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Post by Vinny on Sept 5, 2023 22:10:24 GMT
borborygmus Peter, I like the carbon additions to the top bracing as it allows for bracings to be lighter in cross section and the extra stiffness allows the top to be thinner too. This adds volume to a small instrument as I think owners will verify. The bracing pattern is also very symmetrical which I've felt gives an evenness to the guitar's range. But that's my thoughts and echo's the comments from owners who've given me feedback on their instruments. I have built with the Falcate brace pattern but without any carbon (increased brace heights). That produces a more mellow sound at a much reduced volume. Francis I can vouch for this. My Milsom is a great guitar.
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Post by Vinny on Aug 22, 2023 16:10:45 GMT
This is the best guitar book I’ve ever seen. Even the practice pieces are musically pleasing. Interesting insights throughout. After such accolades I decided to invest. Got to 'In the beginning' P27 to find two of the longitudinal exercises (3rd and 6th) impossible. If that's the beginning, the book is doomed to failure (or should I say I am!). I cannot see any amount of practice deforming me sufficiently to make those stretches.... I’m similarly doomed as regards accomplishing playing everything. I skipped anything that didn’t sound good to me, ie. stuff I couldn’t manage! I wouldn’t attempt every exercise, but find I still play some just because they sound nice. For example, pages 34 and 35 (tracks 10+11 on cd1) or p40-45 (track 19) are nice tunes in their own right. When it comes to the performance pieces at the back of the book, I only play Sí Beag, Sí Mór, and that far from perfectly. You’ve encouraged me to root out the book again. I think it’s a very comprehensive book, with fingerstyle, strumming, and lots of interesting tips. I can’t read standard notation but use the tab. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to play all or even most of it, but found it a good resource and a good read too. Plough ahead, I wouldn’t treat it as an incremental course, there’s more than enough to leave some of it out! Good luck.
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Post by Vinny on Jul 31, 2023 17:43:38 GMT
Go for it, John. I’d agree with all of the above advice. Think of all the Gordon Lightfoot strums. One advantage that you have as a non plectrum user is that you can decide how best to hold it and not develop a technique which can be difficult to unlearn, like I did. I hold it between my thumb and first TWO fingers, using the pads of all three. This didn’t seem a problem until I attempted hybrid picking like Paul Brady’s Arthur McBride or Lakes of Ponchartrain, which highlighted the waste of the middle finger. That’s my excuse for my version of hybrid picking.
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Post by Vinny on Jul 20, 2023 9:15:40 GMT
Make sure that you get the right book. There's a songbook of the same name - have no idea if it's any good - that Google found first for me and it would be easy for a careless person to almost buy the wrong one accidentally. Please don't ask how I know that This one: www.amazon.co.uk/Acoustic-Guitar-Bible-Eric-Roche/dp/1844920631This is the best guitar book I’ve ever seen. Even the practice pieces are musically pleasing. Interesting insights throughout.
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Post by Vinny on Jul 6, 2023 14:59:39 GMT
Best of luck, Francis.
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Post by Vinny on Jun 2, 2023 8:36:27 GMT
I’ve heard of spider capos. Maybe this is the spider guitar. linkAs the old joke goes, you can prove that a spider’s ears are on its legs, because if you pull all its limbs off, it doesn’t come when you call its name. Actually, spiders don’t have ears as such, but they do indeed hear with their legs, by means of a smattering of specialised fine hairs that are stimulated by airborne vibrations and connected to nerve cells at their base.
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Post by Vinny on Jun 2, 2023 8:31:32 GMT
Gordon Lightfoot (1972) in concert tonight on BBC4 at 9:00p.m.
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Post by Vinny on May 12, 2023 22:48:11 GMT
I’m tuning out.
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Post by Vinny on May 12, 2023 12:15:18 GMT
I have had my tuner for 6 years. I use it almost every day and it’s still faultless. It is also the most accurate I have used. It’s not cheap but, as with most things, you get what you pay for. See TC electronic polytuneBrian Best I’ve used too. Bought a Peterson stroboclip recently, but Polytune still best for me.
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Post by Vinny on May 2, 2023 12:45:06 GMT
Was listening to him today when I heard this in The Watchman’s Out. He can turn his face proudly to the sky.
If you find me feeding daisies Please turn my face up to the sky And leave me be, watching the moon roll by. Whatever I was, you know it was all because I been on the town, washing the bullshit down.
The watchman's out, kicking your dreams about. It feels so good, knowing the watchman's gone. It's like a song, knowing the watchman's gone.
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Post by Vinny on May 2, 2023 8:46:03 GMT
Sad news. He was a prolific songwriter.
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Post by Vinny on Apr 21, 2023 18:34:45 GMT
Very good. Love the end credits.
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Post by Vinny on Mar 31, 2023 22:35:48 GMT
Practice? I don't understand the concept... You don’t need to, Leo. That’s only for us mortals.
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Post by Vinny on Mar 1, 2023 15:32:01 GMT
Trickenbocker Glory? Sweet.
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Post by Vinny on Feb 22, 2023 22:51:06 GMT
Anyone come across an “Oven Ready” guitar? I’d be “torrified” if I saw one of those.
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