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*sniffs the air* Hmm... Yup. It smells like Friday - and not Teen Spirit. So, that means it's time for another Friday Night Guitar Thread. We aren't picky. Come join us and jam, or come listen to your peers!

submitted by TheRealBuddha to Guitar 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 19:49:10 ago (+20/-0)     (Guitar)

Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 4 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 19:49:20 ago (+4/-0)

That's right! It's time for another Friday Night Guitar Thread! If you were expecting something else, you're mistaken. We always have a FNGT!

So, here's something from the deeper archives. This was recorded in VA on some pretty solid kit. The recording was tough, as you need something that sounds like a garage band and a professional studio recording. Still, we managed well enough - I think...

SRV - Tightrope (The Usual Suspects)

That hasn't been shared in quite a while. It's worth hearing again, I think.

We do have a project ongoing, but we're slacking. There's not much snow, but there's enough to keep me busy. Plus, I've been online less which means I've been busy with other activities. For example, I have a bunch of new cars that have been delivered and need to be organized and catalogued.

Anyhow...

Rock on, Goats! Rock on!

[ - ] Sleazy 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:16:51 ago (+3/-0)

Sounds great, but that tone seems like its missing just a little something to match SRV's to a 'T'. I don't know what it is. Your playing just sounds thinner somehow

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:30:47 ago (+3/-0)

Yeah, it's not quite perfect. We got it as close as we could, but that song's got something different going on with the recording process and I don't know what it was. Without that information, we couldn't quite replicate it to the same degree we normally do.

[ - ] bosunmoon 4 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:53:35 ago (+4/-0)

Fatten up those strings you old fart.

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:02:08 ago (+3/-0)

That could be it, actually. I usually play some pretty light strings, unless the guitar specifies a specific set.

[ - ] Sleazy 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:38:43 ago (+3/-0)

The guitar playing is masterful, you're hitting every note and bend.

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:48:56 ago (+3/-0)

I can manage that part. The tone was the issue. It's something they did in the studio, I think. I have no idea why.

[ - ] ChatGPT 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 22:55:51 ago (+2/-0)

That was some bad ass rythmn guitar. I don't know how SRV can play and sing that. It went into overdrive when the solo came in. Nice.

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 1 point 2 monthsFeb 10, 2024 17:16:38 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks! The rhythm guitar was done by the missus. I'd have played the lead (SRV's portion).

It's hard to disconnect and sing while playing, but it's possible. It requires letting your fingers rely on muscle memory, I think.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 3 points 2 monthsFeb 10, 2024 00:28:04 ago (+3/-0)

I just bought a violin, it's a real hoot even tho I suck

[ - ] Sleazy 1 point 2 monthsFeb 10, 2024 00:47:43 ago (+1/-0)

Cool

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 1 point 2 monthsFeb 10, 2024 17:15:08 ago (+1/-0)

You should share some of your attempts at playing it.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 2 points 2 monthsFeb 10, 2024 17:53:59 ago (+2/-0)

Imagine a wood rasp scraping down a rusted tin roof...but it's a lot of fun!

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 1 point 2 monthsFeb 10, 2024 19:35:14 ago (+1/-0)

That sounds about right.

Just remember that we have REALLY low standards. We've also had violin players in the past.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 2 points 2 monthsFeb 10, 2024 19:54:40 ago (+2/-0)

I can play Smoke On The Water, but only the four main notes, on the low G string = PROGRESS

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 11, 2024 15:00:07 ago (+0/-0)

LOL That's a start! My go-to is Beethoven's 5th. Gimme 10 minutes and I can play that on pretty much any instrument you hand me. It might not be good, but I can at least figure that much out.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 2 monthsFeb 11, 2024 15:01:51 ago (+1/-0)

Great idea! Imma lern it right now

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 11, 2024 17:27:09 ago (+0/-0)

The basics are 5 notes. It's pretty easy.

There's a Christian hymn that uses the same music called Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee (something like that).

[ - ] Sleazy 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:41:44 ago (+3/-0)

My buddy Chris and I played another Toby Keith song back last May that I thought could share here tonight as an honor to his life.

I love this bar

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:50:50 ago (+3/-0)

Heh... I've covered that song before. I'd completely forgotten that by now.

[ - ] Sleazy 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:53:30 ago (+3/-0)

I never knew it was a Toby Keith song till the other day

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:00:47 ago (+3/-0)

I think it was in the 2000s, like 2002 or so, when I recall covering the song.

It was a fine song for playing in a bar. Country was pretty popular at the time.

[ - ] Sleazy 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:02:15 ago (+3/-0)

I would think any bar that plays country music would be a good bar to play that song in, most the patrons probably love that song

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:03:51 ago (+3/-0)

As I recall, it was quite popular.

My network is starting to fuck up even worse.

[ - ] Sleazy 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:29:01 ago (+2/-0)

It is all right for a country song

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 22:15:34 ago (+2/-0)

Also, the Super Bowl is on Sunday. I'm going to have to watch that one. I only watched a few games all year but the Niners are in the Bowl so I've got to watch it.

Then again, I usually watch it - even if I didn't watch the rest of the season.

[ - ] Sleazy 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 22:20:41 ago (+2/-0)

They have a good chance of winning this one

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 23:22:29 ago (+2/-0)

I am optimistic but don't know enough about the Chiefs to say anything. The Niners have a better record, I know that much. But, it's not all that better.

Also, I don't think the Chiefs have ever won a Super Bowl. So, they're going to be motivated. They're going to be VERY motivated. If they pick up momentum, that's going to matter - no matter how good the Niners are on any given Sunday.

So, I'm not making any predictions. I'll be rooting for the Niners, of course. At the same time, it'd be kinda cool if a team won the Super Bowl that had never won before. That'd be pretty neat. There aren't that many teams left that haven't at least won the big game.
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[ - ] ChatGPT 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 22:44:27 ago (+2/-0)

Wow! The crowd went ape shit. I loved that song. Woulda gave it a 10 but there was no niggers in that bar. Need more diversity.

[ - ] Sleazy 3 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:03:00 ago (+3/-0)

Hello again everyone. My buddy Chris stopped by earlier this week to jam some music out and we were trying to think of something to play when my woman said why don't you play a song by Toby Keith since he just passed away. So what the hell.

Here is our version of Toby Keith's Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:08:56 ago (+2/-0)

Listening now.

It sounds like it usually does - meaning you're having fun. Can't go wrong with that.

I wonder if anyone propped him up beside the jukebox? Probably not... Fuckers...

If I asked to be propped up beside a jukebox when I die, someone better fucking do it. (I have not asked for that.)

[ - ] Sleazy 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:15:22 ago (+2/-0)

Hopefully they at least bring a jukebox to the wake and prop him up beside that for a while, at least!

He wrote a whole damned song about it

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:29:32 ago (+2/-0)

Right? I do not want to be propped up. Just torch me and spread the ashes in a place that makes the survivors happy. There's a lot of ashes, so they can keep some if they want.

I figure I won't care very much in the given circumstances.

[ - ] Sleazy 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:39:50 ago (+2/-0)

I want my kids to keep my skull and decorate it and bring it out for holidays and family gatherings

they want nothing to do with that!

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:49:55 ago (+2/-0)

That's something they'd do in like South America way back when. In some cases, they'd bring out the whole mummy.

[ - ] Sleazy 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 20:55:18 ago (+2/-0)

If my dad had asked me I'd have honored his request

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:03:14 ago (+2/-0)

I'm not sure what the laws would allow these days.

Can you claim it's your religion, perhaps? Is it a desecration of a corpse? How do you get the funeral home to comply?

[ - ] Sleazy 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:28:31 ago (+2/-0)

I am not going to bother, cause nobody wants my skull!

[ - ] TheRealBuddha [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 21:59:56 ago (+2/-0)

I should donate my body for science. That seems like a good idea.

Man, my network is shitty right now.
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[ - ] ChatGPT 1 point 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 22:57:28 ago (+1/-0)

Checked out the video by Joe Diffie. Excellent song. BTW what the hell is a jukebox?

[ - ] Sleazy 1 point 2 monthsFeb 9, 2024 23:03:04 ago (+1/-0)

go to a bar, you'll see