Sometimes, in your inflections and fills -- the sort of thing you described, which he does to such good effect.
But you usually don't set your gear up to his tonality; he usually manages a much larger sound than I hear from you. (Bearing in mind I don't often catch you in primary performance, but filling behind someone else.)
Wow, that's so cool to hear! And no, I don't come close to his tone, but I've never really developed "my tone", partly because I'm so seldom out in front ... as you said, I'm usually filling behind somebody, or playing a rythm part. (I get melody once in a while in The Homespun Ceilidh Band, but that's on an acoustic guitar deliberately staying acoustic-guitar-sounding.) But that you hear a similarity in the inflections and fills is rather flattering.
I think the closest I've gotten to a "D'Glenn Guitar Sound" is the particular distortion I get from my shoulder-strap battery-powered amplifier, and that's mostly a matter of what's available in a walking-around situation. When I play for myself or practice, I'm not usually plugged in ... I should really make time to practice using the amp as well as the guitar. But I need to start making time to practice (and write!) my solo repertoire more anyhow. I've been so focussed on the bands lately that I've let my personal material get rusty.
Before it can slip my mind again, is that offer of help with camera gear still open? I never quite got caught up on responses to the comments on that entry. I meant to write back well before now.
The camera is crying to be used. It's a Canon AE-1 of some flavor (I need to get into the closet to find out), but was when last seen in perfect order. Hope that makes a good start.
And, if you should ever get to New York, I have a treasure which doesn't travel -- a box camera (I think it's a 4x5 plate job) whose working condition is questionable (but seems to be in decent shape, so repairs if necessary might be easy). If you're in the area, you're welcome to visit it -- as well as maya_a and me and the kids and cats
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Waitaminute -- does that mean you think I sound like Knopfler?
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But you usually don't set your gear up to his tonality; he usually manages a much larger sound than I hear from you. (Bearing in mind I don't often catch you in primary performance, but filling behind someone else.)
Ain't it nice to have guitar heroes?
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I think the closest I've gotten to a "D'Glenn Guitar Sound" is the particular distortion I get from my shoulder-strap battery-powered amplifier, and that's mostly a matter of what's available in a walking-around situation. When I play for myself or practice, I'm not usually plugged in ... I should really make time to practice using the amp as well as the guitar. But I need to start making time to practice (and write!) my solo repertoire more anyhow. I've been so focussed on the bands lately that I've let my personal material get rusty.
Before it can slip my mind again, is that offer of help with camera gear still open? I never quite got caught up on responses to the comments on that entry. I meant to write back well before now.
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And, if you should ever get to New York, I have a treasure which doesn't travel -- a box camera (I think it's a 4x5 plate job) whose working condition is questionable (but seems to be in decent shape, so repairs if necessary might be easy). If you're in the area, you're welcome to visit it -- as well as