leftybassman392

Standard Blues formats are the 12-bar (of which JBG is a textbook example), 8-bar (as used, for example, in 'Key to the Highway') and 16-bar (as used, for example, in 'Hoochie Coochie Man'). There's lots of variations though, not to mention that a lot of the old Blues guys would commonly add or subtract beats or even whole bars as they saw fit. John Lee Hooker did it a lot.

On the basis that a picture is worth a thousand words...

Congratulations mate. Couldn't have happened to a finer dude, Dood. 👌

If that's a serious comment then you need to get it resolved sooner rather than later, and be prepared to take the first step back if necessary. Even if it's 'good-natured', it's not helping your child.

If you're looking for the small willies big cabs thread, you'll find it here. No need to thank me.

Yeah, great amp but just much too big for my needs unfortunately.

@therealting Thanks for the thought (and I have no doubt that the Katana is every bit as good as you say), but although I haven't finally decided yet I now have a pretty good idea where this is going to wind up. After around 50 years of playing more guitars than I care to think about through more amps than I can shake a stick at (including some really rather good kit from the likes of Line6), I've decided to keep it as simple as possible - valves, manual tone shaping, no more watts than I actually need, and no digital interfaces. At some point I'll either sell (preferred) or trade the Cornford - on which I'm now taking sensible offers by the way - and put the proceeds towards one of two (or possibly three) models. Whichever one I choose, it will almost certainly have a Fender badge on the front.

West Ham... That's... um... Now don't tell me... That's... Errr... Rugby! Isn't it...? No, wait. Football! Yes! Definitely football. Definitely. Yes. Football. Phew! Glad I got that one sorted out. Phew! Now then, Iron Maiden... Errr... Ummmm...

Well it's over for another year (until Cyber Monday at least), and the results are in... + Only a couple of weeks until we get to do it all over again. Yay!!! Shortly after that, it'll be time for the January sales (which will of course start on Christmas Day). Then it'll be time for...

Heads up: don't spend money you don't have to spare on stuff you probably don't need.

Indeed so.

What a pearler! 👌

Bought a PJB Cub from Tom. Well looked after & in excellent condition. Very smooth, easy transaction. Thoroughly nice chap too. Trade with confidence.

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@thodrik, I suspect we are not that far apart on this issue. In truth it's a complex phenomenon, (as the article I linked amply demonstrates). I'm really just quibbling the assumption of righthandedness as a default. It's been my experience as a former tutor of many years' standing that notwithstanding around 90% of the general population being predominantly righthanded, not making any assumptions as to handedness stands a better chance of getting it correct from the outset. This is complicated by the fact that new students would generally enter my studio with an assumption of righthandedness (if they've even thought about it at all). Statistically speaking most of them would be correct of course, but even so... Also worth saying is that learning to play an instrument against your natural handedness is certainly not a bad thing as such: there are any number of great musicians who have done it this way. As a tutor my concern would be for the student who fails to progress properly (or even worse gives up the instrument altogether) as a result of such difficulties.

With great respect I have to disagree with this sentiment. In an orchestral setting I can see how this would be the norm, but I still wouldn't endorse it as a general teaching principle. Lefthanded classical musicians who have flourished have done so in many cases in spite of the challenges they faced. As I said before, handedness is not an either/or phenomenon, but playing a musical instrument well requires a high degree of fine motor skill. As such, and where there is any doubt as to a student's handedness, I would always carry out a basic check right at the start. It's not that hard to do.

Indeed so. I didn't take what you said as aggresive at all. It's exactly what I would have said if you hadn't. A simple statement of fact, and something that just needs thinking through a bit is all. The other important point that I like to make at about this juncture is that handedness isn't an either/or (as several examples above illustrate). Almost nobody is either lefthanded or righthanded. It's a continuum. Think of it as a horizontal line. Few if any are at either end; most are somewhere vaguely either side of the mid-point. What it means in practice is that most people can do many things with either hand at need but have a preference one way or the other for any given activity. The more you prefer to do things in a lefthanded way (especially things that demand very fine control such as writing or drawing), the more lefthanded you are (and vice versa). If anybody is interested, this article covers the topic pretty well.

I once had an extended - and heated - argument on this very topic with a fellow tutor (who was a senior figure in the Registry of Guitar Tutors) through the pages of the Registry's monthly newsletter-cum-magazine. In the end the editor had to step in to put a stop to it because he insisted on being a complete d*ck about it. It's bad enough when a jobbing tutor comes out with something that crass, but for a senior figure in the country's primary professional body at the time to be spouting it was - and is - unforgiveable. That was 20 years ago, and one would like to hope that we've become a bit more open-minded about it since then...

Excusez-moi?