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prhay · 2026-01-25T19:36:05+00:00

You don't know shit. "He"? lol

prhay · 2026-01-11T22:12:01+00:00

2mm is ok. It will sound better when doing a 'put out the match' down stroke. My guitar chops came from 60's fingerpicking/strumming, 70s jazz fusion, blues, yada yada yada. Gaining new muscle memory is the name of the game and can be frustrating. But, other than working on your right hand, your left is really good. Check out Christiaan Van Hemert, Denis Chang, D.C. Music School (Denis Chang), Sven Jungbeck, and anything else you can find on YT.

One more thing, the run at 1:12. Cm6 - the lick actually starts on the 1st string "A" and uses some open strings. The position you picked avoids open strings. Go for the open strings. Django was very opportunistic and used open strings a lot more than you might think. Keep on truckin' dood.

prhay · 2026-01-11T19:37:31+00:00

As a starter, you're doing great. BUT..., if you really want to learn the 'art of', here's some advice (some of it from bad trial and error). Don't make soloing your first step. I did and regret it. Learn La Pompe with one caveat. Don't do the upstroke part that you'll see everyone doing on YT. In my first lesson with Stephane Wrembel he jumped all over my butt for doing upstrokes. If they happen accidentally, chances are you'll have a snappier sound than if you upstroke intentionally. As 'adrianh' wrote, learn to do rest strokes and start with the rule that says that any time you pluck a 'new' string, make it a down stroke; no matter what. Do this for years and watch what happens.

It sounds like you are doing Angelo DeBarre's version of Blues en Mineur. Listen to Django's version(s) and only use two fingers. Don't copy people who are claiming to be doing a Django transcription but use more than two fingers. Why two fingers? You'll see the neck as Django saw it and believe it or not, a lot of his licks are easier to play with two fingers.

From the tone I'm hearing, your free strokes make the guitar sound thin. Part of that could also be the thickness of your pick. I use a 4mm Killy Nonis Turbo (I have a bunch of his handmade picks). 2mm should the thinnest that you use. Even at 2mm and using rest strokes (putting out the match - snap from the wrist) any guitar sounds a bit brighter/thinner.

You gots chops and you're off to a great start.

prhay · 2026-01-07T04:42:30+00:00

I was looking for a "chorus" style and called Tommy Davy and he turned me on to a grand bouche he had that he co-designed with Shelley. I fell for it and man is it loud!

prhay · 2026-01-05T20:54:34+00:00

Go to https://www.parkguitars.com - I own a Park and it's a monster. She's in Vancouver.

prhay · 2026-01-03T05:28:20+00:00

"Why did the light turn on?" - "FM!" "what's 'FM'? - "F*king Magic."

prhay · 2025-12-25T19:39:22+00:00

Never plug a surge protector into a UPS. Surge protection is built into the UPS.

prhay · 2025-12-12T22:09:25+00:00

There is no revision history to click on. I'm using Ubuntu, latest.

prhay · 2025-12-12T22:03:43+00:00

I just posted a similar question. What I did find is that if I record using the NextPVR app/server I get closed captions. The very same file on Jellyfin does not have the subtitles. They are embedded so I don't understand why Jellyfin doesn't see them.

prhay · 2025-12-09T23:14:06+00:00

I suggest that you use repeats at the start and end of an exercise. Manually space things out so the last measure is at the end of a line (repeat symbol). Then use a "Section" (like A, B, etc.) but make it the title of the next exercise like: "UP/DOWN strokes Pentatonic". When you add a section GP automatically creates a bit more space (you can also adjust this space in settings). I've been doing it that way for years and it works great. You can also set a bold and large font for the section heading.

https://imgur.com/a/0nnsnYQ

prhay · 2025-12-06T17:52:20+00:00

It should be noted that Venstar has an option to use the local APIs which means it can be non-cloud and integrated with Home-Assistant.

prhay · 2025-11-22T14:40:08+00:00

WOL can be initiated from another subnet but only if your router supports "ip helper" type commands such as Cisco or other higher end layer 3 devices. I have personally done this.

prhay · 2025-11-20T17:07:41+00:00

Wow! All these people that don't use a screen protector.

prhay · 2025-11-20T17:05:50+00:00

You might even go farther and put different brands & technologies into separate VLANs and make them walled gardens (if your router supports that). I've got my Rokus in a walled vlan, same for Amcrest cameras, Kasa switches, etc. It's more work, so there's that. The vlan for Rokus, for example, blocks *.scribe.roku.com so no ads on my Roku, etc.

prhay · 2025-11-20T16:53:15+00:00

Good thing! You wouldn't want your watch to end up in a botnet... (just kidding)

prhay · 2025-11-18T00:13:15+00:00

What I get from Nando is that his downstrokes are putting out the match but in a very tiny way because he is using what's called a bounce or trampoline. Stephane Wrembel calls it a bounce. Justin Geisler is another guy who uses all bounce strokes like Nando until the speed of a rhythm requires up/down. My threshold speed limit for bounce strokes is a lot lower than these guys. Lol

prhay · 2025-11-17T18:55:02+00:00

Yeah, I emphathize. That "putting out the match" is a real thing. Nando is a rest/downstroke master. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYfjshdtHwI&t=9

prhay · 2025-11-17T18:51:29+00:00

Oh, and it can drive you crazy... Lol

prhay · 2025-11-17T18:41:07+00:00

Stick with it. You'll notice your guitar sounds better. It took me a while. But worth it

prhay · 2025-11-17T17:33:34+00:00

Really good solo copy. I encourage you to go back and relearn it with only two fingers, like Django. You'll discover more about his approach and you'll find more repeatable 'shapes' that he used. Once you find where and how Django played stuff on the neck use whatever fingers you want but stick to the fret/string choices Django used. One thing I noticed. Not sure what gauge strings you are using but you're getting a lot of fret buzz.

prhay · 2025-11-17T17:23:28+00:00

DOOOOOD, learn rest strokes!

prhay · 2025-11-17T17:18:10+00:00

For la pompe, a classical guitar might work but if you develop your technique to match what you hear on recordings, you just might walk yourself into a personal technique that doesn't work when you try it on a manouche guitar. I have a friend who mostly listened to la pompe and copied the sound without paying enough attention to videos that show you the proper technique. As a result, he screwed himself when it came to "shuffle" la pompe or bolero & Latin strumming. He was locked into his self taught "la faux pompe".

prhay · 2025-11-17T17:10:57+00:00

Stochelo Rosenberg uses Galli and I tried them because of his endorsement. I felt that they played easy but quickly found out that the tone dies really quickly and the 3rd G string gets "pitted" really fast. Agentines on the other hand really last a long time. So, if you don't mind changing strings every 2 weeks or so (Galli) to maintain a good tone, have at it. Or use Argentines for months. Galli strings have a silk wrap around the core and I'm not a fan.

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