Was playing with a new adoption :-) and seeing what kind of noises it could make. Also Ed Shaw had mentioned that he was experimenting with a wah pedal so I turned on a couple of effects and put a simple blues jam together. Came up with the title after reading an article on a lawsuit being settled with some of the members of Procal Harem. Hope they don't mind the play on words

A Lighter Shade of Blues

Guitar: Gibson ES339
Amp: Purdy
Tubescreamer (Maxon 808)
Compression Boss CS-3
Dunlop Wah

***** Song Summary *************
Title: A Lighter Shade of Blues
File:A Light Shade of Blues.SGU
Key=A , Tempo 85, Length (m:s)=3:00
No intro. 12 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 12. Repeat x5 choruses
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is M_RELIVE.STY (MIDI 12-8 Organ n Piano Blues)

RealTracks in style: 564:Bass, Electric, Blues Monday Sw 065
RealTracks in song: 2167:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Country12-8John Sw 065
RealTracks in style: 2674:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm Blues12-8Brent Sw 065
RealTracks in song: 627:Pedal Steel, Background 12-8 Crystal Sw 065
RealDrums in style: BluesRock128^1-a:SideStick, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat

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Hope you like it...

Yeah! Awesome, Scott. Some great licks happening, and very fluid lines too.

339 looks great, I thought it was a 335 at first from the pic over on soundcloud.

Good stuff!

Hello Scott,

great sound and guitar playing. Excellent licks.
Nice wah!

Sergio

Scott

Nice tone - liked the wah the playing and the very tasty licks.
Very enjoyable blues jam.

Peter

Scott,

Sounds great! Nice transitions in and out of the wah and lovely fluid lines.

Robert

Thanks Dave for checking out the song. I really like the small body guitar which directed me to the es339. Small guitar with a really deep rich tone.

Hi Scott,

I don't think they'll mind, are they all still alive by the way? ;-)
again a very thorough and thick guitar sound you've produced.
Beautiful!

Rob

Nice, Scott!

Really like this one. Your guitar sounds cool - has some nice bite to it. Cool wah.

One of your best. Enjoyed it.

fj

Thanks allot Sergio I appreciate it

Hello, Scott

Very pleasant Blues session.
I strongly feel your devotion to the sound of the guitar.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Scott,

Love this! Great playing and tone.

Bob

Scott, I liked the guitar tone. Those 339's are sweet! The steel was a very odd choice for a blues tune and surprisingly it worked well. Great playing. Well done. Tom

YES!! Love that Wah-wah! Great stuff!! Take care. Greg

Dittos to all the above!

We only have one nit......it wasn't long enough

Cool, tastefull and classy.

We much enjoyed it.

J&B

Thanks Peter Appreciate you checking out the song.

Thanks Robert I appreciate your comments

Nice expressive playing

Great feel to this one

Kenny

Hi Scott,

I (Alan) had a 335 & a 175 back in the 60's and 70's - wish I had them now! The slightly smaller body of the 339, in my opinion, lends it slightly better for rock than the 335 - but either one works for me!

Nice blues number - somewhat reminiscent of early SRV. Nice licks and great sound!

Alan & Di

WAAHH! How can anyone not love the blues with guitar playing like that.

Fantastic tones Scott You have a great feel for 'Them Blues' Man

Paul

Excellent playing Scott!

Thanks Rob I appreciate it

Hi Scott,

Yet another enjoyable journey in music from your ever-growing catalogue! I found it satisfying just to sit back with my eyes closed and let the music drive me along.

Regards,
Noel

Thanks Floyd I am glad you like the song..

Thanks Shigeki. Thanks you for your checking out the song. I must say I am a tone junkie. I just love the sound of a guitar through and amplifier. It. To me it nurtures the soul.

Thanks Bob for checking out the song

Thanks Tom I am really enjoying this guitar. It is very light and has a 60's style neck. Interesting you mentioned the pedal steele. I was looking for 12/8 realtracks and it popped up. I remembered you had some awesome tracks where you actually played the steele and thought would this work in a blues tune. The timing of the playing seemed to fit just right for the tempo so I gave it a go...

Thanks Greg for checking out the song

Love it! And the Wha was Wha-nderful!

Sweet blues!

Thanks Janice and Bud for checking out the song.

Thanks Kenny I appreciate the comments

Hi, Scott !:))


I do agree with Floyd
that this must be one
of your absolutely best
if not even the best !!!

Love that superb guitar sound too !!!

Cheers
Dani

Thanks Al & Di for checking out the song. Really enjoying the 339..

Thanks Paul I really appreciate your comments.

Thanks David
I appreciate it.

Thank Noel I am glad you enjoyed the song

Thanks for listening. I am glad you like the song

Thanks Dani for the awesome comments. I appreciate it.

Mighty fine playing Scott!! No cold stale notes here! Good work! Thanks, Torrey

Thanks Torrey for checking out the song I appreciate it

Hi Scott C, Great job on this! I really enjoyed the guitar licks and classic blues vibe. Thanks for sharing with us!

Great tone from the guitar on this one. Great playing as well. This is reminiscent of some of the jams I heard my brother play pedal steel with when the wah guitar part was playing. I'm sure back in the day, one played whatever instrument they were using at the time when a jam broke out...

Great listen.

Charlie

Thanks Joe for checking out the song I appreciate it

Awesome playing Scott.

That was pro ..bro, Honest you play really well.

I have been around the block were gigs and all that are concerned, I know when someone is playing to their arrangements.

But Scott you seriously have to think more on your biab backing tracks, I heard what sounded like that steel guitar, when I should have heard strings, drum, and bass.

That my friend is how good you are.

Thanks

only one guitar track and that's yours should be on that.

Again just my opinion.

Thanks Charlie for checking out the song. The pedal steele was kind of a risk in the song. I stumbled on it by accident when I was looking for a realtrack that would fit the 12/8 time signature. I was also inspired by an awesome guitar player Tom Adams who is an incredible steele player. This one of the cool things with BIAB it provides endless experimentation.

Thanks so much for checking out the song I appreciate it

Thanks so much for checking out the song and I really appreciate your comments. I loved to play to a 12 bar blues track. I loved the way this genre sounds but more especially how it feels. The steele track was kind of an experiment and tribute at to one of the other guitar players in the forum.. I hear you on using one of the strings real tracks. That would sound very cool as well. Will definitely try that on a future track.