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I didn't think to have such an amount of answers.

Yes there also other famous dead artists, I saw LYNARD SKYNARD, same thing: JOHN DENVER, STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, THE PLANE WITH BUDDY HOLLY, RICHIE VALENS, THE BIG BOPPER, all died in a plain crash - ELVIS PRESLEY, addicted on too much "drugs" both legal and illegal. I know also a lot concerning this problem, because I had a very good, big source: my profession. I might be create a topic CONCERNING drug USE + drug ABUSE

I still want TO KNOW WHY IN MOST OF THE CASES, THAT ARTISTS ARE SELLING, AND EARNING THE MONEY, GOING HAND IN HAND WITH THE RECORD SALES. Strange fact: a lot of them wheren't still yet SUPERSTARS. Even JIMI HENDRIX wasn't at that time, and to be more specific, in the USA. That's why he spend so much time in England, where they saw his talent. Combine talent with the LENGHT OF HIS FINGERS: they where very long, he could reach and use chords, where other guitar players dreamed of this. I am not kidding, he had real very long fingers. He also scared some people with a solid guitar name, CLAPTON, PAGE, BECK and others. Same thing with JANIS JOPLIN, she was known, but not that much, and I have to say, they started to have a name, in the WOODSTOCK concert in '69.

BUT THE BIG MONEY CAME FROM VERY, VERY HIGH RECORDS SALE

and THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T UNDERSTAND. Who, meaning "chordians" has a theory or a ratial suspicion?.

I like THE WORD " CHORDIANS", of course derived from CHORDIE, is it a nice word moderators?

There are guitar players, playing quit clean, but with the speed of sound. I don't need "the BEST player"

One of the fastest world wide guitar players is for sure: Yngwie MALMSTEEN. In the same speed category, we can probably add, Joe BONAMASSA. And last but not least MICHAEL ANGELO

Has anybody experience with "speed"players, VAI is ok and Satriani, but this topic is about speed.

I was told, and I looked around for a long time on the internet and reading, that when you see the prices of GIBSON LP STANDARD 58-60 are so high because of some "authorities in vintage guitars", drive up the prices.

If you take a genuine fender strat from the beginning up to the so called pre-factory fenders, that at this time it is the best investment you can make. Prices between 20.000$ and 70.000$ are prices you can see, more specific on eBay: JUST TO BUY A PIECE OF WOOD with simple mechanics and strings

I love topics, you can learn so much on this fenomenal CHORDIESITE, I mean it, I don't know how to thank the people behind chordie. You find a lot of information, you can share your opinion, and I am not talking about the songs and the transposing with semi-tones.

2 topics.

- there are more people with a limited budget, than people who don't have to worry, spending money to buy a guitar.

That is the reason I have 2 lists, each with 5 guitars, but you are welcome to add more. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS AND WILL BE, YOU SHOULD TRY OUT IN "ONE" DAY THOSE GUITARS and to COMPARE them. I agree, you can not compare a Porsche with a VW Beetle,(but what you can do is make a list, with the expensive cars you like) and thje cheaper cars you like) So my topic is about guitars you own, your expensive dream guitars, and probably more realistic, what guitar should I purchase under 500$. Don't forget Martin has a affordable guitar, dark brown, model D-15. Don't remember the price. 700$ I think. Don't be afraid to buy on eBay, the only problem is the 0,1% of bad people. But that uyou can avoid: see eBay.

List 1: expensive guitars, which are the best. I have myself 2 brands. A specification, like HD-28 or D-45 NOT

1) Martin

2) Collings

3) Taylor

4) Gibson

5) Santa Cruz. (musicians who play in fingerpicking style prefer this one.

6) All the beautiful and very good guitars I forgot, like Lowden, or a handmade guitar for you. The market value of a personal guitar: no clue!!

You have after this the range between 500$ and 1500$, like takamine, used a lot, not too expensive, but already starting to move towards the more expensive, you see them a lot (endorsement is pushing up the prices), Ovation. Do also remember, that you add at least 500$ for the "brandname", and especially, the kind of wood they use. One of the most expensive guitars on the market is the MARTIN D-50 K2 Deluxe with a price around 45.000$

VERY GOOD ACOUSTICS BETWEEN 100$ and 500$.I will try to add price ranges, and I AM NOT ENDORSED or CONTAZCTED BY BRANDS (it is a pity, they should do it.)

- Seagull (between 350 and 450$

- yamaha F310 Jumbo: 150$, revieuws say that this is a very good price/quality, special for starters, or (amateur) musicians, who do not play professional, or prefer electrics. It seems a very good guitars for beginners.

- washburn D10S: 250$, described as the best selling acoustic, and a great guitar for this price, having a very clean sound, just like their expensive collueges.

- Ibanez IJV50: price around 100$, and it seems to be again a very good guitar, with a ridicul low price.

- Rogue RA-100D Dreadnought: 80$, comments are also very postive, it has a genuine spruce top, and even active musicians use this guitar.

- Epiphone acoustics going from 80$ (WITH A LOT OF POSITIVE REVIEUWS)to 300$ for the hummingbird and dove,to the Jumbo EJ-200 350$.

- Dean: electro-acoustic between 250-300$.

What SHOULD I DO: I should try more the brand, acoustic epiphone, because of the price range, between 80$ up to $500, and that brand of guitar is popular, meaning that you will find it in a lot of musicstores, to try out.

Don't forget the line 6, variax acoustic, more specific the 700, more expensive, more than 1000$, but easy to play, and containing a lot of acoustic guitar sounds.

For an acoustic amp: take a look, BEHRINGER and CRATE.

And when you buy an acoustic, please take one with a 100W capacity. I have a Marshall 100w acoustic amp, also VERY useful to plug your electric guitar in and you will be amazed with the crystal clear sound.

More info: surf to the different on-line music stores, to have a better idea for your guitar.

I DO HOPE THAT THIS TOPIC IS USEFUL, I really took a lot of time to create this.

2)

This topic is in the line of plagiarism and yet it is completely different. You play music very fluent, you are travelling with a small recording device, why? because you are a musician and inspiration doesn't depend on time.

You see a few, poor people, playing and singing on the street,; you record a few songs, and finally you make a song from the stuff you recorded, on a trip, played by those people. BEST EXAMPLE: the WORLDWIDE HIT: THE MACARENA, selling millions of records. The street musicians listening to the radio, hear THEIR song, and I am pretty shure that a situation like this happens more than you think, even without a recording device, because of that "catchy" tune that stays, a lot even unconscious, in your head. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS PROBLEM, HOW TO SOLVE IT, HOW TO PROTECT it, because often those street musicians don't have rights on their song. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT ONE, you only have 7 major chords, and even years later, often triggered by another song, you have that tune again. Why triggered: start telling jokes, alone you will remember maybe 5 jokes, but in company you will remember 10 times more jokes.

I live in Belgium, we have a national institute to bring your song in, purpose: Proving that you (or the band) and only you have written a song. By multiple factors, your song sells millions of copies, you have a decent contract, or receive one, suggestion, take always 1 or 2 lawyers when you sign that contract.(see John Fogerty, the man was probably to "euforic", signing with FANTASY, they get probably paid a lot of money at that time, but they forgot, probably to read also the small letters. Result, NO RIGHT TO PERFORM SINGING CCR SONGS. Finally, since a couple of years, he can sing these songs again. His company now: FANTASY RECORDS. They must have given him a very special contract, especially after what happened.

What and how, are the rules for, maybe the best choice here is a "coverband" or a "tribute band", no records, no CD's just performing for sometimes a lot of people. They can mix it with their own songs. Who and what kind of rights do they have, and how to control it?.

Do me a favour, something else but very related to this topics, look for a band called THE RUTLES, a super good movie, very good songs: members: MONTHY PYTHON. If you have songs of these guys, you will be convinced that this are REAL BEATLES SONGS, never before on the market.

It is amazing. I just wanted to know, again, if they are violating laws, they just did this as a kind of respect, but really a complete parody, on the beatles, the songs the hype, the screaming women. GO FIND THE RUTLES.