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jamesbisset replied to the topic "To embarrass myself into finishing something …" – 2 years, 3 months ago
@tv101 This Easy French polish looks like it might hit the sweet spot between hardcore violin varnish and Danish Oil.
Question: does it leave a ring on the guitar when you leave a nice, hot cup of tea on it? -
jamesbisset posted a new topic "Golden era Patrick Eggle Berlin teardown" – 2 years, 7 months ago
Worlds collide!
Apologies if someone has already linked to this. I thought some of us might be interested.
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 2 years, 8 months ago
😊🎸 – no emoticon for a sunburst Les Paul, sorry.
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 2 years, 8 months ago
Posted by: @tv101
Damn – I must have missed that one?Thick and fast, TV. Thick and fast.
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 2 years, 8 months ago
Thanks Russ. I could do with making a new one, but Chez Bisset is a kinda inaccessible at the moment…
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 2 years, 9 months ago
Thanks Russ. Reckon it might need another verse and some lyric tweaking, but it’s turned into an an ear worm for me. I can’t get it out of my head!
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 2 years, 10 months ago
@rocknroller912
Thanks Bill. Reckon that’s the next one to demo for the album. -
jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 2 years, 10 months ago
Thanks Russ 🙂
Those of a sensitive disposition look away now.
That is a Vox Tornado which I bought in Harare for £40 in 1984. Then I did terrible things to it.
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 3 years ago
@russ Slowly, Mr Russ, slowly. It’s kinda quaint making an album these days, but I’ve got a bunch of tunes now that I wrote and (hastily) arranged and performed over the past year for Acoustic Bliss and I’d love to… Read more»
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 3 years, 3 months ago
Posted by: @tv101 This link should take you straight to the chatroom https://meet.jit.si/TheBlissers Have I missed all the action? It’s 21:30 here and I seem to be the only one in the room…
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 3 years, 3 months ago
Posted by: @tv101 Reminder that we said we’d have a Guitar Builders’ Jitsi at 8pm on Tuesdays. I was going to create a different chatroom – the BanjoDebuilders, or MarksGuitarMakers or somesuch, but we might as well just stick to… Read more»
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 3 years, 4 months ago
@tv101 To go from my weekly Apple/Spotify ‘you had zero listens’ reports to this – my head is still l spinning.
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Pickup positions" – 3 years, 4 months ago
Posted by: @rocknroller912 I wonder if the bridge position on factory guitars is related to the nodal point on strings ie the stationery point which doesn’t move when a string is played. Good analysis of this point in the book… Read more»
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jamesbisset posted a new topic "Pickup positions" – 3 years, 4 months ago
I’ve been mulling on the common pickup positions and wondering if there are any rebels who break with convention. To that end I made a wee numbered grid from 0 – 10 and overlaid it on a variety of guitar… Read more»
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 3 years, 5 months ago
The B flat 7 chord is the five chord though isn’t it? It should kind of work as it’s still it’s still within the E flat Major key. @boo Unfortunately, I chose to sing an F for some reason. That’s… Read more»
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 3 years, 5 months ago
@rocknroller912 Thank you 🙂 I have a musician friend now struggling with Parkinson’s Disease. He has always insisted on authenticity in recording, to the extent that he continued to use a 4-track recording cassette system for music whilst using a… Read more»
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Acoustic Bliss" – 3 years, 5 months ago
Thanks @russ 🙂 I sometimes wonder if there isn’t something self-destructive lurking in the sub-conscious. I didn’t actually get there in the end. On the last sung note I should be playing a B flat 7 chord and instead I… Read more»
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jamesbisset replied to the topic "Hi to all sawdusters" – 3 years, 5 months ago
@rocknroller912 sounds like an expensive technique. I think I’ll stick to beer if it’s all the same to you. 😉
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