So what exactly did I say that’s wrong?
That some people sound great in other contexts even though it’s not their A1 shit?
Not sure why that’s controversial but sure.
That's just totally wrong.
You DO have to be able to negotiate all kinds of "feels".
Be they straight or swung. It doesn't matter.
Imagine a guy on a gig telling the band that "no I don't do...
I ordered a Canadian-made Vineham Royal neck humbucker to go into my Franken-Stang but before I could get that done, I bought a Jet JJ-350 (a cheap but nice Chinese Jazzmaster shaped guitar). The...
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I think C and I are going to have to agree to disagree. As someone who gigged in funk bands for over a decade, I wouldn't call this version of Sunny a funk tune. Both funk and shuffle have an element...
I think that’s kind of Christians point. We don’t need everybody to be everything.
Peter Bernstein isn’t a funk guitarist but I love listening to him play that vibe.
(And your above...
It's not that hard:
"Sunny" was straight, and that "Blues for John" was swung.
Have you ever heard some of the "true-blue" jazz guys trying to play a funk type thing or even swung 16ths?
MANY...
Sunny is a straight funk feel, the track James posted is a shuffle.
the first has an equal division of 16ths and the second has an inequality, a “swing” if you will.
As in ‘hey guitarist, stop...
A really nice pickup in a cheap guitar
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