Members Django Sentenza Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Go and play Be My Girl by the Police and you'll understand what honeyiscool is talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Django Sentenza Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by wrongnote85 dude, you've got to adapt Unnecessary. Why put up with an inferior instrument like a Strat when Leo already corrected its defects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 dude, i've played that tune plenty of times, cept for the story. you've got to adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by Django Sentenza Why put up with an inferior instrument like a Strat when Leo already corrected its defects? Except for that semi-wonky bridge. Could also get a longer neck, like 25.5 inchers worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted May 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by kit_strong Simple solution is to close your hand and not have all your fingers flailing about. Guess that's why it's never been an issue for me. My fingers don't flail about. My hand is open so I can apply palm mute very quickly to all six strings. Tell me, how else would you play this little bit I just made up? If this is poor technique, well, I'm sorry, but this is how I play, and it just doesn't happen on a Strat for me. I just tried it with a closed fist on a Strat. It didn't sound or feel right, and at that, I ran into the volume knob many times anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted May 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by wrongnote85 dude, you've got to adapt Why? Guitars should adapt to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members blazingblake Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Honey i've seen many of your comments and give you much credit your way younger than me have done more musically than me but you must be suffering from a small penis in your criticism of strats. Jimi, Stevie, Jeff all play strats and make great music with them. I used to criticize strats when I was younger I love them now. Build your own guitar then brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by honeyiscool My fingers don't flail about. My hand is open so I can apply palm mute very quickly to all six strings. Tell me, how else would you play this little bit I just made up? If this is poor technique, well, I'm sorry, but this is how I play, and it just doesn't happen on a Strat for me. I just tried it with a closed fist on a Strat. It didn't sound or feel right, and at that, I ran into the volume knob many times anyway. we bit a different flavor. my quick attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by honeyiscool Why? Guitars should adapt to me. well gawd, if that's how you feel about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted May 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by wrongnote85 we bit a different flavor. my quick attempt. Video unavailable. But if I have to take a guess, you "solved" the problem by moving your hand away from the bridge, thereby taking away a lot of the treble and bite, also the partially muted notes are probably now fully muted. See, now the riff's changed. Ever wonder if people say that Teles have more bite than Strats because Teles are easier to play at the bridge because Strats are way too crowded there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 f this is poor technique, well, I'm sorry, but this is how I play, and it just doesn't happen on a Strat for me. I just tried it with a closed fist on a Strat. It didn't sound or feel right, and at that, I ran into the volume knob many times anyway. Not sayin its poor technique, maybe it is, maybe it aint.The point is its ONE technique. There are many. You should try some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Django Sentenza Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by wrongnote85 dude, i've played that tune plenty of times, cept for the story. you've got to adapt. Then you already know that the Strat volume knob is a hindrance to playing it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Django Sentenza Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by Reality Check Except for that semi-wonky bridge. Could also get a longer neck, like 25.5 inchers worth. Bridge is fine. If it bothers you, swap for a Mustang bridge. It's less problematic than the Strat bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Django Sentenza Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by Pine Apple Slim Not sayin its poor technique, maybe it is, maybe it aint. The point is its ONE technique. There are many. You should try some. If strats came stock with a nail poking through the fretboard, Stratists would say, "You just have to adapt your technique, there's nothing wrong with the instrument. Play around the nail." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 part deux, now with solo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted May 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Dude, video unavailable again. Originally Posted by Pine Apple Slim Not sayin its poor technique, maybe it is, maybe it aint. The point is its ONE technique. There are many. You should try some. Why? What do I gain from abandoning my normal way of playing? I don't need to change my strumming hand technique. I see now that most people strum with a slight positive angle (going into the neck) or straight across the strings, I strum in a pretty pronounced negative angle (going away from the neck). I also write with a reverse slant as well. Changing something this big isn't something I need to be doing, especially since I don't really see what I gain in terms of things I can play by reversing my strumming angle, and I would lose my ability to palm mute six strings while strumming chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by Django Sentenza Then you already know that the Strat volume knob is a hindrance to playing it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 unavailable eh? hurmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted May 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Yeah none of your videos show up. You need to make them publicly visible somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrongnote85 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 does this work?http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=...4716364&type=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AxAxSxS Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 so no play strat because #&! ? do not understand. Cut off your pinky pansy, if it's that much of an issue. try playing that with a strat.... oh, wait.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 you have small hands so i now understand why you do that. my hands aren't large but i can palm mute all six strings without opening my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 Originally Posted by Django Sentenza Go and play Be My Girl by the Police and you'll understand what honeyiscool is talking about. Originally Posted by Django Sentenza Then you already know that the Strat volume knob is a hindrance to playing it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted May 25, 2012 Members Share Posted May 25, 2012 is there a competition for who can start the dumbest threads that i don't know about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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