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SO 18 pages ago (9 months) I put up this backing track. I got ill and busy, but remembered about it. I have 3 submissions. Anyone fancy jumping in and recording something for it?
.....(wibbly wobbly time machine video effect)......
Right then. Are you ready for the next jam track backing?
Below is a backing track. It’s 90bpm. The cowbells count down the last bar before the start of the jam section. The Horn stab is on the first beat. You can just about play an E pentatonic over it, but options to do something a bit more.
I genuinely whacked the parts in on the first take so expect to replace probably all of it. All submissions welcome. Guitar, Bass (looking at you @chiefgrooveguru), Keyboard, Drums and I think it would be epic to get some of the “Music producers of Singletrack” to potentially remix or reimagine it too. (looking at you @ajantom)
There are some slightly obscure chords in here. I’ll whack them into this thread a bit later (when I’ve worked them out)
Please, if you’re a bit scared just have a go…..no judgement here. I can even do a private mix/render if you like?
Next steps: Tell me if you’re in. I’ll set a bit of a deadline and add submissions as they come in. Once the deadline passes, I’ll produce the full mix. Any questions, then just ask.
Ooh! I remember this from 18 pages ago. I remember at the time it was hard for me to do anything better than random E-noodles, but I'd be up for having another go at it...
Fyi the original discussion starts on page 50, or you can use the search function (ok, I made that last bit up 🤣😂)
Jeez I remember something with cow bells, I must be at least one of the submissions. I seem to remember doing a bass thing that came easily to replace the bass track but failed to find inspiration on guitar, but might have sent the uninspired thing. I've got a lot on at present so won't be doing anything new.
I think I did an admission 18 months ago, but hopefully I'm a bit better on guitar by now... I'll try and do another submission at the weekend when I'm home from holiday
@Edukator, I'll have a look through my mails and pop it in if I find it!
I'll try and do something.
Also definitely up for a random remix 😁
Think I sent you my noodles @AdamT. Really enjoyed playing to the changes on this track, great backing. Looking forward to hearing everyone's take.
Edit oops
I think I sent something too, 2-3 weeks after you posted the backing. 4th December.
@<span class="bbp-author-name">eddiebaby</span> Have you had a play with the Behringer TS clone yet? What's it like?
First time I've tried one and I like the sound it makes.
BUT check the Andertons video from last Wednesday to see how similar they all sounded.
Funnily enough I don't sound exactly like SRV after buying that 🙁 Not complaining about the £20 spend though. Personally I'm happier with the equally low budget MojoMojo from TC.
That Andertons video comparing overdrives was very interesting.
I've tried loads of overdrives over the years and still use the first one I bought, a Boss SD-1.
In a side by side comparison, it sounds just like a TS if you turn the tone down....
For distortion I had a Behringer Blues Driver clone that failed after 20 years regular use. Cheap junk....🙂
I replaced it with a Fulltone OCD my wife bought me last Christmas.
It's great, love it, but it's not 5 times better!
On a separate topic, I think I've finally bonded with my Strat.
Loved the tone when other people played it, but it always felt like a broken banjo.....
The solution was to turn up the amp! It masks the resonance of the trem - doh!
Never felt totally confident with it before, but loving it atm.
You lot are all seriously talented btw, love this thread.
On a separate topic, I think I’ve finally bonded with my Strat
I love both my Strats, but then I bought a Tele so the AmProII is going to have to go. The sproingy sound is part of the deal but the immediacy of the Tele and the ability to just go to drop D or any open tuning is a winner.
I get it.
I'd have to go Tele if I could have only one.
I love the simplicity.
My first electric too. It just fits.
Buuuuuuut, the Strat is just freaking me out a bit right now...in a good way.
I can't believe how wonderful it sounds clean and overdriven.
It's so comfortable too.
Just back from a jam with mates (rhythm only, cowboy chords, loud) and currently hugging it like a once lost child. 🙂
Thanks to all the replies on the jam thing. Send me a PM if you have a new submission and we can make contact
It’s so comfortable too.
On that basis I built a Warmoth hybrid with a strat body but Telecaster ash-tray bridge + pick up, Strat middle pick up and a splitable humbucker in the neck. I thought it would be the perfect combination but haven't fallen in love with it. All those disadvantages of the Tele I've realised suit my playing. That horrible edge that digs into your forearm means my forearm doesn't float around so I'm more accurate picking. That horrible edge that digs in my bottom rib, that keeps the guitar flat and stable. The unreasonable weight means it doesn't move much when I do slides and move around the neck. The shorter cut means the neck sticks out a bit more when standing play with a strap and makes it easier to play high up the neck.
Yes, but you're a reasonably proportioned individual.
I on the other hand, am a short, fat person 🙂
A Tele does not flatter me.
It has a very small contact patch, so it's less stable.
Like Eddie, I've just bought a bass. I ended up with something very modern, a Cort B4, rather than the Jazz I was convinced I wanted.
Ergonomically, it was night and day.
Don't get me wrong, I love Teles.
But a nicely designed, modern instrument is much easier for me to get to grips with.
I am in for the jam, I had a go at it back when you originally posted it then got busy and forgot about it.
Will have another go 🙂
First time I’ve tried one and I like the sound it makes.
BUT check the Andertons video from last Wednesday to see how similar they all sounded.
Funnily enough I don’t sound exactly like SRV after buying that 🙁 Not complaining about the £20 spend though. Personally I’m happier with the equally low budget MojoMojo from TC.
Cool, thanks for that. I want something to put in front of my Bandit 112 to get a nice bitey sound from it.
@Eadukator This maybe the Strat for you...
Sorry Eddie that one doesn't do it for me, it might be the amp but I like P90s to sound creamy thick (Like Bertignac from Téléphone) and that one sounds metalic.
This vid is all Simon's fault, I learnt the intro when he posted it and recently thought I'd have a go at the rest. The intro is a bit rushed because I'm already trying to think of the worms. Jagger belts it out with Keefs guitar in standard E. I tried a baritone but couldn't get low enough and compromised on E flat. Harley Benton's cheapest Tele but with a Wilkinson bridge pick up and Crel 666 neck, middle position treble fully up, Marshal JCM 2000 clean channel with nothing added or taken away.
Perhaps someone can tell me if they can watch the vid, it wouldn't run embedded but works for me in another window, which may be because I'm logged in on my Youtbe account.
All good here Edukator.
Ta.
I've listened to "The best strat I've played vid again, Eddie, it's growing on me especially the bridge pickup. This is an example of what my ears think is a nice P900 lead sound:
This vid is all Simon’s fault,
You're welcome 🙂
Well down to Weymouth tonight and tomorrow a bit of practice playing with the lads to see how well I've got Pride and Joy sorted and see if we'll play it on Saturday or Sunday evening.
Just taking the Tele and this MiniBoard down with the Belle Epoch Deluxe in place of the Specular Tempus. The looper is only for fun/practise.
Just the 3 pedals into a borrowed Hot Rod Deluxe. More than enough.
I'll be integrating some of the parts of the jam track tomorrow evening if any of you fancied submitting something. PM me if you have a submission.
Here's a version without bass if folk wanted to do an alternative bassline?
As a reminder, one loop is between the end of successive cowbell count ins, so it's about 27s worth. Feel free to submit multiple loops if you like, I can whack them all in together. Equally it's fine to have notes ringing out over the end of the loop etc.
First band practice for about 6 weeks. So fun to be back in the shed and playing. New Jag sounded pretty good.
Also totally loving the sound lad Liverpool hungry beaver fuzz, really clever and adjustable muff kinda thing
https://www.soundladliverpool.co.uk/hungrybeaver
If anyone's interested, my band's new EP is now available on Bandcamp.
You can have a listen for free (and purchase if you wish 😉)
https://thesupermercados.bandcamp.com/
I'll be diving into that later. Thanks for the heads up.
Tonight is defnitely music night as I bought my first fuzz pedal for 30 years.
After the success of the Behringer Tube Scream clone I bought the Behringer Super Fuzz yesterday.
Again £19.99. Feels (and is) cheap but sounds great.
Check out Josh Scott's video on the range.
I badly rolled my ankle playing handball last week, so can barely walk. I'm stuck in, so doing music stuff. Might well work on "the jam", but will probably be on Ninjam later this evening. Anyone fancy trying it from here (online jamming)?
My guitar teacher appears to be doing a good job of undoing all of the poor techniques that I've developed over the 30+ years I've owned a guitar. I think it helps that I'm actually keen to learn and improve, even if it means going back to basics. It makes a change from him teaching kids who have been forced to go by their parents and don't do any practice between lessons 🤣
Booked an hour in the local rehearsal room so I could turn up my amps
Amazing to have some time blasting away with 2 amps and a delay to connect it all together
Took the new jazzmaster for its debut, a lot more versatile that I'd ever thought
I should do this more often
That sounds good fun.
I spent most of yesterday actually playing rather than dicking around with effects.
Just the Tele, a tuner and my Yamaha THR10ii.
I really am going to get rid of the unused toys. It is embarassing.
If I only had that amount of superfluous items I'd be happy
Stuff on Reverb at the moment
Yup. And you've got your Helix and I have a Kemper so it's worse then it may appear at first.
Started a wee project to keep my occupied as the nights draw in!
Bought one of Harley Benton's kit guitars to have a go at
https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_eguitar_kit_sgstyle.htm
Reasonably decent out the box. Did a quick check for component fit
The body wasn't too bad out of the box. It came already pore filled according to the instructions but there were some tooling marks and a few rough spots so I have it another going over with some sandpaper and my own application of pore filler
First up was a couple of coats of sanding sealer, then onto the colour. Went for some TV Yellow nitro lacquer from Northwest Guitars. Doing the body and neck in colour
Applied 3 coats of colour then had to sort a few spots where it had ran with some 600 grit wet and dry
After that it was 9 coats of clear nitro lacquer on the body and neck
Removed the masking tape from the neck and applied some Monty's Relic Wax which I use on any fingerboard that will take it. Adds a nice dark tone to the non rosewood fingerboards
Annoyingly when I took the masking tape off the neck it lifted some of the paint slightly plus I also discovered that the heel off the neck doesnt go completely into the body so I've missed a bit that I'll need to go back and fill in this weekend and it'll take care of the lifted paint. I wont bother taping this off, I'll just blend it in and make sure not to cover the entire heel with paint
Bolted the neck on and I've brought the guitar inside to let the nitro cure which should take 2 weeks, then it'll be a polish up with some 800+ grit paper to bring out the shine. I'll touch the missed part up on the neck over the weekend too.
Overall the paint job has came out fantastically well for an aerosol can job. The very minor colour runs were easily sorted with some light sanding and the lacquer has gone on perfectly.
For the painting, I watched and followed this brilliant tutorial from Stew Mac and the guys from Driftwood Guitars
Nice. I really wanted to order one of these kits and do a wild paint job on it. It'll be a P or J bass for me though.
I've watched all the videos, they seem fine as long as you get a decent one. I gather the QC isn't the best in the world but if you know what to look for you'll end up with a perfectly playable instrument.
Was there a split in the neck at the body end? If so, did it make any difference, or need any work?
Looks good so far, btw. I've been tempted to get one.
Was there a split in the neck at the body end?
No split and the neck fits perfectly in the pocket. Screw holes all lined up with no issues