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Post by Riverman on Apr 29, 2015 16:02:20 GMT
Is it my imagination or does Ben, at about 0:20 on the Folk Awards song, make a very very slight mistake - and then pull the sort of face that we all do when playing in front of people, even though we know we should just look like we really meant to play that?
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Post by Riverman on Apr 29, 2015 14:13:02 GMT
Terrific report Keith, sounds like a brilliant weekend. And incredibly good value for money, with everything included. Well, except the whisky...
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Post by Riverman on Apr 19, 2015 19:26:46 GMT
The incomparable US guitarist, singer and all round musical genius Geoff Muldaur starts a short UK tour next week. He's only playing half a dozen gigs - details at: www.geoffmuldaur.com/tour.htmlIn an act of shameless self promotion I should mention that I'll be the opening support act for his show at Wigan Parish Church on Tuesday 28th April, courtesy of promoter David Cartlidge who puts on a wonderful series of folk and roots music concerts there. It's a surprisingly excellent venue for acoustic music, with a great sound system and a bar which is run by the vicar! www.acoustic-roots.co.uk/This will be Geoff's only North West gig of this tour and I'd strongly recommend that any forum members within reach of Wigan try to get there. There are a few tickets left, but I understand they're going fast. Here's a video of Geoff to give you a taste. He really is a superb musician with a back story that includes some of the biggest names in American roots music. Check out his Wikipedia entry for details. Hope to see some forum members there! Cheers, Richard
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Post by Riverman on Apr 16, 2015 10:52:33 GMT
Andy P, I should have said that when I cut my nails short I also ditched the thumb pick, for exactly that reason.
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Post by Riverman on Apr 14, 2015 17:06:32 GMT
Fascinating stuff slasher. How many separate sessions are involved? I'd assumed it was just one day.
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Post by Riverman on Apr 14, 2015 13:33:17 GMT
For years I grew the fingernails on my right hand, and hated the sound when I trimmed them (always inevitably a bit shorter than I intended to!). About ten years ago I started using a thumb pick, and once I got used to it I really liked the extra definition on the bass notes. But as I got older my nails seemed to get more fragile, and I developed a split on the middle one that refused to mend. For reasons I can't quite remember now, I decided to cut them all short and see what happened. Surprisingly, it wasn't all that long before I acclimatised to the softer sound, and now I'd hate to go back to the endless faff of trying to keep nails at the perfect length, and in good shape. Or visiting the nail salon every couple of weeks. Mind you, developing callouses on the right hand was every bit as painful as it was for the left hand all those years ago... I remember hearing Stefan Grossman say, at a workshop, that he hated the feel of long nails and in any event preferred the sound of flesh. There are plenty of other players who manage to sound great without nails as well, so I persuaded myself that any perceived shortcomings in the sound were problems of technique rather than hardware. Finger picks are a whole different ballgame; they make a huge difference to the dynamics if you play a resonator guitar, but now that I'm used to playing au natural I can't really be bothered with them either. As with most things guitar related I guess it's a case of each to his or her own!
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Post by Riverman on Apr 14, 2015 0:10:17 GMT
I've always found "a number" to be the best response. If asked "yes, but what number?", repeat as required.
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Post by Riverman on Apr 13, 2015 22:16:44 GMT
Being allowed to ask the question is not the same as having the right to a clear and unequivocal answer...
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Post by Riverman on Apr 13, 2015 19:40:10 GMT
Hey creamburmese, unless you're actually married to leoroberts I'm not sure that's a question you're allowed to ask...
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Post by Riverman on Apr 11, 2015 19:13:37 GMT
Beautiful guitar! The Faith models I've played have all been nicely designed, well built guitars and seemed to offer really good VFM. Have fun getting acquainted.
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Post by Riverman on Apr 8, 2015 22:07:04 GMT
Blimey, no pressure then...
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Post by Riverman on Apr 8, 2015 21:40:34 GMT
Whilst I'm happy to tweak a truss rod or sand the underside of a saddle, I've always thought of nut adjustment as a job for those with considerably more skill (and better, more appropriate tools) than me. All credit to anyone with the nerve to go for it, but I'd rather pay my trusted tech and know it'll be done perfectly.
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Post by Riverman on Apr 7, 2015 21:05:10 GMT
You could probably adapt, but that would bug me.
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Post by Riverman on Apr 6, 2015 18:45:02 GMT
Could be, but more likely something to do with your body chemistry. Someone once played a guitar of mine for about five minutes and killed the strings stone dead. Best advice would be to try a variety of brands/alloys, and different makes of coated strings. You might find one set that can resist whatever it is you're doing to your current brand.
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Post by Riverman on Apr 6, 2015 14:55:38 GMT
But if you do (or somebody else does), just don't listen...
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