Week 33 (2010-07-09)
Entry posted by barrymclark
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What is your favorite Heritage Color? And yes you have to pick just one!
155 members have voted
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1.
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Almond Sunburst22
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Amber Translucent5
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Antique Cherry Sunburst5
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Antique Natural9
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Antique Sunburst16
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Black0
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Black Translucent3
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Blue Opaque0
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Blue Translucent12
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Burnt Amber5
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Cherry Translucent3
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Chestnut Sunburst11
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Dark Almond Sunburst7
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Emerald Green Translucent3
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Gold Top7
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Natural3
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Old Style Sunburst17
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Orange Translucent4
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Red Opaque1
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Rose Natural1
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Sunsetburst7
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Vintage Sunburst14
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White Opaque1
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Sorry I have missed so many entries. I have had a full couple of weeks. I am preparing for starting school in August for my bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. On top of that, I had a nice lake getaway for the Fourth of July weekend. Been reading books on pickup making and so on. At work, they let go of everyone in what was our Toronto office so we are having to pick up their work load as well as shoulder what we already had.
On a playing note, I have really been messing around with All of Me as of late. Although I can play the chord changes through the whole song, I am working on encorporating the melody over the chords so I am picking out chords that allow the lead tone to be part of that melody and put my hands in the best position for the upcoming chords. In some cases, I have to stray from the written chords a bit. Nothing earth shaking. Just, instead of playing an Cmaj7, I might play Cmaj. For instance, first chord of the song is Cmaj7. The melody has the single note progression of R-5-3 or C-G-E for start of the lyrics "All© of(G) Me(E)". The Cmaj chords I have to choose from that will work not only as the chord but also put my hands in a nifty spot for the melody are the basic, old C chord with the root C being on the A string at the 3rd fret. Your index finger, you will find, is on a higher C which will work for the melody. The next note is G which, in the C maj chord, is the next string up and it is already open and ready to go! After that comes E and, again, your finger is already fretting the E you need for the melody. The melody continues with a R-2-R (the lyrics here are "Why© Not(D) Take©..."). The C chord again will work here but to get the D in, you will have to employ your currently unused pinky and fret the D on the B string.
The chord I use mostly, however, is the Cmaj with the root C on the D string. The rest is basically same as above. I then move to Emaj instead of E7 as it written for the same reasons as me using Cmaj instead of Cmaj7.
Anyways, that is about all.
OH! If you get a chance, swing by your local GK dealer and play a good jazz box through one of the Gallien Krueger MB115 combos! It is a bass amp... BUT NICE SOUNDING!
I was looking at it for my electric uprights, but a thought hit me and I ran a Washburn J6 they had through it. VERY, VERY NICE!
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