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I'm not a big fan but i have taken an interest with the tournament being so close. I think europe are gonna pull a few points back today judging by the way play ended last night. Saying that its been raining hard all night.

Topdown, Wales is a beautful country and you should be proud of your connection. We pretty much have every landscape crammed into a very small area. It's very green and hilly, the people are friendly but fiercly patriotic, and oh yeh, we love a few beers ;?)

Here are the lyrics, hope you enjoy.

Dossers in their dirty clothes just begging for some cash
They say they want a Bic Mac Meal but they’re off to buy some hash
Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Big Issue wielding salesmen, embarrassed at what they do
They should have listened to their mums when they were all in school
Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Oh so many people yet I’ve never felt so alone
A dirty alien landscape I can’t wait ‘til I get home
Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Children pushing pushchairs, look out they’re coming through
They must be barely in their teens knocked up my Mr Hughes
Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Oh so many people yet I’ve never felt so alone
A dirty alien landscape I can’t wait ‘til I get home
Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Assumptions and Presumptions are very hard not to do
Watch out for those first impressions or shame will be on you
Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Oh so many people yet I’ve never felt so alone
A dirty alien landscape I can’t wait ‘til I get home
Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Oh your in Queen Street, your in Queen Street

Cheers both, BV I'll try and put the lyrics up later.

Thanks for the comments especially DM for the link, that was great help.

Well, I got home early last night, cleared the kitchen table, covered it in a towel and away I went.

First I measured the gap between the low E and string and the first fret and I measured it as 0.6 to 0.7mm (sorry you guys over the pond who work in inches). I then placed a capo on the first fret and measured the gap between the low E and 2nd fret and although there was a gap it was not measureable with my steel ruler but I would guess 0.25mm.

So, before slackening the strings I scored around both edges of the nut with a modelling knife to stop the liqueur chipping when it was removed.  Then I loosened the strings enough so that I could lift them out of the grooves in the nut and pull them to the side.  Then I scored along either side of the nut with a knife.

Then with the end of chop stick and wooden spoon (improvisation or what) I gently tapped the nut from either end to try and loosen it but it wouldn’t move.  Then I got my modelling knife and gently squeezed it between the nut and neck and up she pops without any force at all.

Then marked a pencil line around the base of the nut about 0.25mm from the base, I didn’t want to sand to this line straight off, I just wanted to use it as a guide to see how much I was taking off and make sure what I was taking off was even.  I got a sheet of medium grade sandpaper and held it flat on the table and with the other hand rubbed the nut on it making sure there was even pressure on the length of the nut.  It’s then a case of replacing the nut and tuning in both E strings and measuring the gap, it took 2 goes to get it about right so I then tightened all the strings, tuned up and had a play and it was incredible the difference it makes. 

So finally I removed the nut again and dabbed a little glue on the underside and fitted again making sure that the nut was firmly set into the grove before tuning.  After tuning I lifted all the strings from the guitar individually and retuned as they’d all went a little flat as I guess the nut was being forced back into place.

I can’t tell you how happy I am with the result, it’s a massive improvement even when playing open chords.  The guitar seems to have more sustain and tone but that may be because it’s far easier to finger chords.   One thing I didn’t expect to find was that it’s easier to barre with a capo, I guess it’s because the strings are under less stress because they are now closer to the frets?

Fantastic but man I am green with envy!

Hopefully with a lot of hard work, in 2 or 3 years I'll pop my cherry too but for now I can only imagine...

Welcome Dirty Ed.

Steady on tiger!

Same here, I don't come on here as much as I did because there is far less discussion going on, even since I've been a member, it's a vicious circle really.   We should all make a pact to post more often.

Hello Alvee,
Yeh great time thanks in Llangennith on the gower. 3 of us took guitars and we had a great time playing out in the open. No probs with the guitar, i didn't even have retune which surprised me.  Can't wait for next time in a few weeks.

cheers bensonp, and yes i suppose i am that way inclined. I'll crack one open for you, cheers.

This thread actually made me so ashamed that it forced me to learn a few songs off memory (see my post above).  So I learned Rockin in the Free World by Neil Young, Down Under by Men at Work and Zombie by the Cranberries.  I can also play a few more nearly all the way through but not quite. 

My opinion on this subject it is that your song books/sheets or whatever you use make you lazy.  Take any song, when you see it on paper it’s full of verses, choruses, bridges, intros, outros etc and on top of that there are the lyrics with chord changes thrown in as well!  But when you actually “look† at the song there are the same chord sequences all the way through perhaps with a different order for the chorus and an odd chord in the bridge.  Pretty easy when you break it down into parts. 

The best thing I did was start playing songs without my books and even when you go wrong don’t be tempted to refer to your book to check that chord you can’t remember, try and suss it out yourself, you’ll find the chords stick in your memory far better that way.

So don’t be lazy and learn a tune!