201 Reply by wlbaye

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Zurf wrote:

Excellent.  Sounds like a lot of fun.  I have no confidence in my voice, so don't see me doing any open mics, but I'll do open campfires and man-caves.  All the recordings of yours I've listened to were just great.  I'd surely enjoy hearing you out at an open mic night, that's for sure.  Have fun, and encourage that smoking rascal. 

- Zurf

Thanks Zurf,
I have to brag on my new pickup a little , I was told my guitar sounded awesome by a couple folks and Lizzie said your guitar sounded like it really filled the room tonight . Sure makes me feel good.
I really like playing out once I get started and it seems you can get into the music alot better for an audience, than sitting and playing to yourself.

I will try and get a recording of Tommy, this kid is absolutely unbelievable. He plays Freeborn Man in Tony Rice style and does it solo and the picking singing and whole package is stunning. He won't be here much longer this kid is headed for the big time. I just hope he can keep his head on straight and has someone looking out for him.

Keep singing and playing Zurf, remember it's the only voice your gonna have so make the best of it. I work hard to find the songs I can do with my limited vocal range and there are lots of performers that have done very well with less than great vocals.
The more you play at campfires or man-caves is gonna make you better and give you the confidence to be performer smile

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202 Reply by wlbaye

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Heya Mike,

Yes, playing with others is alot of fun and you can always give them the look like what the heck you doin, when you hit a clunker or miss a chord change smile

Even having a backup singer seems to relax most folks or someone to interact with a little. I aint trying to scare people away from going solo, but it is so much different than playing with a band. Seems I have always been very comfortable when I have my own equipment, but House PA's and mics differ so much and if no ones at the soundboard it's not good. I guess I worry too much and want to have it sound good if possible.

Sounds like you're having fun , sounds like my kinda gig. Hope the up comin gig goes well smile

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203 Reply by wlbaye

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gabbysings2 wrote:

You inspire me, Wayne.   Been working up the nerve to play and sing in front of an audience.  Have lots of experience in just singing with the band of long ago, but this would just be a couple of guitars and a mic.   Yep, you've inspired me.!     Kudos to you!!!!!

Thanks Gabby,
You sing like an angel , so my advice would be to share your talent with others. If you have another guitar player that can kind of carry you or just have them there to lean on it would be good to get your feet on the ground.

One thing I like to do if I am performing with a house PA is to talk a little and interact with the crowd before I start and strum a little also. This way I can get a feel for how hot the mics are and get a feel before take off.

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204 Reply by wlbaye

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KAP54 wrote:

Sounds like you had a real fun night Wayne. It must have felt good to be asked for an encore smile Can't beat Sam Stone.

Well Done

Ken

Thanks, Ken and great to hear from you again !   Yes I have been asked to do another the past couple times that I have performed and it sure makes the night smile

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205 Reply by wlbaye

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Yes it was a fun night and it is always fun to play with others, but playing with others and getting up and playing by yourself
and putting yourself in the spotlight is a different experience. Anyone who has done this knows the courage it takes and the concentration and everthing else that goes with it.
I have gotten over my anxieties about doing it and can now enjoy myself and have a great time. I went through a period a couple years ago when I thought everyone played better than I did and I was going through some real insecurites. Anyway I just wanted to relay some of the things I have gone through.

Thanks Wayne P

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206 Topic by wlbaye

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Just returned home from Open Mic at our local , Coffee shop . Open mic is first and third friday of every month. Lots of young folks there tonite. They limited everyone to three songs tonight.  I wanted to take my guitar with the new pickup in it and see how it sounded. There were twelve folks signed up before me so I had some time to jam in the backroom.

There's a local boy 16 yrs old that I think lots of folks will be hearing.
I jammed with Tommy on a few songs and I asked him to play lead on a couple with me. We played Hoochie Coochie Man and Got my Mojo Workin, and Longhaired Country Boy in the back room and I decided to play Longhaired Country Boy with him. We worked out a pretty cool arrangement.

I started out with "Hello In There" and then played an original "I Coulda Been"  Tommy was supposed to play lead on it with me but he was outside smoking , Darn kids anyway. He showed up and played "Longhaired Country Boy" with me and it was fun. Remembered all the words to all of them. The host asked me to play one more so I finished with "Sam Stone". I didn't have a songbook with me so I was proud of myself for making it through all of them and without stumbling on the lyrics.

We had some folks in the back of the room that were a little noisy so it was a little distracting and I missed a chord change on Sam Stone but other than that it was cool. I don't think many noticed anyway.

My wife didn't know that I put the new pickup in my guitar and commented that my guitar sound just awesome tonight. She is not a musician but has a very good ear. I let her in on the new pickup and she said yeh no wonder it sounded so good!

Not much for nerves tonight , I just grabbed a high top stool and sat down and played. I was worried about "Hello In There"
Cause sometimes I get them huge emotional waves and the quivering starts, but not tonite smile

I credit much of my ability to be able to get up and do this thing to my friends Southpaw & Topdown they supported and inspired me when I needed it .

Chordie is a great site , with Great Folks !

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207 Reply by wlbaye

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Thanks Everyone,
I have recorded and performed this song so many times , but I am finally getting the recording thing figured out a little better so I am again taking a stab at some oldies.

Thanks to Russell and  lots of encouragement from all the great Chordie folks, it seems after a couple years of struggling I feel I am getting somewhere smile

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208 Topic by wlbaye

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Hello Everyone,

With the holiday season coming on I always get a little sentimental and start thinking about yester years and lost friends, I been wanting to sit down and do an unrehearsed vid with the new to me J-45. This song goes out to a couple friends that loved this song and John Prine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMeGdLDt8U

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209 Reply by wlbaye

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Zurf ,
I sent you a long winded reply via email.

I am gonna put a Anthem SL in my Martin HD-28 , I am saving my pennies and can"t wait to hear how it will sound.

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210 Reply by wlbaye

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I don't think everyone is being honest here smile

I'll bet most started playing cause    Gals love Gittar Players

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211 Reply by wlbaye

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Zurf,

I have the LR Baggs I-beam , in my HD-28 and it is a nice pickup and is very easy to install. I think a tech could install it in less than a half hour. Plugged in it sounds real nice , the HD-28 is real bass heavy plugged in so I have to roll the bass off but it sounds so nice when dialed in. Alot of folks like the batteryless passive units. After having both I will take the battery and have more control of things without buying a DI box. I do have a DI box but really like things simple and don't use it much, except to record.

If you decide to install one yourself , let me know if you need any help.

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212 Reply by wlbaye

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I'll be sending good vibes your way Russ.

"Don't worry bout a thing, every little thing gonna be alright"

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213 Reply by wlbaye

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Hello Zurf,

With a great guitar like yours I would look at a good natural pickup. I have a couple LR baggs pickups and an I-beam would be really nice in your guitar it is about $ 100 plus installation , but can be done easily yourself. A step up is the Anthem and there are two versions the SL and the true- mic. The SL is the same dual pickup it just doesn't have a convenient blend knob to balance the two and is the one I prefer to keep it simple with just a volume control inside the soundhole. It has a small screw to balance the mic and transducer. It is the best pickup I have heard.  www.lrbaggs.com

KK sound makes a Country Western and is the pickup of choice for bluegrassers it is natural sounding with no quack and is available in a passive and active model. The passive models are prone to feedback issues and also need a di box of some sort for a preamp.
www.kksound.com

B-band also makes  a very nice pickup that is none intrusive and I have one of them also and they are nice but for the same price comparing the B-band A-A2 to the LR baggs Anthem SL the , Anthem is a bit better.
www.b-band.com

Most of the good pickups just require drilling out your end pin of your guitar and slipping in the pre-amp , installing the volume control, battery,transducer or mic and plug in and play. If you are somewhat handy you can install any of these yourself.

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214 Reply by wlbaye

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Good for you Zurf !

Sounds like you found the one that puts a smile on your face and that's a great feeling smile

Don't matter what it looks like , I have played one like yours and that is one sweet guitar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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215 Reply by wlbaye

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Solid wood guitars to me have a Breath and different voice and I just love  the woodiness that comes out of them. I have been playing a Martin Eric Clapton signature at my local store for about a year. I would not have give you much for it a year ago but today it is just a wonderful guitar and doesn't even sound like the same guitar. I am not interested in a signature but I just am so content to go their and play it . Hope they never sell it, it's a treat to play.

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216 Reply by wlbaye

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Sorry Pix,
I cannot agree about solid wood guitars being overrated. I have played some very nice laminates and still own a couple but to me there is a natural wood tone missing from laminates. I love solid wood back , sides and tops. I am not saying you have to break the bank on a solid wood guitar. I don't care if they are America, Chinese or elsewhere. Solid wood guitars are where it's at!!!!!!!!!!!

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217 Topic by wlbaye

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This is a pretty cool acoustic Good The Bad & The Ugly , I love Spaghetti Westerns and thought I would share.


http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab182/wlbaye/th_The_Good_the_bad_the_ugly.jpg

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218 Reply by wlbaye

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The Anthem is not a soundhole pickup just the Volume control is attached inside the soundhole , the Anthem has a mic inside under bridge pickup and a ust pickup and you balance them.

An I-beam is just a ust pickup and I also have a H-D 28 with an I-Beam , if you like a natural sounding acoustic pickup the Anthem is much much better than the I-beam in my opinion .

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219 Topic by wlbaye

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Hello Everyone,

I recently purchased a J-45 Gibson and it had a fishman "Natural 1" pickup in it. It didn't have a tone or volume control on it and it was way way hot. You could barely turn the amp up and the thing was overpowering and had kind of a piezo quack to it.
I searched and studied and decided on the new Baggs Anthem SL.

Baggs offers two models to choose from. The Tru-Mic and the SL model . I decided to go with the SL , they both have the same mic that attaches to the underside of the bridge and an under saddle pickup . The SL does not have the handy adjustable wheel like the volume wheel to adjust the blend of the pickups. I have a B-band pickup in another guitar and the 2 adjustment wheels get mixed up to me anyway. I wanted to keep this one simple. The SL does have a small phillips head screw that adjusts the balance of the pickups and once adjusted I am just leaving it alone.

Installation was simple beings it had a pickup in it already, total time about 15 minutes that included removing strings and getting tuned back up. The mic just sticks on the underside of the bridge and the UST goes right under the saddle. Stick the battery and volume control on and it is ready for a test drive.

I strummed a couple licks and set the volume to a nice comfortable level. I played with a pick , without a pick and with a thumbpick. I have never played an acoustic and got the feeling that what was coming out of the amp sounded like it was coming out of the soundhole of the guitar. Playing without a pick with some pickups sounds muddy with no separation , not so with this one , I am so happy with this set-up , didn't really know what to expect but the results are smile smile smile

The SL Pickup Goes For About $ 200.
The Tru-Mic Goes                   $300.

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220 Reply by wlbaye

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I am with ya on this one Toots , I play a G shape and capo 1 ,2 or 3 now days depending on how my old vocal chords are doing smile

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221 Reply by wlbaye

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I play this in a G shape progression capoed 2 , alot of folks play it in C , a friend I use to play with played it in the G shape so thats the way I learned it. Good luck Pix , it is not so tuff to play it has just been a tough one to remember the progression and all the lyrics without a cheat sheet.

Pix there are alot of tabs out there , This is the way I have played it for a long time and I think it is the best one for following a progression.

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.l … _twice.crd

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222 Reply by wlbaye

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Young and Old , really like this song Pix, it's a tough one but a good one smile

Don't Think Twice and Hello In There by John Prine , Have been a work in progress for me for more than a decade and I finally
feel pretty good about them. I am gonna play them both at open mic tonight and feel comfortable doing them, but it seems it's been a long struggle.

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223 Reply by wlbaye

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Don't Think Twice , By Bob Dylan

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224 Reply by wlbaye

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Thanks MKM & Daddy,

I usually don't get to political or bothered by whats goin on, BUT one day after watching CNN and listening to the politicians
encouraging everyone to spend money they don't have to keep the economy going, I took a stroll to the mailbox to find it full of credit card apps.
Got me to thinking how a couple generations in this country have changed so much. My grandparents never borrowed money for
anything, then along came Mom and Dad and the only thing they borrowed for was a car. Then when I was about 40 yrs old I went to a dealer meeting and the room was covered by the company. Doesn't seem right that cash just doesn't work anymore. They would not let me in because I didn't have a credit card for any incidental charges. My kids don't have a chance with the spend , spend money you don't have attitude.
Anyway alot of good people are hurting and when the ship gets righted I hope , we all are a little more conservative.

End of Rant smile

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225 Reply by wlbaye

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Heya Tops & Pix,

We do quite a bit of jammin between our guitar guild , the guitar store jams and the bluegrass festivals. A word of advice for a
great jam sessions. Seems simple songs really work well 3 & 4 chord songs make it fun for everyone. The better players can solo over them great and everyone else can strum along. It just seems to keep things flowing and a festive time.

The more difficult songs usually aren't done well by a group so keep it fun smile

Just wish I could make it , maybe another time or Come  West Young Men smile

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