BK
BK Jun 23, 2016

Duke,

Signed up last weekend. Great lesssons. Very deep. I have an ES 175 from 1951 ( one pick up) and a Princeton amp from the 50's. There is no reverb and I don't want to crank the amp up loud to get good blues tone. Are there any pedals that you would recommend? Hope this is not heresy!

BK

BK
BK Jul 01, 2016

Just wonderin if you have a good suggestion to my question above. I'm not a big pedal fan but the amp/ guitar combo needs a liitle help....what was your set up with Bob? I know you must have had to cover a lot of bases. Anyway, loving the lessons and Happy Fourth

Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard Feb 13, 2017

BK, Saw that you are enjoying the Blues Driver. I use a Bad Monkey tube distortion pedal and swear by it. It's only about $40 but I think it sounds like real small amp overdrive. Duke

BK
BK Jul 12, 2016

I got a Fender 1963 Boss reverb pedal to go with my 1963 Princeton Amp. Interesting that such a thing was available. I added a Boss Blues Driver BD2. Sounds like I hoped it would. Really nice modest set up.....

Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard Sep 27, 2016

BK, nice guitar and amp combo. Sounds klike you are all set but if you want to try a nice tube sounding overdrive pedal try the Bad Monkey! It's very inexpensive and it sounds great. it's all I use. Duke

Rand Hyden
Rand Hyden Feb 25, 2020

I have been practicing mixolydian mode against single chords. G against a g7 chord. C against a C7 chord and so on. The g mixolydian starting on A follow an A minor patten. Fifth fret the g mixolyian notes follow the A minor note pattern, same notes In that position. So if you play a G 7 chord, I can play an A minor pattern at the fifth fret and I am playing g mixolydian notes. Even though they are same notes in the different positions just different starting notes, I detect a difference in tone and feel. How much does the starting note and ending note effect improvisation? My goal is to know the mixolyian notes for a particular chord any where on the neck, but have notice sometimes they sound great and sometimes they don’t. Am I over complicating this process?

 
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