Same here.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 May 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
The 13th chord shape is tough, yeah, but I don't recall if this is ever actually necessary?:
... & the one where I have to fret the top two strings with my little finger, which is apparently too puny and weak.
Are you thinking of the chorus? Is it not possible to use the 3rd finger for the B string and the 4th finger for the high E string?
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Sunday, 21 May 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
I never paid a lot of attention to that tune, but there are two guitar tracks right?
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Sunday, 21 May 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link
xp that's slower for me to make but yeah definitely cleaner once I have. might be easier for me to work on the speed than idk lifting tiny dumbells with my little finger.
― ledge, Sunday, 21 May 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
might be two on the record idk but you can do a v passable imitation with one.
― ledge, Sunday, 21 May 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
what guide/tab sheet are you using? or none lol
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 May 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/_rLZ-LIx09I
― ledge, Sunday, 21 May 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
I think I just hear one? Buckingham played it solo when I saw them. (Fairly close to this, and similarly, disappointingly slowed down). Based on a scan of Youtube live clips, he's been playing it with one guitar (using the same fingerings that I think ledge and I are using) since at least '92. This live version from '77 seems to be accompanied with acoustic bass, though, but I think it's actually a little fuller-sounding than the record.
2xp
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Sunday, 21 May 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
According to recording assistant Cris Morris, this song took a while to record. Said Morris: "It was Lindsey's pet project, just two guitar tracks but he did it over and over again. In the end his vocal didn't quite match the guitar tracks so we had to slow them down a little."
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15497
Bit weird though, why wouldn't the tracks be recorded at the same speed?
― ledge, Monday, 22 May 2017 08:03 (seven years ago) link
Key was too high for his voice?
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Monday, 22 May 2017 08:58 (seven years ago) link
he seems to manage when he's doing it live!
― ledge, Monday, 22 May 2017 09:19 (seven years ago) link
Interesting. I had assumed they just stereoized one guitar track on the album.
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 02:34 (seven years ago) link
ahh drop d, no wonder i could never sound it out in standard tuning
― just another (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 03:14 (seven years ago) link
Started using a metronome. Good tip! Feels like I'm screwing around just that little bit less.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 08:05 (seven years ago) link
Glad to hear it!
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 11:59 (seven years ago) link
Are you barreling through the whole tune from beginning to end or looping little sections?
― The Pickety 33⅓ Policeman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link
Bit of both, more of the latter. It's good to get a feel for how it all goes together but I know time is better spent focusing on the trickier parts.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:07 (seven years ago) link
I want to stop screwing around and actually learn to play the bass guitar. is it a really bad idea to start with fretless? y/n
it's the style i eventually want to play so in my mind it makes sense to just go for it. i'm quite good at guitar and my playing tends to be more rhythmic than melodic. so even though they're completely different beasts, i'm not going to be a complete n00b when it comes to mechanical fundamentals.
any fretless players here? tips, tricks?
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
I'm not a bass player, but why fretless? Just because I associate it with more melodic, floaty styles and fretted with more rhythmic bass playing.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link
idk it's really the only style i've connected with? i really like the long slides and its "round" sound
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Seems like you could go a lot faster with a fretted bass, but if you really prefer that sound....
― Bazooka Jobim (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 26 October 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
i say go for the fretless if that's what you really want to play.
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 October 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
Just get one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJDXxKP6Qxk
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 26 October 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
is there a less cool musical instrument on earth than the chapman stick
― proton, neutron, electron and crouton (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 26 October 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
the slide whistle maybe? i'm not sure tbh
― scoff walker (diamonddave85), Thursday, 26 October 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
the master of the chapman stick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc__38ryzZo
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 26 October 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
hey at least it sounds cool
― Nhex, Thursday, 26 October 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link