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[quote="philbymon"]I beg to differ, & I'll use your own signature to prove my point, Alan -

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philby, "it's gotta be jazz" is kinda an in-joke - it's a line from a song of mine, 'Half-Jazzed Blues.'
The lead singer sings "it's gotta be Blues," and the back-up singer sings "It's gotta be jazz."
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It's call-and response.
Kinda like here . . .

So true.

And I recognised the line.

Gee, RhythmMan, your fingers are healing up nicely. They don't look all green and gangrenous and sht anymore. You switched to lighter guage strings finally?

ZxYz - go to my profile and look at that same picture, a little bigger . . .

I was just flookin' with ya, RM.

I missed the reference, though, I must admit...

Well, Philby you're spot-on with your response, anyway . . .

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Oh, btw, regarding strings - I always buy custom light or extra light gauge strings.
I always buy the lightest guage acoustic guitar strings in the store - .010 to .047.
I just play a lot, and most my songs have hundreds of chord changes.
What really does it is the sliding chords.
Try sliding an 'F" to an "F#" on an acoustic guitar (6-strings), without rattling the strings. Add another 6 - 7 sliding chords into that same song, and play it at about 130 -140 bpm, for 4 minutes, and you'll see what I mean . . .
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I can't keep callouses. The sliding on the bass with round-wounds is kinda counter-productive for them, but what the hey - it's what I'm used to! I've gotten rather fond of that certain tingly feeling when the tough skin sloughs right off in the middle of a gig...heh heh heh

I can't keep callouses. The sliding on the bass with round-wounds is kinda counter-productive for them, but what the hey - it's what I'm used to! I've gotten rather fond of that certain tingly feeling when the tough skin sloughs right off in the middle of a gig...heh heh heh

Ugh, no wonder I don't play bass or guitar. I'd be running off the stage cryin' like an 8 year old girl.

The Melbourne Orchestra with KISS I would have loved this gig.

LOL That was cool.

Yeah, callusses - that's why I like the dry air in the winter.
When my finger tips are dry as can be, they are almost as tough as fingernails . . .

The Melbourne Orchestra with KISS I would have loved this gig.

LOL That was cool.

Glad you liked it...I agree I think that was cool and I bet the orchestra was in to it. I would have loved this opportunity even down to the makeup ( except I know I would have gotten monster zits ). I get the same rush regardless of the style of music I play. Regardless if it is jazz, classical, celtic, rock what matters is that it...rocks!

Yep it ROCKS.

In reguard to calluses, I can keep any. I wash my hands so often at work it's a constant build and peel affair.
However I find the use of the Dit da jow to be very helpfull. Even the tissues under the build up is very resiliant. In very umid conditions I have had to cut away the dangling calluse to kep it from snagging the strings while I play.
If I played as often as some of you guys I would have to find another profession.

I don't put anything lighter than 0.13 on my acoustics. Tougher to play but the tone is so much better when you get all that metal vibrating.

Yeah, heavier strings give a louder, fuller sound, all right.
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Like most acoustics, nowadays, mine has an active pickup, tuner, volume, and equalizer built in.
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My equalizer has 4 slides.
Here's how I set them for GREAT tone with extra light strings:
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Bass - nearly full, or 3/4
Mid - cut down nearly all the way or down 3/4.
Treble - nearly flat.
Bite - cut back a mite.
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I use these settings nearly all the time.
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My guitar has kick-ass treble available. I find that cutting the mid and boosting the bass makes for the best sounding guitar.
As my strings start going dead with time (about 7-11 days), what I do is cut the midrange a bit more.
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I still play at open mikes, ocassionally, and so I can get a comparison with my guitar to other people's guitars.
I've played with completely dead, crummy-sounding strings - carefully equalized them - and I usually have someone come up to me afterwards and tell me that my guitar sounds really great.
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The trick is to stand 10 feet directly in front of the speaker when you adjust an equalizer, and - make very slight adjustments.
Plus or minus 3dB will double or halve your volume in that specific range.
So - with a 24dB range for 4 sildes - there is a LOT you can do with the sound . . .
Thank God for equalizers, hehe . . .

Quite true, RM. My Fishman p/u in my Dean acoustic is very bass-heavy, & I have to run it with that setting almost down to zero. I kick up the highs, with the mids kinda low, & the pressence up pretty high, & it sounds most natural to me & other players.