Jeff - JG songs project (Brown Sugar ... added on 21 April 2023)

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What do you do when you’ve been playing the guitar for more than 15 years, but never actually shared anything with anyone but your wife and kids? That’s right - create this humble little thread in this amazing community. :wink:

The idea is to pick out various Beginner and Intermediate level songs that I love and see if you’ll enjoy my take on them. Any feedback is much appreciated!

Song Artist Grade Date
Anarchy In The UK The Sex Pistols Grade 2 Feb 12, 2023
All the Small Things Blink 182 Grade 3 Feb 12, 2023
Basket Case Green Day Grade 3 Feb 22, 2023
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers Grade 4 Mar 4th 2023
Wild World Cat Stevens Grade 3 Mar 21, 2023
Plush Stone Temple Pilots Grade 5 Mar 29, 2023
Space Oddity David Bowie Grade 4 Apr 7, 2023
Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones Grade 4 Apr 21, 2023
Ace of Spades Motörhead Grade 5 May 10, 2023
Paranoid Black Sabbath Grade 3 May 28, 2023
Run to the Hills Iron Maiden Grade 5 June 13, 2023
Wild Horses The Rolling Stones Grade 2 June 26, 2023
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen Grade 3 July 19, 2023
Where Is My Mind Pixies Grade 4 August 24, 2023
We’re Not Gonna Take It Twisted Sister Grade 3 September 21, 2023
My gear

Acoustic guitar - Epiphone Masterbilt DR-500MCE
Electric guitar - Epiphone Les Paul Prophecy
Electric guitar - Fender Standard Stratocaster
Boss Katana 100W MKII

Recording setup

Electric guitar => Boss Katana, Shure SM57 dynamic mic + Line out
Acoustic guitar => Rode NT2-A condensor mic

The input signal goes into a SSL2 audio interface.

Backing tracks (vocals, drums, bass and possibly other instruments) are taken from the internet and mixed with my guitar parts in Logic Pro X.

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Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK

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Blink 182 - All the Small Things

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Cool stuff Jeff.
You’ve got all the gear and a great idea!
I listened to Blink 182 earlier in the safe space, just listening to Anarchy now.
:clap: :sunglasses:

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Hi Jeff, great project and sounding awesome too! Especially Anarchy which is killer! :metal: Did you use a tone patch on the Katana for that one or did you dial that in yourself? Sounded great either way! Can’t wait to hear (or maybe see?? :wink:) more :sunglasses:

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Yes I have a pretty extended Katana patch library from various sources. I usually look for patches that sound good and then tweak them to my liking. They always sound different when you use them as part of your own setup.

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Top quality performances Jeff, really pleased you’ve shared them with us and can’t wait for more!

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Ah terrific Jeff! It made me turn the volume up and blow my eardrums apart. Again :rofl:

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Two terrific tracks there Jeff. I enjoyed listening to them, especially the Blink track.

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Green Day - Basket Case

Here’s my rendition of another punk classic - Basket Case by Green Day. I don’t have any special affinity for the genre, yet I seem to be systematically picking out punk songs. Next time I’ll try something different from Grade 4, that’s a promise.

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Very well played Jeff definitely following Green Day to the bone guitar wise, cool!

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That was really good Jeff. You’ve really captured the Green Day vibe.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

This Grade 4 song was a little harder than the previous ones that are mostly power chord driven. The chords in Californication are fairly easy, but the rhythm in the solo is a bit more challenging.

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That was excellent Jeff. Great work on the solo as well.

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Cat Stevens - Wild World

My first try at recording an acoustic piece. What a fun tune to play!

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This sounded fantastic!

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Great playing and singing there Jeff. Nice mixing of fingerstyle and strumming. From a personal point of view I felt it didn’t need the backing track.

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Oh my, that’s definitely Cat on the vocals. :sweat_smile:

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Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

So I’ve decided to attempt a Grade 5 song. I love this tune, but it has a few tricky rhythm parts. The acoustic version is great, but I still prefer the electric one. :slight_smile:

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I loved it Jeff. Some very sweet playing there and what a great song.

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