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[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1413125020' post='2575095'] Ahhh, a fellow Charlie Chuck fan! [/quote] http://youtu.be/HJ1ZWOchYQo?t=1m10s

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1412686704' post='2571013'] Is there any way of reducing or eliminating the sound transfer into the lower flats? Something I can put under the amp perhaps. [/quote] play geeetar on a serious note on the mattress of bed or sofa cushions seems to isolate it quite nicely hope this helps

[media]http://youtu.be/7RZgo_qJpFY[/media] [url="http://youtu.be/UC9sRIsvjXI"]http://youtu.be/UC9sRIsvjXI[/url]

go for it as they often say on the interwebs 'what could possibly go wrong?' hope this helps

[url="http://youtu.be/wrZRrzfMF3o"]http://youtu.be/wrZRrzfMF3o[/url]

but but but but .... it's for charidee exactly they wouldnt get away with that sort of production costs for such a mediocre lacklustre result otherwise imho mcton ymmv etcetera etcetera

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1412428797' post='2568874'] No, they're a well-chosen colour. You can step in all sorts of stuff and no one will know it was you. Apart from the smell of course. [/quote] Well it does come in handy being naturally smelly

i do feel that there is generally a lot of confusion between technical excellence and showmanship (not with us discerning lot on here i hasten to add!) - and where does one stop and the other start? imho the best technical guitarists around are coincidentally ones who are the least flashy - all the showboating is often intentionally or unintentionally at the expense of technical excellence - entertaining it may be but bit its like a big mac meal and usually leaves you wanting something of substance some manage to straddle the border and sit on the fence and tease us with showboating on minute then blinding us with technical expertise the next - its all a matter of taste and there is no accounting for it personally i cant get my head around how any guitarist can squeal with delight at malsteen fretw***ing himself into oblivion, and be completely uninspired by the likes of holdsworth or fripp - but i guess it would be boring if we were all the same - it would be like a bland musical version of 'new labour's diversity and inclusivity where everybody would be joint equal number one in the charts all time regardless of whether or not they can play the bloody thing

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1412506780' post='2569389'] Mo Foster made one of these in the early '70s for finger-style practice. Carried it in his pocket, must have found it useful. [/quote] what for? squashing spiders?

on a serious note - if you have a laptop/ipad type thingy with you why not use the spare time away to do some theory learning stuff - plenty of apps and vids and tutorials online [url="http://www.notreble.com/apps/"]http://www.notreble.com/apps/[/url]

i see it is french at least it wasn't cut from a diseased tree by a blind german i missed the video too busy looking for some nice soft runny cheese i was

looks about as useful as tits on a kipper why is there no video demonstration? are they embarrassed or something?

sometimes i turn up and set up and then change and put smart shirt and shoes on but once or twice ive forgotten and done the gig wearing my crocs

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1412359949' post='2568295'] Here is our last video - [/quote] catchy me likey

15 year old jazz guitarist Andreas Varady performs a piece which he wrote for Quincy Jones' 80th birthday party. [media]http://youtu.be/51EQ09eLtos[/media] 12 years old - Andreas Varady at Nancy Blake's, Limerick [url="http://youtu.be/MiRxLgyN_Lo"]http://youtu.be/MiRxLgyN_Lo[/url]

Nige i take it youve heard of this chap? unlike Mr Gottardo he is now gigging with big names and being endorsed by big names, and imho all very much deservedly considering he (was) 14 (when he first started coming to media attention) there is very little to fault - great soloing and improv structure - obviously very metheny influenced but that's no bad thing - and very modest and no showboating [media]http://youtu.be/eSSbNt1yX6w[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/Nut8wO-IFLk[/media]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1412336414' post='2567929'] Presumably this is the same attitude that prevails when voting commences for the monthly Basschat Composition Challenge. [/quote] im a miserable cynic and i still voted

im sure i would have enjoyed it more if the drummer hadnt been dragging it like a doom dirge and the bass moved off the low B just once in a while to provide a hint of dynamic lift to the melody at appropriate points compositionally some nice stuff in there but he said it all in 1:30 so the remaining 3:00 were just more of the same without actually going anywhere imho ymmv mcton etc etc just my 2p worth you understand

heres a nice little example of the bass pushing the beat along - how PHAT is this bass tone!! [url="http://youtu.be/IrQIx8kN1-Y?t=2m"]http://youtu.be/IrQIx8kN1-Y?t=2m[/url]

fifty squillion members on this here forum and only sixteen bother to come and vote sigh....

trace boxer 65 here - 65w and 12 inch - has heasdphone output but still ok for low volume practcice at home - ok for small/acoustic gigs (just)

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edit - just to clarify i do actually agree with the OP [url="http://bassplayer.com/artists/1171/reharm-phenom-henrik-linder-of-dirty-loops/26636"]http://bassplayer.com/artists/1171/reharm-phenom-henrik-linder-of-dirty-loops/26636[/url]

joint problems here too just taking it nice and easy and no over stretching or over exerting you will find that your technique will develop to accomodate your fingering requirements