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hairballxavier
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Joined: Jan 16, 2005
Topics: 6 / Replies: 87
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RE: To whammy or not to whammy

I know guys that can make any POS whammy crippled guitar stay in tune. I personally don't use them because I just think they are not worth the trouble...

19 years ago
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RE: question about bending, kind of

I'd bend with my 3rd finger on the 2nd string, and use my 4th finger for the 1st string note. That's the way I would usually do it 'cause that's the ...

19 years ago
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RE: Fender Maple Necks

Just play it alot and fretboard grunge should work it's way into any unfinished wood on the fretboard. Finger oil makes for a better finish anyways. I...

19 years ago
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RE: Ceiling Fan Interference

And the bigger the surface area of the blades on the fan, the more pronounced the effect will be. Especially in a small carpeted room with tapestries ...

19 years ago
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RE: Doug Marks Metal Method

Good to see that Doug Mark's Metal Method is still around. If you want to become a Heavy Metal or Hard Rock guitar player and waste no time doing it,...

19 years ago
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RE: How important is it to learn to read music on top of tabs?

A long time ago one of my students put it this way:"If tab is like having a cheat sheet, notation is like having the textbook."Notation is alot more d...

19 years ago
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RE: Help me with my solo!

I'd say that since you are satisfied with the solo parts that you already have, just end the solo and the rest of the music right there. Suddenly. The...

19 years ago
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RE: What the heck did I just buy?

I don't have an acoustic anymore and I seriously miss having one around sometimes. I rermember the old pics that were posted and I thought that was a ...

19 years ago
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RE: Using Extension Speaker jack for headphones?

On a tube amp, never use anything that does not match the specified output impedence. You can ruin the ouput stage on your amp (the most expensive par...

19 years ago
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RE: Cocaine

The only thing I can critisize to help you improve on this is the timing. Really the only things I can suggest is 1) get to know the song better, but ...

19 years ago
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RE: Lawman Blues *Parental Advisory*

Actually "Hail the Spoon" is an old song that i wrote called "eat my cock" but some weird cult that worships spoons or fences or something made me cha...

19 years ago
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RE: Southern Comfort forum Jam

I like hearing these jams even thoug I'm not really into the country thing. Sounds like Dog had a bit too much Southern Comfort before he did his par...

19 years ago
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Re: Tough rhythms

One of the areas (besides improvisation) of my playing that I want to improve is my rhythm and timing, I know I have decent enough timing but I want t...

19 years ago
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RE: Teach yourself to sing

I think the most important thing is to sing alot. Sing along with the radio while you are driving, Sing when you are just jammin to your favorite CD o...

19 years ago
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RE: Update: Little Wing

Jimi liked to improvise like that alot when playing live. It's like playing lead and rhythm at the same time. Knowing your scale patterns in all posit...

19 years ago
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