music in the shed


Smiling Men With Bad Reputations .......... If you listen carefully , there`s a tune struggling to get out , in here , somewhere .......

Who`s idea was it to place a microphone in front of Robin Williamson ?
 
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...... Jimi Hendrix returns three years after his death , only to get caught up in this acoustic vibe as well .........

There`s a studio version of this , but it goes on for seven minutes ........ o_O ......... this is nicer , shorter , and much more to the point .......
 
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Love a 12 stringer, play one here each day, made by a company that made helicopters..... that action height is what pulls the upper frets sharp.... part of the problem or part of the charm... ear of the beholder...j

** just noticed its reverse strung pairs, higher pitch string on the high/upper side... 12 string guitar here and the 8 string bass are the usual low pitch upper side... like the idea of the reverse however, as the larger diameter string shields the thinner gauge, making it a requirement to roll your finger tip on the fretboard... useless not required information to the listener..matters to the performer... wince.
 
iis_iis said:
Love a 12 stringer, play one here each day, made by a company that made helicopters..... that action height is what pulls the upper frets sharp.... part of the problem or part of the charm... ear of the beholder...j

** just noticed its reverse strung pairs, higher pitch string on the high/upper side... 12 string guitar here and the 8 string bass are the usual low pitch upper side... like the idea of the reverse however, as the larger diameter string shields the thinner gauge, making it a requirement to roll your finger tip on the fretboard... useless not required information to the listener..matters to the performer... wince.
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Jon ..... always wondered as Hendrix was left-handed , if he had to re-string a " normal" guitar to suit him .

There was a story that Eric Clapton spotted a left-handed Fender Stratocaster for sale in Denmark Street ... ( presumably when there weren`t so many around ) ..... and snapped it up as a gift for Jimi .......... He bumped into Hendrix a few days later , maybe informing Jimi about the purchase ..... but then Hendrix died just another week or two further on , so never got the chance to give it to him .

I`m no expert , so I always wondered how left-handers like Jimi Hendrix or Paul McCartney managed ....... were there that many left handed guitars available back then , or did they have then especially made , or did they convert and re-string a normal right hander ?


I see the guitar Jimi is using in this clip has the scratch board above the strings ......

........ So I guess this must be a converted right-handed guitar being played " upside down " ..............
 
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He simply turned the guitar upside down and restringed it to suit. All sorts of conversations about how this affected a Strat sound. If he played n axe stringed for a right-hander upside down he would have been even more of a genius than he already was!!
 
All sorts of issues crop up for right handed played as left handed instruments, the bridge and nuts for one are slotted for the gauge of string, ie a very thin string then flops around in the nut ( where the tuners are located end ), ditto the metal slotted bridge ( where the string are feed from and anchored ), can be mitigated of course, though its not a simple flip it over and reverse the string.

Would mention at this stage, what i referred to as "Reverse order" is different from what the usual left handers technique for right hand instruments imply. There are players whom flip the instrument and then reverse all the chord patterns as the thick to thin string order is not reversed on the flip. Bizarre to watch them reverse a chord form.. really plays with any muso's head watching. Dedication required at a level few could achieve in competence playing in a band or live.

Somewhat akin to whether an instrument is tuned in 4ths or 5ths, guitars in 4th's with the natural semi tone correction added to bring the inter string interval to the 5th fret ( 4ths would imply tuned to the 4th fret interval ), Mandolin and Violin are tuned in 5th's ie the chord form is now "reversed" in pattern, playing both it took a little while for me to auto play in 4ths or 5ths interval instruments. For added distraction Joni Mitchell made up her own chords/pattern ( i do that here also, most probable already known chords in text books, just unknown to me unless researched ) session muso's with Joni had to be fleet of mind and fingers, her most acerbic comment to those session muso's "stop putting picket fences in my songs, in the main, directed at bass players, save for one...

As you say my piranha comrade, clever is as clever does..... Tony of the finite background, a rare resource if not outright talent...j
 
piranha-bro2 said:
He simply turned the guitar upside down and restringed it to suit. All sorts of conversations about how this affected a Strat sound. If he played n axe stringed for a right-hander upside down he would have been even more of a genius than he already was!!
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When local right handed guitar hero Phil Para does a Hendrix tribute gig he will sometimes do a reverse Hendrix and play a left handed Strat restrung.
Many years back (late 80s?) he set the Strat on fire emulating Jimi, at the Riverside Hotel in Richmond, which ironically burned down a few years later.
 
The Sock said:
Song for John with acoustic bass for Jon.
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Tah Hamish, the bass player was working hard to my eye, you get real tired real quick on the upright bass. Did a festival once with my Trio, what i forgot was that festivals you do not have a break, yikes at 90 minutes playing time was slumped up against the tent pole, worn out legs and hands...

Not sure if posted prior, apologies if the case, the lovely Jane on drums, me... confused as ever, what instrument to play, great gig that one, one song that Jane was singing, came the vocal line "..arghhhh " thinking to myself... " dont recall an arghhh in any song, Jane in that dress slipped off the back of the drum stool.... had to be there, love trio's, especially mine, had two proper gigging trio's. J

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AJ realises his dad`s in the mafia ....... his sister Meadow looks at him as if to say I told you so ............ and just to finish things off , we have a funeral scene being played out with Mazzy Star`s "Look On Down From The Bridge " ..........

Perfect .........
 
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......... and another one to tap your feet to from Mazzy Star .......

A relationship at an end , going their separate ways , memories fading ....... " Two strangers turning into dust .... " .........

C`mon luv , lighten up for gawd`s sake ......... Jesus ............

Hope Sandoval is 58 years old .........
 
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The Sock said:
While pottering, this came on and triggered memories of having dinner with Rick and Harvey Goldsmith, in '73, resulting in time spent as a roadie on the Yes' 'Topographic Oceans' tour.
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I have similar memory of brushing shoulders with rock megastars…I once handed pints to Chas & Dave when they were playing in a tent at the Hounslow fun day in the mid 80’s, coming to think of it I didn’t get one in for Mick on drums?
 
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