April 2022 Challenge Response – Richard W

[Richard W]

Hey All!

Really fun challenge this month! I’m playing over the Grateful Dead style backing track for EP196. Mostly using major pentatonics, but throwing in some minor pentatonic notes to spice things up here and there.

Take Care!

Richard

[AndréM]

Richard you sound like a pro.
Nice jazzy riffs in there.
Nice Tele.

AndréM

AndréM

[Tom D]

Hi Richard:

You haven’t had many posts but I’ve come to love your playing. It reflects great guitar technique, a great ear for note choice, and amazing musicality. Rock on.

Cheers, Tom

[Phil B]

Wow. That’s some quicksilver picking and movement over the fretboard. Great job.

[sunjamr]

Sounding really pro there, Richard. Jerry Garcia would have enjoyed listening to you. I think you are the only person who dared to choose EP196, and it worked great.

Sunjamr Steve

[Bob Utberg]

Great job Richard – Jerry is smiling for sure. Awesome licks and timing! B

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[charjo]

You’re such a smooth player, Richard, and those were some awesome major pentatonic licks.
John

[Manfred M]

It was nice to hear you happy tones between all that blues, Richard. You created some uplifting music and you play it with the easiness, that let the tones flow through the air. A fun to listen to.

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

[Denise]

Wow,great and tasty improv! Reminded me a bit of Dickey Betts style. Sounded so good.
Denise

More Blues!

[Tim Read]

Such great timing your licks fit the track perfectly

TimR

[Carlo Laezza]

Richard a very nice performance congratulations the sound of your FENDER is fantastic I would like to know what sound card you used I really like the sound quality. Greetings from Naples

Carlo Laezza

[Richard W]

Hi Carlo! I play through a Line 6 Helix, which has a built in audio interface and plugs straight into my computer via USB for recording. I record by first dragging the backing track into GarageBand and then I have a separate track in GB for my guitar. I really love the Helix, great product. I usually use a pretty simple preset based around a Fender Princeton amp sim with just a bit of reverb and delay.

[Martin W]

Yep this is top notch , some real nice licks and phrasing so smooth .
A pleasure to listen to .

Martin

[Mike W]

Great submission, Richard – that was a really uplifting piece of music. Loved every second of it.

[Mike D]

Great tone Richard, sounded great, very smooth licks and timing!

Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.

[John H]

Richard you do Jerry great justice. Gorgeous tone and your licks and riffs are flowing off your finger tips. Thank you.

John

[James B]

Excellent performance, Richard. Really enjoyed your take on this back track.

James

[Pap]

Richard, nice selection of BT and you nailed the JG style and timing was on the money $$$. Well done. Pap

[Livio M]

Hi Richard
Good idea that of a base at the gratefull dead.
Great work and excellent result.

Livio

[Michael L]

Really great Richard! Something tells me this isn’t the first time you’ve done this exercise. You captured that jam-band feel really well with some nice licks and lots of expression.

[Scott M]

Love the feel in your playing, great tone and an impressive vocabulary of licks. Excellent performance Richard! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Scott

[Bill]

Sweet playing. Love that Tele!

[John B]

Wow Richard, You are a quality player. 1st class.

[JoLa]

Oh, boy! That sounded so polished and professional! You must have decades of experience, Richard, and might even be related to Brian? 😉 Welcome and thank you for showing us your beautiful music, I enjoyed it thoroughly!

🎸JoLa

[Reuben B]

Those are some impressive licks and runs you have there. And your lead playing changes the feel of the song for me, it sounds like a completely new one. Well done!

[Garry]

Top submission Richard! Lots of cool pentatonic licks there and loved your bends and harmonised notes. Beautiful looking Fender Tele there too. All the best! 🥸🎸🥸

[WBlues]

Sounds good and you play your runs professionally. The sound also suits the track very well.

Play guitar just like you live; don't get bogged down in theory, it's just a tool without feeling.

Wilfried

[David H]

Outstanding! You captured the Dead to a T.

[Werner]

What should I say that’s not already said. Professional contribution. perfect. Thank you

Werner

[Juxi]

Very enjoyable, Richard. Pro-level performance. Stay tuned! 👍🏽

Bluesige Grüße
Juxi

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