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Post by lawastooshort on May 5, 2017 11:23:35 GMT
I'd be very interested in a copy too, I think.
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Post by lawastooshort on Oct 14, 2016 13:19:46 GMT
I was looking for an old documentary and found the unedited footage it came from.
The chieftains, Mongolian throat singing, Johnny Guitar Watson et al at Frank Zappa's house.
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Post by lawastooshort on Aug 30, 2016 10:01:32 GMT
I’ve just bought an MM Blues 28. It’s excellent.
I want to learn slide, but at the moment I am learning jazz as well as some not-slide blues, and don’t want to spread myself so much I don’t make any progress anywhere. So at the moment I am just fingerpicking blues on it in standard or drop d tuning (as an example of type and skill level, I’ve just been learning M&O blues).
Are there any general differences in technique between a normal acoustic and a resonator that I should know?
Anything I should think about to get the best out of it?
Many thanks for any advice, Ryan
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Post by lawastooshort on Aug 30, 2016 9:49:26 GMT
I bought an MM Blues 28 last month, although half of it was in fact a birthday present. I’ve been playing guitar on and off since I was little, but only really started seriously over the last year.
A couple of days after getting it I went away for a fortnight and the strings are heavier than I am used to, so when I got back it took a week or so to get into it. Partly because of this I had a moment of doubt when I wondered if I’d bought a guitar I didn’t need and couldn’t get the best out of, but this soon passed. I can’t bend strings with (my little finger in particular) as easily as my medium gauge stringed acoustic yet but that’s the only downside now, I think.
It’s my first resonator. I tried a few cheaper Gretsch etc. resonators before buying to see if I liked the idea and they aren’t at all comparable. This just sounds, feels and plays good. The sound is very characterful, very full. I don’t play slide yet*, but it just makes blues sound right. It can sound kind of rough and stompy, in a really good way. It can also sound almost kind of gentle, too, and this is just me and my limited skills after a limited amount of time with it.
My dad taught classical guitar when I was a kid and he had a quick go on it, and was very impressed by the sound. My (mostly jazz) teacher had a quick go on it, and was also impressed by the sound and quality. When it arrived even my wife and small children were impressed, although the children in particular were mostly impressed by the shiny bit, and by how loud I could make it play.
Overall – I’m really happy I got it. It sounds great, and has been another step in pushing me to play more. I'd love to be able to afford/justify a metal one too now...
Michael was also really nice to deal with, and patient with a few questions I had.
Thanks Michael, Ryan
*the other week though, I went to visit Ian at Diamond Bottlenecks down the road, who is lovely and whose slides, as far as I can tell, are excellent.
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