October 2025 challenge response

[AndréM]

Hello AM,

I had a hard time with this one mixing the major pent. with the minor pent.
And I found it hard to stay in the box.
Took me all month, trying it on different guitars finally settled on my trusty LP.
Don’t know if it is the covid shot, but couldn’t play anything decent.

Anyway, here it is.

Used a Quist BT slow blues.
Golden top LP with Spark.

AndréM

AndréM

[Michael L]

Hi Andre, this track is so slow I would find it tough to play over… but you did it justice. Deep bluesy feel to your playing… love the long sustained tones. This music captures how I feel after a Covid shot, so I’d say you’re right on with it.

[Jennifer D]

Wow that was fantastic!!!!! Love those tremolo bits too!

[JoeD1]

Sounded great to me Andrè.

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

[Bill]

Sustain for days! Man, you could just hold one of those notes for the whole track. Nice build ups and then Falling off and letting the listener breathe.

I hear you, it’s almost harder just playing in one box at this point but you did a great job with phrasing and pacing.

[JoLa]

It looks like both you and I ended up underwater this challenge, André! 😆
Those slow tracks are so challenging to play over but if anyone can make it sound epic, it’s you! And I gotta say, watching you play that entire thing in one box was interesting to watch, you milked that area dry – so many ideas and their variations! Amazing that so much music can be done all in one spot and you just proved it for the whole seven minutes!

🎸JoLa

[Manfred M]

Oh, this BT is really slow, Andre. But you master even this difficult task with such bravura. Even if you say: not anything decent, I can only say: hats off!

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[Martin W]

Now that is a slow track , I think you’ve played admirably with such a task , the sustained notes work really well on this one and carry the lead through this difficult track .
Hats off to you

Martin

[John H]

Andre
Not so simple. Exquisite sounding. Love the long sustains and the haunting ‘blue’ notes’. Great job on this. You are squeaking just about every possible note degree out of each bend. Sounds great. Using Martin might have sounded better though! 😉

John

[AndréM]

Yeah but Martin is late coming to me.
Thx for your generous comment bro.

AndréM

[James B]

Sounds good to me, Andre. You can really bend them strings. Amazing tone coming from that Spark amp.

James

[Alan L]

Great tone. I caught a few clever minor/major blends, I think you nailed it.

[Dieter]

It’s amazing what great music can be created even within limited circumstances. Wonderful performance.

Dieter

[Guido]

Man, you can make your LP sing and cry even in only one position! Your style here reminds me of the great Gary Moore, with those tasteful bends with long sustain and a delicious phrasing. Pro level rendition amico mio, lovely to listen to!

Guido

[David H]

Oh, way to hang on those notes! You look pleased as you played and well you should.

[Denise]

What a sustain and phrasing!
Your LP is crying! Hmm maybe I should have got a LP instead of a Strat🤔.
That was more than decent, Andre😃.
Denise

More Blues!

[AndréM]

Don’t you have a LP, thought I saw you playing one.

AndréM

[Catherine Arsenault]

Great playing Andre keeping those going throughout 😊

[Paul S.]

When you said a slow Quist track you weren’t kidding. There was plenty of space for you to show what you got and that’s what you did in slow motion. And I understand the discomfort of having to play in one small part of the neck when you are so used to wandering all over the place any time you want. You didn’t get overwhelmed with the impulse to play too much, either. All of which is to say you played great even though it might not have felt like it.

[Robert G G]

Great timing Andre..I couldn’t do that..good to hear old school blues.
Best,
Blues Bob

[charjo]

With your expressive skills and note choices you make anything sound great, Andre. That’s some real Canadian blues! You’re a brave man to keep it up for over 7 minutes.
You really stung some of those notes (see what I did there?). You seemed a little worried about what was behind you at one point.
John

[Jonathan Amos]

7 minutes staying in the same box would be a tough challenge for anyone! But that all sounded great to me.

Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan

[Andy N]

You had that gold top wailing there! Awesome tone from the spark.
Proper slow blues that 👍

[Serena C]

Another great submission of yours André! Great sound too!

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)

[Tremelow]

It doesn’t get any bluesier than this, André. Your LP sounds so good against the backing track and you tell a great story, calling and responding. Love it!

[Reuben B]

You really capitalized the slow rhythm of this blues with great phrasing, vibrato, slides, and bends. I don’t know you managed to achieve such long sustain, but this was well done. Great listen, so bluesy.

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