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03-05-2024, 02:20 PM #3511
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03-05-2024, 02:25 PM #3512
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03-05-2024, 05:02 PM #3514
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03-06-2024, 05:02 AM #3516
100% mate agreed. Just put a backing track way out of my repertoire (rock/blues haha) and whilst it certainly wasn't anything great it's amazing the buzz when you pull off some stuff while improvising you didn't know you had in you. Now the challenge is to play 'different' stuff competently , water is wet I know
Overthinking, overanalysing separates the body from the mind
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03-06-2024, 05:03 AM #3517
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03-06-2024, 08:32 AM #3518
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03-06-2024, 09:17 AM #3519
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03-06-2024, 09:31 AM #3520
That is crazy , if that sounds good then the future is here.
I ultimately still always yearn for a FM9 because it's a multi FX layout but does everything my Kemper does
I know the Kemper stage is there, but I dunno, I just always want Fractcal for some reason (maybe it's a case of the grass isn't always greener)Overthinking, overanalysing separates the body from the mind
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03-06-2024, 09:38 AM #3521
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03-06-2024, 09:43 AM #3522
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03-06-2024, 09:44 AM #3523
Plus you've got generations of players now who have little to no experience playing through the real thing so there won't be any "feel" issue. It's all they know.
Many probably don't even bother coming up with their own presets. If you spend months dialing in great tones anyone with the same device will just expect you to freely share those presets. There's no mystery anymore. For years the comments would light up after an Andy Timmons video asking what his Strymon Timeline delay settings were. He never shared them. Fast forward to the Keeley Halo and you can have them in a pedal. Great product but I figured it out on my own. More enjoyable that way.
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03-06-2024, 09:45 AM #3524
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03-06-2024, 09:51 AM #3528
I use jazz III type style for my Red Bears - just a little bit bigger.
They're like around $30 and supposedly are the closest replication of the illegal tortoise shell pick. The way they feel between the fingers and on the strings and the tone they produce - which is particularly great on an acoustic - just have something I haven't gotten from any other type of pick.
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03-06-2024, 09:55 AM #3529
They're hard to please over there.
Nothing wrong with having multiple rigs. Something like that can be great for a simple practice rig. FM3/FM9 if you need more horsepower. And an old Marshall if you want to channel AC/DC or boutique it up to corksniff that last few percent of tone. All bases covered.
And you're right, we've never had it so good. There is absolutely nothing to complain about. There's all you could want at every price point.
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03-06-2024, 10:01 AM #3530
Every time I order strings I buy a few different picks in the Jazz III size to experiment and nothing has eclipsed the Jazz III Ultex.
I just give the others away because I'm probably never going to play anything else.
Edit: Old photo now, tried maybe another 10 different ones since, and no change.
Last edited by Dominik; 03-06-2024 at 10:06 AM.
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03-06-2024, 10:06 AM #3531
I like ultex but they wear way too quickly, I also prefer the different way the red bear picks feel on the strings.
The red bear and ultex actually have some tonal similarities but the red bear seems to bring some just a little extra on top. Also the red bear wears far less quickly.
However it's a little annoying having to be aware of the fragility of the red bears in terms of snapping/warping if you grip too hard.
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03-06-2024, 10:10 AM #3532
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OFF Topic....
Howdy Dom....
Don't mean to derail this thread but I'm out of options, at an impasse and your mailbox is full.
Could I trouble you (or any other MOD) to check my recent thread and help me get this resolved.
I'm not cryin' wolf here....I've tried many times with no success.
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03-06-2024, 10:14 AM #3533
Not all of us are trying to ferociously fap the strings until they catch fire mang.
The pick I'm playing is at least a couple of years old now. I used to sharpen them with sandpaper but eventually came to like the tone with some degree of bevel. I do understand why it's not your thing. The main thing for me is the tone. Some picks are clicky sounding, dull, sound thin, etc. Ultex just sounds right to me. Back in the day I used red and black Jazz IIIs. I can't play with anything larger than that unless I was strumming an acoustic for a living. Would feel like holding a Dorito.
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03-06-2024, 10:18 AM #3534
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03-06-2024, 10:19 AM #3535
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03-06-2024, 10:20 AM #3536
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USMC: 1965-1969
Original music:
https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandID=897733
https://soundcloud.com/chulaivet1966
Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/chulaivet/videos
Just an old guy trying to keep up his rhythm chops.
"One persons perception of good music can be another persons definition of noise"
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03-06-2024, 10:27 AM #3537
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03-06-2024, 10:28 AM #3538
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03-06-2024, 10:29 AM #3539
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03-06-2024, 10:33 AM #3540
You should try them. They stand apart from other picks from my very exhaustive research.
I alternate between using Chicken Picks and Red Bears but if the Red Bears weren't fragile I would probably only use them. A friend offered to get me some tortoise shell picks from Japan but I ultimately declined and decided that I'll just use the Red Bears instead.
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