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Can’t get better…and then it does.
I have been playing around with “Friend Of The Devil” since Trey Hensley melted my face off with his and Rob Ickes rendition at the Acoustic Life Fest (first one at the Rialto). I then got up and performed it the next day in what was a dissapointing performance (but only when I compared it to the night before). Taken on face it was a smashing success. There is the back story…..Ever since then I play it regularly, exploring all the nooks and crannies. I have never been satisfied with how I play the opening riff bass line. I have had extensive discussions with other players and everyone seems to do it a little differently. Today the whole ball of wax, the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole enchilada, fell into perfect place. The relation ship of Bb,B, and C in the song dropped into my brain like the first time I tried my shoes or balanced on a two wheeler. I had been hearing this sound in my head for years (tiny slurs), unable to reproduce it just carrying on and then BOOOOMMM!! noodling for my 20 thousandth hour it just happened. I was so shocked I almost feel off my seat…..today I am so pumped, relieved, excited to have this little round peg finally slide into the perfect round hole. The dopamine is flowing big time. Trey, Rob…lets play!
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Well hell Jeff, you can’t just tease with a great story like this. You have to give us a video.
Very cool when those magical moments happen!
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Loraine…can I come and record in your studio…then thumbs up from me! : ) I will see what I can get.
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I record in my bedroom on my phone. Give us something. LOL
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Jeff, you’re always welcome to visit and use my recording studio. It’s a tad small, (approx 10×10) and made even smaller by all the crap I have in it and a large table, a large floor-to-ceiling cabinet, and then there are all the guitars. I currently have 16, I think. I had 17 and gave one away to someone at the YMCA. It’s an addiction . I don’t pay much for them, (under $1K each – many only a few hundred). I have a 1973 Guild F30 and a 1971 red-label Yamaha FG 300, which I won’t sell. I need to start selling many of them, along with so many other things. I will probably be selling my house and moving somewhere less
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Its so awesome when something finally clicks! Thanks for sharing your WIN! WOOHOOO! Go you!
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OMG!! @Tricia_Lynn ; so so right. I feel like I finally got the itch I could never before reach that was, lets just say…present. I am a new player (in my mind).
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Congrats on your epiphany @jumpinjeff
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