September challenge 2025 Martin w

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- October 17, 2025 at 12:48 pm #401634
  Martin W
  Participant
  Hi folks , my submission for this months challenge, I went with the two major chord country track from EP 507 , and used Dminor and Aminor pentatonic to play a country blues lead .
  Look forward to listening to everyone’s ideas for this month.
  Have a great weekend
  Martin
- October 17, 2025 at 1:08 pm #401636
  Juxi
  Participant
  Very nice, Martin. Clear, fitting sound and delicate playing with tasteful double stops mixed in. I enjoyed listening. Nice plectrum necklace, too. 😊👍🏽
  
  Bluesige Grüße
  Juxi
- October 17, 2025 at 2:26 pm #401662
  John H
  Participant
  Martin
  Your tone is impeccable. What amp are you using? Your phrasing is smooth and silky. Almost sounds like a pedal steel guitar. I am sure that was the intent with those bends. Fantastic job Martin. This was really enjoyable.
  
  John
  - October 19, 2025 at 7:46 am #402024
    Martin W
    Participant
    Hi John thanks for the comments, I’m using a Blackstar htr5 Mkii tube amp on the clean setting 1, with four boss pedals , reverb , delay , blues driver and od1 overdrive.
- October 17, 2025 at 3:42 pm #401683
  Michael L
  Participant
  Hi Martin, really nice country feel on this with the subtle bends and great use of double-stops. I enjoyed listening!
- October 17, 2025 at 6:17 pm #401718
  AndréM
  Participant
  Very melodic.
  Excellent playing.
  Great tone..
  
  AndréM
  
  AndréM
- October 17, 2025 at 7:44 pm #401729
  Bill
  Participant
  Love the way you kicked it off with that bend. A guy plays like that, he means business partner!
  Hearing a little Luther Perkins and some Roy Nichols. Nice pickin Martin!
- October 17, 2025 at 10:42 pm #401761
  sunjamr
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  Nice one, Martin. Your phrasing and tone were first class, and your choice of jamtrack was perfect for your composition. My only complaint: I wanted you to keep on playing.
  
  Sunjamr Steve
- October 18, 2025 at 2:07 am #401789
  Guido
  Participant
  Very nice composition and brilliantly played with a great tone! Using minor pentatonic notes over the major chords gives a strong blues vibe, loved it! Great rendition.
  
  Guido
- October 18, 2025 at 4:25 am #401801
  Denise
  Participant
  Playing the minor pent over the major country track gives the country a very bluesy touch! A lonely cowboy riding in the desert🤠🐎. I like these tasty bends👍.
  I am hearing some JJ Cale vibe in there.
  Well done, Martin
  
  More Blues!
- October 18, 2025 at 7:17 am #401826
  Alan L
  Participant
  Well done. The harmonies are perfect and the whole lead fits that track well
- October 18, 2025 at 8:23 am #401834
  Catherine Arsenault
  Participant
  Truly wonderful Martin well played loved the feel !!!!
- October 18, 2025 at 1:44 pm #401889
  Manfred M
  Participant
  This was a fine submission, Martin. I really like your atmospheric and soulful playing very much. Like Denise I have heard some JJ Cale vibes.
  
  Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
  The next Meetup is expected to take place in November 2025
  
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  I look forward to meet you.
  Manfred
- October 18, 2025 at 4:39 pm #401910
  JoeD1
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  That was very nicely put together Martin. Awesome tone too!
  
  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
- October 19, 2025 at 12:06 am #401974
  Dieter
  Participant
  Great country feeling.
  
  Dieter
- October 19, 2025 at 3:07 am #402001
  Werner
  Participant
  Another excellent contribution from you, Martin. The blues pentatonic fits perfectly on this banking track.
  
  Thank you, Werner
- October 19, 2025 at 6:59 am #402021
  Tremelow
  Participant
  You really know how to play Country, Martin! I envy your sound quality, it was pristine. I could have listened for longer, but that’s my only point of “critique”.
- October 19, 2025 at 4:34 pm #402116
  JoLa
  Participant
  Beautifully played, Martin — your touch and sense of space was spot on. I especially loved that spacey almost Western vibe (think horse rider in the desert). Your phrasing felt effortless, and I also loved those tasty bends! Your tone is – as usual – at pro level.
  
  🎸JoLa
- October 20, 2025 at 9:50 am #402199
  sciencefiction
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  Hey, Martin,
  Nice blues composition, very tastily played. Laid back and in the groove all the way. Loved those 2 double stops coming in at just at the right time. Reminded me of Folsom City blues in some places–don’t know why.
  Larry
- October 21, 2025 at 4:54 am #402316
  Jonathan Amos
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  That came together really well, good tone, good phrasing, clear intonation.
  
  Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan
  
  The farther one travels the less one knows.
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