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OK - lot of words on this one because I'm bored -- the vid links are below :-)
Well - I got my semi-annual haircut today - which really has nothing to do with anything except that, when I got home, I turned on the webcam and did a little run through on the BWV 996 Bach stuff (Prelude & Presto, Allemande and Sarabande), the Villa-Lobos Prelude #1 and the Terrega stuff (Lagrima & Adelita) -- just a straight through. Haven't played much in the last couple of weeks and got the urge to plink around.
My wife wouldn't have approved (or let me get away with it :-) but this haircut every 6 months is becoming a tradition for me - so I was going to do something clever with a before/after pair, but I couldn't get the angle right for the after so I'll just throw these out this way for now - and I'll call this one the "Samson Effect" because, if the haircut had anything to do with it, the effects were probably harmful - like maybe making me a little light headed or something :-))
Excuses: (I mean beyond the fact that I can no longer play) I hadn't warmed up at all - and I just sat at the desk (out of position, I mean) - and I played the Enriquez (aka Almansa) so I could try the sound of a cedar-top. I'm OBVIOUSLY still re-beginner enough that a strange guitar throws me even more than it should :-) -- but, really, the neck on the Enriquez is WAY thicker, fretboard to back, than the Hernandez I normally play - probably a newer construction thing or some such. I recently did a setup on it and wanted to try recording with it. It was TERRIBLE when I first got it - and this was my first attempt at doing a setup. Not bad but I think I probably got either (or both) the nut and/or bridge too short though because I'm getting some buzzes (other than my normal buzzes that is).
Plenty of snafu's but only one verbal expression of disgust, a grunt or two and only a couple of faces :-)
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They should all stream if your player version handles it - if not, this one may be too big to wait for it to download so you might do better to watch these using the links on the main listing page instead. I made the .WMV version with light reverb, the .RM with only hiss reduction and the .MOV with no filter or alteration at all.
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