Wah does some acoustic...MOOD FOR A DAY by Steve Howe

[wahwah]

Just an experiment with the POD and a Seymour Duncan 'Woody' pickup. This sits across the sound hole of the guitar. It's not really intended for recording-more live work. The tone isn't brilliant and I kept fuckin' up...I'm no acoustic player; but I used to like this track. My handicap is I don't fingerpick (being left handed and playing right, I just never bothered) so the entire thing is played with thumb and index finger...not good. Also, the hard thing is keeping all the hum and noise out of the equation as the cabling that comes from it isn't brilliant...had to turn the monitor off once I'd set Cakewalk off.
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[Sling Shot]

Sounds good to me! Nice and Chet sounding

[rockonthis21]

Hey- wah I've got the same issue left handed but learned to play right handed- the only guitar in the house when I was a kid was a right handed one so that's what I learned on. I can fingerpick some, and I have great legato- my issue is the sweeping and fast picking-not enough control on the pick hand. Any suggestions for helping that out besides tons o practice? Have you ever tried switching over to lefty?

[wahwah]

thats a hard one for me because I'd say thats my weak point...I'm the same; legato is straightforward to me but the sweep picking is never as clean as I'd like it. What I've tried to do is get the consistency in my legato so that it sounds like I'm picking it...little hammers Eddie calls it! I've got to the stage now where it doesn't really interest me as I don't think it would 'fit' me. I don't really go for shredders so tho' Paul Gilbert is one of my faves, it's not for his Racer X style stuff...it's for his more blues and rock style. I've never really got off on Vinnie Moore or Tony Macalpine...tho they are GREAT players, they don't do it for me the same way that Ed, Zakk, Lynch and say, Doug Aldrich do.

The best excersise I used to do to TRY and improve was the boring one. Hit the 1st, 2nd, 3rd fret on each string doing a down, up, down pattern. So notes wise from the bottom E you could do F F# G then A# B C then Eb E F and so on back and forward. Once you've finished that, move it up a fret and play the 2nd, 3rd, 4th fret of each string up and down. It doesn't make a noise that is musical at all but it will tidy up your picking!

As for trying lefty...never, tho I have played a left handed guitar upside down and that was cool. Lead was easier than chords.

[YYZ]

Great rendition....."Yes" was on Craig Kilborn CBS, the other night.....Still Rockin'

[ericgtr]

Yes, this sounds great wah! [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

[sgstd]

Exlnt job bro!!! Howe is not an easy man to cover...killer tune. [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

[Geordie]

WOW !!! What guitar are you using there !?? The tone is amazing it must have cost you a fortune !!?? [img]images/smilies/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/icon_wink.gif[/img]

[wahwah]

It's a Geord Special one off the wrist...

[bluesplayer]

Heh heh i too are left handed , but like you play right , ive tried going left and its horrible . Very annoying . Great tune , i have trouble playing chords to be honest , but you have inspired me to have a go and do some Accoustic stuff .Those woody pick ups are spot on i think . SUPERB [img]images/smilies/afro.gif[/img]

[wahwah]

[img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img] do it Arty and lets hear it...think you'll prolly do some wonderful Page stuff.

[3fingers]

Wha....you kicked ass! Great version. I tried to play this tune for a guy I met at university and he did it on a classical with so much passion and all fingers that he just ruined me. I have never attempted it since. You did a great job. [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]