Father and Son

[uwe]

I jammed with my 14 year old on Sunday - he had learned a couple of jazzy-bluesy chords from his guitar instructor. I'm glad he is now beginning to see the importance of chords rather than just soloing all the time (even though he has immensely progressed and become quite adept at soloing). Anyway we jam for about a quarter of an hour, he playing my acoustic 12 string (in absence of any other guitar at my apartment) when at the end he suddenly muses: "You know you're actually a very good bassist if you didn't play those thirds all the time, you're playing would sound less gay  then." 

Yes, and the other revealing weekend experience was when he caught sight of this here



Now you must remember that my son has metarmorphosed from a Korn and Marilyn Manson fan to someone who thinks that the only reputable guitar companies are Gibson, Fender and Gretsch in the last year or so. So he looks at the open case aghast, then gives me the eye and says: "How old are you again?" And: "You are not ever gonna play this in public and embarrass me, are you?"  Never mind that he then proceeded to play it for the rest of the evening to ultimately grudgingly admit: "It sounds really good though."

Uwe

[sniper]

surprized when a "chip off the old block" trait shows up are we?

he is going to do you proud dad

[ramone57]

I didn't know that thirds are gay?  I always assumed they were just 'happy'!   

[sniper]

Yes, and the other revealing weekend experience was when he caught sight of this here

he is lost forever = send him to the taxidermist while his skin is still good

[Dave W]

I didn't know that thirds are gay?  I always assumed they were just 'happy'!   

Deepends on whether they're major or minor thirds. 

[TBird1958]

Thirds are are gay too?

I'm SO going to hell.............

[Chris P.]

Nice story, Uwe! It must be nice to see your son becoming that good!

I only play fifths. What's that?

[uwe]

Nice story, Uwe! It must be nice to see your son becoming that good!

I only play fifths. What's that?

Relatively safe, I would say! 

I drives Leon (my son) nuts if he plays some pentatonic hard rock riff and I then double it in thirds (as I sometimes do). "Ugh", he says then, "must you turn everything into Wishbone Ash?". 

[Chris P.]

[Dave W]

I drives Leon (my son) nuts if he plays some pentatonic hard rock riff and I then double it in thirds (as I sometimes do). "Ugh", he says then, "must you turn everything into Wishbone Ash?". 

He's just trying to drag you kicking and screaming into the 1980s.

[chromium]

I only play fifths. What's that?

A closet-case aspiring to play thirds?       

[ramone57]

He's just trying to drag you kicking and screaming into the 1980s.

good one, Dave!

and Mark, to paraphrase Fred Scheinder, just think of all the fun people you'll get to hang with.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Congratulations, Uwe!
Great to have a son you can be proud of!
I've got twin daughters...one plays bass & one plays the flute.

[rahock]

I only play fifths. What's that?

I tend to go to the fifth a lot myself. Usually Jack Daniels or Tulamore Dew
Rick

[Chris P.]