Comments by "" (@johnwattdotca) on "The Larry Carlton Interview" video.

  1. One of the albums I figured out note for note as an influential musician in Ontario, Canada, was Pretzel Logic. I am by far a more melodic guitar player than Larry Carlton. I saw Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple the same year, and Mr. George Benson took me backstage to swap his 1955 Gibson L5, helping me decide to be right or left- handed, and play with the bass strings on the bottom, enabling chords and lead ability denied to other guitarists. I was playing full time in the seventies, living in Toronto for two years playing in salary showbands, where I was using Hendrix sounds while I was playing off the melody of songs, whether I was singing or not. As Clan Watt, with both inventive electrical and governmental actions, I have a suggestion for Larry Carlton. I'm using first year manufacture DiMarzio pickups, "P.A.F. Humbucker" and the "Fat Strat". With a humbucker at the neck and two single coils Strat-style, use a Switchcraft toggle switch like an S.G. Wire the humbucker on one side with the single coils on the other. With your volume on full, as Stratocasters are designed for, have all the pickups on. Where you pick determines your volume and tone, any volume and tone, and softer picking can have a cleaner, acoustic sound or a mellow jazzy tone, and when you pick harder it gets raunchy, a nice balance before you add effects. Finger-picking is also in the same volume mix. Mr. Larry Carlton! I have probably enjoyed your guitar playing as hearing it all over the place, and as a non-smoker, non-drinker myself, it's reassuring to see you looking and playing good, and finding new ways to continue your musical success. Uh... got any lefty Stratocaster tremolo units for sale? I make sounds like Jimi Hendrix and riff of like John Coltrane to Nicolo Paganini, with some McCoy Tyner, and I don't have to play just one note at a time for solos. I'm still ready to hit it big time, even if I don't care to. There are Sons and Daughters of the Gael who speak Gaelic. Bay-an-uck-let, blessings on you. If I receive any kind of reply, I betcha I can describe an Am chord you have never played before, as a righty. And please, don't make any kind of guitar playing bet with me. I have never lost, even in major music stores. I'm sure you can see you inspired me. Please, call George Gruhn if you want a reference for my inventiveness.
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