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Post by creolian on Apr 28, 2017 20:43:42 GMT
Thanks Michael, I forget sometimes how lucky I am to live here and to have had some of the experiences in music that I have. In that pimento of time it didn't seem all that special in little neighborhood bars or roadhouses in the area. Irony is that the British, Euro and Japanese appreciation of Louisiana and Mississipi delta music, blues, jazz, cajun, zydeco is much greater than it is in that place surrounding us I call America. If it wasn't for people from outside the area like yourself, I wonder if I'd be as aware of my own culture as I am. I wonder if it would have survived at all. Irony is that even today most of the traditional jazz muscians I know here make their living primarily overseas... I do appreciate those keeping the flame regardless of where. regards, Jeff PS, back then their were two kinds of microphones on stage ; SM57 or SM58
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Post by creolian on Apr 28, 2017 14:14:17 GMT
Not the guitar based blues of the Mississipi River Delta, Zydeco is the musical result of the cultural collision of African and French Acadien influences in SW Louisiana near the Atchafalaya river basin. Zydeco literally means snap bean and is more uptempo and snappy than the traditional Cajun waltz. Call it what you will, Zydeco is just another form of the blues to me. The late Clifton Chenier was known as the king of zydeco and I can testify his shows were electric with the entire room dancing for hours. This is a clip of Clifton playing at the jazz festival in New Orleans back in what I'm guessing was the 70s Reason I'm posting this is that Lil Buck Sinegal ( Clifton's guitar player ) will be at the Jazz festival this Sunday Apr 30 with his more straight ahead blues band. if you've never heard Lil Buck Senegal, he's the reel deal and getting on up in age. His set will be streamed at wwoz.org at 1:30pm CDT which I believe is 6:30pm in London. The station will be streaming from jazz fest this weekend and next... another blues player of note is John Cleary who is scheduled today. Enjoy! J www.wwoz.org
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Post by creolian on Apr 27, 2017 20:51:41 GMT
on the other hand it does offer some signal processing which is common in live sound reinforcement. I'm interested in what Michael, Deuce and some of our other performing members have to say about, compressors, EQ and other electrovoodoo they use on resonator guitars.
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Post by creolian on Apr 27, 2017 14:29:01 GMT
In a live situation I'd be concerned with its physical durability.
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Post by creolian on Apr 25, 2017 17:37:17 GMT
Hello jtinman, I echo your sentiment regarding this place...
Statesboro Blues comes to mind. I believe listening to different recordings of it can give a good idea of the range of interpretations that some of these old tunes lend themselves to.
Cheers, Jeff
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Post by creolian on Apr 21, 2017 21:41:51 GMT
Looking for opinions. I've seen videos of Roy Rogers and Kenny Brown both using one but they can make anything work! I have one and it's got a very narrow neck. I got it out a few weeks ago and it was tough to get reacquainted with. If nothing else the stock bridge would be easy to raise with its thumb wheel adjusters.
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Post by creolian on Apr 21, 2017 21:28:06 GMT
this is what we use to attach microphones to skin and wardrobe. about as thick as a layer of skin, it should be about as acoustically transparent as anything. www.hairdirect.com/store/vapon-topstick-1in-strips.aspxOk, laugh all you want. Just about any double sided tape should work. Some of that stuff is near permanent tho... HtH, Cheers, Jeff
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Post by creolian on Apr 21, 2017 19:10:55 GMT
Greame, that is true and for 78rpm records they had to keep it short and to the point. However, it should never be forgotten when talking about any of the artists we have mentioned, that these people were the greatest in their field of all time. Shine On Michael We should also realize that part of an artists success depends on marketability. I've seen some incredible muscians that for one reason or another were not considered a good investment by producers and record companies. The piano player, James Booker is one good example I can think of... Most of his solo recordings were "board feeds" at live shows and he never did the same thing twice. Regarding consistency in lyrics, the blues derives a lot from African tribal communications. The call and response as well as transmission of drum messages over large areas served a variety purposes. In more modern blues There are many archetypes that include political satire and cultural independence as well as entertainment for the fun of it. These days it's not uncommon to see a staged ad lib moment. I'm thinking that lyrics sometimes have been secondary to the message or story. we will never know if Robert Johnson was a consistent lyricist... I'd bet my soul he was a consistent storyteller.
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Post by creolian on Apr 21, 2017 16:26:07 GMT
I wonder what Elizabeth Cotten would say about all this
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Post by creolian on Apr 20, 2017 22:43:04 GMT
I had a lot of fun using a tie clip mic. from RS components mounted on my NRP Jazz Blues in the 1990s. Had to run it through a Barcus Berry pre-amp to get a bit of control into a Fender Champ 12 clean channel. It was OK for local jam nights and gave a true resonator sound once the feedback was under control. hello all, as a sound recordist for film and tv I've owned and used a wide variety of tie clip or lavaliere mics and I agree that they can be excellent for recording as well as reinforcement microphones. My particular favorite is a Sanken COS 11b. It's counterintuitive to use an omnidirectional mic in live situations but I never had problems getting enough gain before feedback. Any mic or pickup is essentially an ear. My instincts tell me that a piezo (or my ear) directly on the cone of a reso would not be the first place I'd look for a well balanced sound. Maybe blended with the tele pickup it would work fine. There are no rules and at least it's not invasive surgery to install or move a stick on piezo. J
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Post by creolian on Apr 17, 2017 20:37:28 GMT
Hi! Not sure what a triplex cord changer is but if you are talking about the Continental on Craigs list just be aware it is one of the earliest example that has a Dobro style neck screw that is not only not needed but would need removing and the guitar re-set up before you could get the best out of the instrument. Also the early Continental cones can be a little lacking in tone and may need replacing. There is another forum member who may also want to attest to this last point. Chris hi Chris, all "Triplex" is the model name of the lap steel in that ad and the lever tensions one or more strings to a different chord al la a pedal steel. These days Palm benders are also seeing some use on Lap's. Ive been keeping an eye on Craig's looking for a metal reso for a while. Now that I have myself a republic, I'm looking to upgrade to something more reel. I haven't seen an older national for sale by an individual here in at least a couple years...As far as that Continental goes I'd be interested but I'm at the wrong end of Highway 61 ;( Cheers, Jeff edtit added link: www.vintageguitarsale.net/Vintage-National-Triplex-Chord-Changer-Lap-Steel-Guitar-sale_12373.html
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Post by creolian on Apr 16, 2017 15:03:24 GMT
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Post by creolian on Apr 14, 2017 13:39:29 GMT
hi all and thanks for the responses all, I think Michaels method of elongating the hole in the tailpiece is the simplist way to go to center the biscuit. Harriet's suggestion of under stringing it looks like it would do the trick for the aprox 2mm lowering I want to achieve. Has anyone understrung one of these tailpieces ? I'm thinking a strip of Teflon bushing on the cover to keep the strings from making contact there and a bit of machining of the fan shaped leading edge of the tailpiece to alleviate the strings having to go over the edge... Maybe a piece of rod stock under the tailpiece for a smooth contact spot ? The hardest thing to do so far has been putting this thing down I stayed up well past two am noodling away last night... running on fumes today ! whatever I end up doing to the guitar, I'll try and take some pictures and document the process. I can't imagine where I'd be with this without the help and knowledge here. Again, thank you all ! Jeff
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Post by creolian on Apr 13, 2017 23:01:41 GMT
Hello all, I finally got around to bringing my new guitar to a luthier for a setup and a diagnosis of exactly why my biscuit was off center. Good news : He thinks it's just a matter of moving the cone over (which he attempted with the strings tensioned. ) I explained that I had changed the strings and tried to get it centered only to have it pull back Lopaddidly off center... he shrugs ? I feel a case of Oh O! coming on... Bad news: As far as a setup for strictly fingerstyle; He believes it would need a neck reset (600$) to lower the action and maintain enough break angle. Oh O! I get the feeling that he just isn't too interested in working on a reso and I guess the really good news is that he didn't take the job, keep the guitar until Christmas, and do the unthinkably impossible for a reasonable price??? There used to be a luthier here who had a long reputation of doing just that, so I've at least avoided that heartbreak. This guy has a very good rep so... no harm, no foul. At this pickle in time, Im thinking of at least pulling the cover and seeing if there's anything obvious pulling the cone off center, the biscuit drilled off center, tailpiece mounted off center and ( any other ideas or experience much appreciated.) I'm also tempted to try and lower the saddle myself as I have the proper tools and have a bit of woodworking experience. Does anyone have any ideas or experience in adjusting the tail to increase break angle? are there replacement tail pieces that might work ? All in all, it's easily playable to the fifth fret with barre chords across all six strings and sounds pretty good as is... I'm planning on sticking with the D'addario Chromes flat wounds as they sound nice and articulate at the bass end and have surprised the couple of people who have played the guitar, including the luthier. I really appreciate the help here and have enjoyed going through the archived posts. Hope everyone has a nice weekend and thanks again, Jeff
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Post by creolian on Apr 12, 2017 15:11:53 GMT
got no words other than... RIP
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