I'm just a chap who's played guitar since the 70s. In the intervening years I've made a living playing & teaching guitar in pretty much every style imaginable. I'm here to share the knowledge & skills I've picked up and give honest opinions on the guitars I get my paws on. Thanks for watching 😀
Yes indeed John, that was a great video and well done with the Clapton solo, excellently played and explained 👍 ... by the way, I was at the Live Aid gig at Wembley and it was an unforgettable and unparalleled experience 🙏
Nice Thinline Tele Neil, congrats! Black blocks and black fretboard binding looks sweet to me with white body and black guard. Awesome slide work John!
Yes John in those days there was lots of music on T V for people of musical persuasions THE TUBE TOGWT and various other shows i think ROCK GOES TO COLLEGE might have still existed in some form or another. For some reason it doesn't exist anymore maybe it's something to do with copyright issues? , anyway great video have a wonderful week. PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.
You could always get an external blu ray player to attach to your pc. You can get one of those quite cheap
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Edge of Darkness was also released in 1985. One of the best TV series ever, with music by Clapton and Michael Kamen. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2bfPS7p6Z1k.htmlsi=UN6H9vgqyi7qqa1W
The ‘sound’ as you refer to it is purely the fact that the brands you mention were the first of their type . People then become brainwashed into making those the reference points but like everything the world moves on , the success of PRS shows they are doing something right .
I like to use tabs to clarify where on the fretboard the song is played or to get a chord that's not clear to me. I find them to be a time saver, but I don't use them as my primary source for learning songs. I still remember as a teenager in the early 70s learning songs by picking out the root notes and then going to my Mel Bay "1001 Guitar Chords" book to try to get the right chords. Given that I was playing a $10 guitar through a tube radio that my dad modified to accept a Guitar input, that book was an extravagance.
The uk based prize draw sites are required to offer a free postal entry route. Often buried in the rules smallprint, though some do openly give it equal priminence to paid tickets. With the price of stamps these days its far from "free" (one one of the sites insists on first class stamps too), but it can cushion the blow of an occasional flutter.
Hi John, No setup work done on the guitar, it's as it came out of the box. You can lend the other one I won, but there's a rumour you don't like 7 strings😅😅
I had a squire pro tone thin line Tele years ago red flame with gold hardwear. Cracking guitar to this day it haunts me that I sold it. Maybe one of these would be a good replacement 👍
Nice one! Fair play to Fender - Squier given scope to produce designs the parent company wouldn’t take the financial risk on 🙂 Lucky chap, Neil - thanks to him for sharing his good fortune via your good self, John - for us to enjoy! 👍
I think John's still substituting his second finger and pinky for the ring (Dougal) finger most of the time, apart from a couple of bar chords where the angle of the last joint happens to be right. Mind you he does it so well it's easy to miss 😀
I can use the finger to some degree now. It's OK in barre chords & for grabbing a note on the 1st string when bending on the 2nd. But out of 4 fingers on that hand I have about 3.25 of them working. I just substitute with 2nd & 4th fingers for the most part. My sweep picking days are in my rear view mirror but I'm just grateful to still be playing 👍
@@JRobsonGuitar And we are glad you are able to soldier on John. Keep it all going in the right direction. Have to give Dougal (the culprit) a cameo appearance one Friday soon. Or maybe less disruptive, ----shoot a short video so the dog lovers in the crowd can get their fix??
Great video. How are the nut slot heights on your Vela? Do the strings feel tight/high at the lower frets? I had one delivered a couple of weeks ago; the neck relief is minimal and adjusted action low as possible in attempt to lower a bit at lower frets, but the lower strings are tight and uncomfortable. Checked the first fret relief with my two se models and the Vela is higher. Having never owned a Vela I don’t know what its normal feel is, thanks.
There is inverted snobbery, mate. But I'm solid working class - I call my evening meal "my tea" (dinner is what you have at midday) and I eat it off a tray on my knee in front of the telly 🤣👍
Jesus christ, Oil the chair - and your burps and general gastric noises are mingin. If you're going to do that do it away from the mic, fuck sake man. Hope your lessons are more professional than your YT presentation. It's a shame, it's a good down to earth show, with good content but you're fucking it up because of the above.
I agree. No surprise they discontinued this model. It's essentially a Standard minus the binding & figured top... For less than half price. I prefer the satin finish too 👍
Even branded guitars costing thousands often need a propper set up, as you clearly know. That guitar sat on your lap looks awesome what a finish on top. Which model is that please?
@@JRobsonGuitar Yeah wow! Just been checking them out they look crazy good for nowt really . Even of ypu had to throw some money on set up . Thanks for reply John.
Try writing some out. Transcribe some of your favourite stuff. It'll improve your lugholes ability to recognise what they're hearing. I can speak from experience.
Sometime I have tried to work something out by ear and then looked at the tab, and found out I played all the right notes but in the wrong key. So I must have worked out the correct intervals, but not got it in the right key.
Agreed. Reliance is not recommended, but using tab (or any other form of notation) as a way of writing down an idea or communicating it is entirely valid. The idea that using tab will stifle the ability to play by ear makes as much sense as saying that learning to read the written word will stifle the ability to communicate verbally.
Although it is more complex, I'm going to put in a shout-out for MuseScore as another free option - possibly a bit (!) overwhelming for somebody new to notation, though.
Sir, I think you summed it up quite well..... Sterile, accurate, definition, no character, really -- a neutral character to the tone from some of those brands. I suppose that's where the creativity with the Overdrives, EQ's, dirtboxes comes in. The neutral tone can always be charactered up with the right boxes later in the sound chain. As far as Ibby goes, i like mine. It's a budget model, a Gio, which a guy gave me (he kept his PRS), and being a budget model (with Powersounds) it has a bit of character to it, but the 'character' is more neutral a tone than Les Pauls or Strats. Ibby Gios often get hate from the guitar world..... That said, it's quite playable, still takes some working with. Turn down the Vol and Tone controls, push the boxes going into the amp, set it up for your style of playing, it still will make decent sounds and music. Every guitar has a voice. You just have to find it, and see if it matches, in any way, the sound in your head...
As an enthusiastic amateur guitarist I have found tab to be extremely useful. In some instances, it was the difference between persevering with a difficult piece of music I wanted to learn and giving up on it. It definitely has its place and usefulness. Just my opinion.
Tablature allows those of us, who either don't have the aptitude or the time, to learn to play the guitar much more easily without having the need to first learn how to translate from traditional notation to the fretboard. Without it, I'd have struggled to learn anything much of interest on guitar, and I'd have probably given up long ago. My interest began with a desire to play some of the songs that have been in my playlist since my teenage years. TABs simply reduce the barriers to entry, bringing many more people into the fold of guitar playing, so that (casual strummers aside) acquiring the skill is no longer the preserve of 'musos'.
John, great point that tablature is a legit form of music notation that dates back centuries. You're right: Staff notation and tablature each have their advantages and disadvantages. Staff is more rhythmically accurate, for example. But tablature is better for notating where to play on the fretboard. As always, great content. 😎
Great track demoing what a PRS can do! I was never convinced by PRS guitars - but then the SE DGT came out. I got the gold-top and felt instantly at home with it. The build quality is superb for the price and it's really versatile. Despite what some might say, I think it's got bucketloads of character.
Yep. It happens. I learned to recognise which names to trust back in the 90s. Any tab book done by either Wolf Marshal or Phil Hilbourne would usually be pretty accurate. RU-vidr Levi Clay is also a trustworthy source.
I take your point but there are plenty of examples of groundbreaking musicians and composers who can't/couldn't read a note. Wes Montgomery, Irving Berlin, Tim Pierce, Lennon & McCartney... The list goes on. And let's not forget Django Reinhardt who couldn't read or write his own name, let alone any form of notation. I get what you say though, for the jobbing pro, it's a massive advantage 👍
Back in the 1970s when I was first learning guitar, I headr occasinally about tab, but never understood it and never learned it. I still haven't. I just learn stuff by ear. The upside of that is I can work out songs just by listening to them. The downside is that if someone wants me to play something but only has tab, I'm lost!
