I'm looking for something specific that I don't know the exact name of. I have seen Pat Metheny use it many times - he will be playing an electric guitar that is strapped on his shoulders and then leave it slung down around his shoulder when done using it for a particular part of a song and then start playing another guitar (often times his acoustic) which is stuck up on some sort of stand or rack (i.e.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RllMYsTqg4s (seen clearly at 3:48)). What is that kind of stand or rack or whatever called? I've been looking for one on musiciansfriend but can't seem to find one. Thanks.
1 2010-03-31 04:13:50
Topic: Name of a guitar stand that holds your guitar up as you play it? (1 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
2 2010-02-10 18:50:54
Topic: Volume Pedals (2 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
The effects box that I currently own is a Digitech somethingorother with a bunch of different effects settings - the volume of some effects can be adjusted by the connected pedal, the volume for other settings however are not affected by the pedal, the pedal only makes it do weird things like warp the sound or take a certain sound away from the effect (i.e. the surf sound is change from no reverb to high reverb when you press the connected pedal all the way down).
So, in order to be able to better control the volume of the ALL the effects – including the effect in which its volume cannot be controlled by the connected pedal - I picked up a volume pedal: first an Ernie Ball pedal than a Morley one (not the Little Alligator, they didn't have that one)…. And I found them both to be absolute crap.
No sound even comes through until the pedal is pressed at least half way down and there is no fading in or out – the sound cuts in jarringly once the pedal is pressed ~halfway down. They didn't even change an effects’ volume so much as just make the sound dull and muffled until you have the pedal pressed all of the way down where the effect sounds like it is supposed to.
The pedal connected to my Digitech effects box (that only controls the volume of some sounds, remember) controls the volume well: if I need the volume quiet but the sound still full and bright, I just don't have the pedal pressed down far - if I need it louder I press it to the appropriate spot. Why are these pedals not doing the same thing?
Sorry if this doesn't make sense, this wasn't as easy to describe as I thought but I gave it my best shot. Is there a good brand of volume pedal that controls the volume well or are volume pedals a fallacy and a waste of money? Thanks.
3 2009-07-23 13:02:59
Topic: Theory & Eric Johnson (2 replies, posted in Music theory)
Maybe this is the wrong board to post this question, but does any one know what types of scales and especially chords that Eric Johnson likes to use in his music? He has such a signature sound and while much of that has to do with his individual musical ability, he also uses especially interesting chord phrasings that I have not heard elsewhere. Maybe they just sound cool and aren't that hard, I don't know....
Thanks in advance.
4 2009-07-16 19:16:04
Re: Celtic Music (3 replies, posted in Music theory)
Thanks a lot guys - I've got some work to do!
5 2009-07-07 18:53:22
Topic: Celtic Music (3 replies, posted in Music theory)
Does anyone know what scales or other places of musical theory referrence that Celtic Music draws from? I'd love to try and improvise with Celtic music but I don't really know what theory it is based on.
Thanks.