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Post by wannaplayblues on Jun 9, 2024 10:03:28 GMT -6
Well, that was an interesting week... Not as much playing as I had hoped, but made some slight progress with the next Wayne Riker book piece and the two Griff courses "Beginning Blues Guitar Soloing" and "52 Rhythm Fills And Variations". I also took on a TrueFire Blues "Fakebook" course - where well known song pieces are "replicated" in a like manor as a well known Blues piece. Figure this'll be a good way to get lots of well known rhythm pieces/styles learnt - that way I'll have an array of styles to pull upon should I need to. Don't know if they're worth recording as the backing tracks don't have a definitive end to them, but I'll think about it. In other news - sadly, my Bugera valve amp head is now showing the light indicating that the valve is failing and needs replacing. This is a real setback as i only bought it in January ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) I'm holding off replacing it for the mo and using other amp kit. Also... am contemplating buying another guitar, nothing expensive, but I seem to be really into telecasters more than any other body shape, so figure I'll invest in another ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) Looking at a brand that originates from Slovakia. Will let you know if anything comes of it. Happy playing everyone!
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Post by jack1982 on Jun 9, 2024 11:08:13 GMT -6
Hope you're able to get your amp working again WPB! I'm still working on "You're in Love" by Ratt. Got the rhythm part memorized and I'm approaching full tempo. There's a second rhythm guitar that plays what I'll call a simplified version of the main part, so I'm hoping that won't take much work if I can play the first rhythm part. Got going on the solo a bit, I'm using a YouTube instructional video for that, as that various tabs on the net...well human beings don't play guitar in the way that they've got it transcribed lol. Looks like the next fixit session with Griff is on the 27th, and I would really like to have it finished by then, so I had better get my butt in gear ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Hope everybody is doing well and finding some time for the ol' geetar ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by grampalerxst on Jun 9, 2024 15:47:57 GMT -6
Hey wpb and Jack,
Sorry about the amp wpb. I guess that's one of the small advantages of digital--although they are prone to problems over time, at least replacing tubes isn't part of the regular maintenance of them.
I'm fully settled at my hideout in the woods. I got a POD Express pedal to replace the amp sim/tone generation part of of old trusty THR 10c, still using the THR to broadcast sound into the room. The POD E does sound better, and is not too hard to use. I've been playing at least a couple times per day so far. Most recently I've been trying to learn some of the twisty chords from Stone Temple Pilot's Interstate Love Song over the last 2 days. I came across a short video that went over the verse part. That's one of those songs that came out at a time when I was much more focused on music of past eras, mostly blues, so I never really listened to it despite it being something I recognized. Soon I'm going to get a little organized about my approach. I'm learning new things at a pretty good clip, it's just fragmented and haphazard.
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