Wow that's great stuff!!!

Cheers cats,

Dewa's a super nice guy who writes some unusual music and lets us all do our thing within the framework.  The usual M.O. from me for a "file exchange" project; I built out my parts in ProTools first, then shot and edited my portion of the video later.  All very cleverly assembled by Dewa's video team!

Jimmy J

An interesting guitar that he's playing; the lowest string does not go to the end of the fingerboard, somewhat like a banjo.

David,

Actually, it's just a Steinberger style guitar where the 0 fret is the nut and the tailpiece is the headstock - if you see what I mean.  Funny though, because Dewa was influenced by Allan Holdsworth who played these types of guitars for several years.  And Allan always used to refer to his himself as "Jack Cheese on the banjo". 

Jimmy J

Wow Jimmy that sounds great, you guys are world class cats, love the bass solo... I need to transcribe it, you have unique use of chords and double stops. Just perfect

Quote from: David Houck on March 18, 2021, 11:59:20 AM
An interesting guitar that he's playing; the lowest string does not go to the end of the fingerboard, somewhat like a banjo.

I see what you mean, but I think it's just some sort of digital artifact caused by the (purposely) lo res video.

Nice stuff!

Quote from: gearhed289 on March 19, 2021, 08:01:01 AM... I see what you mean, but I think it's just some sort of digital artifact caused by the (purposely) lo res video ...

Ah; that would also explain why the frets seemed to be unusually placed.

Really enjoyed this music! Great playing from all of you

Hi again Jimmy,
I'm looking forward to the James Taylor concert rescheduled for July 29 in Chicago. I kept my original ticket and will be there!

Scotland has reopened!  High time some 2022 dates appeared

Graeme

I don't know much of James Taylor stuff but if the tour comes close by i will certainly check it out.

JT and my folks are from the same little corner of North Carolina, Jazzy... he's a world-class entertainer and musical story-teller. Getting to watch and listen to our buddy Jimmy J. do the job with him is a treat. If you get a chance, go. 

Hey all,

Yes, it feels like we're slowly emerging from this dark tunnel and there may be some live music happening again soon.  Even the Baked Potato has reopened - at 1/2 capacity which means only 20 people in the club.  HA! 

Mike in Chicago; first of all, thank you for hanging on to your original 2020 tickets.  It seems over 80% of the audience did that, which is amazing!  July 28 & 29 are the first shows of this twice-rescheduled tour and there is still a bit of concern.  Because it was essentially a sold out tour, by the time we get there all venues in all states need to be able to operate at 100% capacity.  Plus the audiences members need to feel comfortable being in large crowds again...  As long as our virus numbers keep going down and vaccine numbers up, I think we'll be ok.  But you can see it's still a gamble on how soon we'll be able to operate "normally".  Hopefully it will happen as planned, this time.


Jazzyvee, what people like musically is of course all over the map so you might want to check it out a bit to see if it appeals to you on some level.  JT's music is generally pretty mellow - but one of the things we all like about it is that it includes a variety of musical styles and dynamics.  And I think his lyrics are quite amazing - plain (American) English words but with deep meanings which can be interpreted in different ways.  He's a clever poet.

Cheers to all. 
Music is about to make a comeback!
Jimmy J

While I've got you here, I thought some of you might enjoy seeing my recent - crudely made - range-extending bass hack. 

Guitarist Mike Miller wrote a tune which called for a very high bass melody, but each phrase started on a high-A just above my highest-G...  Now I've been known to use false fingered harmonics for the occasional upper extension, but I just couldn't get that to speak reliably while trying to move the melody around.

So ... here's a pic of my nasty mod, adding a "26th fret" for a high-A.  It actually worked long enough for me to record the melody and didn't sound too bad when doubled by his guitar a couple octaves higher. 

I'm sure Alembic could design a really nice truss rod cover with a couple extra frets but I'm not going to pursue a permanent solution because I've got enough notes on this bass to keep me busy!

Jimmy J

Cool mod for sure! Thanks for sharing...