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Post by Phil on Aug 4, 2015 15:15:47 GMT -6
Based on a tip from Jack I started buying the cheap Musician's Gear strings and bulk E strings from Musician's Friend.These are like $2.29 a set and $2.29 for a dozen E's. The strings are perfectly fine. In fact, these strings rarely break. Before I was breaking DR Pure Blues high E once a week. I highly recommend the cheap strings.
Speaking of string gauges: I recently heard an interview with Jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno where he said he used to use 18 gauge high E strings going down to something like a 56 low E! I didn't even know they made sets that heavy.
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Post by jack1982 on Aug 5, 2015 5:02:51 GMT -6
Speaking of string gauges: I recently heard an interview with Jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno where he said he used to use 18 gauge high E strings going down to something like a 56 low E! I didn't even know they made sets that heavy. I didn't even know they made guitar necks that could withstand that lol. Must have a hydraulic cylinder for a truss rod
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Post by mikeherb on Aug 7, 2015 8:20:39 GMT -6
Well I played the ever loving crap out of my Hummingbird. I avoid GAS and didn't buy this amazing Breedlove D-SMYe Dreadnought. Although I should because it's 1200 and should be 2000. Problem is it won't make me play any better. So I got in finger style acoustic mood and learned one of the tunes out of this Lou Manzi book.
Have you guys ever gotten sick and discouraged from the boring exercises and just went for the gold at the end and learned the theory as you go? In this case it worked for me. I can also play something cool and keeps me practicing more.
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Post by bluesbruce on Aug 7, 2015 11:49:12 GMT -6
Well I played the ever loving crap out of my Hummingbird. I avoid GAS and didn't buy this amazing Breedlove D-SMYe Dreadnought. Although I should because it's 1200 and should be 2000. Problem is it won't make me play any better. So I got in finger style acoustic mood and learned one of the tunes out of this Lou Manzi book. Have you guys ever gotten sick and discouraged from the boring exercises and just went for the gold at the end and learned the theory as you go? In this case it worked for me. I can also play something cool and keeps me practicing more. Mikeherb, I think we all wrestle with this fact - buying stuff WILL NOT make you a better player - but we just can't help ourselves! Several of us got onto a Johnny Norris book, "Blues Solos for Acoustic Guitar" a while back, and even posted some recordings from it. We'd love to hear you post a recording from the Lou Manzi book if you'd like. I think we also all tend to "skip over" the tutorials and "boring exercises" in BYCU in favor of playing the pieces (the "gold"). Of course, ideally, you need some of each. You're absolutely right, though - playing something cool keeps you playing and practicing more. Bruce
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Post by Phil on Aug 7, 2015 13:18:36 GMT -6
Well I played the ever loving crap out of my Hummingbird. I avoid GAS and didn't buy this amazing Breedlove D-SMYe Dreadnought. Although I should because it's 1200 and should be 2000. Problem is it won't make me play any better. So I got in finger style acoustic mood and learned one of the tunes out of this Lou Manzi book. Have you guys ever gotten sick and discouraged from the boring exercises and just went for the gold at the end and learned the theory as you go? In this case it worked for me. I can also play something cool and keeps me practicing more. Mikeherb, I think we all wrestle with this fact - buying stuff WILL NOT make you a better player - but we just can't help ourselves! Several of us got onto a Johnny Norris book, "Blues Solos for Acoustic Guitar" a while back, and even posted some recordings from it. We'd love to hear you post a recording from the Lou Manzi book if you'd like. I think we also all tend to "skip over" the tutorials and "boring exercises" in BYCU in favor of playing the pieces (the "gold"). Of course, ideally, you need some of each. You're absolutely right, though - playing something cool keeps you playing and practicing more. Bruce That is certainly true in my case. I have, however, paid more attention to the exercises in MBYCU than I did with BYCU. I have also gone back to review (or look at for the 1st time) some exercises from BYCU, specifically some of the chord progression exercises. The way I look at it is that these are studies. In classical music they'd be called "etudes". They exist so you can practice specific techniques by playing a piece of music rather than just playing exercises. So, I see no problem in focusing on the studies and less on the exercises. Especially if your practice time is limited.
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