... or should that be plectra I'm no good at that kind of English... to boldly go and all that. (If you are not a guitarist here is a health warning about this post, it may lead to you attempting to chew off a limb to retain conscious or keep your sanity...) My history of plectrum use is... Bloody huge triangular Gibson ones, heavy, I used to wear them out so they ended up pretty much circular in a matter of days/weeks. Odd at that time I had a Strat copy and used Gibson Strings and Gibson picks - I even went for Gibson strings with a wound third at one point after reading heavier strings gave a better tone... yes but you can't play the damn thing and could never get the intonation sorted out after an older mentor showed me what that nonsense was all about. For a long time there after I used Fender medium the hard once, often in tortoiseshell as I thought that classy for some bizarre reason. "Hello darling look at my tortoiseshell picks." I never had many girlfriends
This is indeed music at it's very best. I checked out the Derby venue with the thought of taking Stropster (as he's learning guitar) to see them and Derby is the cheapest for us to get to by train, but there are only two seats (not together) left! I'm not surprised really. O well maybe another time. Meanwhile, I'll watch them here. Thanks for sharing these "Masters of Guitar" with us x x
ReplyDeleteThat is a shame - the show we went to had unallocated seating so sitting together wouldn't have been an issue...
DeleteI really love that clip of Adam McKee you put up. Can't get it out of my mind.
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