[GuitarJim]

Did this awhile back. Thought with all the blues playin goin on, I'd let you give it a listen.

JC

[Jim]

Real nice JC! Nice groove you have going on there.

B/Bm was probably going to be the next key of blues I was going to do, so I'll probably be joining you in this key in a few days - probably this weekend when I get a chance to set up the recording stuff. I have a backing track in B that I was going to use, but if you should want to post the one you used for this, I'd love to have a go over it.

Great job - thanks for the Blues!!!

Jim

[allthumbs]

I liked the way you let it breath. Cool.

[tomg123]

Yep, thats was the blues....good job

[GuitarJim]

Heres the backing I used.

JC

[Hilch]

wow

Bm I wish I could play that ( so and so ) chord

Loved it JC

This is heaven to me with all you guys playing blues ..

Surrounded by such talent

Trev.

[737blues]

Nicely done GuitarJim and thanks for posting the BT. Enjoyed your playing, that was a very smooth groove.

[Jim]

I'm not sure whether to post this take of mine over this Bm backing track in this thread or in my next "Circle of Blues" thread, since going in chromatic order, B was going to be this weekends key for me anyway (last weekend I did A and Bb). I guess I'll post it here and then also make a Circle #3 thread just so that when all the keys are done, all the threads belonging to the Circle can be found easily and hopefully summarized by links in a single thread.

Thanks JC for a cool Bm backing track! Here's my take over it:

Jim

[GuitarJim]

Jim

Good job. Well played. I really liked the feel and the tone. What model of guitar did you use. I used my Epiphone Dot on that take. It is a less expensive Gibson 335.

JC

[Jim]

Thanks JC!

I used my Fender Eric Clapton signature strat on that take - and I used a Digitech Clapton Crossroads effects pedal going into a Digitech RP80 effects processor to help fill out the tone. But the tone coming straight from the strat is pretty good, as it's got noiseless pickups, TBX circuitry and Mid-boost (0-25 db overdrive) built in, as per Clapton's specs. Supposedly the strat he plays is built to the same specs - only he gets the master-builders to make his perfect....

I've been working a lot lately to get a better recorded tone and I really appreciate that you noticed it!

Jim

[joe_strummer]

Great playing to both of you, Jim and GuitarJim, love hearing the blues, well done guys neat mixes

[fly135]

Great playing both of you guys. I'm looking forward to being able to jam over a blues track like this. Give it time. I basically know the blues scale in one position, so I need to get familiar with moving up and down the neck a bit. Not to mention keeping in tempo.

GuitarJim, I have a Dot also and I love it. What kind of pedal were you using to get your tone?

[Jim]

Thanks Joe and Fly!

That's right Fly - it will come with time and practice. The tempo part is probably the more challenging -- at least it was/is for me.

Jim

[dvets]

How do you make the backing track ? i have an old Boss dr5 but it takes weeks to make a track ..

[737blues]

Good job Jim. Some nice, accurate bends and spontaneous licks in there.