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Brian-
One suggestion is to see if the instrument you want is on one channel
of the stereo recording. In those days they often to panned the
instruments ridiculously far apart... and a lot of the time either
the left or right channel by itself will give you a good shot at
whatever you're trying to hear. (Example, Shadows "Man Of Mystery"
has the drums and bass left, rhythm guitar right, and the lead
halfway on each --- so it's really easy to pick out whatever you
want. Sometimes too easy--- if you solo the left channel on this
song the whole last verse is a beautiful train wreck preserved for
posterity.) So that's one little trick that can help.
Rob Woolsey
Detonators
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@i...> wrote:
> Hi. I've asked questions like this before, but here goes again.
>
> How on earth do you go about figuring out those rhythm guitar parts
for
> those Shadows/Atlantics style songs that feature super-fast
strumming? Is it
> just practice?
>
> It doesn't help that the fidelity of those recordings are sometimes
so-so,
> plus the rhythm guitar often gets buried in the mix.
>
> And once you figure out the chords, how do you go about learning to
play
> them up to speed? Are there some good general DVD's or videos on
different
> rhythm styles?
>
> Do you guys use lighter gauge strings for these parts?
>
> Any suggestions would be welcome, but I realize "practice" is
probably the
> answer.
>
> Thanks,
> BN
