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Does the jack need to be replaced or just reseated and resoldered on the printed circuit board?

I agree, absolutely. I think of someone dropping off a stack of poems and then sitting down at the piano and turning them into timeless musical masterpieces - sometime in the length of time it took to play through the song (according to legend). To me, that's Paul McCartney level of musical genius - especially the ability to just keep doing it for decades. When I was getting started, back in the early '70s, my piano teachers were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Carole King albums and sheet music. I remember how excited I was when I found the book with all of the songs from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

yes, things got a lot better with Bernie's contributions...

... and, not taking anything away from Bernie, it's Elton's genius that brought their wonderful collaborations to the world.

That's the kind of thing that breaks up bands - friends and collaborators end up in bitter disputes up on cripple creek.

Yes, to protect intellectual property, we've had to sabotage technology.

I also suggest looking at (and listening to) the Boss Katana. I bought the inexpensive 50 Watt model for practice and portability but now I use it for almost everything. It has several amplifier 'types' including one for acoustic and the settings can be dialed in then stored in multiple memory locations for easy recall when you switch guitars.

Ritchie Blackmore's intro to "Still I'm Sad" from the first Rainbow album...

I have a couple of comments to make. 1. Shortly after finishing a project that involved a lot of editing in Pro Tools, I was half listening to "Inner Visions" while doing some repairs on piece of studio equipment. I heard an edit that I hadn't noticed before. For a fleeting moment I thought "I need to go back and fix that." 2. I recorded a quick demo for a singer/songwriter who was a better writer than singer and some of the vocals were a bit "pitchy." One of my musician friends had grown up and was still friends with a well known producer and sent him a couple of the better songs (without my consent). The producer's reply was a terse "The girl can't sing" and that was the end of it. The demo was about the songs but the pitchy vocals were enough of a distraction so the songs didn't get a fair listen. I realized then that there is a place for pitch correction and, had we used it on this particular project, the songs would have had a better chance.

I've noticed that a lot of guitar albums that I like were recorded by Geoff Emerick.

Does your amplifier have separate Reverb Level controls for the Clean and Drive channels? I would suggest opening the amplifier and reseating the ribbon cable connectors.

(I got mine from Tom Brady) cool

mother 32 - you really are a moogerfooger

I like it. I liked the Rhodes sound in Jam1 too. Is that the CP4?

Yea I thought is was nice and melodic too. I really like the recorded sound of the horn.

i slapped around a telecaster and recorded a couple of passes just for fun it starts out in the spirit of being a hair cluttered but it does come together a bit toward the end

Yes it is a tele neck pickup. The guitar is strung 10-52 and tuned down a half step. Unless I'm going for something specific, the Wes thing always seems to creep into whatever I'm doing. I really got into Wes after George Benson got a lot of exposure with the Breezin album. I also think Benson is a fabulous player and singer - it's like having Wes and Stevie in the same person.

Here's a bit of light reading for a Friday night.

I can't perform without my autotune.

I'm supposed to be working on something else tonight but...

Yes, it sounds like a flakey ground connection - which could very well be caused by a loose connector.

The weather was really weird today so I stayed in and added a few weird parts to the jam...

I noticed the guitar had a bit of "The Royal Scam" flavour to it.

I like it. Nice movement in the early Rhodes bits (CP4?). I like the flow of the slightly understated guitar towards the end - nice 'boxy' tone too.

Wow! Some great bits in there - I really enjoyed that.