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[belleswell]

Holy ssshhhiiittttt you shred!! That's super impressive! Are you playing over a drum track or something? Im just a simple 4 chord strummer and have always been envious of those of you that can play like that. Over the years I've accepted that I hit the plateau on a very small hill years ago 😂 I still love to play though!

Damn Mim you shred too!!! That sounded badass! Makes me want to get an electric guitar!

Many of these were backtracks that I dl off the net that I layered multiple guitar and synth tracks on top of. My originals are done with Superior Drummer from Tunetrack. I have
almost 2k worth of software from Tunetrack ie Superior Drummer I use. My main recording DAW , and I have many, is Reaper. *DAW= Digital Audio Workstation. I have lots of software for keyboard tracks and a nice midi keyboard. I have a flute, a couple of clarinets and 2 basses I use as well. For me the hardest part is getting a great drum track.

Luckily Superior Drummer had me in mind when they made the software. I can drag midi files into an arrangement, as I have thousands to choose from. I can then
add accents with flams, rolls, cymbal accents, rim shots etc, to give it a live human feel. Sadly I suck at drums, but I'm proficient with the software. I also have a
Korg midi pad controller for doing drums in real time. I have 4 amps to chose from but find most of my recordings with guitar are done through my pedal board into
Fractal's Axe FX II XL +. The Axe Fx is an amazing piece of rack gear that gives me almost 400 presets to choose from which all can be tweaked ad nauseam, along with dozens of amps.

Don't get me wrong as the sound of properly mic'd amp can be better at times than the digital stuff that my pedal board and the Axe Fx does. Still the Axe Fx is an amazing piece of hardware.
Many guitarists nowadays are selling their amps for these and use them live. I like the combo of a great amp with an fx loop I can place the Axe Fx in the fx loop
of the amp. A midi pedal for the Axe Fx and I'm set for the stage.

My favorite amp is a Marshall 6100 LE with the purple tolex for most stuff, but I also have a Fender Twin Reverb Reissue that used to belong to a famous Nashville guitarist
that everyone knows. I use that for some of the jazzier stuff along with a Fender Tele for some of the country stuff. I've spent considerable time trying to be proficient
in most styles of music, sometimes succeeding, and sometimes not.

My musical journey started in '64 and continues to this day. I hope I never quit learning.

I started taking lessons 60 years ago from a man named Norman English who made a name for himself playing lap steel guitar in the big band era. Think Benny Goodman
or Tommy Dorsey. RIP Norman. I took lessons for 3 years and have been self taught ever since. I used to practice 8 or more hours a day back my late teens. Nowadays, I know my strengths and my weaknesses and I like to play to my strengths. I suck at arpeggiated sweep picking, but that style always bored me to tears. No emotion. Just arpeggios played fast.

I like what you did with your Martin. I also have a Martin acoustic, but mines a 12 string. Your voice reminded me a little like the guy in Yellowstone that plays guitar, but
better. I liked it a lot.

My guitar collection started many years ago and has now grown to 37. Three are acoustics and two basses. The rest are 6 string models with one 7 string..
Ibbies, Gibsons, Fenders, Carvins, and others with many types to fill varying niches.




Some pics

This



And This



And This



My favorite guitars change from time to time, but I always have 3 or 4 in guitar stands waiting for when inspiration hits.


Ibanez JS Y2K Crystal Planet Guitar


My '69 Custom SG



Alex Lifeson Axcess - Beautiful top on this one




Ibanez Puzzle Guitar


I had not bought any guitars in almost 7 years, and then Christmas of '22, I fell down the rabbit hole and bought a Tele. American Original 60's in Lake Placid Blue.
Great guitar. I told myself that I had all of the guitars I needed when I retired in '16 and then this one made it's way into my life. It filled a niche in a sound I could not
get with any of my others. Never say never.


JS Guitars

 

[finedakine]

Good lord man.... that's all mind boggling! Awesome collection! I've only played an electric guitar a couple times. It would be fun to plug in and use since fx pedals. I just never felt like I had time to learn the electric but I'm starting to feel motivated. Can't wait to see more!

 

[belleswell]

Some more Gibsons





Here is a Paul Gilbert trick for playing fast.



Sometimes it's the little things


Blueberry Acoustic








Gibson and Agile Lesters



Ibby JS 10th Chromeboy



Maestro Echoplexes

 

[Ramjet159]

Holy ssshhhiiittttt you shred!! That's super impressive! Are you playing over a drum track or something? Im just a simple 4 chord strummer and have always been envious of those of you that can play like that. Over the years I've accepted that I hit the plateau on a very small hill years ago 😂 I still love to play though!

The level doesn’t matter at all and I’m no talent scout but I thought your vocals were pretty solid .
I’m a pretty shit drummer but I’m good enough for me 👊🏻

 

[Ramjet159]

L

I'm also a decent farmer for a rather large veggie garden. We have enough extra to sell at our local farmers market.

Although retired now, I'm also a very good electrician having completed a 5 year apprenticeship with the IBEW.
I still take the code update class to keep my license current because you never know when it may come in handy.

Still my best accomplishment in life is marrying my high school sweet heart. I definitely married up. We lived together for 44 years and then
a week before retiring from the IBEW, we got married so that she could take advantage of the health benefits and
my pensions if I should pass before she does.

The reason we never married before that is we are both dinks. *double income, no kids. The tax code would have punished us up to a couple
grand more a year for the privilege of being married. It would have been different with 2 or more kids, but we never had children. So why
throw all of that money out the window for piece of paper over a lifetime working career history for the both of us. I'll take the money
instead, thank you.

Wow gotta say you’ve certainly squeezed your life to the fullest and I’m in admiration of the surroundings and fishing adventures you show pics of at times . Your love and knowledge of the wildlife around you is another I enjoy watching and reading . It’s always really cool to hear of people spending that length of time together in unison . It’s kind of rare knowadays . Power to you my friend 👊🏻

 

[finedakine]

The level doesn’t matter at all and I’m no talent scout but I thought your vocals were pretty solid .
I’m a pretty shit drummer but I’m good enough for me 👊🏻

Sounds like we should get the band back together. Maybe we could all record a track and make a song remotely? I have no idea how to do such things but I know people do it.

 

[Bodean]

Sounds like we should get the band back together. Maybe we could all record a track and make a song remotely? I have no idea how to do such things but I know people do it.

Kinda like this?


That would be cool guys!

 

[belleswell]

That would be cool guys!

Probably the best example of a collab I've ever seen. Thanks for posting. It brought a huge smile to my face.

 

[finedakine]

Kinda like this?


That would be cool guys!

Yeah! My wife introduced me to Playing For Change a few years ago. @belleswell you know how to make it happen?

 

[belleswell]

Yeah! My wife introduced me to Playing For Change a few years ago. @belleswell you know how to make it happen?

Not really. I participated in a few at a now defunct guitar forum almost 20 years ago, but it was audio only.

This is the premise. The original poster of the song or backtrack, (it was usually backtracks designed for guitarist to show off their licks), would divide the song up
into sections and then open the thread for others to claim which part of the song they wanted for their recording. All songs can be divided in to versus and
choruses, with occasional brigdes, intros, and endings, but for the sake of explaining it. The OP would take a 5 minute song and make it a downloadable track
at whatever hosting site he was using. This was back before soundcloud was around. Soundclick was popular back then. Then the OP would divide the song
for those that wanted to participate, into parts that each contributor would do that section of the song. The 5 minute song for the sake of explanation could
be divided up into 5 fairly equal parts, and then the OP would ask in the thread who wanted which part. Some would pick the start to the one minute mark. Another might
pick the 2 to 3 minute mark for the section they wanted to add their licks to. After a short time, the 5 spots would all be accounted for.

Then after downloading the original track, each participant would take that section of the track that they had worked on an do their best. T

 

[Psychobilly]

I once used a shitty PC mic to record samples on a computer, so I could add them in as normal samples to make a "song", but now it's way easier; find where to put a recording device if you don't have the cables or computer, and upload it. A mixer and computer can add them in pretty much anywhere. I've made lots of electronic and industrial style music with just a computer, but I've also been paying Bass for about 20 years. I can't afford a drum set, so I just use sampling and mixing for that. It works great really, the band Mortician had a Drummer die, and they couldn't find anyone that could play as fast, so they used synthesizer drums and a drum machine and computer for that. I have audio of me playing somewhere, between multiple USB drives, and an old FTP server I saved stuff on but I'm really not sure where lol.

 

[finedakine]

Not really. I participated in a few at a now defunct guitar forum almost 20 years ago, but it was audio only.

This is the premise. The original poster of the song or backtrack, (it was usually backtracks designed for guitarist to show off their licks), would divide the song up
into sections and then open the thread for others to claim which part of the song they wanted for their recording. All songs can be divided in to versus and
choruses, with occasional brigdes, intros, and endings, but for the sake of explaining it. The OP would take a 5 minute song and make it a downloadable track
at whatever hosting site he was using. This was back before soundcloud was around. Soundclick was popular back then. Then the OP would divide the song
for those that wanted to participate, into parts that each contributor would do that section of the song. The 5 minute song for the sake of explanation could
be divided up into 5 fairly equal parts, and then the OP would ask in the thread who wanted which part. Some would pick the start to the one minute mark. Another might
pick the 2 to 3 minute mark for the section they wanted to add their licks to. After a short time, the 5 spots would all be accounted for.

Then after downloading the original track, each participant would take that section of the track that they had worked on an do their best. T

too confusing for this simpleton but it sure sounds like it'd be fun!

I once used a shitty PC mic to record samples on a computer, so I could add them in as normal samples to make a "song", but now it's way easier; find where to put a recording device if you don't have the cables or computer, and upload it. A mixer and computer can add them in pretty much anywhere. I've made lots of electronic and industrial style music with just a computer, but I've also been paying Bass for about 20 years. I can't afford a drum set, so I just use sampling and mixing for that. It works great really, the band Mortician had a Drummer die, and they couldn't find anyone that could play as fast, so they used synthesizer drums and a drum machine and computer for that. I have audio of me playing somewhere, between multiple USB drives, and an old FTP server I saved stuff on but I'm really not sure where lol.

Dig it up and post it Billy!! I've got a couple more tunes lined up when I find time.

 

[belleswell]

Yeah! My wife introduced me to Playing For Change a few years ago. @belleswell you know how to make it happen?

Not really. I participated in a few at a now defunct guitar forum almost
20 years ago, but it was audio only.


This is the premise. The original poster of the song or backtrack,
(it was usually backtracks designed for guitarists to show off their licks),
would divide the song up into sections and then ask who wanted which part
of the song they wanted for their recording.


All songs can be divided into intro's, verses, choruses, and endings, with occasional
bridges, but for the sake of explaining it. The OP would take a
5 minute song and make it a downloadable track at whatever hosting site he
was using. This was back before soundcloud was around. Soundclick was popular
back then.

Then the OP would divide the song for those that wanted to participate,
into parts that each contributor would do that section of the song. The 5
minute song for the sake of explanation could be divided up into 5 fairly equal parts,
and then the OP would ask in the beginning who wanted which part. Some would pick the start
to the one minute mark. Another might pick the 2 to 3 minute mark for the section
they wanted to add their licks to. After a short time, the 5 spots would all be accounted for.


The op would post something like this:

Who wants which part. Here is the downloadable song.

1. 0s to 60s
2. 60s to 120s
3. 120s to 180s
4. 180s to 240s
5. 240s to 300s

Then each who wanted to participate would post which part they wanted.
Once all 5 parts were accounted for, the waiting began.

Now ideally the person who picked the beginning section would dl and
then re-post once they had added the first minute of the song.

Now whomever had the 2nd part would dl it and add their part and then
re-upload it. This would continue until finished. Ideally.

It sounds simple enough, but even in the early days of recording on ones pc, there
was enough confusion with this to make it difficult for the op to piece
together everyone's parts, as some would jump the gun and dl and then re-post
part 4 before part 2 or 3 were there. Then said poster who posted part
4 would ask the op, "Why can't you just add my part to it? Why should I
wait until parts 1,2, and 3 are re-posted before I post part 4? Now
this put the op in the position of having to mix it together matching volume
levels to give it some uniformity, as well as syncing it. Some might
shave the click track leading into the song off their part making the whole
thing a nightmare to sync.

Like I said, in theory it sounds easy, but I watched a few of these posts
go sideways from impatient posters. I would wait a few days after the finished
comp had been posted, and then contribute my version of the whole song

When I did do it, I figured out quickly to pick the ending and wait and wait, until everyone
had finished their part and uploaded for me to dl and then put the last part
and re-post.

Even in the early days of doing this, there was much confusion, and many times
long waits for whomever said they would do a particular section, which is why some
got impatient and added their part before others before them had.

Also in that a song has an intro, verses, choruses, bridges and endings, dividing
up the song into roughly even parts became even harder.
If the intro and the first verse was 58 secs long, and the next two verses in the
song were 1min5 secs long, a good grasp of song structure would be used by the op
so the different parts coincided with the amount of time people would have with each
part, as the song would be divided by the song parts and not time specific.

This same forum a few years later started doing video collabs the same way
Everyone would dl the op song/backtrack and do their part. Using the above
audio example I made above of a 5 minute song, the op would piece together
everyone's video to make the completed song.

This required some video editing skills and software, as well as a program to
grab videos from youtube on the part of the op as well as those that were participating.

I had no video camera back then let alone video editing skills, so it was above my pay grade.
Still the finished video was fun to watch as one could put a face to the users forum name.

Of the 3 or 4 audio tracks I contributed to, only one worked as it was supposed to.
Most were parts that were cut and pasted back together for the finished comp
by the op.

Another nightmare for whomever was trying to remix everyone's part when
they were posted at different times and not sequentially is whomever had
the first part would sometimes shave the 4 count click track off the beginning
which made it very hard to sync with those that didn't remove the click track
intro. After trying the few times that I did, I could see the frustration in
the op trying to piece together everyone's part, I gave up and went back to just
posting my take to the entire song a week after it had been finished.

That is why that video with Ringo and gang was so well done, both in editing and the cameras used
to make the video. Very professionally done using top notch cameras and video
editing skills.

 

[HBZ]

Kinda like this?


That would be cool guys!

Badass🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

 

[Ramjet159]

Sounds like we should get the band back together. Maybe we could all record a track and make a song remotely? I have no idea how to do such things but I know people do it.

Only if it’s a mission from almighty

 

[Psychobilly]

Oddly enough, Blues and Jazz is what I was taught to play when I got my first Bass. I love it personally; LOTS of good musicians from that area.