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November 2020 Challenge – Jaime

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    • November 28, 2020 at 2:50 pm #222116
      jaimeiniesta
      Participant

        There goes mine!

      • November 28, 2020 at 2:54 pm #222124
        Hide (ひで)
        Participant

          Love your vibrato, Jaime. Your bends and hammer ons also put nice dynamics! Very nice performance!

          Hidetada Shimizu

        • November 28, 2020 at 3:26 pm #222152
          Craig S
          Participant

            Great feel Jaime, Vibrato and bends, just beautiful.

            Wish You Were Here

          • November 28, 2020 at 3:28 pm #222157
            William I
            Participant

              Nothing not to like there. Solid playing. Great vibrato. Loved the ending bend.

            • November 28, 2020 at 3:39 pm #222179
              John H
              Participant

                You can play man! I knew this going to be spot on.

              • November 28, 2020 at 3:41 pm #222181
                Jeff C (Swiss Elk)
                Participant

                  Nice job! You and I took very similar approaches to the lead. Naturally enough, I liked it!!

                  Perfect vision is when 2020 is hindsight!

                • November 28, 2020 at 3:42 pm #222182
                  bluesheki
                  Participant

                    For me this is the perfect family. The father plays a great blues guitar
                    and in the background the children are playing ..
                    Thumbs up Jaime.

                    Blue

                  • November 28, 2020 at 4:11 pm #222225
                    Martin W
                    Participant

                      Yep you built some real dynamics into this piece , your Pacifica has a nice glassy tone . Well played

                      Martin

                    • November 28, 2020 at 4:30 pm #222259
                      Bob Utberg
                      Participant

                        Great playing Jaime! And A-ha meets Sledge Hammer on the vid! Great job! Bob

                        Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

                      • November 28, 2020 at 4:47 pm #222279
                        Pap
                        Participant

                          Jaime, you lit r up at the beginning and it kept getting better. Much emotion in there. Cheers.

                          Pap

                        • November 28, 2020 at 4:47 pm #222280
                          Lights
                          Participant

                            What a nice tone of your Pacifica, awesome!
                            Lights.

                          • November 28, 2020 at 5:19 pm #222329
                            Scott M
                            Participant

                              Spot on playing and tone

                            • November 28, 2020 at 7:05 pm #222404
                              Pat
                              Participant

                                Yep, nice playing! I enjoyed it!

                              • November 28, 2020 at 7:28 pm #222425
                                Bruce D
                                Participant

                                  Jaime,
                                  Nice and bluesy! Love that tone. Nice lines you wrote for this.
                                  Good job…

                                  Bruce

                                  Just focus on the notes you DID get right . . . Frank Vignola

                                • November 28, 2020 at 7:31 pm #222430
                                  Charlie L
                                  Participant

                                    Nice phrases and licks well delivered. Love the comic book video and the kids photobombing you. Whole package!

                                  • November 28, 2020 at 8:40 pm #222468
                                    AndréM
                                    Participant

                                      Jaime your playing was excellent as usual.
                                      Nice to see kids in the bacground whille daddy plays guitar.
                                      How do you do that cartoonish type of video?

                                      AndréM

                                      AndréM

                                    • November 29, 2020 at 12:04 am #222498
                                      Dieter
                                      Participant

                                        Great performance and sound.

                                        Dieter

                                      • November 29, 2020 at 1:23 am #222519
                                        Jay Guitarman
                                        Participant

                                          Yes, that is was just awesome, especially the vibrato at the beginning immediately catched my ear..and the sound was soulful too. Congratulations!

                                        • November 29, 2020 at 3:26 am #222554
                                          WBlues
                                          Participant

                                            Hey Jaime, that was great. You let a lot of emotions run free; not just downplayed. You breathed life into the track. Well done.

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

                                            Wilfried

                                          • November 29, 2020 at 3:57 am #222592
                                            Eric C
                                            Participant

                                              Beautiful performance, Jaimé! Your playing is very expressive with lots of goodies! I like your tone settings, too!

                                              Eric

                                            • November 29, 2020 at 4:27 am #222623
                                              jaimeiniesta
                                              Participant
                                                AndréM wrote:

                                                Jaime your playing was excellent as usual.
                                                Nice to see kids in the bacground whille daddy plays guitar.
                                                How do you do that cartoonish type of video?

                                                AndréM

                                                Thanks André!

                                                Yes that was my son playing with a friend at home. I have a little corner in the living room for the guitar so we have to share the space but they seem to enjoy it 🙂

                                                The cartoonish effect comes with iMovie in the mac.

                                              • November 29, 2020 at 4:34 am #222628
                                                Luc J
                                                Participant

                                                  Hi Jaime,

                                                  Beautiful guitar playing with excellent vibrato, bends, phrasing, composition and dynamics. I don’t know how it could be better.
                                                  I thought your video filter was funny and recording was great.
                                                  Have a nice day

                                                  Luc

                                                • November 29, 2020 at 5:24 am #222670
                                                  Israel U
                                                  Participant

                                                    Very cool licks! Liked this rendition a lot.

                                                    Israel

                                                  • November 29, 2020 at 6:15 am #222727
                                                    Gary W
                                                    Participant

                                                      Very nice Jaime – great attack & expressive playing. Well done.

                                                      Gary

                                                    • November 29, 2020 at 8:12 am #222768
                                                      fukujoshi
                                                      Participant

                                                        Jaime,

                                                        That was a beautiful piece you put together. It fits like a glove with the backing track.

                                                        I’m very satisfied after listening to this.

                                                        Regards,
                                                        Fukujoshi

                                                      • November 29, 2020 at 10:02 am #222872
                                                        Phil B
                                                        Participant

                                                          Liked the cartoonesque nature of the video but the playing was absolutely the real deal. I would rate this as the best submission that I have heard from you.

                                                        • November 29, 2020 at 10:16 am #222889
                                                          Dave K
                                                          Participant

                                                            Excellent phrasing with some real advanced licks in there. Loved it!

                                                          • November 29, 2020 at 1:18 pm #223059
                                                            David B
                                                            Participant

                                                              Hola Jaime.

                                                              As usually, your submission is on top. Good licks following the chord shapes.
                                                              Also your sound is excelent, are you using some compression effect?

                                                              rgds
                                                              David B.

                                                            • November 29, 2020 at 1:42 pm #223073
                                                              jaimeiniesta
                                                              Participant
                                                                David B wrote:

                                                                Hola Jaime.

                                                                As usually, your submission is on top. Good licks following the chord shapes.
                                                                Also your sound is excelent, are you using some compression effect?

                                                                rgds
                                                                David B.

                                                                Thanks David!

                                                                Yes, I almost always use compression. This is the setup:

                                                                – Yamaha Pacifica 112
                                                                – Boss Compressor CS-2
                                                                – Boss Blues Driver BD-2
                                                                – TC Electronic Flashback 2
                                                                – Mooer Radar Matchbox + Mooer 900 micropreamp

                                                                Recorded on Reaper64 (small room delay added), video edited on iMovie.

                                                              • November 29, 2020 at 1:57 pm #223081
                                                                JFL
                                                                Participant

                                                                  Guitar sounds great. Mighty fine playing Jaime

                                                                  JFL

                                                                • November 29, 2020 at 2:33 pm #223117
                                                                  Rainer L
                                                                  Participant

                                                                    That was great playing Jaime

                                                                  • November 29, 2020 at 2:56 pm #223139
                                                                    Richard S
                                                                    Participant

                                                                      Well done Jaimie. Very melodic, great tone, accurate bends.
                                                                      Kids playing quietly and not asking ?s.Obviously your smooth playing just has that effect.

                                                                    • November 29, 2020 at 4:01 pm #223193
                                                                      wannaplayblues
                                                                      Participant

                                                                        Great job – especially loved the lick at the 0:40 mark

                                                                        "I hear you talkin' son, but you 'aint sayin' nothin'" - Will McFarlane quoting Muddy Waters hearing a really fast guitar player

                                                                      • November 29, 2020 at 4:18 pm #223210
                                                                        James B
                                                                        Participant

                                                                          You’re in the groove Jamie. Feeling it and expressing it with emotion. Great rendition.

                                                                          James

                                                                        • November 29, 2020 at 5:52 pm #223310
                                                                          richard t
                                                                          Participant

                                                                            Like most of your playing, this was outstanding. Phrasing, vibrato, and tone were excellent.
                                                                            A delight to listen to.

                                                                          • November 29, 2020 at 8:03 pm #223395
                                                                            JoLa
                                                                            Participant

                                                                              Jaime, that was delightful! You played with such feeling and skill! You did some beautiful things in there, I don’t even know how, like the bend at 0:29 and then that quick slide and back at 0:35 and a gorgeous bend by the end, wow! You seem very comfortable around the fretboard! The video was awesome, love seeing kids playing in the corner, the best background I have seen so far 🙂

                                                                              🎸JoLa

                                                                            • November 29, 2020 at 9:40 pm #223438
                                                                              Laurel C
                                                                              Moderator

                                                                                Top notch. Great production and everything else that’s been said.

                                                                              • November 30, 2020 at 1:30 am #223517
                                                                                Garry
                                                                                Participant

                                                                                  Really great Jaime. Fine blues playing with great bends and vibrato. All the best!

                                                                                • November 30, 2020 at 8:19 am #223635
                                                                                  snakechisler
                                                                                  Participant

                                                                                    Really enjoyed the tone and feel of the piece which had everything including a great lush tone on your recorded guitar

                                                                                  • November 30, 2020 at 10:03 am #223665
                                                                                    Dave M
                                                                                    Participant

                                                                                      Great presentation. Like your vibrato and bends.

                                                                                    • December 5, 2020 at 9:42 am #224075
                                                                                      Don D.
                                                                                      Moderator

                                                                                        I’m sorry, Jaime! I’m looking for where it belongs and adding it.

                                                                                        Don D.

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