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  • Risto the Great
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 15658

    Enjoying sunny (but cold) Japan at the moment. The guitar culture is totally alive here. They absolutely love them. It feels like 1990 here .... (aside from the brilliant high-tech toilets).

    Ochanomizu in Tokyo is the Mecca for all guitarists. I have never seen so many guitar shops in one small area anywhere else in the world.

    The Japanese guitars are amazing quality. Some are actually much cheaper in Australia than they are here in Japan. The locals know how good they really are, whereas the rest of the world still thinks they are just copying the US guitars and price them unfavourably.

    A great place to visit all round. I can see how their culture has facilitated their development.
    Risto the Great
    MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
    "Holding my breath for the revolution."

    Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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    • Phoenix
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2008
      • 4671

      Originally posted by Risto the Great View Post
      Enjoying sunny (but cold) Japan at the moment. The guitar culture is totally alive here. They absolutely love them. It feels like 1990 here .... (aside from the brilliant high-tech toilets).

      Ochanomizu in Tokyo is the Mecca for all guitarists. I have never seen so many guitar shops in one small area anywhere else in the world.

      The Japanese guitars are amazing quality. Some are actually much cheaper in Australia than they are here in Japan. The locals know how good they really are, whereas the rest of the world still thinks they are just copying the US guitars and price them unfavourably.

      A great place to visit all round. I can see how their culture has facilitated their development.
      Risto, I have a beautiful K Yairi at home, I'm sure you'd love it...

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      • Risto the Great
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2008
        • 15658

        Video by Patrick McHaleFrom the album Gon' Boogaloo.http://vevo.ly/p5Nzxa


        This guy (C.W. Stoneking ) is an awesome guitarist. But not in the way we might normally think. This video has great animation.
        Risto the Great
        MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
        "Holding my breath for the revolution."

        Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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        • Risto the Great
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2008
          • 15658

          Originally posted by Phoenix View Post
          Risto, I have a beautiful K Yairi at home, I'm sure you'd love it...
          It still is beautiful, just in a more beautiful place now!
          Risto the Great
          MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
          "Holding my breath for the revolution."

          Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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          • Phoenix
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2008
            • 4671

            Originally posted by Risto the Great View Post
            It still is beautiful, just in a more beautiful place now!
            Glad you went acoustic mate...I guess it's a kumbaya moment for you...you never know when they're gonna turn on the electricity in South Australia again...
            Last edited by Phoenix; 03-12-2017, 06:58 PM.

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            • Risto the Great
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2008
              • 15658

              Originally posted by Phoenix View Post
              Glad you went acoustic mate...I guess it's a kumbaya moment for you...you never know when they're gonna turn on the electricity in South Australia again...
              When I play, it's always electric.
              Risto the Great
              MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
              "Holding my breath for the revolution."

              Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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              • Risto the Great
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2008
                • 15658

                Why did the guitar teacher go to jail?
                Because he fingered Am

                (guitarist joke)
                Am = A minor
                Last edited by Risto the Great; 05-28-2017, 06:59 PM.
                Risto the Great
                MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                • Risto the Great
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 15658

                  Macedonian Girl
                  1973 Kazuo (not Sada) Yairi Classical Guitar 5037 (CY135) - Macedonian Girl. Interested in this guitar? Contact [email protected]


                  Very pleasant.
                  I am a fan of this Japanese brand of guitars.
                  Risto the Great
                  MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                  "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                  Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                  • Risto the Great
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 15658

                    Why isn't this guy famous?
                    Oh the mystery.

                    Sweet acoustic riff that I decided to turn into a rock epic haha
                    Risto the Great
                    MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                    "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                    Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                    • Phoenix
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 4671

                      Originally posted by Risto the Great View Post
                      Why isn't this guy famous?
                      Oh the mystery.

                      https://soundcloud.com/krismil/you-say
                      The stage name isn't catchy enough...

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                      • Risto the Great
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 15658

                        Originally posted by Phoenix View Post
                        The stage name isn't catchy enough...
                        There I was thinking it was the old folks nappy brand being used.
                        Risto the Great
                        MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                        "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                        Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                        • Tomche Makedonche
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2011
                          • 1123

                          Originally posted by Risto the Great View Post
                          Why isn't this guy famous?
                          Oh the mystery.

                          https://soundcloud.com/krismil/you-say
                          Bringing back the phaser

                          Now all that's left is to add a little more reverb to that snare
                          Last edited by Tomche Makedonche; 06-13-2017, 07:39 AM.
                          “There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part, you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and you’ve got to make it stop, and you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all” - Mario Savio

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                          • Risto the Great
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 15658

                            The 70's will be big again, again.
                            Risto the Great
                            MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                            "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                            Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                            • Risto the Great
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 15658

                              And now for something different.

                              My recent trip to Japan inspired me. The wonders of technology allowed me to create most of the song on my iPad on a bullet train in Japan and I finished things off when I returned to Australia.

                              I recently purchased a mandolin and used it to try and achieve something Asian sounding. It was really fun and I can listen to myself for hours. I am my biggest (and possibly only) fan.

                              Anyway, a mandolin is a little guitar, right?

                              A peaceful ambient tune utilising some lovely soft synthesizers and a recently acquired mandolin. Inspired by a recent trip to Japan with much of the tune created in the bullet train from Kyoto to Osa
                              Risto the Great
                              MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
                              "Holding my breath for the revolution."

                              Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com

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                              • Karposh
                                Member
                                • Aug 2015
                                • 863

                                Originally posted by Risto the Great View Post
                                And now for something different.

                                My recent trip to Japan inspired me. The wonders of technology allowed me to create most of the song on my iPad on a bullet train in Japan and I finished things off when I returned to Australia.

                                I recently purchased a mandolin and used it to try and achieve something Asian sounding. It was really fun and I can listen to myself for hours. I am my biggest (and possibly only) fan.

                                Anyway, a mandolin is a little guitar, right?

                                https://soundcloud.com/krismil/kyotosaka
                                Samo edno kavalche ti fali to complete the sound. I think the kaval is always a good accompaniment to the mandolin/tambura. Both have relaxing and soothing sounds. That would make an interesting mix - Asian sounds with a hint of Macedonian in the background.

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