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Post by wannaplayblues on Sept 2, 2014 10:04:41 GMT -6
Well, my guitar has gone in for a setup. I went to a new guy who quite happily spent time talking with me and holding my guitar while checking her over (yes, my guitar is a "her").
Actually, he was really good and was able to identify a few issues, including fret buzz at particular spots and uneven frets. So, he's gonna level out the frets and adjust the action slightly. He's busy, so it's late next week when I'll see my guitar. It's gonna be a *LONG* week.
I guess it's time to readup on music theory.
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Post by bluesbruce on Sept 2, 2014 10:08:26 GMT -6
wpb,
Sounds to me like someone needs a second guitar...
Bruce
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Post by cunningr on Sept 2, 2014 14:13:32 GMT -6
wpb, Sounds to me like someone needs a second guitar... Bruce Yep excellent reason to buy an acoustic maybe. i have had the same guitar for about 20 years and never had it setup. I have given it some spot checks myself but never felt comfortable letting it go away. It needs a new vol pot which I have on hand. Maybe one day I'll take her in. |
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Post by jack1982 on Sept 3, 2014 5:02:59 GMT -6
You could make up some fretboard diagrams and stuff. Just do a Google search on "blank fretboard diagram" and print some out, and then you could look at some of the songs in the book - I assume you're starting on Major Blues? It uses both G pentatonic major and C pentatonic major, so you could diagram those both out over the whole fretboard (there's a scale generator here: www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator/ ) , and then when you get your guitar back you can improvise over the backing track and practice switching back and forth as you change from the I chord to the IV chord and back again. I think he adds in notes from the chord you're currently playing over that aren't in the scale too, so you could make up more diagrams for that if you wanted. Many of the songs in the book do cool stuff like that - adding chord tones to the scales, switching from pentatonic minor to major, etc. and it can add a lot of variety to your improvising. |
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Post by wannaplayblues on Sept 13, 2014 9:37:27 GMT -6
Please to say my baby is back and sounding awesome! Am working on BYCU Major Blues
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