

Son House IS the blues. That's probably my favourite Mr House song.

[Dimebag22]

^ Dude, that's sick!

Too bad Mayer wasn't that great though. :( I wish I could have gone! :p:

[imgooley]

^I would have said Mayer sucked no matter what he did :p:


I would have loved to see Robert Randolf, though

[GD_GC]

Yeah, Robert Randolph and the Family Band are freaking amazing.

[gopherthegreat]

John Mayer should smoke. Fuck the side-effects, he'd sound so much better.

[imgooley]

^Yes. And drink lots of stuff that burns your throat.


Can someone hit up my Smokestack Lightnin Thread in Cover Songs?

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=896668

Por Favor?

[TNfootballfan62]

^I joined your hollowbody group. :cheers:

[imgooley]

^Sweet :cheers:

[TeXaS_db]

^I joined your hollowbody group. :cheers:
me too

[Dimebag22]

I don't have a hollowbody, but I joined anyway because I love them :)

[imgooley]

I don't have a hollowbody, but I joined anyway because I love them :)
Niiceeee

To tex, to

[GD_GC]

Would a hollow body work out well as a guitar set up solely for slide playing?

[TheDev01dOne]

Works for Jack White. Weird how he only has a neck pickup though, I always think slide sounds muddy and **** on a neck pickup. Bridge pickups is where it's at.

I'll have to join the hollowbody group and get a some pictures of the 335 copy we have. It's quite nice, hand made apparently.

[imgooley]

Would a hollow body work out well as a guitar set up solely for slide playing?
Hell yes. That's what I'm fixin to do.

Gonna get a new semi though, to go along with my current guitars.

[slidething31]

whats up yall?

Just got back to California. And due to generous family members that I hadn't seen in some time, I now have about $180 in my pocket.

Can't decide if I should buy a pedal or somethin or just throw it in the new guit fund.

[TNfootballfan62]

^Depends on how much you need that new guitar.

[Dchild042]

Im thinking about buying a new pedal as well. What pedals do you guys use for overdrive and distortion for your blues and jazz playing. I used to use my brothers Boss DS-1 because i couldnt afford to buy my own pedal. Anyways it wasnt really that good and my brother moved out so i need a new pedal. Ive been looking at the RAT, Big Muff, and BD-2 but i havent tried out any of them yet. And theres a used Digitech Sreamin Blues for only 20 bucks at my local shop. Any advice?

[imgooley]

Big Muff and Digitech Screamin Blues, FTW. Screamin Blues is an excellent pedal, especially for the price.

[Dchild042]

Ok thanks, i just needed someone to assure me it didnt suck. Im probably gonna go get it tomorrow and i think they have a used big muff there too but im not sure. They have really good deals though. I got my vox wah pedal for 50 dollars and its in really good shape.

[imgooley]

That's a serious deal on that pedal. Snag it.

[Dchild042]

im going there tomorrow.

[TNfootballfan62]

I like the BD-2 over the screamin blues, but that's just me. But I wouldn't personally suggest putting either in front of a tube amp, as the bypasses are lacking. If I needed an OD pedal right now, and I was going to go buy one, I would pick up a ts9 and mod it to ts808 specs.

[TheDev01dOne]

Just save your money and get a good amp with nice overdrive and you don't need pedals screwing with your signal.

I play straight into my amp 99% of the time. Looking or a Wah pedal now but apart from that I doubt I'll ever use many pedals. Just get a nice tube amp, turn it up nice and loud and play.


I' trying to write some lyrics for an acoustic, folky/bluesy song but I've hit a wall and it's pissing me off.

[Jackal58]

Who want to take my place in the Blues Radio thread this week? I am going to be gone for a couple of days and will not have the ability to upload my mix. :sad: If someone has one ready pm me the link and I'll post it.

[TNfootballfan62]

Just save your money and get a good amp with nice overdrive and you don't need pedals screwing with your signal.

I play straight into my amp 99% of the time. Looking or a Wah pedal now but apart from that I doubt I'll ever use many pedals. Just get a nice tube amp, turn it up nice and loud and play.



:cheers:

Excellent advice, there. The only pedal I use right now is my Picture wah, but I am looking at a BYOC fuzz pedal, possibly, for those Jimi Hendrix inspired moments. :p:

[theneildeal]

so ive just come home after having an operation on my jaw. its strange because my face is swollen so i look like a fat version of myself. But i can't wait to see what i look like when the swelling has gone down. For those of you that don't know what happened, i had a bit of an overbite, so my jaw has been lined up. I was stuck in hospital over the weekend, which is sinfully boring. But on friday, dazed and confused, i read the UG Blues album review! how great is that!?!

So ill pick up on a few topics that you've been talking about:

1. i don't do drugs, but i occasionally have some alcohol. It seems great when you're 18 and starting uni, so you have the freedom to drink all the time, but its just so expensive. plus, im a generous drunk, so ill end up buying drinks for people when im drunk, which is so bad!

2. Gus, the clapton setlist was identical to the Nottingham gig i think, except the encore. I would have loved to see him play Crossroads. Randolphs version of Voodoo Child wasn't great because it was an instrumental, but it kept sounding like he was going to start singing. So when he ended the song, i was disappointed

By the way, don't ask for a photo of how i look now. When im a big wall street exec, i don't want something like this haunting my career! ha! There's a reason why hospitals ban cameras here!

[GD_GC]

Who want to take my place in the Blues Radio thread this week? I am going to be gone for a couple of days and will not have the ability to upload my mix. :sad: If someone has one ready pm me the link and I'll post it.

I'll do it, could you just explain to me how to do it? I can use megaupload, but do I put all the songs on one file, or do I upload them individually, or what?

[TheDev01dOne]

I'll do it, could you just explain to me how to do it? I can use megaupload, but do I put all the songs on one file, or do I upload them individually, or what?

Just make a new compressed folder like .zip or .rar then put the songs you want in there and upload the folder to megaupload.

I think if you make the folder first normally then right click it and it should say something like Send to > compressed folder.. click that and it should work.

[Punk_Ninja]

On the OD situation, I have a Marshall Bluesbreaker OD pedal, not that I use it (well haven't for ages) but it is a class pedal for some real dirty bllues sounds, I only use my Boss ME-50 infront of my amp, just for the Noisegate and sometimes the wah.
But I'd love to have them as separate units. . one day.

[TheDev01dOne]

I had a load of pedals but sold them all off because I never used them. The only one I kept was my MXR 10-Band EQ just because it's a handy thing to have with my 12w head since there is no EQ on there so I can use the pedal instead.

Looking at buying a good Wah now just to try to learn how to use one but I still doubt it would be permanently plugged in, only when I feel like using it, I don't see the point in have a pedalboard with 15 pedals on there always plugged in and never getting used.


Anyway..

Just posted a new Blues AOTM for July so chec it out guys. Do I have to PM someone to sticky it or will they do it automatically?

[imgooley]

^PM Resi

I, too, am a pedal minimalist.

All I have is a Fuzz, a wah, an OD, and a tuner. The only other thing I'm considering, but probably won't get, is a EQ.

[GD_GC]

I have a tuner, wah, and tubescreamer. All I need is a guitar and a tube amp, and I'm ready to go. But I do love my Tubescreamer.

[imgooley]

I have a tuner, wah, and tubescreamer. All I need is a guitar and a tube amp, and I'm ready to go. But I do love my Tubescreamer.
Srsly, if I didn't have the urge to always play Garage rock, all I would need is a guitar and a Deluxe Reverb, cranked. Yessssssssssssss, pure secks.

[gopherthegreat]

I have a Crybaby wah, a Digitech Bad Monkey, and a Boss Blues Drive. I only use the Blues Drive if I want to add more distortion to the bad monkey (if I'm playing hardcore punk, pretty much)

[TheDev01dOne]

Wait I have a tuner pedal but I don't really count that since it doesn't change the sound.

[slidething31]

I guess it makes sense that all us blues players are minimalists.The only pedal I currently use is a tubescreamer.

I'm thinking about buying a wah, but I'm not sure that I would really use it all that much, and I'm not sure if it would justify spending the money for a decent one.

[imgooley]

It's fun to use wah.

[ze monsta]

^Yeah, I don't use my wah that often but it's cool to break it out for a solo.

I mainly stick to my double Muff, Crybaby and Boss PW-10 (which I use for the Uni-vibe) despite it being my brothers.

[slidething31]

Yeah, this unexpected cash is really burnin a hole in my pocket. I should probably save it, but I think I'll probably end up buying a wah pedal for the fun factor.

Any recommendations on pedals to check out?

[imgooley]

Big Muff, defo.

Also, a Vox wah.

You said 180, right?

Maybe order a boutique fuzz of some sort, like an Earthquaker devices Hoof Fuzz or a Fuzz Factory.

[slidething31]

I was thinkin more about a wah, but I think I might be able to afford a fuzz factory vexter series. Those are some seriously sweet pedals.

You're just makin my dilemma more difficult. :haha

[imgooley]

I was thinkin more about a wah, but I think I might be able to afford a fuzz factory vexter series. Those are some seriously sweet pedals.

You're just makin my dilemma more difficult. :haha
Wah wah wah wah....

You could get a Tremolo, too.

Check this

http://www.earthquakerdevices.com/devices/hummingbird.htm

[TNfootballfan62]

Save $20 and get an RMC wah. :cheers:

[TheDev01dOne]

+1 Get a sweet boutique Wah, they hold their value really well if you ever do get sick of it but the cheap ones tend to put people off wahs alltogether. You may aswell get a killer one straight off so you can be teh ownzorz. RMC Picture wah, Budda Budwah, Fulltone Clyde Deluxe.. All great choices.


On a jazz note..

A guy at the session I go to is a reallllly good guitar player and he just plays comedy songs, he does it so well he's hilarious.. But he adapted this song onto guitar and it's ****ing crazy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGzhutyOMSk

Just watch the video, you all have to.. Amazing jazz piano, and if that doesn't impress you then just laugh at the hilarious lyrics.

[TheDev01dOne]

Double post (Not often I wake up with nothing new to read)

Kinda creepy but I had a dream with you in it last night Goolz.. I was on the way home from somewhere, walkig down kind of an alley and then you were there with a bunch of other people, we all seemed to know each other and you gave me a guitar and I played something (don't remember what song or anything but it was blues) then I gave it you back and you started talking about your girlfriend just left you but then slowly started playing guitar along to it, by the end it was like talking blue but with clever inner rhymes in the lyrics and great slide riffs and just general epicness. It really was awesome, I woke up thinking damn I wish I could remember all of that song.

The only line I kinda remember was a bit of a chorusy bit and you hushed everyone down (we were all singing along by this point) and went acapella, I think the words were "She's got me on the down low" It was down-something anyway.

So yeah, get out of my dreams and stop hogging up all the good songs in them.


EDIT: Also the 335 I was playing is a Henri Oiseau copy, it's quite nice.. Check his website http://www.henrioiseau.com/home
They're pretty good price for hand-built guitars, maybe I can just buy my own instead of trying to steal my GFs dads. I could get BKP Mississippi Queen and Mule in it then. Or maybe a triple HB version!

[TNfootballfan62]

^:haha

[ze monsta]

eeeeeeeewwww, you dream about Goolz?

Take it to the relationship thread.

[imgooley]

....



:confused:


....



:haha

[Jackal58]

Wouldn't that be classified as a nightmare?

[Vagabond21]

Double post (Not often I wake up with nothing new to read)

Kinda creepy but I had a dream with you in it last night Goolz.. I was on the way home from somewhere, walkig down kind of an alley and then you were there with a bunch of other people, we all seemed to know each other and you gave me a guitar and I played something (don't remember what song or anything but it was blues) then I gave it you back and you started talking about your girlfriend just left you but then slowly started playing guitar along to it, by the end it was like talking blue but with clever inner rhymes in the lyrics and great slide riffs and just general epicness. It really was awesome, I woke up thinking damn I wish I could remember all of that song.

The only line I kinda remember was a bit of a chorusy bit and you hushed everyone down (we were all singing along by this point) and went acapella, I think the words were "She's got me on the down low" It was down-something anyway.

So yeah, get out of my dreams and stop hogging up all the good songs in them.


EDIT: Also the 335 I was playing is a Henri Oiseau copy, it's quite nice.. Check his website http://www.henrioiseau.com/home
They're pretty good price for hand-built guitars, maybe I can just buy my own instead of trying to steal my GFs dads. I could get BKP Mississippi Queen and Mule in it then. Or maybe a triple HB version!

Do you really even know what goolz looks like?? This is confusing... I guess you don't really have to know what he looks like to dream about him... or do you?? aaaahhh

[TNfootballfan62]

^That's the confusing part for me. I don't think I could dream about someone without knowing what they look like.

[ze monsta]

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile_mojo_data/4/8/8/5/488509/pics/_c332630_image_0.jpg

[imgooley]

^Stalker

[Vagabond21]

Oh yeah I forgot about the pics.

But still...

Wait a minute, does this mean you've been looking at his pics for hours?

[ze monsta]

^Stalker
Damn right. :p:

I bet you're sweating like a paedophile in mothercare. :liplick:

[TheDev01dOne]

He didn't really look like his pics but it was definitely him, you know in dreams sometimes you just know who people are, even if they don't look like them. I remember telling him to record the song and put it on his UG profile :haha

[imgooley]

^I really want this song now.

[imgooley]

Damn right. :p:

I bet you're sweating like a paedophile in mothercare. :liplick:
Hmm...


A 13 year old brit is stalking me from 6000 miles?

I think I'll be fine.

[ze monsta]

Google earth is a bitch. :haha

[imgooley]

^As long as you don't have a satellite with lazer on it, I'll be fine :p:

[TNfootballfan62]

^Technology is a bitch...

[imgooley]

So...


My brother can't play blues rhythm to save his life.

[ze monsta]

Does he play guitar?

How old is he?

Where does he live?

Does he look like you?

:haha

[gopherthegreat]

Sounds like a loser

[imgooley]

Does he play guitar?

How old is he?

Where does he live?

Does he look like you?

:haha
He's been playing guitar longer than me.

He's 16

He lives with me


And he looks like my dad.

[ze monsta]

How long have you played guitar for?
I've played since I was 8.

[Dimebag22]

My bro can't play blues rhythm ether. It's brutal, but he's in my band, so we play like rock/hard rock. But he's brutal at blues.

I've been playing guitar since I was in grade 3 or 4 I think. So I think that would be when I was 8, so I've been playing for like 7 years. :)

[imgooley]

I've been playing for a year and 4 months.

I've been playing other instruments and such since the 7th grade.

So I've been involved in music for about 8 years?

Eh, whatever.

[GD_GC]

I've been playing since 5th grade, coming up on 6 years for me. But only 3 years playing blues.

[TNfootballfan62]

I've been playing since before 9th grade. So it's been right at 5 years for me. I got into blues pretty early on, but i did start off with a lot of classic rock.

[GD_GC]

I went from being really into classic rock (Zeppelin and stuff) in 5th - 6th grade, to being very into pop punk ( :sad: ) in 7th grade, back to classic rock again in the 2nd half of 8th grade, which then got me into blues, and for 3 years I haven't looked back.

[imgooley]

I don't really know how I arrived at playing the blues. It just kinda happened.

[Dimebag22]

I went from like stuff like Blink182 and all that, to Classic Rock stuff, then my guitar teacher at the time got me into blues, and now I'm kinda in an acoustic phase... But don't worry, I'll stick to the blues :p:

[TeXaS_db]

all u guys have been playing for like 5 or more years, i have only been playing for like a year and a half, im a total guitar noob.

[imgooley]

How the hell do you do that damn Robert Johnson turnaround lick?

[Dimebag22]

How the hell do you do that damn Robert Johnson turnaround lick?
Are you talking to me?

[imgooley]

all u guys have been playing for like 5 or more years, i have only been playing for like a year and a half, im a total guitar noob.
I've been playing for the same amount of time and your gear pwns mine

[slidething31]

Wow. Get on Youtube and check out Chantel Mcgregor. I'm still undecided on whether I like her voice, but hot damn the girl can play.

[imgooley]

Are you talking to me?
I'm just saying in general, because I can't figure it out. It's pissing me off, because I want to play Sweet Home Chicago. :(

[Dimebag22]

For my Long Gone Blues. I got the Minor 6th/5th chords going on for the intro. It goes: | Bm6 | A#m6 | Am6 | G#m5

Then there's another one. Say you are in the Key of E, so you go the the 5th fret and press the A string down to get D, and press the B string on the 5th fret too to make an E. Then slide down the A string to the 4th fret to make a C# but keep the E on the B string. Then slide the A string down to the 3td fret to make a C and keep the E note, then play the open A string and hammer on on the 2nd fret to make a B then play the open B string.

That probably make no sense at all though... listen to my song (just the intro) and you'll probably understand better.

[GD_GC]

What is a min 5th? Do you mean diminished or something? I'm confused. But I think I do understand your 2nd explanation :haha

[Dimebag22]

What is a min 5th? Do you mean diminished or something? I'm confused. But I think I do understand your 2nd explanation :haha
G#m Sharp 5th...

The first one here:
http://jguitar.com/chordsearch/G%23m%235
I didn't know the name of the chord.. so I looked it up :p:

[GD_GC]

Oh, my bad, I thought you meant like a 5th (powerchord) that was minor. I'm tired :sad:

[Dimebag22]

:haha Nah man. :p:

It's cool.

[Beakwithteeth]

I is unbanned! :D

[Beakwithteeth]

I thought I was supposed to lose my sig...

looks like I lost my message thingy under my name though.

[imgooley]

^ZOMG!! He lives!

[Beakwithteeth]

Oh yes, I am back with a vengeance.

How do I change the message thingy under my name? I don't want people thinking I am a newbie, that will destroy my reputation!

[imgooley]

^Go to Control Panel at the top of the screen and change it there.

[Beakwithteeth]

I did that a second ago and couldn't find it... I shall try again I suppose.

[Dimebag22]

Right here bro.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/profile.php?do=editprofile

[Beakwithteeth]

I figured it out, thanks.

So any incredible developements in the forums while I was gone?

[imgooley]

I have a job :)

[Beakwithteeth]

I have a job :)

I thought you were black. :confused:


:( don't hurt me.

[imgooley]

I thought you were black. :confused:


:( don't hurt me.
I'm mixed. Affirmative Action FTW (not really).

Actually, I'm back at my old job.

[Beakwithteeth]

Fair enough. I think I am gonna go to bed now so farewell blues forum.

[theneildeal]

well, i got firsts in all of my exams!

shame that im on medication, so i can't celebrate with a nice bottle of moet & chandon......

[imgooley]

^You high class SOB.

Just kidding. I myself am not high on the bubbly.

[imgooley]

So, I would like to thank Tim for telling me what the blues scale is on the harp. I was completely stuck before, and now I can at least throw a half way decent riff over a progression.

:cheers:

[TheDev01dOne]

I learned it off the adam gussow youtube videos. You should check them out if you haven't already. They really do teach you loads of useful stuff, even for a very beginner.

[imgooley]

Sho nuff.

I just got done recording a new piece. The harp is better than the last one.

[TheDev01dOne]

What's it called, is it up on your profile yet?

I might re-record my song and try get a decent sounding one for the Blues album, gonna try work an Electric guitar solo in there somewhere if I can pull it off.

[imgooley]

It's called No Tobacco Blues. It's up there now.


I really want to hear more of your electric stuff. Most of your stuff that I've heard is acoustic.

[TheDev01dOne]

Yeah I don't really bother recording electric, doesn't sound the same without a full band, or drums at least. I really don't even play electric that much in the last 6months TBH, been having more fun playing acoustic and learning/writing songs I can sing along with instead of twiddling blues scale solos on electric all day like I used to do.

I'll check out your song man.

[gopherthegreat]

Neil, when are we gonna see the before and after pictures?

[Dimebag22]

Yeah I don't really bother recording electric, doesn't sound the same without a full band, or drums at least. I really don't even play electric that much in the last 6months TBH, been having more fun playing acoustic and learning/writing songs I can sing along with instead of twiddling blues scale solos on electric all day like I used to do.

I'll check out your song man.
I've been like that lately dude. I probably haven't turned on my amp in 2 weeks other than band practice. I've been playing my acoustic all day too :p:

[theneildeal]

Neil, when are we gonna see the before and after pictures?

probably in august. my face is swollen and yellow, so i look like a simpsons character, and no one is going to see a photo of that!

This is surprisingly close to what i look like

http://i25.tinypic.com/2i20kya.gif

No joke!

[TeXaS_db]

what do yall think of this guitar
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200234740401&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching

[Dimebag22]

Looks pretty decent for the price man.

[gopherthegreat]

Neil, you should definately post a picture of that! Seriously........

[imgooley]

what do yall think of this guitar
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200234740401&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching
If it was black and I had the money, I would buy it.

[TeXaS_db]

If it was black and I had the money, I would buy it.
i love the silver sparkle on it, i have always seen pictures of it on the internet but when i saw it in person it looked so much better.

[Beakwithteeth]

My guitar teacher (I started lessons while I was banned :D) has a guitar that is at least very similiar to that one but it is gold instead of silver.

[TheDev01dOne]

I prefer the double-cut ones than the singles..

http://www.forsyths.co.uk/GretschDoubleJetG5246.jpg

[imgooley]

^Duo-Jet FTW.
http://globalvintage.com.au/shop/images/Gretsch-Duo-Jet.jpg

[TheDev01dOne]

Globalvintage is where I bought my MIJ Esquire. He still has it on the website even though I bought it about 18months ago..

[imgooley]

Ha.

AU gear is soooo expensive, huh?

[TNfootballfan62]

^Anywhere but America has it much worse than we do when it comes to gear prices. At least in England they can get relative bargains on Marshall, Orange, and such.

[imgooley]

Yup.

Orange, Marshall and Laney specifically for the UK. A VC30 costs almost as much as an AC30!

[slidething31]

Its the same with gas prices. They might be high for what we're used to in the US, but I some European countries pay something like 8 dollars a gallon.

[Dimebag22]

God damn.

Ok so the awards thread is done now.

Goolz is a lazy asshole so I had to count all the votes myself :p:

[imgooley]

^Fuck you, homie.

[Encore_God]

It's been a while since I've posted here. Did I miss anything? :p

[TheDev01dOne]

^Anywhere but America has it much worse than we do when it comes to gear prices. At least in England they can get relative bargains on Marshall, Orange, and such.

False.

That's what I thought coming over here too but I got my Orange cheaper in Aus than I could get it for here anywhere.. Crazy since it's made in the UK and it should have no export costs etc.

The problem? VAT.. 17.5% tax on EVERYTHING.. even with the strong currency and stuff the VAT makes everything far more expensive than anywhere else, even stuff that is made in UK.

And Goolz gear isn't that expensive in Australia.. I paid a LOT less for my Esquire than the price he has listed on the website and I got a hard case and 5 sets of strings... Website prices are only the prices for suckers who are too lazy to go into the actual shop, get to know the guy a bit (I used to go in about once a fortnight) and then haggle with him and drive a hard bargain.

I was at a friends house and recorded a new version of my song with some distorted lead stuff over it and killer fretless bass action. Haven't had a good listen to it just yet but hopefully it's good enough quality for blues album #2..

[TNfootballfan62]

^That's interesting. That is a very high tax. We have almost 10% in Tennessee, but luckily no national sales tax. From talking to Europeans on here, i've heard that Laneys and amps like that are better value across the pond, but who knows.

[imgooley]

Can't wait to hear the new song, tim.

[TheDev01dOne]

Laney are great value here actually but Marshall and Orange are no cheaper here than anywhere else.

Goolz check out my song on my myspace, its up now "On My Way v2.0".. Check the acoustic guitar with distortion solo Lol so hard to shredZorx on acoustic guitar.

Is it good enough quality for the blues album do you think?

[TNfootballfan62]

^Ah, i must've generalized the Laney thing, then.... :p:

[imgooley]

I love the lyrics, tim. Excellent job.

[Amart]

Hey all, I'm getting a chance to join in on a local blues jam, and started wondering "what are some blues standards every musician should know?" I need somewhat of a repertoire to fit in.

Thanks for the help!


Goolz check out my song on my myspace, its up now "On My Way v2.0".. Check the acoustic guitar with distortion solo Lol so hard to shredZorx on acoustic guitar.
That's a pretty sick track, man. I liked how the tempo increased into the solo.

[imgooley]

Blues standards?

Crossroads, Sweet Home Chicago, Stormy Monday, and Boom Boom are all good ones.

[slidething31]

I love the movie Animal House

[imgooley]

Me too

[slidething31]

"Do you mind if we dance wif yo dates?"

[Jackal58]

^ John Belushi's finest moment.
sinan90 is up on this weeks radio mix. Gus I got you down for the 24th. Your mix is fine.

[Dimebag22]

I'm writing a new acoustic song. It's got a messed up tuning.

E B F# G# B D#

I have no clue if it has a name though. Any ideas?

[imgooley]

That looks like 2 different chords.

You have a E Major 7 and a F#. Is it a Emaj13?

[Dimebag22]

Yeah I think that's it. But in a E maj 13, there is a C# too.

[TheDev01dOne]

Hectic tuning, I'm trying to work on DADFAD (Dm I ca do it okay) DADF#AD (Dmajor, know 1 song but learning more) and DADGAD (trying to learn to fingerpick interesting chord progs)

Why did Goolz get banned this time? Anyone know.. Gonna be quiet again without him.

[GD_GC]

NO! Goolz got banned again!

Well this fourm is gonna die without him again.

[TheDev01dOne]

I know, how will we ever go on!

Can you still do profile stuff if you're banned? Like upload songs.. Does Goolz have MSN?

[Dimebag22]

Yeah you can do profile stuff when you are banned. But he's gone for 45 now.

At least Goolz will get some fresh air :p:

[theneildeal]

so today is my 21st, and my bank account is brimming with £2000. Im considering making a big guitar-related purchase or saving for my post grad course. Any suggestions for gear??

[TheDev01dOne]

Buy a Matamp.

[theneildeal]

wow, those are some expensive amps! To me, i don't think that i could ever spend more than a grand on an amp, unless i had an incredible guitar

[TheDev01dOne]

Matamp are the bees knees. I still want a GT1.

Spend £1000 on a Matamp and £1000 on a guitar? Problem solvered.

BTW did you check out the new recording of my song? Is it good enough for Blues album #2?

[TNfootballfan62]

Buy the amp of your dreams! Or guitar, of your dreams! Or both!

[Dimebag22]

I know I already said this, but Happy Birthday bro.

Oh and buy an ES. :)

[sre9981]

Happy Birthday Neil and America

Pee Es: My guitar refinish is almost done, wewt!

[ze monsta]

Happy Birthday boss.

Get a Super Reverb!

I'm actually pissed off that Goolz got banned...Tis gonna be slow.

[Dimebag22]

I bet he's complaining in the FOTB right now. :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

Maybe one of you guys should get banned aswell to keep him company?

[theneildeal]

cheers guys!

im actually leaning towards saving for a postgrad, and maybe spending a bit on much needed recording equipment.

Im such a nerd.....

Tim, ill listen to your song now, but judging by your previous songs, i can almost guarantee that it'll be one of the best songs on the album!

[theneildeal]

im listening to your song, and its great! To me, it sounds like a indie blues songs, if you know what i mean, and its a great style. Also, its not deep blues (i.e. delta) so more non-blues fans will enjoy it.

Great work!


Ha, is that your dog barking at the end of the song??

[Beakwithteeth]

Maybe one of you guys should get banned aswell to keep him company?

I don't volunteer.


Happy Independence Day to everyone btw. I got to play in a marching band in a parade today and yesterday without having any idea what I was doing. And by got to I mean had to, no one shows up for summer marching band. I played bass drum and we had a 3 person drum line. :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

im listening to your song, and its great! To me, it sounds like a indie blues songs, if you know what i mean, and its a great style. Also, its not deep blues (i.e. delta) so more non-blues fans will enjoy it.

Great work!


Ha, is that your dog barking at the end of the song??

Thanks man, glad people like it, I'm actually quite proud of it myself. (Narcissistic I know)

And yeah the dogs are always making noise.. On the first recording of On My Way they bark at the end because the postman just came and they like to eat the mail.
On Stack Shot Billy the dog is howling almost all the way through, he howls to pretty much any musical instrument, even just CDs make him howl. He was trying to scratch his way into my speaker cab, howling whilst I was recording the guitar part for Stack Shot Billy.

I just leave it in, dogs are pretty bluesy Lol

Also I don't volunteer for the banning either, my next is a permaban :(

[GD_GC]

Happy birthday neil! You should get a marshall bluesbreaker if you have the cash, that is the best amp in the world.

And I've always wondered what it would be like to be banned, maybe I'll join Goolz. But I wouldn't know how to get myself banned. Did anyone see the post he got banned for? Its incredibly stupid that he got banned for it.

[Dimebag22]

Happy birthday neil! You should get a marshall bluesbreaker if you have the cash, that is the best amp in the world.

And I've always wondered what it would be like to be banned, maybe I'll join Goolz. But I wouldn't know how to get myself banned. Did anyone see the post he got banned for? Its incredibly stupid that he got banned for it.
He had a previous warning. And the thread was spam...

[sinan90]

I'm writing a new acoustic song. It's got a messed up tuning.

E B F# G# B D#

I have no clue if it has a name though. Any ideas?


Emaj9

E= root
B=5th
F#=9th
G#=major 3rd
B=5th
D#=Major 7th

[ze monsta]

Maybe one of you guys should get banned aswell to keep him company?
You can't post in other peoples threads in FoTB and you can't chat between threads.


And I've always wondered what it would be like to be banned, maybe I'll join Goolz. But I wouldn't know how to get myself banned. Did anyone see the post he got banned for? Its incredibly stupid that he got banned for it.

You could PM Frenchy and ask him to ban you for a week or something because you really need to work and UG distracts you. It doesn't go on record and I'm pretty sure they let you do that.

[theneildeal]

but goolz won't be able to talk to you

[ze monsta]

^Exactly - and you wouldn't be able to talk here. :p:

[theneildeal]

what did he get banned for??

[Jackal58]

^This it would appear. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=901053
Seems to have tripped up a couple of people.
Oh and happy birthday a day late. Hope you had a good one.
I think I should check my e-mail for any warnings. I think I may have gotten pretty rude yesterday. :)

Oh and buy a Les Paul Classic. You know you want too.

[theneildeal]

Just for that? He must have been on a warning.

Thanks for the happy birthday! Ive got a Les Paul (all be it an Epiphone) but ive gone pastthe stage of thinking that a les paul is the sexiest guitar in the world. Im a converted strat man at the moment!

[theneildeal]

by the way, is anyone else enraptured by the wimbledon final? i usually don't follow tennis, but i can't stop watching!

[GD_GC]

Just for that? He must have been on a warning.

Thanks for the happy birthday! Ive got a Les Paul (all be it an Epiphone) but ive gone pastthe stage of thinking that a les paul is the sexiest guitar in the world. Im a converted strat man at the moment!

I'm the same way! For the longest time, I thought a Les Paul was the best you could get, and I HATED strats, but then I actually played some nice ones, and now I'm 100% strat.

[ze monsta]

by the way, is anyone else enraptured by the wimbledon final? i usually don't follow tennis, but i can't stop watching!
Me to, I watch Wimbledon (it being close to me and pretty fun) but I can't play tennis to save my life.

The final is great, I've sat in front of the tele all evening. :haha

[Dimebag22]

I'm the same way! For the longest time, I thought a Les Paul was the best you could get, and I HATED strats, but then I actually played some nice ones, and now I'm 100% strat.
Same here brah. I still love my ESP EC 1000 Les Paul style guitar though. It's sexy :p:

[theneildeal]

yeah i used to hate strats. i thought that they were so bland.

The problem with wimbledon now is that there's a rain delay........ but top gear is on! Dilemma!

[ze monsta]

Exactly! It's bloody annoying.

Nicest strat ever:

http://www.fender.com/customshop/instruments/prod_images/guitars/9275000873_xl.gif

[slidething31]

I hope Nadal can pull it out.

I don't watch all that much tennis, but I love to play.


Edit: ^That thing is way too gaudy for me.

[theneildeal]

that's like a strat that wants to be a PRS

[ze monsta]

I thought it was more like a strat that wanted to be a les paul. I love that top though, it's incredible.

[TNfootballfan62]

Give it a white pickguard and i'd probably like it a lot more. Maybe lose the pickups, too, for some normal ones. I love the 12th fret inlay, though.

[ze monsta]

What is the nicest strat then? Preferably no sigs.

[Dimebag22]

I'm not a fan of that Strat that much. It's way too fancy for me :haha

[sre9981]

My two strats are my favorites.

Well, the one that is working is, the other one's just pissing me off right now, its electronics and straplocks need redone. Thats my project after my current refinish which...

http://i28.tinypic.com/suznz7.jpg

is progressing nicely.

[edit] Oh, and as much as I like my strats, I've been liking teles and semi-hollows more these days

[theneildeal]

a heavy relic with a maple wood fretboard. I love them

[Jackal58]

Just for that? He must have been on a warning.

Thanks for the happy birthday! Ive got a Les Paul (all be it an Epiphone) but ive gone pastthe stage of thinking that a les paul is the sexiest guitar in the world. Im a converted strat man at the moment!
You'll come back to it. ;) I did.

[theneildeal]

at the time i bought my les paul, i was a big guns n roses and led zep fan. But now, my favourite guitarists are clapton, mayer, hendrix and srv.

[gopherthegreat]

I prefer midly beat up up looking guitars with some stickers on it to some shiny, sexy Les paul, to be honest.

[GD_GC]

at the time i bought my les paul, i was a big guns n roses and led zep fan. But now, my favourite guitarists are clapton, mayer, hendrix and srv.

Yeah, same here man.

And my dream strat would be blue, with that mint greenish pick gaurd (like the 50's reissue Classic Players), beat up so that some of the finish is coming off, with a really beefy neck and a rosewood fretboard (I used to love maple, but I think I'm more a fan of rosewood now), and Texas Special pickups. :liplick:

[Dimebag22]

Yeah, same here man.

And my dream strat would be blue, with that mint greenish pick gaurd (like the 50's reissue Classic Players), beat up so that some of the finish is coming off, with a really beefy neck and a rosewood fretboard (I used to love maple, but I think I'm more a fan of rosewood now), and Texas Special pickups. :liplick:
I think I just came....

:p:

[gopherthegreat]

Right now my friend is trying that I-Doser thing in in my room. We're swithcing off for each different one.

[Dimebag22]

It doesn't work at all.

But I guess I just got tired of listening to annoying bleeps and blops after like 10 mins :haha

[Highbinder]

Yeah, same here man.

And my dream strat would be blue, with that mint greenish pick gaurd (like the 50's reissue Classic Players), beat up so that some of the finish is coming off, with a really beefy neck and a rosewood fretboard (I used to love maple, but I think I'm more a fan of rosewood now), and Texas Special pickups. :liplick:

Different strokes for different folks. Personally I've never been a fan of blue strats. Definately feeling the texas specials, tho. I wants for my strat :(

[Dimebag22]

Wait, which one are you doing Gopher?

[theneildeal]

yeah, the beat up strats just have th essence of a travelling bluesman. If i had a pristine strat, i would want it to look beat up, but i couldn't do that to a guitar! It would be like beating a woman!

[Jackal58]

How about a 30yr old beat Les Paul. :sad:

[theneildeal]

well, i wouldn't say no, but 30 year old beat Les Paul's are ridiculously expensive. Well, Gibson's in general are too expensive for what they are. I also find that Les Paul's are too heavy and they're uncomfortable.

But lets just hope that one day ill be in a position to turn down a beat up Les Paul for reasons other than financial!

[Jackal58]

I like the weight. I play my kids ESPs and I feel like I'm going to break them.

[TNfootballfan62]

I have Texas Specials in my strat. They are very nice pickups. If I ever end up with another strat, though, I'm probably looking Lindy Fralins.

[GD_GC]

Yeah, I want some Texas Specials someday.

But on another note, I saw a video of Gary Moore yesterday, and let me say this, he is one SHITTY guitarist. Man, that was horrible. It was a cover of Red House, and I've never seen anyone take a dump on a song like he did. Let me see if I can find the link.

EDIT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CxkzluURe7g

[TNfootballfan62]

For what Texas Specials cost now, I usually suggest people get handwound boutique stuff, like Lindy Fralins pickups, for instance. When i got my Texas Specials, they were a good bit cheaper than they are now, for some reason.

[GD_GC]

For what Texas Specials cost now, I usually suggest people get handwound boutique stuff, like Lindy Fralins pickups, for instance. When i got my Texas Specials, they were a good bit cheaper than they are now, for some reason.

Hmm, maybe I'll check into those. I don't have the cash for new pickups now, but I would like some in the near future.

And just to be fair, I watched some more Gary Moore videos, and hes not THAT bad, I just think he's going a little over the top, especially with that vibrato :shudders: