no kidding! . I did, in my youth, and then changed to
allow more variety ... crimson in the clover, etc. -- j
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[Addendum and Standard Disclaimer: I do not discriminate based on lyrical content - stuff such as countercultural collectivism, religion and mysticism, random debauchery, etc. - if the song itself is good enough to outweigh whatever conceptual rot may be present. But this is not to be misconstrued as an agreement with any given lyrical content. If I were to omit music due to disagreement with the lyrics, there wouldn't be much available.]

John, thanks for the link - I'd seen some of Tina's other vids and thought seriously that it might be time to just burn my guitars. Ok, not so seriously, but... lots of practice ahead, I'm thinking. 8^|
Also I love her taste in guitars - the Vigier Excalibur is certifiably droolworthy.

On a similar vein, this one always amazed me and cracked me up at the same time - Haruka Kageyama playing Schenker's "Captain Nemo"... at 10 years old. The reactions of the show's hosts are priceless in themselves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGmk...

Assuming you're a fellow melodic-rock guitar enthusiast, some guy :whistles: put up a playlist of some of his faves from around the world (mostly J-land,) at 8Tracks .com:
http://www.8tracks.com/sakebito-san/a...

This had been an actual internet radio station (rather than a simple start-from-one playlist,) for six years at Live365 .com, up until January 2016 when Live365 went bankrupt and shut down. So pending a suitable host site that's actually a radio format, it's 8Tracks for the duration. Along with melody, harmony and the simple concept of ~fun~, the other conscious motive is to reintroduce upbeat (or at minimum, adventurous) music, so as to revive a rock scene that's essentially been exiled from North America.

Oh, almost forgot - I'll leave you with a recent fave: Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - a shame they're marketing her as cheescake (which is not to say I'm opposed to stunning women,) because she's got seriously promising talent. It's kind of a standard hard rock instrumental, but that thing from roughly 2:50 where she starts sounding like Uli Roth's long-lost daughter makes me break out in gooseflesh. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Z2G...
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Yes! . I was also wishing for some Long Train Runnin' ! -- j
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I could whine a lot about everybody he left out, particularly from the 70s, which was fertile ground for rock and relatively - relatively! - unencumbered by overt politics, but this is an awesome achievement no matter how you look at it.

And yeah, a nice break from the sewer that is politics.

Some bands I would've included:
Three Dog Night
Wishbone Ash
Rundgren/Utopia
Heep
Doobies
Nazareth
Mahogany Rush
UFO
Blackmore's Rainbow (though he did throw us some Dio)
Priest
Scorps

... and he could've left out the Decade of Ugly entirely - the '90s, or roughly #70 (~8:00) to #83 (~9:40) - and it wouldn't have bothered me a bit.

That stuff after the '90s is almost completely unknown to me because I'd gone mining my rock gold in other countries, mostly Japan, from roughly 2003 onward and haven't looked back, with zero regrets. (Amazing how much great rock you can find if you don't care what language it's in.) 8^]
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here are 100 bass riffs::: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Rjm...

and drums too::: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O063y...

very interesting, and a challenge for your computer's
sound system! -- j
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also, you remind me of the direct-to-disc recordings
which I have of organist Virgil Fox. . amazing! -- j
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keep on -- remember what they did with Rush;;;
miracles are possible ... and my tinnitus interferes
as well. -- j
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We have a lot in common John...I too produced some awesome tapes and recordings...however, with an ear that turns on and off and a constant ringing...those very enjoyable days are gone.

Still trying things to fix it...I don't give up easily.

my latest guitar heartthrob is Tina S of Paris France:::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he7Wg...

she is good! . check out this photo:::

https://www.facebook.com/181555232026...

WoW. . she's just turned 17. -- j
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Yes! . there are also bass-and-drums compilations
plus others there in that section of youtube! -- j
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Yes! . they don't have the trouble with high harmonics
which the transistor amps have. . I have done wonders
with slooooow cassette tape, using the wrong settings
on the nakamichi and equalizing afterwards. . people
with "golden ears" say that my tapes sound better than
the CDs which I use to make them. -- j
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Get 'em back and play. I did the same thing in life (a little earlier than you) had to sell guitars and amps to make the rent. Got 'em back when I could afford it (Gibson ES-335, Martin 12 string, old Strat, and Fender Twin). Never regretted it...

I once played an old record on a high tech turntable with anti static tech; through an old tube amplifier, added dolby and equalized. The sound was incredible...you could hear people shuffling their feet, People breathing; nuances never before heard in a recording, no distortion and you would of thought you were there!
Something about tube amplifiers that enhanced the sound...once you got ride of the 60cycle hum and distortion.

...not to mention, what a welcome relief from politics...

Thank you, sir. As a still unrepentant rock guitarist since '66, and still going, I look forward to this.

did you ever notice that simply copying an LP to tape
and comparing the sound of the LP to the sound of
the tape ... reveals that there is a small concert-hall
effect added by the copying process? . I attribute it
to the inductance of the circuitry -- creating a little
sustain effect. . what say ye, golden ears? -- j
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I don't care. I'm a Gilbert & Sullivan fan.

I'd say that's about 5% of what a competent rhythm guitar player should know? It started out fun but went into the weeds in the low 80's and never recovered. He also jumped around chronologically.

That was high tech for the day...As an off shoot some years later I started a car and home stereo store...I really enjoyed being innovative and creative...created a few patented products and procedures along the way too.

Missed one. House of the rising sun.

Simply mesmerizing!

the r-r is an akai gx280d:::

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=a...

I love "real-real," Carl -- great! -- j
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you should play! -- j
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The worst part of that was I started longing for the Strat I had to sell to make ends meet back in '79. I had been well over it for a long time... and now... now... I want it back.

Surprisingly, another early 70's with a humbucker at the bridge isn't that terrible expensive. Now the question is...

(And c'mon , you gotta let me know...)

Should I play or should I go? (Ba-wah-wah . . wah-wah . . wah-wah-wa)