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G650

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  1. Yeah, beyond just the talent, an objective pair of ears is so, so huge. I struggle mightily with beating stuff to death, simply because I'm too close to it.
  2. Well I can't sing either, so I got that going for me.
  3. I'm pretty sure they will be a pretty big flop.
  4. Oh, 100% man, me too. I've come to realize two things, first, like you say, the payoff to me is expression and creation. The second is as much as I'd like to write epic stuff, I naturally tend to create hooks and acerbic/nihilistic lyrics, and I'm best when I do that. When I try to force other things it's really apparent, at least to me. Also I guess a third thing is I need a live band to play worth a shit. The interplay is critical to me, and also doing the engineering myself as I'm trying to track really throws me off. It's kind of wild really, because when I started playing guitar, I quickly joined a band we named after the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd ( I am sure I've told this story before), who along with Led Zeppelin, made up the Holy Trinity. And I'd even say that Floyd and Zep were the ones we geeked out on the most, though we played more Stones songs in our set by a long shot. I actually don't recall playing a Floyd song live with that group to be honest which is strange as we were crazy into them. There was talk of doing Dogs but I don't think we ever did it. But one asterisk is I've always had that sort of duality with classic rock and modern. My best friend from Junior High on started a band, and was totally a contemporary style (both of these bands, mine and his were originals bands, not cover groups), and they went for about a year as a trio before the really wanted a second guitarist, and tried a few dudes out to not a lot of success. After awhile the rhythm section were leaning on my buddy to get me to come over, and he was resistant for a couple reasons, most of which is not asking me to leave my other band. The other group kind of imploded right about that time though so the rest is history as they say. We ended up playing through most of us going to college, cutting a couple EPs, and all that mess. Our songs were definitely a bit more involved than what my actual songwriting voice was, they tended to my buddies tastes somewhat as he was the main writer, and honestly I was still finding it at that point anyway. So somehow through all that, I stumbled onto Social Distortion, and it was like a bolt of lightning in terms of me knowing, A) what I wanted to say and B) the fact I was way more into songwriting than playing an instrument. I had listened to some punk rock before (I was actually a punk rocker for Halloween in 4th grade somehow, this is in the 80's), I remember hearing Pennywise's first album in like '91 maybe? but when I first heard Social D it all changed and I had a clarity that was not there before. So this post clearly got away from me, wow, but I guess the short short version is I love to geek out on Gilmour stuff, and my style of leads is completely a derivative of his, but the songwriting stuff is 3 chords and the truth all the way.
  5. Yeah but that's just because you are actually good.
  6. That's what Jimmy Page said, he deals in emotions.
  7. G650

    RIP Terry Reid

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/05/terry-reid-british-musician-championed-by-the-rolling-stones-jimmy-page-and-more-dies-aged-75
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    Pink Floyd

    I will not sleep tonight knowing I missed one note on the F# arpeggio that leads up to the higher part of the solo... ETA: Listening back I rushed a couple spots pretty bad too. Sumbitch But anyhoo, all the Gilmour solos are great bend practice. Time is a good one for long bends and pitch stability. The really high C# and the 1 1/2 step bend to D near the end are definitely ones that take strength. And it has several that you really have to hit well, the F# just before the part I flubbed in particular rings a loong time. The lower C# bends too.
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    Pink Floyd

    I was bored so I hit record on Audacity messing with the Time solo lol. I missed one note right in my favorite passage too. FML.
  10. G650

    Pink Floyd

    For your next act, 12th fret of high E to an F#, the Mother solo bends.
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    Pink Floyd

    Oh for sure. And so much of his sound is in his phrasing and picking. But damn, it's a deep, deep highly addictive rabbit hole, let me tell you... The only thing I've really not been able to bring myself to get is a vintage Starfinder cab, they are just so eye wateringly expensive. I have been tempted with a Rawson Sparfield though. The Dawner Prince Boonar is also super enticing. My Gilmour solo du jour lately has been Time, which is just the good old Fuzz Face on tilt into a ping pong delay on my interface, so practically free relatively speaking! Well except the DR103 I guess.
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    Pink Floyd

    Funny enough, I actually have 9s on one of my Strats right now as I was working on trying to kill an overtone on E notes that has been annoying me. I end up overbending a lot. Man how much of his money are you trying to spend.
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    Pink Floyd

    Glimour bends are hard as shit. That's why I use them for bending practice all the time. It's not just the fact he does big bends, it's his articulation of them and his uncanny ear for microtuning. Most of his most expressive stuff is just off the note, usually a tick flat, but absolutely perfect for the particular circumstance.
  14. Impeccable use of soundscapes as always.
  15. A French Tour winner. Inconceivable!
  16. Jesus, PFP just nuked everyone.
  17. Cracking stage in the women's Tour today
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    Ozzy has passed.

  19. Wout absolutely dropped him. You can watch the video and clearly see Tadejs shoulder slump and head drop. He was tapped out.
  20. He hasn't made it to Paris in 4 years.
  21. I unapologetically was stoked for him.
  22. Man I'm bummed they aren't coming closer to me.
  23. Wout was the first person I've seen legitimately drop Today Foccaccia since Jonas 2 years ago. Immense.
  24. Jonas confirmed for the Vuelta
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