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Old 01-14-2011, 08:53 PM
 
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So what are we suppose to do - post YouTube videos, or talk about technique?
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Both would be fine.
I just played a funk gig the other day, and purchased a wah pedal today.
Anyone else play funk?
Paul Jackson jr. is a great funk/pop rhytm guitarist.
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I love funk! It's hard to top the Godfather but I'll throw in some Meters as well:

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Playing funk and soul music is the only thing keeping me sane while I try and tackle this jazz thing!
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Galactic is one of my favorite funk bands out there right now (probably noticed I have a thing for the New Orleans sound!):

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Stanton Moore is the man!
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You've heard the super solid studio cut, but this one is indestructible.

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Robert Palmer with Lowell George and The Meters ...

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Let's not forget Herbie!

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The Meters "Just Kissed My Baby" is my favorite New Orleans funk tune.

Btw, this is a youtube clip but there's no video, beyond a picture of the single. Great groove, and I LOVE the vocal. "Feel like a king, yeah, 'cause I just kissed my baby..."

YouTube - The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby
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What is the ultimate funk-guitar in you guy's opinion?
I have 5 electrics, all humbucking guitars. I did a funk gig with a semi hollow G&L ASAT deluxe. The guitar gets some decent split sounds, however it is not a real singlecoil sound. Most people seem to mention strats and tele's as the ultimate funk weapon. I have been considering getting a good strat for a while..
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Love this stuff. Not a lot of time in my schedule right now to learn a new style, but after I graduate (next spring) I'm going to turn attention to this, more blues, and playing the piano.

I've got a DVD of Funk Rhythm Guitar that I've made it about halfway through. What would you say overall are the big differences in technique between jazz and funk guitar? Seems to me the chords in funk are a lot simpler, but the rhythms are more complex and more integrated in with the rest of the rhythm section.

I've got a Strat (84 reissue of a 68) that I'll probably use for it.
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What is the ultimate funk-guitar Most people seem to mention strats and tele's as the ultimate funk weapon. I have been considering getting a good strat for a while..

100 percent strat.
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100 percent strat.
I think you are right. I might have to get one. I never liked playing them, but they sound great for many things. I played a really nice Fender customshop 60's strat NOS. I think that one is the way to go for me...
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I know strats have that defacto funk tone but I like bringing something different to the table. Lately Ive been leaning towards my ES 330 for funk but my 335 is still my #1.
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Well having seen that Rufus video I had to throw these 2 on the pile

YouTube - Rufus & Chaka Khan " Have A Good Time "[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

YouTube - Chaka Khan ft Rufus - Somebody's Watching You[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

Those guys were something and what a set of pipes she had!!
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I know strats have that defacto funk tone but I like bringing something different to the table. Lately Ive been leaning towards my ES 330 for funk but my 335 is still my #1.
These guitars will definitely provide a more r&b an jazzy sound, which is cool.
Which setting do you use on the 335?
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Strat would be cool, but so would something with a P90 imo.
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These guitars will definitely provide a more r&b an jazzy sound, which is cool.
Which setting do you use on the 335?
I stay on the neck pup and run through a Tim pedal into a Headstrong Royal Reverb or my '73 Super Reverb.

You're right though, I definitely like my funk mixed with some R&B and Soul flavor. I like a little meat on the bones if you know what I mean!

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Jimmy Nolen interview

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What type of guitar is that?

This is a "Stratafresher" [a Straighter, made in Japan by Fresher]. Everybody thinks it's a Stratocaster. It's got everything built into it that you would need on the floor, like the floor pedals and stuff like that. It's got sustain, the phase, and automatic wah-*wah built in. This is the only good guitar that's made like that. It works out very good. I been playing this a couple of years. It's very nice.

How many guitars do you have?

I got two. The other is known as the Black Widow. Acoustic didn’t make but one style of guitar like that, and they discon*tinued it. They was making amps, so they tried out making guitars for one year. [Ed. Note: The semi‑hollow Black Widow was marketed by Acoustic in 1972 and '73.] Sometimes I use both of them. I had been playing the Black Widow for about eight years, and before that I played Gibson.

What kind of guitar did you play on "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"?

That was a Gibson hollow‑box ES‑1 75. That's one of the early‑style guitars. T‑Bone and Lowell Fulson had them at that time. It was hard to get used to playing anything else, but to play with James it wasn't sharp enough.

How do you hold your pick?

Between my thumb and my pointing finger mostly. I use up‑ and down strokes. I rest my little finger on the pickguard and operate from the wrist. I don’t sling my whole arm. Everything is strictly from the wrist.
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Love this stuff. Not a lot of time in my schedule right now to learn a new style, but after I graduate (next spring) I'm going to turn attention to this, more blues, and playing the piano.
Check this book out when you get a chance. It's like a master class in keeping it simple and keeping it fonky!

Amazon.com: The Funkmasters-the Great James Brown Rhythm Sections (Manhattan Music Publications) (0029156203028): Allan Slutsky, Chuck Silverman: Books
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Paul Jackson jr. is a great funk/pop rhytm guitarist.
Paul Jackson jr is great but I wish his albums weren't so smoooooth.
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Paul Jackson jr is great but I wish his albums weren't so smoooooth.
Haven't heard any of his leader stuff, but he sure is a fantastic rhythm guitarist.
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Eddie Hazel, anyone?

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I realize it's soloing and no comping, but he's pretty much the P-Funk guitarist.

Or Prince?

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Thanks for starting this thread, Soco. It's nice to have something I feel I can actually contribute to.
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Here's my contribution. This me and another guy doing Cissy Strut by the Meters, the Scofield arrangement. I think I programmed the bass and drums, can't remember. I think I used a $200 Chinese archtop.

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I love funk. To me, of the current crop of funk artists, Prince and Marcus Miller are top 0' the heap.

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My buddy here wants me to join him at a funk show tonight. The band is Lettuce with special guest Maceo Parker.

Seems the funkadelic thing is growin these days. I don't know if I have the energy anymore. I should pass, but I think I might go for it.
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My buddy here wants me to join him at a funk show tonight. The band is Lettuce with special guest Maceo Parker.

Seems the funkadelic thing is growin these days. I don't know if I have the energy anymore. I should pass, but I think I might go for it.
You need to go to that show! That's a lot of funk and soul on one stage.
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Go for it!
+1 on Prince, a great funk guitarist.
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Here are two Sly and the Family Stone clips
The first one is early on and the James Brown influence is really clear;
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The next one is a few years later;
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A very young Buzz Feiten with the fonkey version of The Rascals.

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Buzz Feiten first big gig with Paul Butterfield.

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