I love this tune. I used to accompany a friend on clarinet on it before he passed away. The Duke Robillard version that the OP links to is really nice.
Here’s my attempt on solo guitar. I’ve been doing a lot more gardening than practicing lately, so it’s rough. I’ll try to work on finger mechanics and clean it up.
It's been awhile since i last logged in here, but there's a strange synchronicity in that i was just playing
'If I Had You' a couple of days ago, and here it is as this month's standard...
and so, off to the shed i will head, since there are still a few days left in the month!!!
In any case, here's a quick 'baseline' recording, playing the melody and changes from memory, and
without the benefit of my 2nd cup of am coffee:
Hopefully it will get a little better...
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Nowadays I practice five days each week, leading up to the Friday night recording session. I feel that I learn as much during that hour as I would have in the preceding days. I had fun trying out...
Brite does not necessarily equal bright. Marketing hype is just that. I've tried a lot of flatwound strings, and none of them sound like roundwounds. I'm not a fan of dead-sounding strings. There...
These two look cheaper - not as sturdy, maybe plastic. But I ordered the first one from 'zon because it's easy enough to return for free if it's junk. And it looks like it's not width adjustable. ...
Funny you should mention Smith, I've been doing this thing every few months, I pick an artist and listen to 5 consecutive albums on 5 consecutive nights...tonight I'm going to finish off a run of...
They did. Consistent quality control. Gibsons are pretty hit-or-miss these days.
Anyways, the H-575 is sorta like an ES-175 and Gibson doesn't make that model any more.
Personally, I like what...
On their current website, Heritage does not describe the top or back plates of the H-575 as carved, or even solid wood. They do mention that the rims are solid wood.
Here is the relevant copy from...
I don't think good or poor conduction is the issue, but which will result in the tone desired. When I replaced the stock metal bridge of adjustable metal saddles on my arch top with a single piece...
They are all USA made. Price wise, it sounds like a lot and I don’t understand the solid rim either. On the other hand, try finding a decent, used, es-175 for under 4K. I’ll guess they saw that...
Just Friends -- or keeping things simple
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