Hi Michael, thanks a lot for your help!
Michael Davenport wrote:
I suppose you could strum the chords between the solos
Yes, that's what I was mainly thinking of
. I spoke about it so tentatively because it'll take a lot of work. I could go the easy way and search for the chords in the internet, but I want to try to figure them out myself, at least a first approximation. I'm sure they're not too complicated, but my ear is what it is, and no better.
Thanks a lot for your hints about getting the right sound. What you say about the vibrato is certainly too subtle for me (I got to use the Bigsby almost by chance), but I think that the way you've explained it is great, because it helps to understand how to
listen, to what things one must pay attention. I cannot really say I hear the vibrato in an obvious way. I just read that Richard likes guitars with a Bigsby, and I thought "All right, that must be because he uses it". So I tried, and liked what I heard. But I cannot say I can hear it
. I played it only in the long notes at the end of each phrase, though.
If playing the guitar seems difficult to me, getting the sound one want sounds extraterrestrial. There are so many variables, using this or that pickup, each with volume and tone knobs, this or that channel of the amplifier, equalization of the amp, not to mention all those external effects... I don't worry too much about that, though. So far, learning to hit the notes is enough!
Now, to search those chords!