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Guitar
purchase
consultations
,Tab
Orders
and
Reviews
Dec.
2008-Feb.2009
Thanks
for
your
input
and
wisdom
on
the
purchase
of
my
Custom
Bil
Mitchell
OM
Guitar.
Your
suggestion
on
Honduran
Rosewood
is
something
I
would
never
have
thought
of
and,
based
on
my
own
homework
on
Honduran
Rosewood
(after
your
suggestion),
it
looks
like
a
homerun
choice.
Thanks
for
traveling
with
me
to
the
luthier
to
review
the
guitar
and
pick
the
right
appointments
for
the
guitar.
I am
now
more
confident,
and
with
your
“blessing”
I
made
the
right
choice.
I
can’t
wait
to
start
receiving
the
tab
you’re
working
on
from
my
list
I
forwarded
to
you.
I
know
you’ll
pick
the
songs
that
best
suit
my
capabilities
and
will
enjoy
playing,
as
opposed
to
any
old
song
I
may
not
have
my
heart
in
to
play.
With
my
constant
travels
here
and
abroad
it’ll
by
like
taking
lessons
from
you
transcontinental.
Ken
Hagedorn,
Wantage,
NJ
That's
YOU
on
guitar???
!!!!
???
Holy
smokes!
That's
great!!!
Will
the
site
allow
me
to
move
one
of
those
tunes
to
my
home
page?
http://www.bigbluegill.com/profile/BruceCondello
Bruce
Condello
President
and
Co-Creator
of:
http://www.bigbluegill.com/
"Close
your
eyes
and
listen
to
John
Sheehan's
songs.
It's
practically
impossible
to
not
imagine
yourself
walking
through
a
thick
fencerow
hoping
to
spook
up a
ringneck
pheasant.
The
first
time
I
heard
his
music
I
imagined
what
might
have
happened
if
Segovia
met
Knopfler
on
an
ice
covered
pond
for
some
fishin'
and
pickin'.
Calming,
yet
upbeat...I
think
John
Sheehan's
got
it
pegged.
Really
good
stuff.
"Bruce
Condello
"The
slide
work
in
"Trout
and
day
lilies"
is
phenomenal
and
has
me
on a
Zeppelin
flashback!"
Bill
"Musky"
Mod
,Antioch
Il.
" I
found
'Faces
of
the
Past'
purely
by
accident.
I
googled
"guitar
tablature"
and
ended
up
on a
site
with
that
song.
I
liked
the
way
it
sounded
and
could
almost
figure
it
out
on
my
own
but
couldn't
quite
get
it.
So
here
I am
asking
for
the
music.
Am
looking
forward
to
learning
and
playing
it."
Best
regards,
Jim
Moncur,
Clear
Lake
Shores,
TX
Kevin
Moloney
from
Michigan
inspires
John
to
discuss
composition
techniques:
If
you
don't
mind,
can
I
ask
some
advice?
I
started
playing
guitar
relatively
late
(age
18),
although
I
had
been
playing
piano
and
organ
since
I
was
six.
I
switched
from
keyboards
to
guitar
because
I
couldn't
get
the
feeling
of a
bent
string
on a
keyboard.
Also,
because
I'm
a
lefty,
I
figured
I'd
never
be
able
to
"flip"
a
piano
like
I
could
flip
a
guitar.
I
still
love
keyboard
music,
especially
older
boogie-woogie
piano,
and
classical
pipe
organ
(Bach
-
Toccata
and
Fugue
in D
Minor,
I
think,
was
the
equivalent
of
rock
in
its
time,
and
the
ending,
with
the
mix
of
suspended
and
the
transition
between
major
and
minor
chords
still
brings
Goosebumps
when
I
hear
it).
As
for
guitar,
I've
never
taken
lessons.
Pretty
much
it's
all
self
taught,
listening
to
others
play
and
copying
them.
That
has
pretty
much
become
mixed
in
my
head
as a
bunch
of
riffs
that
I
can
piece
together,
but
I
don't
really
feel
like
I
"own"
the
instrument
like
I
should.
I
have
written
some
songs
that
are
unusual
and
really
cool,
but
they
are
very
scripted,
and
stiff.
At
one
time,
I
was
really
good:
I
listen
to
stuff
I
recorded
in
1986,
and,
while
the
occasional
goof
came
out
in
the
first
take
(there
were
never
any
second
takes)
and
I
ask
myself...how
did
I do
that?
But
now
I
feel
like
everything
I
play
sounds
the
same.
Have
you
ever
had
to
deal
with
this,
and
how
did
you
overcome
it?
Thanks.
You
are
an
inspiration.
Kevin
Nice
email
Kevin.
I am
a
real
Bach
enthusiast
as
well.
Do
you
play
in
open
tunings
at
all?
How’s
your
knowledge
of
Scales
,modes
and
chords?
Chord
scales
etc.?
I’ll
try
to
say
some
pertinent
things
about
my
way
of
learning
music
that
I
hope
will
be
useful
to
you.
Approaches
can
be
purely
intuitive
(going
by
sound
only
and
not
knowing
the
notes
you’re
playing
) ,
writing
in a
standard
genre
which
has
it
tendencies,
or
by
combining
intuitive
ideas
with
rational
developmental
ideas
like
key
changes
,changes
in
mode,
meter
,tempo
and
other
devices.
As
far
as
'Trip
to
Spain'
is
concerned
,it
was
the
result
of
‘making
up’
my
own
tuning
.I
knew
that
an A
minor
chord
was
composed
of
A, C
and
E
notes
so I
tuned
the
strings
of
standard
tuning
to
their
closest
A
minor
note.
This
tuning
being
somewhat
‘flubby'
I
moved
everything
up a
half
step
to a
tighter
Bb
minor.
The
lesson
for
me
here
was
‘make
up’
a
tuning
and
work
out
somewhat
unusual
sounds
that
are
easy
to
find.
An
intuitive
ear
approach.
With
'Beauty
Road'
and
'Sleepy
Eyes'
I
started
in a
tuning
I
was
limited
in;
Eb
which
is
really
just
commonly
played
Open
D or
Open
E.
With
my
desire
to
find
the
right
tightness
for
my
guitars
setup
and
gauge
strings(
D
was
too
flubby
and
E
was
too
tight)
Eb
solved
the
problem.
When
I
ran
into
trouble
developing
these
two
pieces
I
switched
back
to
standard
tuning
,developed
a
chord
progression
that
complimented
what
was
already
done
and
then
went
back
to
Eb
tuning
and
found
ways
to
play
those
chords.
A
knowledge
of
transposition
learned
at
school
was
put
to
use.
A
combination
of
intuition
and
rational
thought
process
was
developed
with
this
method.
At
other
times
I
learn
a
few
tunes
by
other
artists
and
after
a
few
nights
of
dreams
start
finding
ways
to
disguise
them
into
my
own
songs.
LOL
With
standard
tuning
songs
I
usually
just
start
feeling
out
a
mode
or
scale
and
look
to
develop
phrases
or
themes
sometimes
just
developing
chord
progressions
sometimes
working
from
riffs
or
developing
melodies.
A
really
cool
way
to
play
is
think
a
rhythm
and
then
work
out
the
pitches
and
riffs
that
fit
the
rhythm.
This
helps
developing
ideas
that
can
be
altered
later
to
be
more
effective
or
achieve
a
better
balance.
It
is
very
important
to
hear
the
music
coming
out
of
your
inner
ear
as
opposed
to
thinking
it
.Also
write
and
play
within
your
means
honing
anything
difficult
or
not
relaxed
into
a
better
more
communicable
phrase.
Hope
this
helps
you
or
better
yet
inspires
you
again!
John
(It
was
on
)
(
"Notes
for
suburbia"
)
that
I
discovered
the
5"
Ricercare
" .
I
often
listen
because
it
is
great!
Friendly
J.C.
,France
That
CD
is
really
great.
Thanks.
Of
all
the
tunes
O
Come,
O
Come,
Emmanuel
is
one
of
the
most
beautiful
guitar
songs
I've
ever
heard.
You
did
a
really
nice
job
on
it.
There
are
parts
of
it
where
it
sounds
like
you
are
losing
yourself
in
it
and
it
really
blossoms.
In
case
no
one
told
you,
you
are
a
heck
of a
guitar
player!!
Thanks
again-
Rick
Conte,
Lambertville
NJ
You
are
an
EXCELLENT
guitar
player,
and
I do
know
my
guitar
players!
Been
playing
since
1980.
Would
like
to
purchase
tab
for
"Trip
to
Spain."
Would
like
very
much
if
you
could
sign
the
tab.
I
have
PayPal,
for
your
convenience.
You
definitely
rock,
Sir!
Kevin
P.
Moloney
,Metamora
Michigan
Rebel
Red
says:
"The
song
"Modern
Man"
is a
hit!"
Robert
Clinton
review
:
Great
album!
The
song
"THE
CLIFFS
OF
MOHER"
struck
a
nerve.
Robert
has
some
photos
of
the
beautiful
Ireland
,Cliffs
of
Moher
(moor)
in a
studio
in
Sugar
Loaf
NY.
Daniel
Flores
Review:
"
I
heard
about
Mr.
Sheehan
while
looking
for
acoustic
music
on
Rhapsody,
I've
also
seen
him
on
several
you
tube
broadcasts.
Love
his
music
and
hope
to
learn
and
hear
more
from
him.
Wedding
Music
Testimonials:
John,
Thanks
so
much
for
making
our
wedding
ceremony
perfect,
you
were
awesome!
I'm
so
glad
we
used
you,
you
really
added
a
lot
to
the
ceremony
.
Thanks
again!
-Sara
and
Matt
Aloha,
John!
Anyway,
we
too
thought
the
wedding
went
off
perfectly,
and
we
couldn’t
have
done
it
without
you,
especially.
The
ceremony
music
set
the
perfect
mood
and
everyone
was
complimenting
us
on
“the
guitar
dude”.
:)
When
we
first
saw
you
at
Andre’s
way
back
we
both
got
a
very
good
feeling
about
you,
and
on
the
day
of,
you
and
your
music
created
the
romantic
and
relaxed
atmosphere
we
were
going
for.
It
goes
without
saying
that
we
would
love
to
help
in
building
your
wedding
clientele
any
way
we
can.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
you
at
Andre’s
again
too!
We’ll
be
there
soon...first
Friday
of
every
month,
right?
Mahalo
(thank
you)
again!!!
Jaime
(&
John)
