Perlman just so happens to be one of the greatest violinists of the modern age!
I suddenly remembered him saying this about playing simple slow pieces
and how one can hide behind a flurry of fast notes
As a guitarist my overall goal has been to master the fast notes
However, the closer I get to mastering the fast notes the more I realize
that the beauty of my slow melodic notes are the proverbial "cake"
The fast notes are like the fancy icing frills on a wedding cake
You know all those fancy icing frills wedding cake makers are famous for, right?
In the final analysis, who the hell cares about that if the cake tastes bad?
If you take a bite of the cake and want to spit it out
will you care how beautiful the cake looks?
My new Monoprice Route 66 Les Paul
is proving to be the most generously melodic guitar I have ever owned
This guitar 'sings' rather than making sounds
It likes to 'sing' and that is very strange indeed!
I've been used to guitars that make nice sounds, if you are determined enough
I am not used to a guitar that literally wants to sing and loves to sing!!!
It's quite a moving experience for me!
I'm starting to look at certain Karaoke songs in my collection
The only way I know of to verify that the universe is self-aware is to develop the ability to stop one's internal dialogue AT WILL. Once you can stop your internal description of the world and hold that silence long enough you stand a chance of experiencing the self-awareness of the Universe.
So, YOU have to make the effort to silence your preconceptions of what is or is not logical, or reasonable, or real. You must stop the world of your ingrained prejudices and biases that give your ego its sense of reality. Either make the sincere effort and PROVE to the universe that you really want to know whether or not the universe is self-aware or you will never know empirically.
THERE ARE NO FREE RIDES WITH THE SPIRIT!
If you expect the universe to give you some great revelation without making any effort beside arrogant demands it is most probably not going to happen. Unless you get the sign of atheist Christopher Hitchens which is...DEATH!!!
Would I be willing to make an extra $194.98 investment
to make the Starcaster sound like a Multi-Thousand-Dollar
Fender Stratocaster guitar?
Hmmmmm...decisions, decisions...
I mean, my biggest gripe with changing the pickups
was having to do extensive pickup replacement work
To just change the pickguard and solder a couple of wires
Well, that doesn't sound bad at all!!
Hmmm...is it worth it making a cheap guitar
sound like a multi-thousand-dollar guitar
Ya know...I THINK IT IS!!!!!
THERE ARE MANY COMMENTS LIKE THIS AT MUSICIAN'S FRIEND:
Comments about Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set:
The fat 50's are THE Holy grail. Once you put a set on one of your strats you'll be eagerly waiting for the next sale so you can buy more. I have 8 Strats, ranging from 60's through 2012 and these pickups smoke them all. All! The guitar with these on them has become the one I compare all of my other Strats to and I always go back to the Fat 50's.
The bottom end is nice and fat but articulates well with no mud; the high end is stratty but is not brittle or thin like so many so-called "vintage" pups. They are responsive and nice and poppy like a good Strat should be. I am extremely fussy about my tone and have gone through a lot of pickups. These quench my thirst.
Blues, rock, country, the tone is aways spot on for what you need. David Gilmour has got nothing on these pups. Buy them. You will look back on it as one of the best decisions you ever made. You won't want to put the guitar down.
BOTTOM LINE Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Many say these particular pickups sound BETTER than the stock pickups on the multi-thousand-dollar Fender Stratocaster Guitars!! I'll be able to tell anyone who asks: Ah, it's just a cheap guitar. The only reason is sounds so good is that I'm a fantastic guitar player! Ha!
The main thing I don't like about the Starcaster are the machine head tuners. They are not precise enough for my liking so:
It has been said that the total number of consciousnesses in the Universe is...one. I believe that to be true. One consciousness expressed in forms that APPEAR separate. The sense of separateness is an illusion, but a very relentlessly compelling one indeed! Many are here on a vacation from having things easy in celestial realms. The particular lives we have chosen are in direct contrast to the existences we had before we decided to come to this realm for a short lifetime. The overall goal is to renew our sense of wonder so that when we return to where we were our appreciation will be renewed.
Pleasure is not the reason why many have come here! If it was pleasure we wanted we would have stayed where we were. No, for many, the whole point of a life like this is THE PAIN!!! It's the pain for which many have come into this realm and the pleasures we may experience are like short rest periods between whatever sufferings we chose to endure as we initially set up and fully approved these lives.
It takes tremendous determination to unlock the Secrets of the Universe. Most will have nothing to do with such an endeavor. They are perfectly content in their particular miseries and have no desire to have that misery interrupted with the truth. I respect such decisions and I know that no matter what is revealed to such people they will never accept it. At best they will laugh it all off as nonsense. That's as it should be...FOR THEM
As for myself, I've decided that I want to enjoy the rest of my life as much as I possibly can before Mother Nature FINALLY shows how much She appreciates all those SCIENTIFIC nuclear tests and the various pollutions desecrating this planet THANKS TO SCIENCE!!!
Yes, humanity will soon have a tremendous price to pay as Mother Nature gives humanity the proverbial 'bill' for the desecration of the Sacred Being known to humanity as planet Earth. My overall goal is to do my best to temporarily musically pacify an enraged Mother Nature while I do my best to live a life I am proud of for that is the nature of TRUE WEALTH!!!
There are those who are tricked into thinking that true wealth is measured in dollars, cents and in gold and silver. Fact of the matter is EVERYTHING with a beginning and end is an illusion. The only true wealth anyone has is the wealth they take with them when the end this illusional life and face the oncoming time of eternity. True wealth is the product of as clear a conscience as possible and the certainty of a life well lived. If one can honestly say they left this world even a little bit better than when they came into it they will most probably be able to look forward to eternal rewards, if such rewards will be made available
The basic way you judge others will be the same standards you will eventually use to judge yourself as you review your life. If, after reviewing your life, you honestly decide that you do not deserve to be rewarded even if rewards are offered you will not be able to enjoy them.
HELL IS FOR THOSE
WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
THEY DESERVE NO REWARDS
AFTER THEY DIE
Your money is an illusion! Supposedly, those in power are aiming towards micro-chipping the population, doing away with all other currency and putting all your money on the microchip; which I gather will be like some sort of micro-electronic flash drive. How the hell can they possibly do that? The only way is through typed and transmitted numbers. How much bloody gold can you fit in a microchip? I gather the exact same amount as can fit in a credit card. If all it takes is writing numbers then all those in power have to do is keep adding zeros to their own bank accounts and they can make themselves as rich as they bloody want!!!!
NO! The only thing that is truly real is the part of you that has no beginning or end. That is the part of you still existing after you die. All the rest you will leave behind and your consciousness will eventually determine whether or not you deserve to be rewarded or punished!
GOD WILL NOT JUDGE YOU
IF ANY JUDGMENT IS TO BE MADE
((( YOU ))) WILL JUDGE YOURSELF!!
And all your former money, whether a dollar or trillions will be worth nothing to you, except as reason for misery, if you judge yourself unworthy of eternal rewards because of how you obtained that money and how you lived your life. A wasted and squandered life is a terrible crime...against oneself!
