MLT Club Member Jim Yahr
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I’m going to save myself some typing and copy the Facebook post! Depends on the guitar. The Fenders have Bullet 9-42s, the Gibsons/Epiphones have variations on 10’s (all Brite Wires) except for the Casino with the Bigsby that has Slinkys. The Ric 12 has a standard set of Ric strings, the Fender 12 has a hybrid set that starts with 9s (D’Addario xl). The acoustics are all strung with some variety of D’Addario EJ15 10 sets. The Guild F-412 (vintage) still has Guild strings but I’m going to have to change pretty soon since they’re out of production and my stockpile is running low. The classical has La Bella Studios, and the SG bass a La Bella 45-105 set (short scale). I’ve experimented with a lot of different stings and found that the manufacturers generally seem to know what sounds best with their product. (To my tastes anyhow!)
I will add that my favorite answer to this question was supplied by Paul McCartney who was asked several years ago and responded with: “Long shiny ones!”
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Don’t remember exactly when, other than a couple years ago. I was looking at different ways of playing “You’re Gonna Lose That Girl” and was totally blown away by the live performance at the Cavern.
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I’ve still gotta go with the one that got me here in the first place – the live performance of “You’re Gonna Lose That Girl.” There are others that I like almost as much (“That Boy”, “World Without Love” (which, while not Beatles, is a McCartney tune)) but “…Lose That Girl” just does it for me.
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I’m waiting on it too. I’ve pretty much got most of them figured out, however, since my instrument of choice is usually a Strat XII or a Guild acoustic 12 I tend to make things slightly more complex than they might be. I can’t wait to see the official versions.
By the way – while learning to read and write music, and learning theory can be useful, it’s not needed, and it seems to me it can sometimes get in the way and make your playing seem a bit wooden if you’re too rigid with it. None of the Beatles could read or write music and neither can/could Eric Clapton, Jimmi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Michael Jackson, Elvis, Dave Grohl, or Eddie Van Halen. So learning technique and just playing will go a long way.
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If my memory is right Poco was formed by the remnants of Buffalo Springfield after Stills and Young left for CSNY . I’ve got a about 4 of their albums, mostly on original vinyl.
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I hate lists and I’m not sure that this isn’t more of an influences than a favs list, but here goes:
Beatles,
Dylan,
Beach Boys,
Buffalo Springfield,
Simon and Garfunkle,
Cream,
Led Zepplin,
MLT,
Sinatra,
Queen,
Pink Floyd,
Byrds,
EaglesThe top 5 are solid, the rest we’ll call 6th and they’re in no particular order. The 6th place list could vary with whatever I have on at the time. I like music – listening, playing, singing. My list actually came from my the iPod classic that has 11,000 songs on it ranging from classical to rap-metal. Those are the top 13 most played artists so that’s my list for now.
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It’s definitely one of my favs too – catchy melody, interesting musical and lyrical twists and just plain fun to listen to. Of course I’m probably also influenced by the fact that my wife is named Lorraine.
