Keeping it Clean (By Tal)

Tal Rules · October 2006

Well...
Broke my trusty ES175 out for this one. 12 guage flat wound strings and all

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Man....
I don't know why..I just love the sound of a big old fat jazz box cranking away. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

The tune is only 2 guitars and a midi drum. I have been recently working on keeping a walking bass line going while playing the chords at the same time. That's what you're hearing in the rhythm section. Patch used in the rhythm part was the CLEAN late nite patch..

The lead part is my trusty ES 175 on the CLEAN Pat Jazz Patch with reverb thrown in.

Both patches pretty much simulate my REAL amps (Roland JC120 and my JC60) pretty damn close..

I really dig the walking bass/Chord stuff and I will probably incorporate some more of this stuff in my future compositions.

Hope you guys dig the tune...
http://www.digitech.com/soundcomm/guitar_view_music.asp?productid=199&music_id=2602

Got back with this one to the kind of tunes and tone I really dig. I hope yall dig it as well

See Ya,
Tal.. 8)

macman · October 2006

awesome, some skillful playing there . Really great production and jazz playing.

Cool...Nice

SlashNBurn99 · October 2006

Tal
Very cool and great playin 8)

Nice groove

ACWild · October 2006

This tune is all class. Great tone, composition, arrangement... You've got it all. 8)

0Dannyboy · October 2006

That was sooo good Tal you are really getting more polished with every recording. I recently had a guitar with 9s on it I cant beilieve I used to play strings that light years ago...Im only at 10s and 11s now but those 12s sound Phat.

...ok now break out the Tele again with your new b bender next so I can get some more free lessons.

Cobaltblooz · October 2006

Whew!!!....THAT sounds like it's a mother**er to play

partch · October 2006

Very cool Tal 8) You realy get that nice dreamy kind of tone. I like!! Good to hear another one from you!! Your stuff is always top notch!!

God Bless Tal!!
Partch

BettyBoo · October 2006

Man Tal you're one cool cat! Some really nice stuff there. My brother's got an old ES175 and it sounds pretty close to that.

P.G.Shadow · October 2006

8) Jazz usally ain't my thing, but that was pretty cool. I'm just too young to wrap my head around the phrasing and chord strutures of jazz, But still very cool Tal. Nice mix aswell. 8)

Tal Rules · October 2006

Thanks for the comments.. 8)
Made my month..

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I wrote this tune backwards from the way I write most of my stuff.
I wrote out the chord changes first, while playing with the walking bass, while chord comping at the same time. Then I wrote out the melody.

Inspiration for the walking bass/chord comping came from this fabulous instruction vid from jazz guitarisist \"Kevin Van Sant\"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=grK43Poye1U

Really a pretty cool technique. If you get the time, watch the vid. The guys an excellent instructor and player. 8)

The melody line is pretty short on this one. (About 12 seconds.

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The melody starts at the 00:34 to about 00:46 and is repeated at various intervals through out the piece. The rest is pretty much a jam. 8)

Worked on the chord progressions a couple weeks, and the melody about 2 days. This piece, I just wanted to jam to mostly, after the chords were written down. Maybe a few rough spots in the lead work, but I didn't want the lead work to sound canned. I wanted that jamming feel to the piece.

Thanks once again for taking a listen and you wonderful comments... 8)

See Ya,
Tal. 8)

partch · October 2006

Hey Tal. Nice Avitar 8) You indeed are Mr. Clean

God Bless you!! As you keep it clean!!
Partch

thatsastrat · October 2006

I love the tone of that guitar. Very mellow but still bright in the upper register yet still maintaining a certain mellowness about it. I like that we have varied syles of players on this forum. Thats what makes it fun.

Tal Rules · October 2006

\thatsastrat\ wrote:

I love the tone of that guitar. Very mellow but still bright in the upper register yet still maintaining a certain mellowness about it. I like that we have varied syles of players on this forum. Thats what makes it fun.

Thanks for taking a listen... 8)
I dig the Mr. Clean avatar..I think Tal Farlow would approve as well, in this world of wailing, overdriven guitars..

Jazz and blues aint dead...
They just smell funny..

kirkbauer1 · October 2006

Hey Tal! Excellent chord progressions and great tone. You mentioned you did this one backwards by writing out the chord structure first…by the sound of those chord changes that would take me a lifetime…when I try to understand music at this level my brain shuts down because it hurts to much…Great sound.

bababoey · October 2006

<div style="displaynone">fiogf49gjkf0d</div>Hey Tal

Sorry I did not get to reply to this post sooner. Life for me has been a bit crazy lately.

I love the sound of the guitar! I think my head would explode if I tried to play something like that. I have a hard time chewing gum and playing at the same time.

Great job as usual! Man you can play.

-Bababoey

Mike B · October 2006

:shock: :shock: Wow :!:

Hey Tal can you tell me what is the difference between the L5 and a Byrdland model?

shredd · October 2006

Yo 'tal - really tasty lix. Great sound too, but I just love the sweet runs and licks going on. Sounds great, and probably fun to play too...

Tal Rules · November 2006

Sorry it's taken a little time to get back on some of these threads. Just a few nagging health problems but all is well now.. 8)

Mike....
A Byrdland is a thin bodied carved archtop with shorter scale length than an L5
Gibson Byrdland link here
http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/archtops/Byrdland/Byrdland.html

Gibson L5CES link here
http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/archtops/L5CES/L5CES.html

Specs on for each guitar on the above links..

Thanks Mike and Shredd for you kind comments on the \"Keeping it Clean\" tune.. Makes my week guys.. 8) .

See Ya,
Tal.. 8)

blackstrat · November 2006

Hi Tal. Thanks for checkin in on my track. I listened to your 'keeping it clean' and thought, \"man i should pull my track down !\" They are some sweet tones there bro !
Not sure what media player everyone is using to play this track, but i clicked on your file and the windows media player 11 opened it and the visualization was very uhmmm TRIPPIN !!

8)
Was that Acid Jazz ??? :shock: :shock:
Great stuff Tal.

BlueGator · November 2006

:shock: Tal, another masterful rendition on your ES-175. The chord structure and walking bass lines are excellent.The lead is also outstanding, even though sometimes I didn't know where is was going....You seem to have this rare ability to bring together tonally dissonant riffs, and make them cohesive. Great job Tal.

Tal Rules · November 2006

Thanks Blackstrat & BG..
Made my day...

8)

Keeping it Clean (By Tal)

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