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Originally Posted by QAman
If anyone is ever in the market for a guitar, I suggest contacting QAman first to see what he may have to offer. You couldn't deal with a nicer and more knowledgeable person.
Originally Posted by nick1994
Thanks very much Nick. I've only had the guitar for a short while and I'm really loving it.
Originally Posted by John A.
Thanks John! I do get a case of the nerves when recording and tend to leave out some things that I can normally include when playing for myself. It's something on hoping that participating in this group will help me work on.
Originally Posted by Doublea A
Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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01-24-2018 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rlrhett
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Originally Posted by PaulW10
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Originally Posted by Doublea A
The guitar is a modern take on an acoustic archtop made by an obscure luthier from Southern California. Trying to capture some of the acoustic, non-amplified magic of a 30's L5 or Epi De Luxe. It has a carbon fiber soundboard which makes it's acoustic voice very loud and clear. It also weighs about 4lbs total, so it is nice to hang on a strap. There are only 4 out there "in the wild", half of which are being played with nylon strings and have a round soundhole (like my avatar). I have it on good authority that the luthier has 5 on order so there should be more out there soon.
How do I know so much? I'm that obscure luthier toiling away trying to get a few more built! I've been building guitars for over 15 years as therapy and hobby business. I developed these guitars only in the last couple of years, and now have to deal with the stress of actual backorders and people waiting on their guitars. The adage is true: careful what you wish for. But it is hard to innovate in guitar building, and I'm proud of what I've come up with.
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Hey Guys,
Here is my rendition. Its such a beautiful melody that I'm trying to get it to sing as much as I can. The harmony is pretty much regular stuff except in a few spots where I move the bass a little to make a connection. The groove is the thing I have a challenge with on this one. I'm trying to play it with a pulse and light swing without over powering the sweetness of the melody.
thanks for listening
all the best
Tim
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Originally Posted by TLerch
John
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Originally Posted by TLerch
Love it. Great playing as always. I need a little more of your "regular stuff" harmony apparently. :-) Thanks for posting, Tim. All the best.
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Originally Posted by TLerch
Paul
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Nice, we got TL in, now it's a party!
So folks, just a suggestion...this seems to be a friendly and supportive group...now, we've given each other a lot of pats on the back, but maybe, if someone is seeking some comments and critique on their take, can I suggest they just tag their post #c&cwelcome?
I'm going to tag mine now.
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thanks Guys, I didn't talk about my choices etc in the video because i wasn't sure if that's what the group was into. if there was some interest I could make another vid discussing some of the choices etc. (if I can remember what I did )
So far there are some really nice renditions all of them are cool each in its own way.
TimLast edited by TLerch; 01-24-2018 at 09:23 PM.
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So after doing the "Talk through" clips, I decided to day to try a couple of straight "play through" clips. Gotta say, though, as good as everyone sounds, I'm a little hesitant to put this up. Let's just say it's still a work in progress.
For fun, two guitars: a 1954 Gibson L50 with the DeArmond "Guitar Mike" pickup, and an Epiphone Zephyr Regent Re-Issue with a P90-Bucker type pickup installed. Don't know how I feel about either of these, yet...
Any kind observations and helpful advice other players can offer are welcome.
Last edited by lawson-stone; 01-25-2018 at 09:39 AM.
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I wanted to give some feedback to people, indivually...
John A., when you start swinging, man, it sounds great. Great little bluesy inflections. Honestly, I know you hear some rough edges, I hear a first take that by the third or so would have all the kinks worked out.
Lawson. You sound so relaxed playing your own ideas...not that you asked for any advice, but I'm not sure why you spend a lot of time here playing other people's ideas out of instructional materials, your own ideas are much better, and they're YOU. Well, except for the Raney group, that shit is GOLD.
Alltunes, some very cool voicing in there...including some open strings, which I love.
Nick1994, didn't want to leave you out, but for whatever reason, I'm not able to see anything in your post.
Matt, I'm feeling the "in time rubato." You've definitely inspired me to go for another take...
Rlhett...first of all props, for changing key...looking forward to hearing the whole thing...I can hear you thinking through this tune in your playing, and I like that, no stock, canned moves.
My iPad is acting funky, let me post this and see who I missed in a bit...
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Paul w, those rolling arpeggios really add to the romanticism of your take. Very nice!
Ah, nick, sound cloud was being a jerk (because it's a shit app) lots to enjoy here. You seem to get cooking once you start improvising. Nice.
And Tim, so many lovely Ted Greene nods here, but still all you. I particularly like you our little grace note approaches to so many of the melody notes...brings that blues sense to it, which is never a bad thing.
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I've been enjoying everyone's submissions so far! Here's my attempt, warts and all...
Paul
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Originally Posted by PaulD
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When I learn a new tune I usually search the internet for ideas. If I hit upon this thread it would be like hitting the jackpot!
I enjoyed listening and or watching each and every performance above...there are so many ideas and approaches to learn from.
Anybody willing to post a few chord grips? Doesn't have to be the whole performance...maybe just a snippet here and there? I'm getting better but sometimes I can't pick up a chord from just watching/listening.
For PC users; Movie Maker from Microsoft is a free program with a fairly intuitive interface for video editing.
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Originally Posted by TLerch
Your treatment here hits a wonderful middle-ground between the technical complexity of the Ted Greene approach and the freedom and use of more accessible "grips" that Joe Pass advocated. Plus, and this is just subjective, it feels like jazz to me. I would love to hear how a chord-melodic improvisational chorus would sound.
So... the pitching here just got way faster, folks!
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
You know how much I respect both your playing and your opinions, and I also respect your total immersion in your family's life! Something about a jazz guy playing something and kids playing in the background... LOUDLY... made me happy for you.
Thanks for your insight here. I have a problem with how to use my ideas. I have a lot of ideas, but when I play, somehow the same old crap comes out and everything I play sounds the same. I tend to try out other people's arrangements and material to fertilize my mind. Admittedly, the Jeff Arnold book is so basic I am finding it a little frustrating.
The Raney stuff is just so exciting to play... and I learn so much working through those solos. It's like a master class in bebop. I still haven't been able to work a lot of the phrases into my own playing, but I can tell my sense of time has vastly improved, the tempos at which I'm comfortable are way higher than when I started, so I'm happy learning the Raney stuff.
Like the man says, it'll have to do until the real thing comes along!
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Originally Posted by PaulD
John
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Originally Posted by alltunes
Probably would be really helpful to make requests about certain sections, measures, or even timestamps if it's a specific video/audio. I'd imagine that general requests would be well received too . Something like: "How is everyone dealing with the Eb7#11 voicings in measure 2? Can we post some fingerings for those?" or "Jeff, what are you playing at 3:30-3:36 in your video?" etc.
Just a thought.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
I couldn't decide which guitar I liked better. Definitely two distinctive tones and both were quite nice.
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Originally Posted by PaulD
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Originally Posted by nick1994
Hi Nick,
Somehow I missed your second post until just now. I really like it a lot. I personally enjoy hearing a rubato and contemplative feel from solo guitar like you get here. I also like the lower octave melody notes in the opening. I usually play everything up an octave from as written first then go back to a lower register when changing, but I like the reverse way of that like you do here. Nice.
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Hi Guys,
Here is a overview/breakdown of my version followed by few improvised choruses.
enjoy I hope it is helpful.
all the best
Tim
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Originally Posted by TLerch
Thanks again!
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