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#45,121
PillO said:
Surgery number 2 tomorrow. Stitches come out of my left (fretting) hand and release the tendon in the right (plucking) hand.

I'm looking forward to:
Getting the stitches out. Having to keep them covered and the discomfort of pulling etc.
Having the right hand done. It is the worse of the two.

I am not looking forward to the sensations of the surgery.

My teacher has been trying to help me develop a lighter touch and the surgery required me to have a light touch fretting, so in that way it has helped my playing. Now to develop the light touch with the plucking hand... I suppose there are better ways to develop a light touch, but this worked.
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You supplied your own silver lining;)

This should be the last wrist surgery... unless there's something you're not telling us...
 
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theFixer said:
...YOU are the only person that focusses on whatever insignificant dark spots might exist. Knock it off!:)
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@JJR58 , our own much-animated Mister Fix here is patting you on the back and raising his glass in your honor, and wishes you'd be a little less self-deprecating- because you don't deserve to be brought low. Especially by your own-some.

Just thought I'd step in and translate, in case there's any doubt!
 
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Count Bassie said:
@JJR58 , our own much-animated Mister Fix here is patting you on the back and raising his glass in your honor, and wishes you'd be a little less self-deprecating- because you don't deserve to be brought low. Especially by your own-some.

Just thought I'd step in and translate, in case there's any doubt!
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You silken tongued bastard, you;)
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hillerup said:
Probably rental equipment for the tv appearance, and Keith goofing around behind the drums for the playback.

I know Keith was wild and had his own eclectic drumming style, but seriously doubt that he played like on the video in real life resting his drumsticks on the drums rather than hitting them.
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Yes, part of being a professional back then - being willing to pretend you're playing the song! I've seen some where they don't even have a trap-kit! Air-drums?
 
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JIO said:
Yes, part of being a professional back then - being willing to pretend you're playing the song! I've seen some where they don't even have a trap-kit! Air-drums?
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I think it still is. The Red Hot Chili Peppers did not bother plugging in their instruments when they performed with Bruno Mars at the Superbowl. There are other examples too (SNL?).
 
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PillO said:
I think it still is. The Red Hot Chili Peppers did not bother plugging in their instruments when they performed with Bruno Mars at the Superbowl. There are other examples too (SNL?).
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Really? I thought that was a thing of the past. With the sophistication of technology you'd think it would be a given what you hear is real-time. As far as SNL, it may happen but it isn't every act as there's been 'live' performances for a long time.
 
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PillO said:
I think it still is. The Red Hot Chili Peppers did not bother plugging in their instruments when they performed with Bruno Mars at the Superbowl. There are other examples too (SNL?).
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I saw lots of bands play live on SNL- one of the things that made it a great show. DEVO, The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson... so many really good acts, great performances.

And then, in more recent years, I saw Ashley Simpson walk off the SNL stage after her band started the wrong song... someone back stage hit the tape for the tune they were to sync/play along with, but it wasn't the one they were ready for- and they clammed it hard. She froze, then got wigged and scampered off the stage, leaving her band to be embarrassed without her in front of all those people.

That was the thing you (used to) never do at a Saturday Night Live gig! I have held it against her ever since (as if I should, poor girl... it's not like she let me down).

So they're lip, etc.-synching now on SNL. What a shame.
 
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I'm scoring a black Epiphone EB-3 in trade for a Squier neck and an old JBL speaker. And I have a black Epiphone Blackbird. I think I need a non-black Epi. Maybe I'll sell off the OLP Stinkray I got and git me a 'bursty 'Bird, or something else a little more woody-looking. Too much black kinda isn't my gig...

The OLP is a nice vibrant blue though. But it's a cheep-o. I used to have a couple nice basses, now I'm "Mr Affordable". What the hey, maybe I gotta fix that.
 
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Count Bassie said:
I saw lots of bands play live on SNL- one of the things that made it a great show. DEVO, The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson... so many really good acts, great performances.

And then, in more recent years, I saw Ashley Simpson walk off the SNL stage after her band started the wrong song... someone back stage hit the tape for the tune they were to sync/play along with, but it wasn't the one they were ready for- and they clammed it hard. She froze, then got wigged and scampered off the stage, leaving her band to be embarrassed without her in front of all those people.

That was the thing you (used to) never do at a Saturday Night Live gig! I have held it against her ever since (as if I should, poor girl... it's not like she let me down).

So they're lip, etc.-synching now on SNL. What a shame.
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Mariah Carey, New Years Eve... The Lip Sync plague continues. I blame Simon Cowell (and his co-conspirators and his contemporaries) and his success in making pop a genre rather than simply what is currently popular.
 
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lowend1 said:
I just heard from my vendor that we are looking at early November. That said, Epiphone is notorious for being optimistic about availability. Talk about a slow boat from China...
Of course, the other possibility is that they are sitting on them until they peel off more of the Classic IV Pro T-Birds. Having two "niche" models with such close price points seems redundant, so I would expect the C-IV Pro to go the way of the dodo once the supply is exhausted. But what do I know?
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Count Bassie said:
I rather liked the Cobalt Flats I had in my Pro IV. I'm in midst of a p'up mod for my Blackbird, and may dip back into a set of GHS Brite Flats for that.
I dig a good set of flats..
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What genre of music do you play?
 
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Count Bassie said:
I'm scoring a black Epiphone EB-3 in trade for a Squier neck and an old JBL speaker. And I have a black Epiphone Blackbird. I think I need a non-black Epi. Maybe I'll sell off the OLP Stinkray I got and git me a 'bursty 'Bird, or something else a little more woody-looking. Too much black kinda isn't my gig...

The OLP is a nice vibrant blue though. But it's a cheep-o. I used to have a couple nice basses, now I'm "Mr Affordable". What the hey, maybe I gotta fix that.
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Very nice on the EB-3. I look at red EB-3s once in a while and think "I want one", but I'm not sure what I would do with it that is different from what I have now. And right now, I am very enamoured with my JC. Can't keep from playing it. Which brings me to an interesting revelation...

I had assumed that I like 'jazz' type necks - narrow string spacing and narrow front to back. However, since the wrist surgery, I have found that a little wider string spacing and a chunkier neck lets me play with a lighter touch. Not enough to use that style neck exclusively, but interesting that my assumed preference is not my true preference. Or perhaps better said for the things that are currently important to me, my revealed preference has changed.
 
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PillO said:
Very nice on the EB-3. I look at red EB-3s once in a while and think "I want one", but I'm not sure what I would do with it that is different from what I have now. And right now, I am very enamoured with my JC. Can't keep from playing it. Which brings me to an interesting revelation...

I had assumed that I like 'jazz' type necks - narrow string spacing and narrow front to back. However, since the wrist surgery, I have found that a little wider string spacing and a chunkier neck lets me play with a lighter touch. Not enough to use that style neck exclusively, but interesting that my assumed preference is not my true preference. Or perhaps better said for the things that are currently important to me, my revealed preference has changed.
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Ergonomics were better considered in the 'Old Days'. Wider necks with rounder back profiles fit the hand better and thin, tall frets are easier to play cleanly. People did things for carefully thought out reasons back then, moreso than today IMO.
 
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