#881585 - 09/07/00 01:28 AM
in need of new stuff to use for soloing blues
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mot626@yahoo.com
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I could use some guidance in what scales to use besides the major and minor pentatonics.
I am trying to strive for a stevie ray vaughan sound.What would be my best approach?
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#881586 - 09/07/00 05:46 PM
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Mot626:
As far as the scales go...I'm embarassingly illiterate in scales. I have a good ear and I just play a lot of the stuff I hear from such artists as Stevie, Albert King, Carlton Atkins and such. I'm 49 and way back when I first started I tried really hard to sound like whomever my latest hero was at the time, but an old friend took me aside and told me to sound like myself. Advice well taken. As far as the Stevie sound, in my humble opinion, a Strat or Strat style axe (I play a Carvin Bolt) is your first step. Then tune down a half step to Eb Ab...etc., and then go with as heavy of a gauge string set as your hands can handle and still make the big bends. That's where the ballsy bass tones and everything comes from. The amp is a personal preference...I actually had a solid state amp at one time, a Fender M-80 that sounded kinda cool on the dirty channel...somewhat like SRV. But I'm sure the Blues purists would advise you to get an old tube amp, a Fender or whatever and really push it. Next would be the "in-between" switch positions on the Strat. Stevie used them a lot and would even change switch positions in the middle of executing one of his many impossible licks! Technique is next...feel each note and squeeze everything you can get out of each note. But, most important...don't be a "Hero-Wanna Be"-- be yourself! Good Luck.
I hope I helped.
Kev
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#881587 - 09/07/00 08:35 PM
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mot626@yahoo.com
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Originally posted by kevinkli@hotmail.com:
Mot626:
As far as the scales go...I'm embarassingly illiterate in scales. I have a good ear and I just play a lot of the stuff I hear from such artists as Stevie, Albert King, Carlton Atkins and such. I'm 49 and way back when I first started I tried really hard to sound like whomever my latest hero was at the time, but an old friend took me aside and told me to sound like myself. Advice well taken. As far as the Stevie sound, in my humble opinion, a Strat or Strat style axe (I play a Carvin Bolt) is your first step. Then tune down a half step to Eb Ab...etc., and then go with as heavy of a gauge string set as your hands can handle and still make the big bends. That's where the ballsy bass tones and everything comes from. The amp is a personal preference...I actually had a solid state amp at one time, a Fender M-80 that sounded kinda cool on the dirty channel...somewhat like SRV. But I'm sure the Blues purists would advise you to get an old tube amp, a Fender or whatever and really push it. Next would be the "in-between" switch positions on the Strat. Stevie used them a lot and would even change switch positions in the middle of executing one of his many impossible licks! Technique is next...feel each note and squeeze everything you can get out of each note. But, most important...don't be a "Hero-Wanna Be"-- be yourself! Good Luck.
I hope I helped.
Kev
thanks for the advice,by the way I also play a carvin sc200 I love it!.As a kid I had a gibson SG and then on to a les paul custom.I think the carvin blows both of them away!
I recently purchased a mesa boogie rocket440
to play through heeding the advice of some purists I know opting for the tube sound,I'm glad I did I love the sound I get out of it.
As far as trying to hero chase,NAH! I have never tried to copy anyone's stuff note for note.There's awesome little licks that I try to incorporate into my playing,but that's as far as that goes.I agree with you about having your own style.I just want to continually get to new levels in my playing abilities.I live in a rural area where there
is but one instructor,and He has taught me well but I feel I need to move on.Do you know anywhere on the internet that I could hook up with some good ongoing instruction?
thanks
Tom
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#881588 - 09/08/00 03:38 PM
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kevinkli@hotmail.com
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Originally posted by mot626@yahoo.com:
thanks for the advice,by the way I also play a carvin sc200 I love it!.As a kid I had a gibson SG and then on to a les paul custom.I think the carvin blows both of them away!
I recently purchased a mesa boogie rocket440
to play through heeding the advice of some purists I know opting for the tube sound,I'm glad I did I love the sound I get out of it.
As far as trying to hero chase,NAH! I have never tried to copy anyone's stuff note for note.There's awesome little licks that I try to incorporate into my playing,but that's as far as that goes.I agree with you about having your own style.I just want to continually get to new levels in my playing abilities.I live in a rural area where there
is but one instructor,and He has taught me well but I feel I need to move on.Do you know anywhere on the internet that I could hook up with some good ongoing instruction?
thanks
Tom
Hi Tom. Glad I could help. As for the Carvin stuff, I didn't want to hop on the soap box for too long when I first replied, but I absolutely LOVE Carvin gear. I have two...the Carvin Bolt, and my honey: an AE-185 with all the bells and whistles. I have played nearly every type of guitar made on the planet earth and in my book, Carvin is by far the tops. I also own Carvin PA gear, amps, etc. All top shelf stuff. Unfortunately I don't know of any online instruction. Back when I started (the vinyl days) I was into Chet Atkins and The Ventures and sucked up every record I could buy and woodshedded for eight hours at time. I really did Stevie and all those cats too. I would say my prime influences would be the aforementioned Chet, The Ventures, Carlton, Stevie, Wes Montgomery and those types. Keep on rockin!
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#881589 - 09/09/00 07:41 AM
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Here's an idea, not necessarily SRV, but it works in blues and rock. Try the Dorian mode of the key a whole step down from the key your in. If you're in A, play a G Major scale, but start, or rather center on and around A. If you're using Major and Minor Pentatonics you're already familiar with modes. The A Minor Pentatonic is essentialy a mode of the C Major Pentatonic. This Dorian mode idea works similer to the Pentatonic as you can play it across all the I IV V chords. It's just another place you can go for a while.
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