Who here is primarily a blues player??

[jabba]

I'm sitting here learning the solo to Eric Clapton's version of I'm Tore Down from his From the Cradle album (what a great album) and it occurs to me that I'm probably not the only blues player playing an EBMM (I play a SUB 1 through a Hot Rod Deluxe).....so I'm wondering who else out there is a blues brother (no, not the Jake and Elwood kind), but someone who uses his EBMM guitar mostly for blues playing.....just wondering.....so who's playing the blues and what kind of EBMM guitar are you playing it with??? C'mon bluesmen, stand up and be counted!

 

[Raz]

I'm sitting here learning the solo to Eric Clapton's version of I'm Tore Down from his From the Cradle album (what a great album) and it occurs to me that I'm probably not the only blues player playing an EBMM (I play a SUB 1 through a Hot Rod Deluxe).....so I'm wondering who else out there is a blues brother (no, not the Jake and Elwood kind), but someone who uses his EBMM guitar mostly for blues playing.....just wondering.....so who's playing the blues and what kind of EBMM guitar are you playing it with??? C'mon bluesmen, stand up and be counted!

Although I don't exclusively play the blues, I do consider myself more of a bluesy player...and evn though I venture out and attempt other styles, the blues influence can be heard...I try and play how I feel, but there are times when that feeling is just to powerful, that being the good old bluesy feeling. I have two SUB 1's that I lean on regularily for the blues, however since I got my new EBMM JP7, that's really all I've been playing...but I still use it for the blues...ah yes I call it the Low B Blues

 

[tommyindelaware]

I'm sitting here learning the solo to Eric Clapton's version of I'm Tore Down from his From the Cradle album (what a great album) and it occurs to me that I'm probably not the only blues player playing an EBMM (I play a SUB 1 through a Hot Rod Deluxe).....so I'm wondering who else out there is a blues brother (no, not the Jake and Elwood kind), but someone who uses his EBMM guitar mostly for blues playing.....just wondering.....so who's playing the blues and what kind of EBMM guitar are you playing it with??? C'mon bluesmen, stand up and be counted!

i guess i would be guilty of this accusation....

morse model ........almost doesn't seem fair .........

 

[MN246]

I started out with rock and eventually moved into neo-classical and progressive styles. And then I became friends with a guy that was an exceptionally gifted blues guitarist. I sat in with his band on several occasions and really began to appreciate blues. It really gave me an opportunity to become more well rounded as a player. Now, and forever more, I play praise and worship music. I still listen to my influences i.e. Vinne Moore and John Petrucci, and I'm still in awe of their awesome techinque, but you might say I got my current gig from a higher power.

 

[NorM]

I like the blues but it just depresses me

 

[caucajun]

"blues bros.!?"....they still owe you money, fool!"

i come from baton rouge , La.. most of us here consider BR to be quite a mecca of the blues. to be truthin', i got kinda bored with it, cuz i hear it sooooo much....but i still find myself draggin' up those ol' licks whenever my fingers and my brain aren't communicatin'.

i play it on a EBMM AXIS SUPER SPORT PIEZO..........and it's BLUE..........bought it at a pawnshop.............and you know the sayin'........"if it ain't been in a pawnshop, it cain't play no blues!"

 

[mcvinyl]

I get blue when I listen to my playing - does that count?

Simon

 

[Colin]

I get blue when I listen to my playing - does that count?

Simon

Simon when you say blue do you mean risqué?

Colin

 

[Pundix]

.....so who's playing the blues and what kind of EBMM guitar are you playing it with??? C'mon bluesmen, stand up and be counted!

We all play the blues - whether we mean to or not. I've never seen a guitar player who didn't play blues. Anytime you bend a string and make the amp whine or scream the blues just comes out.

 

[deadringer]

After producing my buddy's bluesy record and doing a few solos I can safely say that my Pet 7 can definitely play the blues, and a lot better than I.

 

[fogman]

We all play the blues - whether we mean to or not. I've never seen a guitar player who didn't play blues. Anytime you bend a string and make the amp whine or scream the blues just comes out.

Agreed!
It would be hard not to.
We all use the basic power chords.

 

[Raz]

I don't play the Blues...the Blues plays me

 

[mbgreene]

I'm a middle-class, suburban guy with a Volvo, a good woman and all my teeth, and I never did time for shooting a man in Memphis.

I didn't think I was allowed to play the blues






But I still do

 

[Raz]

I'm a middle-class, suburban guy with a Volvo, a good woman and all my teeth, and I never did time for shooting a man in Memphis.

I didn't think I was allowed to play the blues






But I still do

You mean to tell me everyday is full of joy and bliss?

 

[mbgreene]

You mean to tell me everyday is full of joy and bliss?

Except when people don't get my jokes

Every day $h!t happens and you deal with it. I've had good days and bad but - Big Picture - I'm doin' OK

(sound of thunderous wood knocking)

 

[Pundix]

I've had good days and bad but <snip> I'm doin' OK

(sound of thunderous wood knocking)

Umm, wasn't that a blues tune? If it wasn't it should have been, will be...

 

[beej]

Umm, wasn't that a blues tune? If it wasn't it should have been, will be...

Life's been good so far ...

 

[Raz]

A few more pages and we'll have a hit on our hands...

 

[jabba]

A few more pages and we'll have a hit on our hands...

Yes....a more talented bunch of lyricists, there's never been

I actually was expecting to hear from some Albert Lee owners.....kind of figured that the AL was a guitar that lent itself well to the blues (I'm pretty sure I've seen the AL described on this board as what a strat wishes it was), so I thought there'd be some AL owners cranking out the SRV........no??

 

[mbgreene]

But I still do

Yeah most of my playing is in the blues / southern / classic rock genre that I started with years ago. I was away for a long time and liked the overall AL sound and feel over the Teles I was headed for on my way back (and the G&L which I didn't get to play until after I took the plunge). Maybe even some country blues pickin as well. Think Danny Gatton (don't think of me playing Danny Gatton though - that will give you the blues)

It can get tele spanky or strat smooth and chimey and with the MM90s can growl a bit too. SRV can be done - just put on heavy strings, play hard and floor it. Floor it, I believe he considered that a technical term.