Re: John Mayer Worshipthread
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:28 am
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I'm waiting for him to discover Caline pedals and then make me a millionaire!robthemac wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:32 pm I been telling y'all, Strymon NightSky is where it's at.
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Enjoy!! Its pouring down with rain hererobthemac wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:17 am I've chucked the two kids in the paddling pool and have nominated myself as supervisor. Given them some marbles, ethylene glycol and a plugged-in hairdryer. Should keep them occupied for a while.
Great excuse to sit in the deck in the sun and play acoustic guitar. The Taylor is freshly strung and absolutely singing. I'd forgotten how much fun Stop This Train and My Stupid Mouth are to play. Basically running through Mayer's catalogue up to Battle Studies. Good times.
Mayer's pluck'n'slap technique is still a bit of a holy grail for me, up there with Travis picking. It's quite a slog for me, no signs of instant gratification there!robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:17 am I've chucked the two kids in the paddling pool and have nominated myself as supervisor. Given them some marbles, ethylene glycol and a plugged-in hairdryer. Should keep them occupied for a while.
Great excuse to sit in the deck in the sun and play acoustic guitar. The Taylor is freshly strung and absolutely singing. I'd forgotten how much fun Stop This Train and My Stupid Mouth are to play. Basically running through Mayer's catalogue up to Battle Studies. Good times.
I don't do it properly where you strictly alternate between thumb and index finger. I use thumb for bass notes only, and sneak in the middle finger where possible (easy, Jeremy)codedog wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 4:56 pmMayer's pluck'n'slap technique is still a bit of a holy grail for me, up there with Travis picking. It's quite a slog for me, no signs of instant gratification there!robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:17 am I've chucked the two kids in the paddling pool and have nominated myself as supervisor. Given them some marbles, ethylene glycol and a plugged-in hairdryer. Should keep them occupied for a while.
Great excuse to sit in the deck in the sun and play acoustic guitar. The Taylor is freshly strung and absolutely singing. I'd forgotten how much fun Stop This Train and My Stupid Mouth are to play. Basically running through Mayer's catalogue up to Battle Studies. Good times.
Easy for you <3robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 5:14 pmI don't do it properly where you strictly alternate between thumb and index finger. I use thumb for bass notes only, and sneak in the middle finger where possible (easy, Jeremy)codedog wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 4:56 pmMayer's pluck'n'slap technique is still a bit of a holy grail for me, up there with Travis picking. It's quite a slog for me, no signs of instant gratification there!robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:17 am I've chucked the two kids in the paddling pool and have nominated myself as supervisor. Given them some marbles, ethylene glycol and a plugged-in hairdryer. Should keep them occupied for a while.
Great excuse to sit in the deck in the sun and play acoustic guitar. The Taylor is freshly strung and absolutely singing. I'd forgotten how much fun Stop This Train and My Stupid Mouth are to play. Basically running through Mayer's catalogue up to Battle Studies. Good times.
I still haven't tried a silver sky, I really don't want to in case I like it more than my roadworn strat I think thats highly unlikely though...The Scarecrow wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:20 pm Just went and played two Silver sky SE’s to test out with maple and Rosewood boards.
I think this is just confirmed I’m not a Strat guy when my favourite feature was how smoothly the five way switch worked.
To be honest, I found them a bit underwhelming, and even one of the Mexican Stratocaster that I tried for comparison was much nicer to play and sounded snappier.
Interesting to see what the differences make on this new one.
Its amazing how different people and guitars are, I played mine back to back with a Fender Player Strat through a Princeton and I much preferred the SE. Lighter, better neck, punchier pickups...The Scarecrow wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:20 pm Just went and played two Silver sky SE’s to test out with maple and Rosewood boards.
I think this is just confirmed I’m not a Strat guy when my favourite feature was how smoothly the five way switch worked.
To be honest, I found them a bit underwhelming, and even one of the Mexican Stratocaster that I tried for comparison was much nicer to play and sounded snappier.
Interesting to see what the differences make on this new one.
TBF I think a lot of it was due to the fact that both examples had worn, dry strings that sounded like ass.sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:05 pmIts amazing how different people and guitars are, I played mine back to back with a Fender Player Strat through a Princeton and I much preferred the SE. Lighter, better neck, punchier pickups...The Scarecrow wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:20 pm Just went and played two Silver sky SE’s to test out with maple and Rosewood boards.
I think this is just confirmed I’m not a Strat guy when my favourite feature was how smoothly the five way switch worked.
To be honest, I found them a bit underwhelming, and even one of the Mexican Stratocaster that I tried for comparison was much nicer to play and sounded snappier.
Interesting to see what the differences make on this new one.