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![]() "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:59:48 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: Mid winter boredom setting in, so I've been getting back into the guitars. I "self" taught myself and learned a bunch of bad habits, so I got some DVD instructional videos and have been practicing and trying to correct some of my long established bad techniques. I've finally mastered "Lying Eyes", doing both the chord progressions and riffs on a Taylor acoustic/electric. Even Mrs. E. is impressed. But, yesterday I visited our local "Music Unlimited" store. They sell both new, used and consignment instruments. One consignment guitar caught my eye. It was the Eric Clapton model of a Fender Stratocaster. I resisted at first, went home, then said "screw it" and went back and bought it. It's in perfect, like-new condition. What nice guitar! I love it. The pickups are so hot that you have to turn the gain on the amp down to about half that used for the other electrics I have, including the Les Paul Gibson. And it has that very characteristic Clapton sound. Happy picker, here. This is the exact model: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...on_cardiff.jpg The upper end Strats are very nice guitars. You would love to play my Strat if you like that one. Gimme, gimme, gimme. I'll trade a ride on the new .... oppps. Eisboch |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:43:05 -0500, HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:15:29 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould wrote: I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun with these out on the boat next summer. I like to do "colors" at sundown, and blow taps on the shuttle pipe. That manages to annoy everybody for 30-40 yards around. With a great highland pipe, I will be heard for about half a mile in all directions. :-) I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I've always wanted to learn how to play the pipes. If only for the annoyance factor. :) You think your annoyance factor is not high enough already? :-) One must always strive for excellence. |
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On Feb 13, 7:13*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:59:48 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: Mid winter boredom setting in, so I've been getting back into the guitars.. I "self" taught myself and learned a bunch of bad habits, so I got some DVD instructional videos and have been practicing and trying to correct some of my *long established bad techniques. * I've finally mastered "Lying Eyes", doing both the chord progressions and riffs on a Taylor acoustic/electric.. Even Mrs. E. is impressed. But, yesterday I visited our local "Music Unlimited" store. *They sell both new, used and consignment instruments. One consignment guitar caught my eye. *It was the Eric Clapton model of a Fender Stratocaster. * I resisted at first, went home, then said "screw it" and went back and bought it. *It's in perfect, like-new condition. What nice guitar! * I love it. *The pickups are so hot that you have to turn the gain on the amp down to about half that used for the other electrics I have, including the Les Paul Gibson. * And it has that very characteristic Clapton sound. Happy picker, here. This is the exact model: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...on_cardiff.jpg The upper end Strats are very nice guitars. You would love to play my Strat if you like that one.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Or my... shhhhhhhhhhhh......... ![]() |
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On Feb 13, 4:36�pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:15:29 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould wrote: I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun with these out on the boat next summer. I like to do "colors" at sundown, and blow taps on the shuttle pipe. That manages to annoy everybody for 30-40 yards around. With a great highland pipe, I will be heard for about half a mile in all directions. :-) I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I've always wanted to learn how to play the pipes. If only for the annoyance factor. �:) Good news. There are only nine notes on the chanter. However, between grace notes (sort of like 256th notes, or the percussive "pop" on a Hammond organ) and a host of tricky little moves with marvelously strange celtic names- getting around those nine notes properly and precisely takes about seven years for the average person to do at a semi-accomplished level. In the beginning, having prior experience reading music is a detriment. In bagpipe notation the long notes are presumed to be longer than written and the short notes shorter. It also takes some adjustment to the non-Western scale. Low "A" on the bagpipe is where most people would listen for B flat, or even B. Beyond that, the scale is something like a major scale but with an augmented fourth and a diminished seventh. Its sort of a combination of an Aabic scale and scales used in Europe druing the Middle Ages. One of these days I'm going to try the organ solo from "Light My Fire" on the bagpipe. Will have to work around the range a bit, but particularly the middle part of the long version (the bit where all the solos are based on a repetitive A minor and B minor progression) that uses almost the same Arabic motif that would sound super on the GHP. |
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![]() "Chuck Gould" wrote in message ... You only live once. I'm ready to upgrade from my practice chanter and the "shuttle pipe" I've been learning to play. Ready to buy my next musical instrument. Lusting after #5, but with the GBP at $1.96 I may settle for something less elaborate. :-) The maker of these pipes is acknowledged as one of the world's foremost masters of the craft. http://www.hendersonreedmakers.com/pages/bagpipes.htm I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun with these out on the boat next summer. I like to do "colors" at sundown, and blow taps on the shuttle pipe. That manages to annoy everybody for 30-40 yards around. With a great highland pipe, I will be heard for about half a mile in all directions. :-) For rather obvious reasons, morning colors (0800) are made without benefit of music. -------------------------------------- I give you a lot of credit. Bags are not something many lust to learn. But, they *do* have a certain appeal in certain ceremonial occasions. Maybe I've been shortsighted. Mrs.E. puts up with my amateur capabilities on keyboards, piano, sax, trumpet, trombone, guitars, banjo and mandolin (which she bought me), but I've never tried the bags. Might produce some powerful negotiating power when discussing giving up music versus horse hobbies ! :-) Eisboch |
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![]() "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...&search=t rue That's awesome. Thanks! I can dream, can't I? The guy doing the "Bar Blues" is playing the same Gibson I have (or very similar), but I can't play quite like that. The Gibson sounds best on a big old Messa Boogie tube amp that I picked up a couple of years ago. The reverb unit is bad, so I don't use it much anymore. I should get it fixed. Eisboch Sign up for Gibson's newsletter. It seems about every 4th one contains something as useful as the one I gave you. Your post is ironic. I just did, although I've had the Gibson for a couple of years. I also registered and signed up for the Taylor guitar equivalent. Eisboch |
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![]() "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:30:11 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...&search=t rue That's awesome. Thanks! I can dream, can't I? The guy doing the "Bar Blues" is playing the same Gibson I have (or very similar), but I can't play quite like that. The Gibson sounds best on a big old Messa Boogie tube amp that I picked up a couple of years ago. The reverb unit is bad, so I don't use it much anymore. I should get it fixed. Is it one of the spring jobbies? Yup. One or both of the transformers at the ends are (is) bad. I checked on having it fixed, and it's no problem. I just haven't bothered hauling it down to the music joint. Eisboch |
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![]() "Chuck Gould" wrote in message ... On Feb 13, 4:36?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:15:29 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould wrote: I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun with these out on the boat next summer. I like to do "colors" at sundown, and blow taps on the shuttle pipe. That manages to annoy everybody for 30-40 yards around. With a great highland pipe, I will be heard for about half a mile in all directions. :-) I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I've always wanted to learn how to play the pipes. If only for the annoyance factor. ?:) Good news. There are only nine notes on the chanter. However, between grace notes (sort of like 256th notes, or the percussive "pop" on a Hammond organ) and a host of tricky little moves with marvelously strange celtic names- getting around those nine notes properly and precisely takes about seven years for the average person to do at a semi-accomplished level. In the beginning, having prior experience reading music is a detriment. In bagpipe notation the long notes are presumed to be longer than written and the short notes shorter. It also takes some adjustment to the non-Western scale. Low "A" on the bagpipe is where most people would listen for B flat, or even B. Beyond that, the scale is something like a major scale but with an augmented fourth and a diminished seventh. Its sort of a combination of an Aabic scale and scales used in Europe druing the Middle Ages. One of these days I'm going to try the organ solo from "Light My Fire" on the bagpipe. Will have to work around the range a bit, but particularly the middle part of the long version (the bit where all the solos are based on a repetitive A minor and B minor progression) that uses almost the same Arabic motif that would sound super on the GHP. I want to hear it. Eisboch |
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![]() "John Q. Public" wrote in message ... In message , Eisboch is alleged to have said: This is the exact model: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...on_cardiff.jpg Blackie rules. Ah, huh. Unbelievable guitar for an amateur like me. Eisboch |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:52:31 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote: It also takes some adjustment to the non-Western scale. Low "A" on the bagpipe is where most people would listen for B flat, or even B. Beyond that, the scale is something like a major scale but with an augmented fourth and a diminished seventh. Its sort of a combination of an Aabic scale and scales used in Europe druing the Middle Ages. I just looked at the scale and it does seem to have an Arabic feel to it with the low g/a, high g/a combination. Kind of lilke a C major scale with a half-whole-augmented kind of deal. One of these days I'm going to try the organ solo from "Light My Fire" on the bagpipe. I'd be really impressed if you did the 13 minute organ solo from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". :) |
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