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December 2024 Challenge Response – Nick

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  • This topic has 36 replies, 32 voices, and was last updated 8 months, 4 weeks ago by Alan O.
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    • January 10, 2025 at 2:12 am #384953
      Nick M
      Participant

        Happy new year! Here is my take for this months challenge:

        Nick

      • January 10, 2025 at 4:31 am #384965
        Jennifer D
        Participant

          Beautiful!!! Did you add some harmonics in there? It sounded really cool!

          • January 10, 2025 at 10:27 pm #385354
            Nick M
            Participant

              Thank you Jennifer! I guess I did play parts of triads which gives off that harmonized effect.

              Nick

          • January 10, 2025 at 5:27 am #384975
            Mark T
            Participant

              An excellent and chilled performance, Nick – really liked that 👏👏👏🎶

            • January 10, 2025 at 5:43 am #384984
              Bill
              Participant

                Sweet take Nick. Love how you built up over a couple cycles of the track, with lots of space and breathing room at first building into some nice runs. Awesome Tele tone too…what did you record into?

                • January 10, 2025 at 10:29 pm #385357
                  Nick M
                  Participant

                    Thanks Bill! I’m running some new pedals I got from Santa (over drive + delay) and into an amp pedal.

                    Nick

                • January 10, 2025 at 5:54 am #384996
                  charjo
                  Moderator

                    Been looking forward to your take, Nick. Loved that soft tone, your soft touch and those arpeggios were gorgeous. I’ll be back for another look or two.
                    John

                    • January 10, 2025 at 10:33 pm #385358
                      Nick M
                      Participant

                        Thanks John! Likewise! I just gave your take a close listen which I can always learn from.

                        Question, and please be honest, you have great tone so I respect your opinion here… could my playing be too soft? I personally think I need a little bit more grit and edge to my sound when I listen back to my recordings.

                        Nick

                    • January 10, 2025 at 6:37 am #385022
                      JoeD1
                      Participant

                        Very tasteful use of notes Nick. I loved the way you worked up to that riff around :55. Very cool.

                        Joe

                        The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
                        Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
                        --Graeme Edge

                      • January 10, 2025 at 7:42 am #385037
                        John H
                        Participant

                          Gorgeously melodic and dulcet. Love those flurries in between chord changes.

                          John

                        • January 10, 2025 at 7:57 am #385043
                          Garry
                          Participant

                            Beautiful touch Nick. So melodic, spot-on phrasing and loved the way you worked up the neck. Big kudos! 👏👏👏🌟👏👏👏 All the best! 😎🎸😎

                          • January 10, 2025 at 9:29 am #385057
                            Werner
                            Participant

                              very nice contribution . I like the melodies you played and that guitar sounds just great. Thank you

                              Werner

                            • January 10, 2025 at 9:41 am #385062
                              donmati
                              Participant

                                very melodious and a great mastery of your scales. Amazing!

                              • January 10, 2025 at 9:55 am #385071
                                AndréM
                                Participant

                                  Very nice blues.
                                  Awesome playing as usual.
                                  Well done.

                                  AndréM

                                  AndréM

                                • January 10, 2025 at 10:32 am #385088
                                  James B
                                  Participant

                                    Smooth as silk, Nick. Love to hear you play.

                                    James

                                  • January 10, 2025 at 10:45 am #385099
                                    Michael L
                                    Participant

                                      Hi Nick, whoa! So smooth! Your second round especially was a wonderful bluesy statement. I really liked it!

                                    • January 10, 2025 at 11:42 am #385150
                                      Dave O
                                      Participant

                                        Very nice!

                                        It's all about the journey, not the destination.

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                                      • January 10, 2025 at 12:23 pm #385158
                                        Alan L
                                        Participant

                                          Masterfully played, so melodic and killer tone. I appreciate the change in intensity between the two verses. I want more!

                                        • January 10, 2025 at 3:23 pm #385212
                                          Pat
                                          Participant

                                            Nice playing and picking. Great composition. I enjoyed watching u play!

                                          • January 10, 2025 at 4:12 pm #385227
                                            David H
                                            Participant

                                              Holy cow, that was so perfect. Had a bit of the classic Allman Brothers sound. Your timing and use of space was so good.
                                              You done good!

                                            • January 10, 2025 at 6:37 pm #385308
                                              Catherine Arsenault
                                              Participant

                                                Well played and very smooth!!!!

                                              • January 10, 2025 at 8:35 pm #385328
                                                JoLa
                                                Participant

                                                  Oh man, I just loved what happened here, Nick; the anticipation, the tasteful licks, the air between phrases, and the cascade of notes just to end on a perfect one, the tone – all of it was as sweet as candy and smooth as silk – and sounded beautiful. And I did not expect any less from you, you got us spoiled already 😉

                                                  P.S. Love seeing the plush pig on the shelf, I have a similar one from IKEA 🐷😁

                                                  🎸JoLa

                                                  • January 10, 2025 at 10:37 pm #385359
                                                    Nick M
                                                    Participant

                                                      Thank you JoLa! That is indeed the same IKEA pig on my shelf 😆 my guitar room is now my baby’s nursery so you will probably see a lot more dolls in the background this year 👶

                                                      Nick

                                                      • January 10, 2025 at 10:51 pm #385361
                                                        JoLa
                                                        Participant

                                                          Oh, lol – how cool! Congrats! 👶 💓

                                                          🎸JoLa

                                                    • January 10, 2025 at 11:40 pm #385370
                                                      Laurel C
                                                      Moderator

                                                        Smooth as silk, your style Nick and you own it. Navigating the fretboard with your selection of notes is not only a skill but you have a good ear. You have a perfect GPS system. Top notch.

                                                      • January 11, 2025 at 1:17 am #385379
                                                        Manfred M
                                                        Participant

                                                          I don’t know if it can get any better than this, Nick. Something moves me when I hear your solo. I almost wrote “Soulo”.
                                                          It’s so beautiful and melodic. I’ve listened to it three times already and I still haven’t had enough.
                                                          Your little baby will be truly blessed to have so many musical vibes in his nursery. Congratulations, Nick!

                                                          Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
                                                          The next Meetup is expected to take place in November 2025

                                                          There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum in good time.

                                                          I look forward to meet you.
                                                          Manfred

                                                        • January 11, 2025 at 3:53 am #385423
                                                          Martin W
                                                          Participant

                                                            Awesome take on the backing track Nick ,
                                                            I was a hearing a John Mayer sound in your improv, love the slight break up in tone as well .
                                                            Martin

                                                          • January 11, 2025 at 5:52 am #385445
                                                            Ralph P.
                                                            Participant

                                                              Very well played Nick. You captured the “Churchy Gospel/Soul” feel of the song very well. You play like a Southern Man (compliment intended). Especially liked your intro lick…very well placed. Brian always stresses to “Play like a singer”, and you did that very well.

                                                              Ralph

                                                              Ralph P.

                                                            • January 11, 2025 at 10:32 am #385517
                                                              Bob Utberg
                                                              Participant

                                                                0:52-1:00. Wowza – blown away. I mean it was all fantastic, however, that lick/run/idea should be a session’s player dream! Well done

                                                                Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

                                                              • January 11, 2025 at 11:50 am #385570
                                                                Mike D
                                                                Participant

                                                                  Wow Nick very smooth …laid back …loved it . Played very nicely ..great spacing and licks!

                                                                  Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.

                                                                • January 11, 2025 at 1:24 pm #385609
                                                                  sunjamr
                                                                  Participant

                                                                    Nice one, Nick. I was glad to hear you drop in those fast runs, because the jamtrack was crying out for those.

                                                                    Sunjamr Steve

                                                                  • January 11, 2025 at 2:47 pm #385645
                                                                    Andy N
                                                                    Participant

                                                                      That was a brilliant take Nick. Your ear and interpretation is SO melodic. I saw Martin mentioned John Mayer and I thought exactly the same. I love that softer tone you have. It’s so well suited to your playing style. There’s plenty of sparkle in it and just that hint of drive to let all the notes sing out.

                                                                    • January 12, 2025 at 4:06 am #385792
                                                                      Serena C
                                                                      Participant

                                                                        Great sound, playing and ideas Nick, congrats on this submission!

                                                                        If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
                                                                        It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)

                                                                      • January 12, 2025 at 4:36 am #385811
                                                                        Dieter
                                                                        Participant

                                                                          Wonderful relaxing and soulful playing.

                                                                          Dieter

                                                                        • January 12, 2025 at 7:33 am #385930
                                                                          Gary W
                                                                          Participant

                                                                            This is really nice Nick (great tone btw). The two different circuits through the piece each had a different feel – I loved them both Well played.

                                                                            Gary

                                                                          • January 12, 2025 at 10:17 am #385965
                                                                            Denise
                                                                            Participant

                                                                              Nick, I love your playing. I like these fast runs and your way of phrasing is a dream.
                                                                              The tone is to die for.
                                                                              Denise

                                                                              More Blues!

                                                                            • January 12, 2025 at 12:32 pm #385985
                                                                              Alan O
                                                                              Participant

                                                                                Man that was really great take on this one! Your playing is so smooth and such melodic phrasing. My only complaint is that it was too short! I wasn’t finishing listening and wanted more. 😊

                                                                                Alan

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