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Originally Posted by Threadfin
yeah, Rossington was a massive influence on me, and it's sad he is gone. But he left a lot of great music behind.
I actually met Ed King and he showed me a few licks. Quick story....
One day when I was about 12 I went next door to where my grandmother lived at that time (southern New Jersey). There was a man there with her. Heavy set, long hair, and they were both sitting at her piano.
My grandmom says I;d like you to meet Mr King. He was in a rock band you might have heard of and then she mangled the name. I said, you mean Lynyrd Skynyrd? And he turns to me and says that's right young man. I recognized him from the cover of Nuthin' Fancy, this was Ed King man.
(Edit: Actually you can't see Ed well on that cover. The back side is the one with Billy Powell flipping the bird and Ed is obscured. I guess it was Pronounced... that I recognized him from.)
Turns out after he left the band he moved to Belleplain NJ, about 10 miles from me and joined my grandmom's church, of all things. She was the music director at the church and he was over to work out some sets as he wanted to play in the church band!
So I stammered something and he asked if I play. I said I sure do and he said where's your guitar? I ran home and got it. Was an old sixties Fender Malibu acoustic. He tuned it up and played a few things, like Needle and the Spoon and Sweet Home and man, talk about over the moon. He showed me how he played those songs and here we are 40 some years later and I've never forgotten. If Skynyrd wasn't my favorite band before then, it has been ever since. Ed also passed some years ago.
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That is a great story. No doubt something you will always remember. The Alman brothers, Skynyrd and 38. Special and Molly Hatchet were among some of my favorites along with Stevie Ray Vaughan. I think what I have a hard time with is how young a lot of the guys in Skynyrd and the Alman brothers and yet, had such an awesome grasp of music and it's structures and composition. We have had awesome guitarists, no doubt. Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, Willie Nelson and Glen Campbell not to mention Vince Gill are just a few on The Country music side of the street.
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Originally Posted by Sean C
All correct. The Marshall is an MG100 HDFX with clean and "overdrive" (distortion) channels and built-in delay, chorus and flange. The cabinet is a slant with four 12s. They're a few feet away from me as I type this. After my processor died, I just used the amp effects and it sounded just as good. So the only pedal I used after that was the channel switcher/effects on-off that came with the amp.
The Jackson also had lock-nuts at the nut, so once it was tuned, it stayed in tune almost indefinitely. I loved the Floyd Rose because I could bend notes down and up with no whammy bar (even though the Jackson came with one). But as anyone who's ever used one knows: changing to a different tuning is a nightmare. Every time you loosen one string, the rest tighten and vice versa. So anytime I needed to be in a different tuning, I just used a different guitar. And changing strings requires a stack of business cards to be shoved under the bridge to prevent it from collapsing into the body. My guitar tech absolutely hated it.
A guy from another band recorded a few of our shows and put them on YouTube. But trust me when I say you can do without seeing/hearing them. We weren't very good.  |
You have some great equipment. No doubt. The Floyd Rose Tremolo is a great bridge. However, as you said, it's a nightmare to tune.
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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace
I also found a nice set of gold, Shaller locking tuners. Most think this is overkill with a locking nut but I may not use that. Floyd Rose tremolo's are great but a royal pain in the ..... when it comes to tuning. I would rather have the strings locked by the Floyd Rose bridge tremolo at the aft end of the guitar and locking tuners in the head stock and tune the guitar there.
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With regards to, in your own words, “ not playing well.” Who Cares ? What's Important is that you play and that you have fun doing it. That's all that matters. I'm sure you play better than you think. If you are using some of the great Guitarists that we all know as a measuring stick, then I am in the same boat as you. There are many Guitarists that are really gifted.
I certainly am not among them. I was a drummer in a couple bands listening To John Bonham, Neal Pert, Denny Carmassi, Alex Van Halen and my biggest Influence, Phil Collins among many others. Probably due to the fact that I sang and played drums at the same time. I picked up Guitar because well, why should the Guitarists have all the fun. I never made the connection with the Guitar as I did with the drums.
I feel as long as you enjoy playing Guitar, don't ever stop or let anyone dissuade you from that enjoyment.
As a special treat for you good people, I have listed a video excerpt. Al Pitrelli, Lead Guitarist of Trans-Siberean Orchestra, gives Guitar lessons at Water Wheels Guitars in Milford , Pa. when things get slow, between shows. Here, Al is teaching some Guitar theory on Facebook. Check him out. I hope you, Threadfin and others enjoy it. Al knows his stuff.
https://www.facebook.com/10006386811...1940986071800/