June 2024 Challenge Response – Richard G

[Richard G]

For this call & response challenge I’ve put together elements of two lessons, EP127 and EP368. True to Brian’s challenge, there’s no backing track, it’s just me.
To get the best of the riffs and bends I’ve dug out out my G&L Tele ASAT. I played this one straight out of the Boss Katana, no pedals connected.

Looking forward to a weekend of great music from Glastonbury and ActiveMelody

Richard

[Guido]

First time I see you playing an electric guitar, Richard 😯! Glad you dug it out: what a fantastic rendition! Really, that Asat Tele seems born to play this style under you fingers, and of course for someone who’s trained to play an acoustic guitar with hard tension strings, pull out those wonderful fast bends and slides on an electric is like a breeze! Great choice of the lesson, lovely rendition, great tone from your guitar: I could listen to this for hours!

Guido

[David R]

Wow just loved that Richard, the sound you get from the telecaster is outstanding. Fantastic playing as always

[Jennifer D]

That was amazing! I’m loving your timing and rhythm Richard.

[James B]

Sounding great, Richard. We haven’t seen the Tele in a long time. Your finger style blues picking is just as good on the electric as it is on the acoustic.

James

[Claudio]

Shuffle time! I could play shuffle all day long.
Great performance very groovy and with smooth touch.
I think you have a great sound as well.
Very good.

Clau

[San Luis Rey]

Sounding great on the G&L Richard!

Mike

[Catherine Arsenault]

Wow Richard that was crazy good what great feel and sound loved it

[Michael L]

Hi Richard, wow! I didn’t know you had an electric… either I’ve not been paying attention or it’s been a long time. At any rate, it was the perfect choice for this composition. Great tone and a fun bluesy romp. Loved it!

[JoeD1]

Richard, you never cease to amaze me. I can’t remember you ever playing an electric before. I thought you were just an excellent finger picker on acoustic! This simply blew me away. Everything was to-die-for…playing, tone, rhythm, timing, all of it!

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

[Don Patton jr]

Great and steady drone thumb 👍 work Richard! Great tone and style from your Telecaster guitar.Its amazing how many lessons are easily combined… played quite well 🎶🎶💯

Don P

[Garry]

Great to hear you play electric Richard and using your Boss Katana! Excellent Call and Response, love the fingers on electric ie Mark K. Well done for combining a couple of lessons, I’ll have to have a listen to them. All the best! 😎🎸😎

[Mike W]

That’s the first time I’ve heard you play an electric guitar Richard, but it was well worth the wait. Everything about it was perfect. I hope you keep it within reach for future challenges.

[Alan L]

Fantastic Richard. Nice to see you on an electric 😀

127 has a special place in my heart- first AM lesson I learned. And I still play it! 🙂

[Manfred M]

Glad you dug out your electric, Richard. That was pleasure to watch and hear you play it. But the same relaxed and skillful way to play the guitar than on your acoustic. It‘s the player, not the guitar, that matters. But your guitar is not bad either!

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

[Paul S.]

You gave new life that old shuffle. Really sweet, and the finger-picking style was perfect. This was pretty much a master class as far as I’m concerned.

[sciencefiction]

Wow, Richard, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you play on the electric guitar before. This sounds wonderful! Awesome playing, Dude!!
Larry

[Alan K]

Who knew you had a rocker side to you Richard. Awesome clean Blues C&R response from your gorgeous G&L ASAT. You nailed this challenge.

[Denise]

That sounded like on (Glastonbury) stage, Richard. I absolutely love that “snappy” fingerpicking of the notes. And that slide was played so well. Great lesson choices!
Denise

More Blues!

[Bill]

This is the first time I can recall seeing and hearing you go electric Richard. It’s kind of like Newport when Dylan plugged in…wow! Awesome sound and what a great steady groove. Top notch!

[sunjamr]

Well played on 2 of my favorite lessons, Richard. And played on an awesome sounding guitar & amp.

I don’t think many Americans have heard of Glastonbury. It’s one of my favorite rock festivals. Some of the best bands in the world have played there. The cool thing is that BBC Music shoots music videos of almost every act, and you can watch them for free on Youtube.

Sunjamr Steve

[AndréM]

Richard nice to see you on electric.
Sounds real nice.
Great Clapton part somewhere near the end.
Well done.

AndréM

AndréM

[Werner]

Great submission Richard. Well done. thank you

Werner

[Andy N]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen you playing an electric Richard but it sounded the business! I could have listened to that all day (even with the competition from Worthy Farm!). Great lead lines over that steady blues shuffle and just the right tone dialled in. Fabulous.

[Martin W]

Hi Richard, Ep 127 great choice and blending it with Ep 368 even better ,
Nice to see you on the electric especially playing it finger style that added snap of the strings sounds great , you dialled in a very rich tone from the katana for this one .
Hope you’re enjoying the music from Glastonbury .

Martin

[Tom D]

Most excellent Richard! You certainly got the “best of the riffs and bends” with your Tele. Your playing style is awesome with any guitar in your hands and I really enjoyed hearing you play fingerstyle with the Tele sound. Great taste in song selection too! Beautiful. Cheers, Tom

[Pap]

Richard, great idea combining those two lessons. I like the way you are able to use open strings on your base notes…advantage of playing in A. Really excellent playing as always. Man you have skills! Cheers to you Richard! Pap

[Bob Utberg]

Love the palm muting bass line and those crisp and clean (no caffeine) licks over the chords! Nice “Stormy Monday” slide @ 1:00. So good and played like a PRO Richard

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[Serena C]

Great composition Richard! I’ve also enjoyed the palm muting, and the sound in general along with the creativity of mixing elements from two different EPs, well done!

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)

[John H]

Richard,
Wow! Very impressive. I love that broke out the electric. You have control and mastery over the guitar and arrangement. So tremendously bluesy yet melodic. I could listen to this all night. I just might!!

John

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