1 (edited by Parasite68 2015-03-06 15:23:44)

Topic: Joe, please help me decide.s

First off, thanks for taking time to read my post.  I have a tech/geeky kind of question.  I aquired a used 2011 used Goldtop Trad Pro that came stock with the white Pickguard rings, white toggle ring and pickup rings.  The pickups are stock Zebras that I left in, but I did blackout the rest of the guitar because I am so inspired buy yours. Not only that, but I'm a New Orleans Sainst fan, and the color scheme came out between your signature and a Saints uniform! I am dying to learn a Ron of your songs, namely around the bend, sloe gin, midnight blues, John Henry, etc.  I've noticed that you have your signature model with and without a bigsby installed.  Do you reccomend getting a bigsby installed so I can get the most of your playing style? With it being a trad pro with coil splitting I feel like a mad scientist exploring all the tones I can get out of this thing.  The only song I can play of yours is seagull, but I'm chomping at the bit to learn more!  I've been playing mostly KISS, whitesnake, Iron Maiden, and Allman Brothers.  I have over 13 guitars that I use tuned for different tunes (DADGAD) for Kashmir (Zeppelin) and I have an a e Frehley Budokan rums to e flat for that kiss sound.  I'm fairly new to playing slide and I think I did a disservice to myself for getting a wine bottle slide instead of a straight cut slide.  I'm struggling with the correct sounds.  Any advice on that would be helpful.  Back to the Bigsby, I've been told to get the B-7 model with the vibramate v-7 so I don't damage my guitars finish. 
Thanks for reading and opening my eyes to Blues Rock in general.  I'm not going to waste time telling you how much you're great, you know it and hear it all the time, but I live in New Orleans and have been able to catch Keb Mo', Buddy guy, and Robert Cray and they've really opened up my eyes just as wide as you have to the wonderful Blues genre!  Please let me know if you have any instructional vids coming out dealing with your technique and hopefully song covers!  See you next time you grace the stage at our beautifully renovated Saenger Theatre in New Orleans !

Thanks in advance
Brian Holmes

"There's a hard life for every silver spoon, there's a touch of grey for every shade of blue.  That's the way that I see life.  If there was nothing wrong, then there'd be nothing right." - Brent Smith
"The blues aint nothing but a good man feeling bad". Leon Redbone