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slothrob
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Joined: Apr 30, 2004
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RE: Woo hoo! Got a new guitar for Christmas.

I also like a variation of Joe's practice: E A D G B E 5 4 3 2 2 1 6 5 4 3 3 2 7 6 5 4 4 3 8 7 6 5 5 4 Start on the low E, use all 4 fingers, and try...

18 years ago
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RE: Hands Tired?

Don't play through the pain, this will make things worse. Stop and rest. Break your playing up into more, shorter sessions if necessary. Take a wee...

18 years ago
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RE: A Scale to Learn?

Scales teach you a number of things other than just scales. One of those things is to train the fingers, with or without pick, to find the right stri...

18 years ago
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RE: My action dropped bigtime...

Yeah, Wes and I are certainly coming from a New England perspective. There may be better places to store a guitar in other places in the world, but h...

18 years ago
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RE: open chords

That last one is great to throw into a blues improv in A or E (at the right moment) if you want to start getting away from just single note runs.

18 years ago
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RE: My action dropped bigtime...

If your garage isn't heated, I wouldn't store the guitar there. It will go through a lot of temperature variations, often within the same day, and an...

18 years ago
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RE: A Scale to Learn?

The scale you gave will work for any fret on the 6th string.I also find it helpful to then transcribe this to scales starting on the 5th string, makin...

18 years ago
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RE: Tele modifications

I'm not a fan of humbuckers on Tele's because I love the sound of a good Tele pickup. A lot of people are, though, and there can be good reasons for ...

18 years ago
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RE: Single guitar player... sound filler??

Or consider a band like Low, that both allows the bass to play a prominent roll to fill in around the guitar and allows the empty spaces to play an im...

18 years ago
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RE: preamp question

I've read good things about the GDI21, but you might want to also invest in a cabinet emulator/DI box, like their Ultra-G GI100. You'll get amp emula...

18 years ago
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RE: Cosmic Dancer - T- Rex

I still own just about every release. Well... all the ones on vinyl, anyway.

18 years ago
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RE: telecasters

Just for the info, the Deluxe Tele's look like they have single coil pickups, but they are actually disguised humbuckers.

18 years ago
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RE: Tele modifications

I've seen 1 guitar with a Jazzmaster-style trem, but this requires routing while the Bigsby just goes on with a few screws (and a bridge modification ...

18 years ago
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RE: Dirty Water (Boston you're my home) The Standells

The theme song for the second greatest city in the country (to avoid debate), the one I chose for my home. Roadrunner being more a theme for Massachu...

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