2,676 Topic by gitaardocphil

(8 replies, posted in Acoustic)

I saw the topic posted by Old Doll, and reading this topic made me kind of curious. I play, about 30 years, and in the evolution you see when you play is sometimes very obvious.
There are a few things to write, they tell me that I am a pretty good player, but I am open for everything. I think, playing the guitar ALONE, that there are many obstacles
- learning how to play
- rhythm difficult when playing alone
- how do you play your instrument: what style
I know that when I was still working, my style remained the same for years, but I also saw my progress, and until today my opinion is, if you put a song, or a complete CD in your device, and you can play within a few minutes, the same melody, that you have at least a skill.
Again WHO AM I TO SAY THAT I AM GOOD? When I hear other people play the guitar, I am shrinking very fast, like from 187 cm to 20 cm. I came to the point that I am good playing (strumming, playing a melody on a string while strumming at the same time.

CONCLUSION: if you play YOUR style, YOUR way to play your guitar since 30 years it seems almost impossible, how great my desire is (in my case FINGER PICKING) to learn new ways to play.
I tried too play the finger picking style, but I get nervous, impatient with a result: I can do this maybe, but I am maybe to impatient or is it really difficult to change the way you play?
Am I alone, or are there other players, suffering from the same problem.
What to do about this? I tried instruction videos, but 5 minutes later I am strumming again.

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2,677 Reply by gitaardocphil

(22 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Hi old doll, I love this question, because I always think that I am lost if I don't have a plectrum. I play with a very good friend at least 2 times a week, and he is a drummer too which is very interesting for me, to keep the rhythm. We always play acoustic, and there are songs we play, we even create or compose them on the spot, where we strum, just one "strike" followed by blocking the guitar chords. Like we strum 1 time and we block that chord (almost always E), and slowly we start to strum more and block less, going almost always into a blues song. Here, lost without a plectrum, I noticed that it works without.
If I play alone, I DON'T like at all the hard kind of plectrums, I play almost always with a dunlop plectrum, not the softest plectrums, and certainely not the hardest. I use a soft plectrum, strong enough to have a crystal clear and quit hard tone. Which are the best: I use dunlop, I received about 10 Martin plectrums, most of them have "disappeared", and I received (nice isn't it, in a store in Finland) for free 3 kinds of plectrums, again not the hard ones.
There are guitar players using a nickle to play, and you also have the "finger plectrums" used in finger picking. This the part where I get sad: I am a very bad finger picker, and I want to play that style. I also discovered that the type of plectrum is dependant of guitar + strings.
Nice day

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2,678 Reply by gitaardocphil

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First a little correction, Jacques Brel was more a performer, born in Brussels, writing very, sometimes exaggerated, lyrics. He is known as one of the greatest artists.
Talking about guitar players, we have/had some world famous musicians.
DJANGO REINHARD was in his time one of the most famous and was an example for thousands guitar players.
TOOTS THIELEMANS: playing HARMONICA, who wrote songs in the early sixties, having also a world famous song, just using his harmonica, "BLUESETTE", he went to the USA, if you search on Google, you will have all the information, he played with the "FAMOUS". He played on a lot of records or albums, Paul Simon, worked with Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Joel, and the man himself is born in Brussels in 1922, AND IS STILL ACTIVE!!, unbelievable.
Weird fact: playing harmonica, is viewed from medical point, the best way to make your lungs a lot stronger causing a statistic significant, diminishing of (future) lung diseases. That fact was new to me, but it is logic.
As you can see, and it is proven, that after WW II, a lot of musicians, from BELGIUM, where important, especially in Jazz.
Another WEIRD fact: DJANGO RHEINARD: he had only TWO fingers on his left hand  he could use.
He was also very close with Les Paul, and as I wrote, a lot of guitarists, even hardrock, metal are influenced by this phenomenon.
We also had "THE SINGING NUN" who reached the number one position in US charts, she was a real nun, committed suicide, having troubles with here sexual life, and the fact that the convent, received a huge amount of money, while she didn't get 1 cent.
Other famous groups, or players are PHILIPPE CATHERINE (JAZZ), and TC MATIC with one of the best guitar intros ever written. Another weird fact is that the guitar player, learned me how to play this intro, it was easier than I thought, but I forgot everything. Their hit is Oh La La La.
I hope you are satisfied with this info, and I suggest that if possible, you search a site, knowing the names now, to download some of their music; the best way to hear what I told.

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2,679 Reply by gitaardocphil

(14 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Well, dear chordian, "paranormal" you have a posted a real delicate topic, very interesting.
I am, thanks to what I did for a living, more when I was studying, we had a few courses about genetics.
I am afraid that it is almost impossible to proove, but they are are already very good and far in stugying and manipulating the human genetic science.
I am sure that, and it is like I write, they find, researching so hard on the DNA chains, in particular to find genes responsable for A LOT of diseases, that probably everyone has genes to pergform certain skills. I can write about genetics for hours.
Although this is a good topic, I am afraid that you have to keep in mind the INFLUENCE of other relatives playing an instrument, which is far bigger than having music in your blood. BUT, going back on "the blood", go to AFRICA and seeing the way they move on music, and dance, we come back to the essence of your topic. Another fact is, that the artistic centre, all people have this, is located in the brain, existing in what they call 2 hemispheres. All what we do, is starting there. I just looked on the web and I found an article  called www.healingtides.net/two_minds_in_one_brain. Most dominant is the left part, responsable for the "I feel good" item, and the right hemisphere is the place to be for artistic activities.

Conclusion: you correct, but there are a lot more factors: BRAIN, INFLUENCE, and probably genetics. Try Google, and look for ARTISTIC CENTRE IN THE BRAIN.
I really hope that this answer is a good one for you

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2,680 Topic by gitaardocphil

(2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

I love the guitar 10 times more than to sing. OK this is a personal fact.
A singer can influence a group in a POSITIVE way, or a NEGATIVE way. I don't know, but my experience is, that even when the guitar player, is writing the songs, and is a phenomenon on guitar that in a lot of groups the singer becomes the central person, creating situations like
- The Guitardocterss and the nurse band. (I love this group 's name).

Who is on this site an authority? I just know, going back in time, being very close with musicians, and actors that especially the actors playing theatre are heard everywhere in the theatre without using a microphone. It are those people who are sitting 100 yards from the bar, who can order a drink in a crowded bar, just by using their voice.
You all know the doors, in the beginning, their first "gigs" Jim Morisson didn't look to the audience, he looked to the other musicians, being to shy.
Training a voice, as far as I know, is very intensive and certainly not easy, using a lot of different methods.
Of course, like it is always, some singers have a real gift, and, I don't know if I am right, the best singers can be found in heavy metal, or hard rock bands.
- DAVE LEE ROTH: in his VAN HALEN period
- Axl ROSE
- Ian Gillian (deep purple) just to know a few names.
I think it would be nice to read the opinion of the fellow chordians, and looking at the number of people on the chordie forum, there must be at least a few people (M/F) who know a lot about this topic.
I also experienced, that playing a song on guitar, and the moment I start singing, everything becomes more complicated. I can imagine that the MOST DIFFICULT WAY TO SING IS, BEING A DRUMMER & SING AT THE SAME TIME.

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2,681 Reply by gitaardocphil

(11 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

thanks fellow chordians. It is always nice to see your topic answered. BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE THEORY, THAT THE GUITAR MIGHT BE ATTRACTIVE FOR MEN, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT "THIS" INSTRUMENT, HAS MORE OR LESS THE SHAPE OF A WOMAN???

I've worked 25 years as a MD generalist, having the skill to solve a lot of "psychic" problems.
I was a busy bee, until my car crash. So sometimes if you read between the lines, you can find a kind of medical thing. SEE also the TOPIC, about what is your profession, the passion for mostly, the guitar we share it here. But who is the person behind the nick name, and it is so beautiful to read the answers. Nobody answers, "I am a teacher", but they write about the love for their profession. I have a lot of time, and if I didn't have chordie, in particular the FORUM, I would have a very monotone life.
REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE START PLAYING THE GUITAR: some of them dream about being the next Jimi Hendrix, but it happens more that the singer will have more credits.

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2,682 Reply by gitaardocphil

(15 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

ABOUT BURNING HIS AXE: I READ NOT ONE? BUT SEVERAL ARTICLES, AND THEY ALL CLAIM, THAT BURNING HIS GUITAR HAPPENED ONLY 3 TIMES THREE!!, but because of this phenomenal act, it started to live his own live, a hell of publicity. I am sure that Pete Townsend, frontman of the WHO, destroyed a lot more of guitars, and adding Keith Moon , a lot of drum sets were destroyed. I wish I would have all the guitars he destroyed.
The most disgusting thing I ever saw was about 2 years ago on eBay, they were bidding on a guitar "smashed" by Jimi Hendrix, in a very short time, there were already 30 bidders, and the bidding price was around 25.000$, the seller claimed to prove it was the guitar Hendrix used, because, when the concert was finished, it was signed by Jimi Hendrix. INCREDIBILE

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2,683 Topic by gitaardocphil

(11 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Maybe this is a "psychological question", but with the knowledge that there are so many different ways to make or create & compose music, I always ask the question WHY THE GUITAR IS SO PROMINENT for beginning musicians. There is PIANO, KEYBOARD, VIOLIN, SAXOPHONE, and the very important delicate instrument, called VOICE.
Are we so influenced by "just" the guitar player in a group we adore, do we like to impress others by playing guitar, because it is often the singer who receives the credits (see Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart)
It is a very simple question: why is the guitar so fascinating. I don't know the answer, but sometimes I think about a "woman" seeing the structure of a guitar. And I am not sure at all, what the reason is to start playing guitar, it is not the easiest instrument. You can hurt your fingertips, until bleeding, how do you take that chord, needed in a song, but almost impossible to place your fingers, is it because you can easily put your axe in your room.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
Are there chordians who have any suggestions?

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2,684 Reply by gitaardocphil

(11 replies, posted in Electric)

The good news is that before I realised it, I was playing crossroads. It looks difficult, and it is not that easy, but when you play everyday 1/2 hour, you will learn more than playing hours.
Thanks

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2,685 Reply by gitaardocphil

(8 replies, posted in Electric)

Hi, my Canadian friend. This is always a difficult topic. Some people are addicted to Gibson, please DO NOT SELL your Lucille, I had the pleasure to visit their plant in Memphis, and all my hairs are standing vertical when they start talking about factory. I agree it is a KIND OF FACTORY, you can see , last week for sure, how they make the hollow bodies, you don't see much, but it gives you enough to start dreaming. I can only tell, that every guitar is build, every piece of it, with respect. Is this "factory work" when they cut the form with a machine, is this factory when they paint the guitar and put lacquer on it? I just saw enough to know that this part in the production, is far the most delicate one.
Sometimes, I hate it when I start counting my guitars, and when I see, how difficult it is for other people, who count there savings for 1 guitar of their dreams. I worked up to 13-14 hours a day, saturday included, some people love to collect all products and stuff from an actor? Or spend all their money for their dream house? I think that everybody has to do what he likes, and I prefer, less expensive flowers in my garden, I don't drink, I smoke just sometimes, if you count all that money together you can afford a Taylor, or Gibson Les Paul AND LOOKING AT THE WAY THE PRICES ARE GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER, it is AN INVESTMENT, if I need money, I will sell one.
I know, everybody, on this website too, have their hobbies, because of my situation (disabled, and had to stop working) my great joy is that there are sites, and I almost never surf since I found what I needed, people with the same hobby, the same interest, to other sites, except to look for information, like history, animals, cross breads, like donkey/zebra. BUT I FEEL REALLY HAPPY HERE, EVERYBODY IS KIND, WILLING TO SHARE THEIR SKILLS, what more do you, I, need.

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2,686 Reply by gitaardocphil

(59 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

I had the luck to purchase a MARTIN HD-28, from a guy, who needed desperately money to buy "illegal" stuff. It haunted me for years, sometimes it still do. But the guitar (1977) has a tremendous sound, crystal clear, and very strange, really loud, but correct.
Since that moment (10 years ago), I had the opportunity to buy a few super guitars, like a Gibson Montana Gold SJ-200. It is very hard to choose between them, I only found out on a rainy day, that some songs need that kind of sound = that kind of guitar, and others another guitar.
I am not able to choose between them, they both sound so different and beautiful.
I admit that I never tried Breedlove, or other more expensive guitars.
I even don't know if the difference between a GIBSON SJ 200 and an EPIPHONE EJ 200, the wood is the same, but when you look the prices, there has to be a difference

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2,687 Topic by gitaardocphil

(1 replies, posted in Electric)

Gibson sells guitars, like an SG, for a real low price. I have a SG Menace.
The coils you can find are 490R and 498T alnico magnet humbuckers, on the SG reissues.
My menace has the following coils: 490R Smoky Coils and Bridge Pickups: 498T Smoky Coils The SG standard is a lot more expensive than, the menace, I know that the menace, is pure wood, and has no lacquer so my question is, what is
- THE DIFFERENCE, sound, and why using almost or the same kind of humbuckers, on a standard, the 490R and 498T ALNICO MAGNET HUMBUCKERS, and the SG MENACE having similar coils, BUT THEY ARE CALLED 490R SMOKY COILS, and 498T SMOKY COILS.

Is there a very big difference in sound, and what is the difference between the 2 kinds of coils.
Or, even better, will an EPIPHONE SG, an expensive one be better or not

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2,688 Topic by gitaardocphil

(8 replies, posted in Electric)

This is for me a very sensitive subject. I am proud and sad at the same time.
I just wanted to know if I am a lonely man sticking to his collection, AND play on every "axe".

I was able due to my profession, to see a lot of problems, financial problems, often caused by drugs, alcohol.
A patient, desperately seeking money, wanted to sell his MARTIN HD28, for 500$. It happened 12 years ago, and still...
Very good friends of me, started with a music shop, and I gave them 5000€, +- $6500, but getting your money back, is more difficult. So 2 years later we agreed that they would pay me in instruments, six different guitars, ovation, epiphone sheraton (the older serie, playing super) the MARTIN D15, dark brown mahogany, also a MARTIN D1 12 string, is even now affordable, and sounds terrific.
Another guy, I knew, was also in need for money: 6500$ for a FENDER, all original  1964, and a GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM 1968, the first year they started to produce them again.
And having already those instruments, I started to be addicted, and my collection was getting bigger.
I KNOW, I COULD JUST GIVE YOU A LIST WITH MY GUITARS, but I was curious to find out if I am alone, or if there were other "chordians" playing and collecting guitars.
I can only say that I was blessed, having that opportunity, and having the money (got a lot, because of my car crash in 2000), and now this is for me, being disabled, not able to walk without canes, no more skiing, even bowling ball is to hard for me. ( I had a vertebra, in my lower back, causing these problems) If I play guitar, with the problem I have, you start to know how heavy a Gibson Les Paul is. I have to sit down always when I play guitar.

So are there other people outside, who had the luck to collect guitars, and how it started?

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2,689 Topic by gitaardocphil

(3 replies, posted in Electric)

I own a nice collection of guitars, and sometimes I try them in open tuning. An open tuning like E or G, sounds very nice, because you can play one of your favourite chords, without placing your fingers.
Besides using an open tuning for slide, or bottleneck, I am ignorant about when a guitar player uses an open tuning, not using slide. Is it a way to play guitar in an easier approach, are there a lot of musicians using an open tuning, and what is the MOST USED OPEN TUNING.

SO PURPOSE of OPEN TUNING, WHEN IS IT USED and THE MOST FREQUENT OPEN TUNING.

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2,690 Reply by gitaardocphil

(27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

PLEASE GO ON, THIS IS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, A HIT. It is so lovely, the way people talk about their jobs.
I am convinced that this topic will give respect, everybody is unique, no matter what she/he is doing.
There is only one thing that CAN HURT MY & PROBABLY YOUR FEELINGS TOO,
___________________________________________________________________________________

IF YOU HAVE A TALENT, A GIFT USE IT AND USE IT, KEEP IT CLOSE TO YOUR HEART

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2,691 Reply by gitaardocphil

(19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

upyerkilt, my master and king, I want to serve you.
In the beginning, when the animals were still talking, there was that "special" album, called the piper at..., I was still very young (°1955) and I didn't like it at all, also the second album. When I heard sometimes a song at that time, I changed the radio UNTIL, I started to listen in the early seventies to the album, I remember me that I was so impressed by that cow, Atom Hearts Mother, I listened once, not yet a big deal, but "IF" was nice, by coincidence at the almost the same day, I went to see my sister, 11 years old then, following class to become a ballerina (she succeeded and lived her dream) dancing on the first song of the album MEDDLE. I felt immediately in move with that song. I found out that the performers were Pink Floyd, so I started to listen again to the cowalbum (that was how I called it), the more I listened, the more I loved it, and suddenly there was DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, and I was completely addicted, I have every PF album, even bootlegs.
Concerning Waters, I just know that WRIGHT, left on purpose or had to, the band, but like you wrote was hired, by Waters. It is always the same old story, super musicians = super ego's, and they ended almost just like Cream, and like Clapton worked again later with Ginger Baker, the same story happened to PF, or maybe the Roger Waters band. It must have been a very sad, violent period, but this is what you get with that kind of musicians.
NOW: I have AND a dvd by Waters playing the Wall, and Gilmour, or PF, playing the same music.
I prefer the version of WATERS, surrounded by the "creme de la creme" of musicians.
He is definitely the best, but maybe I prefer the underdog. I can only make ONE CONCLUSION, together there was MAGIC, just like the fab four. Only sir Paul can speak of a successful life after the beatles, but together MAGIC, see also the stones.

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2,692 Reply by gitaardocphil

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Ek ben  een verkleedmannetjie. I was almost South African, in 1997, I had a job, I had all the paperwork, I just had to find a place to stay, I even know my way in the centre of Cape Town, than I do in my own country. I've been there at least 12 times. I am even able to guide a group of people starting in Johannesburg, over Pretoria, through the Drakensbergen, and to go to that splendid little town in the mountains, in the neighbourhood of that village there are those beautiful little waterfalls, going back down to Krüger, and driving back over Pretoria, to hartebeesdam, to suncity, especially the palace hotel. From there, driving west, and a few hours later going south, direction Port Elisabeth, passing that fantastic dam (forgot the name). About 50 kilometers before Port Elisabeth, you have also a park, more elephants, than taking the N2, the fantastic flower route, passing that magnificent bridge, and again, you will see another park, where you can go, and feed the elephants, last time there was a babyphant, died 6 months later, continuing and visiting the storm river mouth, and continue to Cape Town, never without a night in Wilderness, in the Wilderness Hotel. From there up to Oudtshoorn, also to see the caves and the crocodilepark, going back through the fantastic scenery, direction George, Knysna and to sleep, I try Mosselbay, I will even post a letter to you. I really know the distances and time so well, that I have time to buy, tomato, or bananachutney 50 kilometer before the famous pass, and I never missed a trip to see the sun going under. If I have time, I make a tour going to Cape Aghulas, a little bit neglected, and over Bredasdorp I come back on the N2, than down to Cape Town. Mostly I went to Tygervalley, because my friends live in Durbanville. Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, I have seen it all and yet I want to do this again ASAP, I always look for houses.
I hope that this will support you enough. A friend. But as we are on a music site, post some articles about the south african music.

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2,693 Reply by gitaardocphil

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This is really f*** sad, did they find your car? I can just tell you about cars, that I have a system to track and block the car, AFTER IT IS STOLEN. I am better of to leave my car unlocked, they broke in once, at that time a BMW convertible, they broke a window and stole my documents, and the most strange fact was, that that car was stolen, 3 weeks later, in a very small road, in my village.
I just remember that it was a kind of "fashion" to steal cars, who were ordered.
But answering the chord issue, I think the most expensive guitar chords are ELIXIR, they "live" longer, and are protected by a very thin layer.
But, if you ask if they are better, 50% will answer yes, 50% will answer no.

d' Addario are quit good, if you have Gibson(s), they will be delivered with Gibson strings.
Martin will be delivered with Martin strings

BUT MARTINA, WILL BE DELIVERED IN A VERY SEXY STRING, woehahaha

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2,694 Reply by gitaardocphil

(46 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I agree with everyone here who wrote a reaction, if you read mine, I think that I tried to be very diplomatic. It is useless to discuss with the Gods, because before you know Thor will hit you with his hammer.
SO I WILL JUST ASK ONE QUESTION : WHAT DO YOU DO FOR LIVING? welcome2myhead? I expect a sincere and honest answer, if you don't want to put it here, you're always free to mail me.
It is not difficult to give "super names"  to certain professions.
If you are responsible for cleaning toilets at a rest stop, it will be fantastic to put a tag on your
uniform:
CEO of SANITARY DEPARTMENTS

It sounds nice, and it is a respectable job. I absolutely don't blame you, maybe you were disappointed, because your expectations were to high, but I promess that I will look on the web for sites, if there are sites, where you can find WRITTEN MUSIC.
I wrote you already that there are books, and there you have a point, like I said as example the Beatles, where you can find all their songs written in that way, that you just have to place them in front of your instrument, and there you go. You can have mine, I CAN NOT READ MUSIC.
I am in fact PRO music education at school, the younger you start, the more you can do. Even a 2 year old kid, living in China for 2 years, will talk Chinese, but the older you get, the more it is difficult to learn fast, and also the more "nasty" habits you have.
You are free to join this chordian community, I can only tell you, that most of us are in love with music, and we all try to express our self by playing, or at least playing as good as we can, songs we love. I think that only MOZART, who could play already master pieces at the age of 4/5, I agree, he learned a lot from his father Leopold, I know a lot of music, was able to read all the written music.
The others (without Nicole Kidman of course) and me, we would love to have you on this site, IF you are able to switch the mentality who seems negative, into something positive. WHY? because we can always use opinions, who are  the motor, the heart of CHORDIE.

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2,695 Topic by gitaardocphil

(5 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

As we all know, Neil Young is a very talented songwriter, who really composed a lot of tunes.
BUT: sometimes I can understand, but mostly not: why is he considered as the "father" of grunge music.
There are a few ICONS, like Neil Young and John Fogerty, playing live on their guitar, I am just talking or asking a question concerning the way they play guitar, because in my opinion, how brilliant these artists are, they are certainly not GUITAR GODS. I did NOT say that they are mediocre guitarists, they are not for sure. More evident is, that, especially Neil Young, plays the guitar more with his soul with his hands as working tools.
Is it because of the way he approaches a song playing guitar that they often mention him as the godfather of grunge. I always wanted to know this fact, but I never found a solution.
I hope I can find it on chordie.
Thanks

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2,696 Reply by gitaardocphil

(3 replies, posted in Song requests)

Here it is morning, there it's still night, but I am soooooooooooooooooo glad.
More it seems a pretty good site, but you always find me here hidden somewhere, observing, and helping, I helped when I worked, in fact it's not so nice to tell, I almost hated my job, starting around july 2004. I suffered too much.
Did you see the topic, about the person behind the nick, I didn't check it now, but I have got great responses, meaning at least 20 lines. It looks like people are happy when you ask something more personal, like their job. I REALLY HOPE, just considering what I could read, we have a DOC (me), a FLORIST a BODYGUARD, A HARD WORKER in construction, having almost exactly the same medical problems. I personally would be even kind of jealous if somebody else did post this topic.
I love to know people, and until now, they all wrote a story about them and the job, not giving just an answer like : CEO.
hear you

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2,697 Reply by gitaardocphil

(6 replies, posted in Electric)

I think I have a similar SG, Gibson SG Menace. The coils have exactly the same name as the coils on the more expensive, but here they speak about SMOKEY COILS, still don't know what this means. I do know that the laquer finish is a proces that takes time, saw it visiting the Memphis factory, where the ES 335, and other (semi) hollow bodies are produced. It is impossible to believe that this treatment is cheap, but I see more and more Gibsons who can beat other "low cost" guitars.
Have a flying V also no lacquer, no covers where the coils are. Just wood, electronics, and strings.
It is a very good thing that people can finally buy a Gibson at lower cost, in stead of an Epiphone, with the same price. But and for you and for me, I think to be sure, is to enter a guitar store, taking a SG model with all the options, and to compare

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2,698 Reply by gitaardocphil

(8 replies, posted in Electric)

Congratulations, I really envy you, sitting here behind my PC, admiring first of all your lady, because this must be really an expression of love.
With my former girlfriend, I had to hide my telecaster, a california beach model and only available in Europe. Almost one year later she saw the guitar, a dirty light green one, but hidden between my collection, and she did not at all react as your wife did.
The telecaster is a super guitar, and especially if you see the simplicity of this instrument.
By the way MY BIRTHDAY is the 7th of December.
You will really enjoy your tele, take good care of her (and the tele)

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2,699 Reply by gitaardocphil

(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hello there newbie, welcome to the club of chordians, I am member since January, and I have the impression that this site starts to grow like hell.
I was just curious what you wanted to say with WAH FACE. Please do, we love every ones opinion, and every question needs and deserves an answer.

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2,700 Reply by gitaardocphil

(27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Splendid, to have on a such a short time already so many responses, even more fascinating is the fact that everyone seems to write more about their feelings, about what they really are, I didn' expect such a long answers, but it feels so good just to know and to learn to know the person behind the name. I do agree, I worked as a horse, probably more, and I encountered a lot of things, I even have a manuscript here in my PC, titled THE EXPRESSION, of THE IMPRESSION of a DEPRESSION, shame on me, I finished it in 2001. PROBLEM: a lot of people were very interested in this manuscript and, it is maybe selfish, my biggest problem is, because I had a very bad depression, lost about 30% of patients back then, it is these days in the top 3 of health care problems. We all know that suicide is a big problem, and back then, I was really high on the list. What saved me was the knowledge, even not being interested, that there will be always a turning point. I almost committed suicide BUT NOT IN A PHYSICAL WAY, IN A MENTAL WAY, blowing up all the existing bridges. I still don't understand that being interested in NOTHING, I still had the courage to go to the South African Embassy, and to prepare everything to settle me there. Yet I am still here, girl thing, so I stayed and started to write. I hope that I can arrange things sooner or later, but because I live from the insurances, and the one who pays the most do not pay any longer, if I earn even 20 cent. Give it to others? allright, but you take the essence of the book away. We'll see.

The jobs we do or did are all so beautiful, isn't it beautiful to do what you love?
Flowers, probably harder than it looks. A lot of people judge others because they earn a lot of money, but they forget ONE thing, they are ignorant about what we do, the hours we spend, the stress we have, and like mhebert writes so clear: YOU NEED SOMETHING TO ESCAPE REALITY, some use drugs, WE USE MUSIC, it can be Mozart, it can be METALLICA but most important is WE HAVE A MUSIC INSTRUMENT, it helped me a lot after my car crash, and I started to collect guitars= no waisted money, a real very good investment, and I play these beauties.
I must say, that being a bodyguard is really nice, like you wrote meeting people, artists, but I think, am I right, that this job leads to a tremendous responsability.
The most important fact for a bodyguard is BEING A WELL TRAINED PERSON, WITH EXCEPTIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS, am I right? SEE, HEAR and BE SILENT. I like to chat one day concerning this job, also every job has his good points, and to push away the bad things, we have MUSIC. I really hope that this topic is a nice one and as I wrote I am amazed, how we all write a lot of lines, it is beautiful to imagine all of you and to read the passion of your jobs.
LOVE YOU ALL

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