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    • That sounds fantastic. Well done on getting the part.
      in Megi's Jazz Odyssey - the return Comment by Lester October 16
    • Hard to imagine over £1,000 difference in price! I recently watched an interview with Paul Reed Smith. He said that there is little difference between a $2,000 guitar and a $200 guitar as they both have all the same principle parts; except that the …
      in Getting the tools out again Comment by Lester October 15
    • ... found in a skip. I find it hard to believe that someone would throw a guitar into a skip. Great work on making it playable, Jocko.
      in Getting the tools out again Comment by Lester October 14
    • https://www.ebay.co.uk/urw/albert9951 - It looks like he may have bought it in May 2016.
      in Shine SIL510 Comment by Lester October 6
    • I have read (here) that Henry will not so much be out of Gibson, just out of his role as CEO. He got a bonus of $1.5m (for selling TEAC) and will get a salary of $2.1m for the next year as a consultant to Gibson (which, by the way, just happens to b…
      in Gibson on the way back? Comment by Lester October 4
    • Drilling wood will have the same rule as sawing wood: measure twice, cut once, so your checking all the possibilities before deciding is wise. All I would say is that if in the Gibson position it does not hang properly then surely that cannot be the…
      in My Gordon-Smith Gypsy 2 Comment by Lester September 25
    • In the Stew-Mac article Where's the best spot for your strap button? I use position no. 5.
      in My Gordon-Smith Gypsy 2 Comment by Lester September 25
    • That is an interesting track, Mark, with each instrument sounding lovely and the combination of them together sounding very experimental. The bass does indeed sound warm and full yet in no way vague, as I would have expected.
      in My guitar history Comment by Lester September 12
    • I forgot to add that there has been one newcomer to the family, a Kala U-bass. U stands for ukulele and it is the size of a baritone uke. It is made of solid mahogany with walnut fretboard and bridge and nice details like a Tusq nut and tortoise sh…
      in My guitar history Comment by Lester September 12
    • Thanks, Jocko. It turns out the link didn't include the .jpg suffix which the forum image link needs.
      in Classical guitar pickup and pedalboard Comment by Lester September 12
    • Much later I was led to believe that was a Dm7 ... That first chord is as it is labelled, DM/F. The open Dm7 is this:
      in You are never too old to learn (just too old to remember!) Comment by Lester September 11
    • Having started with a cheap stereo from my paper-round money, the first thing I saved up for when I started work for real was a quality stereo. A friend gave me great advice: "Once you have chosen your system, stop reading hi-fi magazines." I am sti…
      in Hi-Fi! Comment by Lester September 8
    • If I was in your position I might play with putting the audio in my DAW (yours is Reaper, IIRC) and EQ it so that all except the bass is relatively quieter so that I had a better chance of hearing what I struggle to hear normally. I am constantly s…
      in Complicated chord progressions. Comment by Lester September 2
    • If you are tone deaf then it won't matter one bit what chords you play as you won't hear whether they do or don't fit the song. I suspect you are not as tone deaf as you think, Jocko, so don't put yourself down and believe that the more you try to s…
      in Complicated chord progressions. Comment by Lester September 2
    • Jocko, how about taking a song like Doolin' Dalton that you have learned and playing it without any music or chords in front of you? If you need the lyrics, by all means use them. When you cannot remember a particular chord, try the chords in the ke…
      in Complicated chord progressions. Comment by Lester August 27
    • Your opening sentence, Mark, remkinds me of the saying, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." I think you are saying that applies here as well as Mr. Bensusan's playing and teaching st…
      in More to lessons than learning tunes Comment by Lester August 21
    • Mark, I wonder whether the multi-FX companies make their built-in sounds a bit OTT for beginners such as I was, wanting to hear what each effect does. Any buyer already familiar with such units is more likely to do what Jocko has done - ignore the p…
      in Zoom G3X Comment by Lester August 19
    • ... the best use of effects is sparingly ... I agree with Megi with one proviso: when I started with effects I needed each effect to be overdone so that I could hear what it was doing. As I became accustomed to hearing what the effects do I started …
      in Zoom G3X Comment by Lester August 17
    • If you like chorus, try it with a compressor before the chorus. The thing with EQ is I find that the tone knob on the guitar doesn't allow for finer possibilities such as cutting some lower mids to make the sound less muddy and/or boosting the high…
      in Zoom G3X Comment by Lester August 17
    • Which two pedals? I guess it depends on what style you play and what sounds you like to have to hand (or foot). I would choose a compressor and an EQ if I could only have two pedals.
      in Zoom G3X Comment by Lester August 16
    • I too changed 18 month old strings today and the guitar now sings sweetly again. I had to change them as I will be playing on Sunday and feel ashamed that I had let them get that old and tired. Like you, Jocko, I write on the string packet which gu…
      in Actually changed strings! Comment by Lester August 15
    • What a terrific opportunity. Lovely looking and sounding. Your Irish song suits its Celtic connection!
      in Great guitars but I can't have one! Comment by Lester August 6
    • Glad to hear you are back on the guitar and enjoying it.
      in Actually back playing. Comment by Lester July 28
    • The whole story is just so you, Jocko, doing what you always seem to have been doing: helping and encouraging others. I hope they appreciate it and you at least get some enjoyment out of their success.
      in Floyd Rose nightmare. Comment by Lester July 20
    • It seems I am in good company: see what Nicko, Iron Maiden's drummer has on the left hand side of his kit at precisely 10 seconds into the video!
      in It's quiet around here! Comment by Lester July 16
    • I am absolutely in love with it! That is good to hear. May your joy with your 335 last a very long time.
      in The Rea George Guitar Chronicle Comment by Lester July 10
    • As a teenager at the time, playing in a band with some friends, I remember that we all like America and our youth club leader had an Eko 12 string guitar which I used to play a lot. That may be the background to why I often play 12 string acoustic g…
      in Can you name this song? Comment by Lester July 6
    • Ooh, what a lovely view of the gorgeous rosewood fretboard in the middle photo. Nice work, by the way!
      in Building another strat! Comment by Lester June 27
    • 582 drummers 400+ guitarists I hope Dave manages it - it will be fun for all the guitarists who are there, a challenge for the electrician and Kevin may not hear it, depending on how close to Ealing he lives. Question: How many electric guitari…
      in Guinness world record attempt Comment by Lester June 23
    • in Guinness world record attempt Comment by Lester June 23