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·Time to bump up this thead (and listen to Barrie Cadogan 😉)
Any guitar players in the house?
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·I’ve been playing about 55 years, blues, blues rock, classic rock, southern rock. My band was active until COVID hit and I semi retired from gigs when I turned 70.
I miss getting on stage but I don’t miss the late nights and hauling a couple of hundred pounds of gear, I owned part of the PA.
Some live recordings from a local gig….google RED White and Blues Band of Woodstock on reverb nation.
I miss getting on stage but I don’t miss the late nights and hauling a couple of hundred pounds of gear, I owned part of the PA.
Some live recordings from a local gig….google RED White and Blues Band of Woodstock on reverb nation.
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BrotherInArms
·New to the forum. Big fan of Mark Knopfler as my alias suggests - his tasteful playing, choice of guitars (and watches) are inspirational to me!
Personally I play a bit of acoustic blues and ragtime, but a busy family life means is rare that I’m able to pick up a guitar.
Personally I play a bit of acoustic blues and ragtime, but a busy family life means is rare that I’m able to pick up a guitar.
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Charlemagne1333
·New to the forum. Big fan of Mark Knopfler as my alias suggests - his tasteful playing, choice of guitars (and watches) are inspirational to me!
Personally I play a bit of acoustic blues and ragtime, but a busy family life means is rare that I’m able to pick up a guitar.
A great guitarist, who appreciates Speedmasters.
Is there a better pairing?
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Walrus
·Exactly, looks like he has a few as well
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·He does some excellent you tube instruction videos as well, they are a pleasure to watch.
A total expert at their craft is always a pleasure to watch. Long ago I was working on a construction site for a power station in Scotland (only just in, that spray from the sea soaked me quite a few times). We had the best welders in the company but sometimes they didn't do the job well enough -- and there was radiographic inspection of every weld. So that was when the Welding Foreman earned his money. With some fault inside a 4inch deep weld he could scoop it out like ice-cream and fill back out perfectly. The word would go round and there would be an audience 4 deep to watch him 😎
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·I don't play the guitar or any other instrument but I've watched some of his videos completely fascinated.
A total expert at their craft is always a pleasure to watch. Long ago I was working on a construction site for a power station in Scotland (only just in, that spray from the sea soaked me quite a few times). We had the best welders in the company but sometimes they didn't do the job well enough -- and there was radiographic inspection of every weld. So that was when the Welding Foreman earned his money. With some fault inside a 4inch deep weld he could scoop it out like ice-cream and fill back out perfectly. The word would go round and there would be an audience 4 deep to watch him 😎
Prior to his death my father was a well known metallurgist. He was involved in the 9/11 investigation just regarding the temperature involved in metals losing there ability to hold and other matters I was not privy to. But people would send him bearings and all kinds of stuff from all over the world trying to figure out what the hell they were doing wrong in the manufacturing process.
Im just saying when you witness someone who mastered their craft it is always an amazing thing to see. These musicians can make these instruments do things that is mindblowing, it appears they do it with ease but it took a long time and dedication, along with a gift in many cases, to reach such perfection. The Beatles spent a lot of time grinding away in Liverpool and Hamburg before things clicked. That overnight sensation took a lot of years.
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·These musicians can make these instruments do things that is mindblowing, it appears they do it with ease but it took a long time and dedication, along with a gift in many cases, to reach such perfection. The Beatles spent a lot of time grinding away in Liverpool and Hamburg before things clicked. That overnight sensation took a lot of years.
Absolutely! Can you get the video The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years where you live? Those years of sleeping 4 in a room and playing 8 hours a day made them.
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·Absolutely! Can you get the video The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years where you live? Those years of sleeping 4 in a room and playing 8 hours a day made them.
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BrotherInArms
·There is something so satisfying about watching a master at work, I find it really inspirational, drives me to want to do better.
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·It is probable that most reading this were not on this planet when the Beatles came to real notice. In my pre-teens I had been buying singles (7 inch vinyl, 1 song per side) by The Shadows for a couple of years and then Boom late 1962 the Beatles came along with "Love Me Do". Listening now it's very thin, minimal production, but in 1962 it was an absolute revelation. Later in Switzerland in 1964, I found that a rural jukebox had their pre-1962 German records aboard! At 15 years old how should I divide my very limited cash between beer and the juke-box?
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·It is probable that most reading this were not on this planet when the Beatles came to real notice. In my pre-teens I had been buying singles (7 inch vinyl, 1 song per side) by The Shadows for a couple of years and then Boom late 1962 the Beatles came along with "Love Me Do". Listening now it's very thin, minimal production, but in 1962 it was an absolute revelation. Later in Switzerland in 1964, I found that a rural jukebox had their pre-1962 German records aboard! At 15 years old how should I divide my very limited cash between beer and the juke-box?
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SkunkPrince
·Beatles always were and continue to be over-rated. Take a listen to Pet Sounds some time.
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time flies
·Here's one for all you techs. Didn't know you could do it like this did you? This is how the real guys do it.
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have fun
kfw
🤨have fun
kfw
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·Here's one for all you techs. Didn't know you could do it like this did you? This is how the real guys do it.
have fun
kfw
wow, I’ve seen a lot of crazy sh*t over the years but that is a first.
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·I wonder how it intonates
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·Today the copper strings would be worth more than the guitar, got to love good action though.
