I'm sorry I don't have the time to pay full attention to what was said in the Robin Williams thread. I gave it a quick skim. Still, I could tell that some very high quality thoughts were expressed.
I'd like to note something that occurred to me, and I don't think it belongs over there, so I'll say it here.
I've heard it said before that you never cry for someone else, that you only cry for yourself. Well, that's 100% false. I've done both and I know the difference.
And that saying is only one example of a phenomenon that I've been observing over the years. There are people out there who are social, sometimes even popular, who converse with other people but they don't actually speak with the other person. It's more like they're using the other person's words as a prompt to speak to themselves.
I thoroughly suspect that it's a way of lying to yourself, a way of keeping yourself from the discomfort of having to admit that you're not really interested in what the other person has to say.
I know I've been guilty of that myself from time to time.
Mark Knopfler has a unique and very smooth sound. Thanks for posting this.
I talked to my brother the luthier (some call him Lex) and musician about how Knopfler achieves the sound that he makes.
My brother said that the pickups are out of phase with each other - he said the two ways to do that are by switching the leads that connect the pickups to the guitar wiring, or reverse the magnets north and south.
As for the cascade of notes - Knopfler uses what my brother calls Chet Atkins finger picking style - watching the video just now I could see that - he is not just plucking one string at a time with a pick.
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Love that Fender Strat tone Knopfler produces.
Of course, I think that he actually plays a highly customized version of a Strat produced by Schecter Research.
Fabulous. I used to listen to and enjoy Love over Gold when it first came out.
(ps -No sound on my end. but if I log-on using chrome I can get it to work.)
Thank you, Les Paul.
Also, thank you Leo Fender.
It's a Pepsi-Coke rivalry.
I'm sorry I don't have the time to pay full attention to what was said in the Robin Williams thread. I gave it a quick skim. Still, I could tell that some very high quality thoughts were expressed.
I'd like to note something that occurred to me, and I don't think it belongs over there, so I'll say it here.
I've heard it said before that you never cry for someone else, that you only cry for yourself. Well, that's 100% false. I've done both and I know the difference.
And that saying is only one example of a phenomenon that I've been observing over the years. There are people out there who are social, sometimes even popular, who converse with other people but they don't actually speak with the other person. It's more like they're using the other person's words as a prompt to speak to themselves.
I thoroughly suspect that it's a way of lying to yourself, a way of keeping yourself from the discomfort of having to admit that you're not really interested in what the other person has to say.
I know I've been guilty of that myself from time to time.
The world is not fair.
If only Beethoven had a light show like that... who knows how far he could have gone ;)
Mark Knopfler has a unique and very smooth sound. Thanks for posting this.
I talked to my brother the luthier (some call him Lex) and musician about how Knopfler achieves the sound that he makes.
My brother said that the pickups are out of phase with each other - he said the two ways to do that are by switching the leads that connect the pickups to the guitar wiring, or reverse the magnets north and south.
As for the cascade of notes - Knopfler uses what my brother calls Chet Atkins finger picking style - watching the video just now I could see that - he is not just plucking one string at a time with a pick.
Too cool.
That is cool, Sixty, though I can't quite follow it :)
Mother Maybelle Carter had a singular picking style too. I think it was called chicken scratching, or something similar.
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