1,376 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

You guys did well in that environment

Thanks!!

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1,377 Reply by neophytte

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My time is running out, Mother-in-law arrives tonight, so went before work to Kings Park (which is about 200 metres from work) and recorded "Hallelujah":

https://youtu.be/W-1UOlYk_OM

Enjoy!

Richard

P.S. Also tried to do one with the wife the day before, but interrupted by kids: https://youtu.be/geiYRtSa5Qg

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1,378 Topic by neophytte

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This is my band playing live on the local Fremantle radio station - it was an interesting experience, normally when you jam you all face each other and have a mic each to do backup vocals, etc, or on a stage situation you'll be facing the crowd with that band interaction, however we were a bit out of practice, and tried to set up in an office at the back of the radio station to get a rehearsal in, but that went pear-shaped when they could hear us in the studio and asked us to stop.

When we got into the studio, which was pretty small, our drummer was sat in the hall with his back to us, there was one microphone to pick us all up, and we had to keep changing positions to have the main vocalist in the right spot (three of us sung in the band), and the only set of headphones so we could hear where we were in the song. I managed to stuff up the intro to the first song, but after that we kept fairly on track.

Here it is, warts and all, I think this was in 1995 or 1996:

http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Neon … t100FM.mp3

Cheers

Richard

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1,379 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

maybe your own music used as backing would be good too.

Or I'm happy for you to use any of my music ... http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/

Cheers

Richard

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1,380 Reply by neophytte

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I'm guessing it was George ...

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beamer wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Sounds pretty good!! What sort of set up are you using ... I'm trying to get mine as simple as possible ... smile

But I'm missing being able to add FX to guitar and vocals ....

Hey Neo, thanks for the support!

As far as my set up its pretty much as simple as it gets.  There were some rough spots to figure out. so here it is.

[snipped to avoid long post]

Beamer

Cheers for that - at the moment I'm just using a Rode microphone into my iPhone: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ … c_for.html - the iPhone sits on a tripod and I have my iPad on a stand in front of me ... but I'm thinking of making use of the audio interface I have and plugging that into my Mac via Logic, then doing video via the iPhone and putting it altogether in iMovie ... I'd get (arguably) better sound quality, be able to mix it properly, but going froma setup that takes 10 minutes and is *so* portable, to something that would require mic placement, power, etc - I'm not so keen these days to over complicate things ...

But thanks for your set up info - it sounds similar to what I'm contemplating ...

Cheers

Richard

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1,382 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo you got a natural way of tackling any song it is nice to listen to.

Thanks for the compliment smile

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Jandle wrote:

neophytte..... haha yep couldnt resist the jingle bells mate one!  smile

Yep smile I've been trying to get the kids to do the actions* to the "Aussie Jingle bells" (which is pretty similar to the one you did!!), but time has been running away from us - seems every weekend is full and this week my Mother-in-law arrives from overseas so probably won't get to it sad

Cheers

Richard

*My eldest did this as his "end of year" show in kindergarten with the rest of the class ..

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1,384 Reply by neophytte

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Sounds pretty good!! What sort of set up are you using ... I'm trying to get mine as simple as possible ... smile

But I'm missing being able to add FX to guitar and vocals ....

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1,385 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

I want a 6 string electric ukulele LEFT Handed .................bah tried everywhere, can`t get one!  So  finally decided to go with a 8 string non electric ukulele which i will use with the 8 strings for a while .................. but may take 2 strings off to get the 6 string effect which is much nicer.

Couldn't you reverse string something like this:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71PesH83xhL._SL1500_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-GL1-Guita … 2SSP2QPYWZ

Cheers

Richard

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Jandle wrote:

Ok, here is my very quick attempt at covering Christmas on the beach.

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/christmas-onthe-beach

That was great!!

Jandle wrote:

Ok managed to get another quick one in tonight, Jingle Bells - Mate!

https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/jingle-bells-mate

Hahaha smile Aussie Jingle bells with a NZ twist; I like it!!!

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1,387 Reply by neophytte

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Whilst this post has been resurrected, Tracktion T6 was released for free:

https://www.tracktion.com/products/t6-daw

Cheers

Richard

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1,388 Reply by neophytte

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Tenement Funster wrote:

I've personally found that Epiphone's are exceptional quality for the money.

Yep, I'd second that ...

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TIGLJK wrote:

This may a dumb question then ----
why would any one pay $2500 for a Gibson Les Paul  Goldtop  when the could buy a much less expensive guitar and just buy a couple of P90's, new strings,  and switch them out for the cheap ones ?

There is a difference between a cheaper guitar and a more expensive one, but I'm assuming that the price point the OP is looking at it's not going to make a big deal ...

The build quality is usually better on higher end guitars, including small things that make it a nicer to play ... I own some expensive ones, and some cheaper ones, generally you go through a few cheaper ones to get a good feeling one, and if you buy four at $300 each, you may as well have bought one $1000 guitar ... if it's affordable to you, and it's worth that much to you ... but sometimes people start out cheaper to get a feel for it, and trade upwards when they feel ready ...

There's also a bit of ego attached to what's on the headstock, which is why the Chinese copy guitars sell ...

Cheers

Richard

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1,390 Reply by neophytte

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Can't help with experience, but they have a wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagima

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1,391 Reply by neophytte

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alexandrkorv wrote:
neophytte wrote:

TLDR: budget for an amp and effects, buy what feel right, not the name on the headstock ...

So, the guitars themselves do not really matter? Sound and quality depends entirely on amplifiers and other devices?

The guitars matter less with electric - the quality of the pickups are more important than tonewoods - effects and amps will change the original signal quite a bit.

Russell_Harding wrote:

... more of skill and action on the frets ...

And, like Russell said, the action of the frets comes into play as well - I think that comes under my summary of "how it feels for you", because if you like thin, fast necks (like Ibanez), then you'll find one that suits, but if you like chunky necks (like Gibson), you'll find one like that ... and if yoiu have a guitar that feels right to you; you'll play it more often.

Hope that clarifies, as I'm trying to be fairly generic ...

Cheers

Richard

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1,392 Reply by neophytte

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I find that playing electric and playing acoustic is almost like two different instruments; acoustic is more about the woods and the tones you can achieve from that - with electric the focus is primarily on the pickups .. with an electric, expect to pay more for adding an amp and external effects - in fact, I'd probably spend half of my budget on those  ... so whatever your budget is, half it and look at guitars in that price range.

As with acoustic, it really is a case of trying out a number of guitars and seeing what 'feels' best. Sometimes looking at the brand is a hinderance unless you intend to sell it later down the track (where better know brands tend to keep their value better than unknown/lesser known brands). But you know, I still have my first decent electric I bought for $au200 a long time ago - it's not a known brand, but the neck feels really good, it doesn't get much of a play these days, but when I pull it out, it feels good (still, after all these years!!)

TLDR: budget for an amp and effects, buy what feel right, not the name on the headstock ...

Cheers

Richard

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1,393 Reply by neophytte

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My attempt at Hallelujah (interrupted): https://youtu.be/R2XTY174FVE

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1,394 Reply by neophytte

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Merry Xmas (war is over): https://youtu.be/DTrJUMFCqRs

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1,395 Reply by neophytte

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We wish you a merry christmas: https://youtu.be/E-6AqV1cYJ4

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1,396 Reply by neophytte

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Rudolph the red nosed reindeer: https://youtu.be/PmAd0GQFDco

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1,397 Reply by neophytte

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Have yourself a merry little christmas: https://youtu.be/RsJCohCeBeo

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Jandle wrote:

neophytte .....Santa Baby ...... your wife was awesome and has a great voice! She sang this song so well, she nailed it!  Get her on here more often!   Your guitar playing along with her was good too, what a team.
Also neophytte .... If I saw those spiders I would be running (in my case limping) as far away as I could in the other direction!  lol

Thanks - I'm still trying to convince her to do "Hallelujah" ... but I can't pick with my sore thumb sad

The Christmas spiders are actually about 5mm across (the picture is hugely magnified) - I'd be more scared of the Christmas Island crabs ... there's an estimated 45 million this year ...

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Jandle wrote:

Well done neophytte .......... hope the thumb injury has improved by now smile  Is that a tenor uke by the looks?   Good song this song, its one we play on our set list when we play at retirement homes or resthomes smile

Thanks ... thumb is improving but not quite fixed yet ... I'm patiently waiting as the skin is still a bit raw and I don't generally use a pick ...

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It was hard to see the difference in quality between the two speakers in the video, but the end result sounded pretty good ...  (in the second video) !!!

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