sonhenry

Blues band needs keyboard player- hamond and piano sounds. Band has gigs booked, some light travel required. PM me for details!

That may or may not be true. Is it feeding back at really low volumes? Lots of those new Fender pickups aren't wound tightly enough and so they go microphonic- that sounds like the problem you have. You can fix this yourself pretty easily by wax-potting them. I can email you the specifics, but it'll radically cut down on the amount of feedback. I can stand next to my 100 watt marshall and blast away with my strat and not have feedback problems. Hearing problems yes, feedback no. If it's a brand new guitar, though, and the pickups are microphone it's a warranty issue and you should take it back.

I had to really think about that one. So, from the land of the living..... Nick Curran Derek O'Brian Taj Mahal and from the other side.... Magic Sam Elmore James Muddy Waters

Little off topic, but are AC30's really that unreliable? It's kinda funny, but you're right they're the holy grail of amps in the states. Just curious, I do like the sound of them though.

Hey all- New in town, kinda dumb question - Is there a store in town that actually has a respectable amount of used gear in Aberdeen somewhere, or are they all like Bruce Millers? Thanks! Son

Almost forgot- with 4-6L6 fenders you can pull the outside or the inside tubes. You cut the power in half but you double the resistance that the output transformer expects to see. So' date=' if you've got a Twin Reverb, you'd also need to disconnect one of the speakers too- go from 4 ohms to 8 ohms. With some fenders that have a single pair of power tubes you can get away with pulling one tube. It changes the amp sound, because you go from a class AB to class A. If you think of sound as a sine wave, in AB each tube amplifies half the signal, either the positive pr negative part of the wave. In class A (like an AC30) the power tube amplifies the whole wave. Older fenders can handle this, but I don't think is what you want to do for one of the new Fenders with a printed circuit board. Truthfully, I wouldn't think of doing it to my amp. [b']Cringe Look at it this way. It might work. Then again you might smoke the amp and the repair bill is going to be a heck of a lot more than the cost of one of Weber's attenuators.....

Well, I've been playing a '74 Strat since it was new. It's bone-stock with only the sweat and beer of a bunch of shitty roadhouses as a modification. I'd stack it up against anything! And through a marshall, stand back! But, I agree with you- a les paul/marshall is a killer tone! But hey, when you cut right down to it, they're just wood and wire and a little electricity. It's your hands and your soul that are the important parts.....

then your on your way! look here first: http://www.hotlicks.com/slideguitar.htm Arlen Roth's 'Slide Guitar' is a great place to start (I had his book with the floppy vinly record probably before you were born and THAT was great, this is better- and it's all fundamentals). It gets you into playing in standard tuning, plus open E and open G- which you *gotta* know, that's where all the fun is. If you work out whats in that video, you'll be able to start working things out from cd too. The others are either a mix of blues and slide, or more advanced. Once you've got the basics down anything here is fair game. good luck!

yeah, no worries- there's a couple depending on the style you're interested in. the bob brozman series (3 dvd's in all) are excellent for the old delta slide on an acoustic guitar. the more modern stuff is really well covered in warren haynes' instructional types- real electric stuff in the duane allman vein. two good places to start, not knowing anything about the style you're interested in. but, if you've got a good ear, any of those tapes will get you started with the basics of the technique- it's the same, acoustic or electric. Or, there's always the George Thorogood method, "just turn it up and wail..." pm me- i teach too, and i'll dig for more good videos. really helps to watch someone close up.

depends on the style your talking about. there is some really good stuff out there and some real crap too.

See, that's great to hear, and the kind of information I need. Thanks! I play blues, mostly old-school stuff, lots of original material. You?

That's a deal. Little Walter though, hmmmmm. Not too many harp players like Little Walter. Kim Wilson can get close, Mark Hummel perhaps. The rest of us are mere mortals. Walter rules the roost!

great thanks- good to know that they'll work.

(Background- I'm a guitar player moving from the states to there) OK, so I've got this Fender amp that I've had for years but it's wired for 117 volts. I've either got to replace the power transformer or use a step down transformer to convert 220/240 down to 120 (the 60/50cycle thing is no big deal according to Fender). Anyone have any experience with a step-up or step-down transformer? Sorry, replacing it with a marshall isn't an option just now I'm sure it'll work, I'm more worried about it being reliable. Nothing worse than an amp going up in flames in the middle of the first set. Thanks! Son

got an email asking about this thought I;d publish the reply. Yes, horn players would be cool too- sax, trumpet, tbone.

looking like a couple of weeks or so. not soon enough frankly.

last time I check being 17 wasn't an incurable disease! BTW- I've got a 14 year old son who's also looking for every opportunity he can find to play. But he's still learning...

Excellent questions, thanks! First, I'm much more interested in how well someone plays than how old they are, old is fine, young is fine too. FWIW I just clocked 40 and right now I've got a bass player that's 56 and a sax player that's 22. They do a great job holding up their end of the stage and that's the important thing. Second, I'm serious about music, but I've always had people in my band that did a great job juggling a day job, family and being in the band. I do it too. So, we always work around schedule problems, etc. A day job is no problem. I can give you more details about how much we're playing here, but I'm not sure that's important because I have no idea how frequently we'll be able to play where you are. I wouldn't let a day job talk you out of this though. The style I gravitate towards is a hybrid of old howling wolf and elmore james house rocking music is probably the best description- right now I'm playing a healthy balance of original and odd covers. Hollywood Fats, Lightning Slim, Little Walter are some major influences. Don't get rattled if your worried i'm looking for a bunch of old guys in fedoras. It's energetic party musc if it's done right and truthfully, it lives and dies by the bass and drums. Does that help? Around here it's been a popular style because it's not old fart music at all, most of the people that turn out to see us are 30 or younger and they dance till they drop. That may or may not translate to where you are, but we'll see i guess. Oh, Alaska is a great place, kinda cold and dark 10 months out of the year, but you can catch fish that weigh as much as a medium-sized dog. I not going to miss rolling my amp through a few feet of snow though. kinda rambling, sorry- i'm not usually up this early.

Hi- I'm on my way to Aberdeen and want to get a jump on getting a band organized. I'm looking for a drummer, bass player and keys for a blues band. I'm an old school (but not old) guitar player, singer with a couple of CD's out on indie labels. We'd be playing lots of original material and some covers- all high energy party stuff. Email or this forum probably is the best way to communicate for now! Cheers- Son Henry son_henry@yahoo.com

I think i found the lemon tree web site, thanks! I'd be interested in learning about some less upscale places as well, places with lots of sweat and beer, dancing even. Ideas always welcome... Thanks!

Hey- Just curious about the blues scene in Scotland. I'm moving to the Aberdeen area just after the first of the year and want to start getting connected. Info on clubs, agents, jams etc will be appreciated. I'd also be interested in talking to players about the music scene in general. Cheers! Son son.henry@gmail.com