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									What is a Guitar Smile? - Guitar Players Discussion				            </title>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-307402</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Guitar Smile: The ecstacy-like faces pulled by Steve Vai and Joe Satriani mid-solo.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Guitar Smile: The ecstacy-like faces pulled by Steve Vai and Joe Satriani mid-solo.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>manti</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306380</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[the old james brown move.  bb isn&#039;t the dancer jb was, though.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[the old james brown move.  bb isn't the dancer jb was, though.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306373</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[The &quot;King of Facial Contortion&quot; has got to be Gary Moore! Zum Bleistift:  :D- from about 1:00 in...

That is a gooood example of high degree of facial contortion.  :lol: Nice playing too.But...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[The "King of Facial Contortion" has got to be Gary Moore! <br><br>Zum Bleistift:  :D <br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0</a> - from about 1:00 in...

That is a gooood example of high degree of facial contortion.  :lol: Nice playing too.<br><br>But it is nothing when you compare it to B.B. King's contortion of not only the face but the whole body occasionally. Infact at 6.33 B.B. is so full of emotion/blues that the pianist and some other guy come to his aid...<br><br><a href="http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMWTqUuSh4">http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMWTqUuSh4</a><br><br>Love the spirit !  :D]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Rahul</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306344</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Guitar smile? Could this be the rictus that one&#039;s face twists into when getting carried away whilst playing? A good example would be to watch Carlos Santana&#039;s face while he&#039;s mid-solo - his ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Guitar smile? Could this be the rictus that one's face twists into when getting carried away whilst playing? A good example would be to watch Carlos Santana's face while he's mid-solo - his face is so contorted he looks like he's in agony sometimes. I'd post a youtube example, but hell, ANY Santana solo will illustrate the point!<br><br> :D  :D  :D <br><br>Vic
The "King of Facial Contortion" has got to be Gary Moore! <br><br>Zum Bleistift:  :D <br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0</a> - from about 1:00 in...]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>greybeard</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306342</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Guitar smile? Could this be the rictus that one&#039;s face twists into when getting carried away whilst playing? A good example would be to watch Carlos Santana&#039;s face while he&#039;s mid-solo - his ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Guitar smile? Could this be the rictus that one's face twists into when getting carried away whilst playing? A good example would be to watch Carlos Santana's face while he's mid-solo - his face is so contorted he looks like he's in agony sometimes. I'd post a youtube example, but hell, ANY Santana solo will illustrate the point!<br><br> :D  :D  :D <br><br>Vic]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Vic Lewis VL</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306337</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hey, Chris...I been meanin&#039; tuh say since I joined GN: NICE PORCH!!! 

Isn&#039;t that the feed line for the old joke - &quot;That&#039;s no PORCH, Cat, that&#039;s a FERRARI...&quot;  Oh, wait! You mean the VERANDA...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hey, Chris...I been meanin' tuh say since I joined GN: NICE PORCH!!! 

Isn't that the feed line for the old joke - "That's no PORCH, Cat, that's a FERRARI..."  Oh, wait! You mean the VERANDAH.  :wink: <br>
All's that needs to go next to them thar guit-boxes is a Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc!<br><br>Cat

New Zealand plonk! Sacrilege!  :shock:  We have a couple of racks of good Aussie reds and whites thank you...  Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc indeed.... sniff.....       well, maybe some of them are pretty OK...<br><br>Chris<br><br>More views off the verandah. Definitely a good place to relax and put on a guitar smile.  :) <br><br><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~ccaud/Projects/31.jpg">Sunset</a><br><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~ccaud/Projects/30a.jpg">Old guitar</a><br><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~ccaud/Projects/30.jpg">Misty morning</a>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Chris C</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306316</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hey, Chris...I been meanin&#039; tuh say since I joined GN: NICE PORCH!!! All&#039;s that needs to go next to them thar guit-boxes is a Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc!Cat]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hey, Chris...I been meanin' tuh say since I joined GN: NICE PORCH!!! <br><br>All's that needs to go next to them thar guit-boxes is a Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc!<br><br>Cat]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Cat</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306313</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Google suggests something that looks rather like &#039;The Happy Axe Murderer&#039;........]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Google suggests something that looks rather like 'The Happy Axe Murderer'........<br><br><a href="http://www.emofaces.com/en/smilies/a/acoustic-guitar-smile.gif"><img src="http://www.emofaces.com/en/smilies/a/acoustic-guitar-smile.gif"></a>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Chris C</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306308</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I thought it was a slang term for bending a note or something, which could also be a frown.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I thought it was a slang term for bending a note or something, which could also be a frown.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Ghost</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: What is a Guitar Smile?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-is-a-guitar-smile/#post-306242</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I thought the same]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I thought the same]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Ness K</dc:creator>
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