jimsoloway Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 Since you guys seem to like these, here's a new one I did last night. It's the new custom long scale, thin bodied H575 (That's way too much of a mouthful. Since it get almost 100% of my paying time, I think we can start taking that as a given unless identified otherwise). I think it's the best recorded sound I've gotten yet from this guitar. Like a lot of my tunes, this one starts and ends slow and swings in the middle, so you may want to hang in past the first minute to hear where it goes.
fxdx99 Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 My goodness, that's some beautiful playing, Jim. Thank-you so much for sharing that. Love the harmonic use and that passage/turn around from 0:40 - 0:52 - great the chord voicings. The ending chord/harmonic repeats it's use and as soon as I get home to a guitar I'm going to figure that out and steal that chord/harmonic use from you (if you don't mind...). The whole piece is wonderfully played. May I ask - if I recall it's 25.5" scale. What do you like/find different from the shorter/std 24.75? Is it the upper harmonics... bass response... both?
jimsoloway Posted February 12, 2015 Author Posted February 12, 2015 My goodness, that's some beautiful playing, Jim. Thank-you so much for sharing that. Love the harmonic use and that passage/turn around from 0:40 - 0:52 - great the chord voicings. The ending chord/harmonic repeats it's use and as soon as I get home to a guitar I'm going to figure that out and steal that chord/harmonic use from you (if you don't mind...). The whole piece is wonderfully played. May I ask - if I recall it's 25.5" scale. What do you like/find different from the shorter/std 24.75? Is it the upper harmonics... bass response... both? Not only do I not mind, but if you get stuck or just want to speed up the process, just ask me what I'm doing and I'll be happy to explain. I don't mind sharing at all. As for the scale length, in theory (all things being equal) increasing scale length adds tension to the strings, This in turn accelerates the attack causing the fundamental to ring out faster and with more clarity. In this instance, however, all things are not equal. I have the guitar tuned down a full step, this relieves the tension on the strings by close to the same amount that the longer scale length increases it. So in the real world, this means that I can tune to D and still have adequate tension while using a reasonable light weight string set (12 to 53) allowing clear articulation of without compromising intonation.
Dick Seacup Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Love the videos, Jim. I'm constantly amazed by the big shooters here who post tunes like that, done perfectly in a single take. I can't make it through the first 12-bars of a standard blues without screwing up (ask Rob about the time he put a guitar in my hands at PSP ). In unrelated news, I've given up guitar for good. Again.
fxdx99 Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Not only do I not mind, but if you get stuck or just want to speed up the process, just ask me what I'm doing and I'll be happy to explain. I don't mind sharing at all. As for the scale length, in theory (all things being equal) increasing scale length adds tension to the strings, This in turn accelerates the attack causing the fundamental to ring out faster and with more clarity. In this instance, however, all things are not equal. I have the guitar tuned down a full step, this relieves the tension on the strings by close to the same amount that the longer scale length increases it. So in the real world, this means that I can tune to D and still have adequate tension while using a reasonable light weight string set (12 to 53) allowing clear articulation of without compromising intonation. Thanks, Jim. Took a swing at the intro this morning getting thru the first 30 seconds or so. Love the chord voicings, which are mostly foreign to me (I'm not at all a jazz player lacking the knowledge/chops for it). The voicings are even foreign to my ear, as I think it's going to a Maj7, which I guess it is, but the variation is so nice. The straight on camera work makes it easy to see what's going on. And of course found right away that you were tuned down a step. Interesting approach, makes sense. The sound/voicing of the guitar is very rich/nice.
FredZepp Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Very nice... beautiful and smooth with those harmonics punctuating the tune with a nice ring. The tune walks forward into a serene landscape of sound.
jimsoloway Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Thanks, Jim. Took a swing at the intro this morning getting thru the first 30 seconds or so. Love the chord voicings, which are mostly foreign to me (I'm not at all a jazz player lacking the knowledge/chops for it). The voicings are even foreign to my ear, as I think it's going to a Maj7, which I guess it is, but the variation is so nice. The straight on camera work makes it easy to see what's going on. And of course found right away that you were tuned down a step. Interesting approach, makes sense. The sound/voicing of the guitar is very rich/nice. I'll make it a bit easier for you. The opening chord id actually Em11 but I've voiced it with a B (the 5th) in the bass. The fingering is 7x5785 and I have use a barre at the 5th fret. And the chords leading into the second pair of harmonic lines are Dmaj13#11 (x54674) and Cmaj13#11 (same chord two frets lower). I bar the fourth fret to finger both the F# and G#. After playing the chord, I lift my pinky off the F# at the 7th fret before I play the harmonics but I let the rest of the chord ring under the harmonics. For the Cmaj13#11 and harmonics everything is exactly the same but 2 frets lower.
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