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Old 03-07-2022, 09:27 PM   #325 (permalink)
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No problem buddy.

From just a quick skim through that vid, it's sounds a bit stiff and sterile. There's no meat to it
That's what she said.

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and she seems to be phoning it in. Sure it's nice, but it just doesn't 'do it' for me musically. I'm weird, jaded, and set in my ways though.

When I say widdly diddly doo's (a term coined by Frownland),
Fascinating, I don't know that Frownland was Tina Sempec and wrote children books.

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I'm talking about sweeping arpeggio's with tremolo picking. The kind that Malmsteen brought into the spotlight and now so many others have mastered like Guthrie Govan. I was also being a bit facetious, but there's still some truth to what I was getting at.

I think I've seen you mention that you play guitar, but I'm not sure, so I have no clue if you know what it feels like to play heartfelt solo's and technically brilliant passages like this:
To answer that properly I have to give a tldr story, my apologies in advance. So I was at Guitar Center testing out an EHX pedal, but also enjoyed playing the combination of a Squire guitar through a Fender amp. I played Anytime by Duane Eddy. I did some Luther Perkins/Bob Wootton stuff too. There were other guitar players there doing more advanced stuff. Instead of sticking with stuff I knew I struggled with song I didn't know. It was and EHX organ pedal so I trying to play organ riffs by ear. While I was sitting there wallowing in shame bordering on self loathing, a guy came over and told me I was pretty good, what I played was classy. I think he was impressed by the way Green Onions sounded through the EHX B9. He said he liked (what he called) "old fashion" guitar playing (ie Anytime), and that he doesn't hear it too often. He liked how I got Telecaster tones out of the Stratocaster I was playing.
So to answer your question I know both sides of the coin. I know the pain and humiliation of being a subpar guitar player playing in public. But I know what feels like playing my heart out of a song because I think it's the cat's pajamas ... and maybe be lucky enough to get a compliment.

Duane Eddy - Anytime

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Oh wow, I didn't know John C. Reilly played guitar! OK no, I am not as good as John C. Reilly with lead guitar. I'm more a riffs and rhythm guitar player.
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Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

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