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Last Friday evening, a cord caught around the leg of one of my guitar stands, sending my Larrivee towards the hardwood floor. Some old hockey goaltending reflexes came back, and I caught it on my instep just before it hit the floor ... whew! Anyway, that highly motivated me to head down to the local Long & McQuade's and pick up wall hangers, and they're now solidly mounted. My Stanley stud-finder helped me find solid wood to fasten them to, so no anchors were needed. A close call with a good ending!

Thanks for a very timely post, Russell!

What a great question, BGD;

I expect I'll be using it for fairly subtle stuff, as I'm not really into aggressive music. I've had a couple people speak very highly of the Schaller, but it's fairly expensive. Lifeson's is a Floyd Rose as already said, so I may end up with that.

Several folk on line have said that the Bigsby tremolos really lessen the sustain a lot. Aside of them looking very bulky, that would also be a "vote against" in my view.

"Good on ya!" (Australia), "Kudos!" (USA), "Jolly good!" (Britain), and "Way to go, eh?" (Canada).

Thanks guys;

The "Noise Gate" works pretty well, but deadens the sound a bit (like old strings). I simply hung a quilt on the opposite wall, and if I sit / stand facing it with my back to the amp, there's no feedback even when very loud. My wife probably won't miss the quilt until the next time we have company, so all's good (hopefully).

Thanks guys;

I think Phill is dead on about me adding some sound dampening to the room, as it has almost none. If I stand in the opposite corner and face away from it, it's definitely less ... but if I'm enjoying some heavier O/D + effects at volume, it'll still squeal some.

Oh my ...

Hey Z;

First off, good on you for volunteering for this kind of thing. I'll guarantee that the kids probably won't remember your musical performance, as much as they'll recall you "being there" to help encourage them. Well done!

On the accompaniment side of things, that should come quickly with a bit of practice. My wife and I used to run the young peoples group at our church, and I found that capturing their singing rhythm with my toe-tapping gave me a metronome to work with. Hopefully this wee tip will be helpful, but your involvement is the really important part of this ... it's a good gig that serves others.

Ian has repeatedly joked publicly about that award, and the band were as surprised as everyone at the time. A great deal of their material has been to mock the music industry, the critics, the publicists, etc., especially with "Thick as a Brick". Jethro Tull (like Steely Dan and a few others) are one of those bands whom no one has ever really duplicated. Their sound and style are unique.

Sorry about the British beer thing, Phil ... totally undeserved as you say. My wife's from England (Cromer, Norfolk Co.), and we have this ongoing banter.

The chorus for the Genesis tune "Ripples" contains a Gmaj7 which I can't get to smoothly from either the A or E before it. Blasted little finger responds slowly to that reach across the neck to the 4th string ... more practice!

I agree with Guitaardophil about Paul Simon's "50 Ways" ... tricky combos.

It would seem that vocalists who stay within their natural range don't seem as affected by age, such as Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) and others already mentioned. BGD mentioned the importance of technique, witnessed to by some of the great operatic tenors who have kept their range throughout their entire lives (Ben Hepner, Luciano Pavarotti, etc.) Opera ranks very low on my "fave scale", but a person can't help but admire the skill.