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The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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Different Feeling Personality
The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.
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Myself Problem Shop Sound
So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I’d try it too.
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Brother Guitar Myself Play Try
I’m just doing the best I can now to keep this going… trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
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Best Growth Myself Time Try Young
Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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Change Myself Name Work
Some of us can be examples about going ahead and growing, and some of us, unfortunately, don’t make it there, and end up being examples because they had to die. I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Example Growth Myself Unfortunate
After I changed the string we picked up right where we left off – and punched back in at the same time. I don’t know if this has ever been done before. The engineer sort of looked at us weird, but we got it on the first take.
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Change Myself Right Weird
You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other – our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That’s to help each other, not hurt each other.
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Brother Each Other Enemy Help See Sister Yourself
When I play from my mind I get in trouble.
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Mindset Myself Play Trouble
You know, right now, the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all, I thank God I’m alive today, and I mean that. You see, I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing.
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Alive Important Life Thankful Thinking Yourself
I was walking around trying to act cool, like I had no fear at all. But I was afraid, afraid that somebody would find out just how scared I was. Now I’m finally realizing that fear is the opposite of love.
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Act Cool Fear Love Myself Try Walk
The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
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Myself Neck Play Time Way
Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It’s the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.
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Guitar Hands Hold Sound Way Yourself
If you hit the front end on the right-hand side you could turn that one on by itself and if you hit on the left-hand side you could turn it on and off. And in the middle it was like serious overdrive.
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Drive Front Hands Right Serious Yourself
I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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Hard heavy Myself Talk
Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.
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Each Other Hold On Music Reach
I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.
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Different Instrument Myself Need Play
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
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Instrument Music Myself
God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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God Myself Togetherness Walk
Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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Leadership Play Rhythm Time Togetherness
I mainly use Stratocasters. I like a lot of different kinds of guitars, but for what I do, it seems that a Stratocaster is the most versatile. I can pretty much get any sound out of it, and I use stock pickups.
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Different Guitar Instrument Kind Myself Sound Versatile
I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!
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Better Day Greatness Myself See Teaching Thinking Wait
I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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Death Depression Gratitude Myself Thankful
I got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I’m a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my life now, and I’m slowly trying to put all the pieces back together.
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Guess Life Myself Pieces Reality Slow Togetherness
The way people come into your life when you need them, it’s wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It’s like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.
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Help Life Need People Right Way Yourself
What I am trying to get across to you; is please take of yourselves and those that you love; because that is what we are hear for, that’s all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?
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Hear Love Try Yourself
I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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Instrument Myself Play

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put ’58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

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