Silverthorne's BYCU progress log

I have a very hard time with that myself  I'm always a bit excited or something. Staying very relaxed and laid back is a real challenge and takes a lot of practice I guess.

Silverthorne,

Thanks for the screen shot of Guitar Rig. I'm using Native Instrument's "AC Box Combo," which is a version that came with my Behringer Guitar Link. It doesn't have the compressor and the "control room" features. However, it was free so I can't complain.

Now, I will comment on your version of "Bending the Blues." This study was one of the more difficult ones for me.  It's one bend after another, but that is the point of the study - to practice bending. Please except my critique as constructive criticism, and not mindless criticism to discourage you. Your bends still need a lot of work. I have to add something very important - your timing is spot on. Timing is THE most important thing, and you have accomplished that. Bends and other techniques can be practiced and perfected little by little, but timing - rhythm - is essential to grasp early on. Without rhythm there is no music - just a bunch of notes being played.

Keep up the good work and keep posting your recordings. It's good to have you as a contributing member of this forum.

Phil

You will find that you will get plenty of kind words here when you have earned them.

This is the only forum that I know about where you will get an honest assessment of your recordings. Other forums will often praise your efforts and never truthfully tell you what you weak areas are. They are nice people who don't want to hurt your feelings or discourage you, but they don't really help you either. We are also nice people, but we want to help you be a better guitarist, and that means we must be truthful even if it hurts a little.

Okay, here is my final version of Lazy Day Blues. Recorded this last night, thanks to my insomnia, so it's Sleepy Night Blues actually. Tried to record the better take today - no success. It seems that it's limit of my current skill. Maybe it will get better after one more week of practice but I don't want to make this tune hateful.
I continued my experiments with Guitar rig - the compressor is now disabled (this is true evil), brilliant sound knob is maxed and cabinet changed to Vintage 4x12.



Second string betrayed me two times on sixth measure - you can hear this unpleasant sound. Usually I mute the strings correctly and this was suprising. I tried to record cleaner version - but other takes were ruined in other random places. So I decided to let it be - with dirty slide in the very beginning and pretty uneven rhythm on tenth measure...

Silverthorne,

I liked the recording! I am with Bruce on this one; you should move on.

Silverthorne,

I thought that sounded very good, including your bends. Fortunately, this study doesn't have the insane number of bends that "Bending the Blues" has. ;)There is still something about that measure I mentioned before, but that's only because I'm familiar with the tune. I can't put my finger on it. Compare your version with the original and you might see what I mean. Anyway, it's a very minor thing and the way you play it still works.

So, I agree with everyone else. Move on and don't spend anymore time on this one.

Thanks for the feedback guys, yeah, I think I should continue my work on Bending The Blues and something else, maybe Major Blues

How you doing? Sounds good, nice and comfortable sounding, and nice tone.

Good job, Silverthorne. I think it sounds good. I like this study a lot. Anybody know which Stevie Ray Vaughn song is similar to this?