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juice
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Parker Fly/Tele/Gibson lawsuit acoustic/Lakland bass
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Rock/metal/funk/New Country (Extreme, Giant, Def Leppard, Cory Wong, Brad Paisley, Bon Jovi, Gary Moore)
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I'm an old bloke getting back into guitar after 15 years of not playing due to living in an apartment, depression, ADHD, and so on.

I was in bands when younger, but was never a good lead player, nor very good at all, really - back then, we didn't have online resources, and in-person was terrible for me, as the ADHD (it's moderate/severe, skewing severe) means that I simply don't remember stuff well, neither during the lesson nor after it. So even more complicated rhythm stuff was something I'd never get right.

I'm signed up with JamPlay, and I do like some of their stuff, but the complete lack of organisation over there makes it hard, as I don't really know where to start, as I'm not a complete beginner, but I do need to redo/learn the basics. (yes, thanks ADHD, once again.)

So here we are, let's give this a crack!

(I have a Dr Z Carmen Ghia amp which Mike built for me MANY years ago, but these days I'm all in on the Helix Floor)
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juice Posted Aug 15, 2021

Declaration up front - this is my favourite song by my favourite band. But I think it's well worthy of a react because of the chops (DUH, it's Nuno), but also the song construction, the tone, the musicality of the rest of the band.

I saw them here in Melbourne (Australia) a few years ago, and sadly they only did the short version of this, which was super frustrating (if expected) because I LOVE that opening chord @ 0:37.

Most people I know who love Nuno love his lead playing, and while that is indeed awesome, I LOVE his rhythm playing far more[1]. He fits the song, he propels it (not to downplay Pat and Paul/Kevin), he shapes it. I've been listening to this track/album for decades, and it STILL melts my brain, the stuff going on almost in the background.

I put "rock" as the tag, but really it's a kind of funk-metal? Maybe?

Anyway, just thought I'd put it up, as Extreme are criminally underrated, thanks to most people only knowing their two acoustic ballads.

[1]Yeah, I'm weird - I know the backing vocals to more songs than I know the lyrics to, I just love how things are constructed and embellished away from the spotlight :-D

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