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Hi Pixm and welcome to Chordie,
This question gets asked a lot and in reality only you can decide what suits you. Your best bet is to visit your local music stores and try out their stock until you find one that feels good in your hands, sounds as like and suits your wallet.
Personally I do not care what the label says on it, I play the guitar not the brand name, what feels good and sounds right is the guitar to choose.
Please let us know how you get on and what you end up buying.
Roger
James,
What can I say. This song is completely NUTS, still as I am probably the biggest nut on Chordie I must say that I like it and look forward to hearing your rendition. 
Roger
Unlike an acoustic guitar, the sound from an electric is controlled mainly from the type of pick-ups, the position on the pick-ups, the amplifier, the settings on the amplifier and effects pedals so the actual strings have little effect. So for electric I suggest you use what suits you, light gauge strings will be better for bending and easier on the fingers. An acoustic however is a completely different ball game and the strings will have a big effect on the quality of the sound.
Roger
Hi Telemaster,
In my opinion you have some work to do to turn these words into a song.
Firstly. The lines in your verses are very inconsistant, they are 11, 10, 7, 4, 7 which will make it very difficuly to compose a melody to.
Secondly. The metre of your lines is even more inconsistant. The first verse has the following beats in each line 4, 4, 8, 9, 5, 3, 3, 7, 7, 5, 4 and I will leave the others for you work out. Unlike a poem you can get away with some variation in a song, but as it stands there is too much here, although you could combine some short lines to make one longer one.
So my suggestion is to sit down and and re-write by combining short lines, adding or deleting words to get a similar number of beats in each line. For instance, the fourth line "I try so hard but it never seems" could have the word "so" omitted to reduce it or "I try" could be changed to "I have tried" to increase it without losing the meaning of what is being said.
Of course then, to make it a song, it has to have music. So sit with your guitar and keep trying variations of chord changes whilst reading your words and hopefully you will find something that suits. Alternatively re-post the revised words and ask for help with the music.
Others may have different ideas but that is mine and I hope it helps.
Good luck,
Roger
Whatever guitar suits the guitarist!
Speed comes from the skill of the player so the type, make, model and set-up of the guitar will be what that particular guitarist is comfortable with.
Roger
Hi EPPY3 and welcome to Chordie,
Many electro/acoustic guitars have a 9 volt battery housed in a cradle and will not work through an amp if it is flat, so before you take anything apart please check the battery.
Roger
Hi Seriousfun,
Your sign-on name is not really compatible with your song subject nevertheless I did enjoy listening to your recording and I notice there are 6 others there which I shall listen to later.
A good song and an excellent recording, thank you.
Roger
Hi Ken,
About time we had a song from you, it has been a while. I bet there is one very happy little girl in your house, her daddy has written and recorded a song for her and put it on the internet with her photo for the world to see.
A lovely, lighthearted song. Unfortunately our children grow up far too fast, but I suppose there are then grandchildren to look forward to (although not for a few years yet in your case).
Roger
Hi Fyrgi,
If you look in the 'Songs' section you will find several listings for Sweet Surrender by other artist. Maybe one of them is the same as the John Denver version you are looking for.
Roger
Hi Lieven,
Have a great holiday, relax, unwind and get the internal batteries re-charged. Don't forget though that there are 170,000 Chordie Members and they will all want a stick of rock
Roger
Hi Ark,
A very beautiful piece, soothing and relaxing. I could easily imagine this being used in a film between spoken parts and where some not too rapid travelling across land or water is involved.
Roger
Lieven,
For safety blank shells are used for a gun salute and not live rounds.
Roger
I have sent you some MP3's of Fado songs where you can hear the style of playing the Portuguese guitar. I hope you have recieved them and that they are of help.
Roger
How about "Let Them Eat Cake". Joan of Arc said it. famous quote
Sorry SixString, this phrase is usually attributed to Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution, suggesting that, as there was a shortage of bread the commoners should eat cake instead. However there is much doubt and speculation as to who actually coined the phrase but Joan of Arc does not get a mention I'm afraid.
In spite of that it is still a good name for a band.
Roger
Having been let loose in a guitar shop for a few days I have had time to examine some of the stock and there are two Art & Lutherie acoustics on the wall. Made in Quibec, Canada, using 95% Canadian timber and with a satin finish, they appear to be well made. They are certainly set up fine from the factory and easy to play although like most guitars they would benefit from a little tweaking. A lovely tone and at a reasonable price, well worth a look.
Roger
Hi Daddycool,
There is just the thing for you - a Tanglewood copy of a Gibson 335. I have given it a work out this morning and the action is very good with a great sound from the humbuckers. I have posted a photo for you at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_guppy/2516038452/ You will find one locally priced in the region of £280.00 but if you want to pop over to Portugal this weekend I will let you give it a workout yourself .
Russ, sorry there are no '58 telecasters on the walls.
Badeye, pop over I would welcome your help but I have to tell you that although the pay is not good there are some perks, beautiful guitars and senoritas abound, but don't tell Gem!!
Roger
James and Toney, you have it in one - it is a bit like Christmas when Santa brings you everything you wanted.
Russ I will check the Telecasters tomorrow. Howard has spent some time in the States
Ken I certainly plan to have fun thanks. In some ways I want it to be busy so I do well for Howard but in others I want to put 'closed' on the door and just indulge myself.
Hi Goonie,
If you look at the first posting from Bob Scott you will see that he is from Portugal and he placed it here on 11th September 2007 but he has since made no further postings. I replied to him on the following day and was hoping for further response from him as I am fairly sure that I have seen him perform and was hoping to confirm this. Alas he does not seem to have found his way bach to us.
Roger
Hey Zucko,
That was just my opinion. It is your song and if you like it the way that it is then keep it like that. You are free to try my, or anyone else's, suggestions and if you agree fine, if you don't then that is fine too, remember it is YOUR song, no-one else's.
It is always difficult interpreting someone else's song with just the lyrics and chords as there is no way of knowing that the melody is. This is why I keep trying to persuade, coerse or bully Members into recording their songs as the actual intended song is usually very different from what I (or anyone else) has envisaged.
Also recording is a very good tool as it gives you the chance to listen properly to your songs which you cannot do whist playing and singing them and gives you the oportunity to fine tune them.
Anyway I will get off my recording 'hobby-horse' now.
Roger
I like this song too,
It plays very well and is also fun to play along with your recording of it. It is a good recording too
Well done and thank you.
Roger
Nice one Zurf,
I could not help thinking that if I could invent a cannine version of 'Tena Lady' (a discrete pad for a ladies little accidents) that I keep seeing on the TV, then perhaps I could make a fortune.
Great fun song and you have my sympathies.
Roger
Hi Lieven,
Please take note of what has been said here. Write songs that you like, or to convey a message to a friend, in a style that suits you, but do it for yourself. The time it takes is not important if it gives you pleasure unless it is encroaching on time that should have been spent on something more important. I guess that with your physical disability it will take you longer than some to write one but the counter arguement to that is that you probably have more time to devote to it anyway.
So if it gives you pleasure and harms no one else then DO IT whether anyone else likes it or not.
Roger
Hi Goonie,
Like most others I loved the lyrics to your song and agree that there is a lot of potential but it is not helped with having each line starting raggedly about halfway across the page and unless I am reading it wrong every verse has a different chord sequence which will mean a different melody. I do however feel that with a bit of work this could be a very good song.
I would like to hear a recording of this song, in fact, I would love you to prove my comments wrong and have a great song just as it stands.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Zucko,
As Rebel has found out it is not always easy to put a rhythm to chords and lyrics but I think I have got it sorted although it is a pity you are unable to record it as that would have been a great help.
A good song, well done, although from a purely personal point of view I felt that it would have been improved if the chorus were not used quite as much.
Thank you,
Roger
Hi Jeff,
A nice way to remember where you spent your youth. Having spent most of my younger years in Lincolnshire which is probably the flattest county in the UK, I always find hilly and mountainous country very interesting.
Thank you and well done,
Roger
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