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Very stand up comment, much respect.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

April the 20th is pretty dang popular here as well.....................  4/20

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29

Al V,

   I like what I'm hearing from you! And regarding your habit of watching a mediocre guitarist perform,  I am grateful for people like you, you keep me and all the other small time working musicians employed, thank you! You keep absorbing information from Chordie and you'll soon be the guy the bar patrons are watching. I understand what you're saying though. During my slow gigs there might 10 or less people watching/listening but 10 is better than 0 anyday. I look at it as quality over quantity. How's the old saying go; "If life hands you lemons, buy a bottle of tequilla and call a friend....."or words to that effect.

Secondly, if a person starting out on Guitar Hero/music video games evolves to a real guitar(or any other instrument), I'm all for it. I personally though, as a lifelong musician will most likely not spend my hard earned money on a musical video game for my children.(unless they really want it!?!?) At the same time I do not look down upon those who do.

Enjoying our discussion,
SouthPaw41L

I kind of get what you're saying here Alvee but personally I believe a CD or a DVD is a much better tool of exposure for music. And yes a very, very small appreciation for what's involved in creating the music could be possible in these "games". A 21 fret guitar has 126 individual notes, a Guitar Hero "Guitar" has like 4 or 5 notes, right? My major beef isn't with bands/musicians trying to make a dollar but instead with the lack of young people buying musical instruments. Instead the youngsters are spending their(or their parents) money on video games. I cringe to think of the image 30years from now people buying a ticket to watch a video game concert!?!? The newspaper headline would read " Johnny so and so has the two fastest thumbs in the universe!"
I guess I'm just old fashioned in the modern electronic movement.

Hi Roger,
This, in my opinion, is your best one yet! I recently read a story about a US Marine who was photographed carring a small Iraqi child out of harms way during a war conflict. The guy was injured and subsequently sent home a highly heralded hero. He quickly became a recluse, alienated himself from his wife, their two young children, all of his veteran friends, and ended up passing away from huffing paint. Your song makes me think of this particular situation and how dangerous 'just one hit' can be. Life isn't always sunshine and flowers, sometimes it's the exact opposite, metaphorically speaking, and you have captured the dark side amazingly. Thanks for sharing.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

Eddie Vedder is one of rock-n-rolls most underrated singers. He isn't afraid to give props to his idols (i.e. Neil Young and Roger Daltrey) I have the utmost respect for Mr. Vedder as a singer/songwriter/musician. I'd  give my almost perfect hairline(ahem) to work with the guy. Besides, wigs are cool....

Mixter102,
Lemme ask you a question. When you do your measurement to determine string gap space, do you measure from the string to the  fret, or from the string to the fret board. I'm thinking it's the fret because the initial point of contact is the fret, not the fretboard? Am's I's correct? 
Do you play out? If so please contribute to my "Tell us about your gigs" forum in the "My Local Band" section.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

ps- I deleted my "I'm not mad at you post" because after proofreading it, I didn't like the tone I conveyed. I like productive, educating, friendly conversation and I wasn't feelin' it from that post. Good luck with your playing.

DUDE,

I cut this article from Guitar Player, Thought it may be of some interest to you.

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Some things that can cause poor intonation are:

Incorrect positioning of the saddle or bridge This error renders the strings either too long causing intonation to be flat or too short causing the instrument to play sharp. This can be a problem with the saddles crown or the actual position of the saddles slot on an acoustic guitar.

High action  An instrument with high action will of course cause the string to be stretched further before contacting the fret, this stretching sharpens the note slightly. High action at the nut is particularly troublesome as chords played in the 1st to 3rd position can sound terribly out of tune.

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Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

In learning music from a band who has so much going on as Coldplay does, you're best off to do what you can with the totality of the song and pick little pieces from the rhythym guitar, the hook riffs, the piano, the keyboards, and the general beat of the song, and do your thing with it. I play several Coldplay songs solo and they're deep, well written songs. Although my versions don't sound "just like the record" most people appreciate my efforts. After you learn your Coldplay songs, go back and listen to them closely and compare your interpretation of the tune. Many times I'll use this method and feel satisfied with my version and other times I'll notice something crucial to the song that I've left out. I guess what I'm attempting to say in a long-winded way is do the best you can, play within your abilities, and don't be overly obsessed with imitating exactly the song you're trying to learn. I'll watch the "See You Soon" video and get back to you if I can figure it out.

On acoustic guitars, in most cases, intonation and string height are related as peanut butter and jelly are, as tea and cookies are, as Simon and Garfunkel are...You dig? If the strings are too high, the intonation will be off, If the strings are too low, the buzz will override the sweet sounds....... thus creating a mess and utter frustration as one plays higher upon yer guitar neck. I'm real good at telling my guitar tech(paid repair man) at what's wrong with my guitars. But I'm not good at all at fixing said problems. I've tried to do it myself and set myself back at pretty penny in fixing what I wronged. It is ALWAYS best to have a reputable, experienced guitar repairman to work on yer guitar. Fixing these little boxes of melodic magic is an art in itself and I highly recommend leaving the fixin' to the fixin' artists............

Maybe you should do some sit-ups or consider switching to stretchable briefs, or even loose fitting boxers.

Bad attempt at humor...... Just go to your local music store and ask for G strings to match the ones you busted. Take the broken ones into the store or the package they came in and they(the music store) should have a big box of  individual strings to suit your needs.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

*****ammended note(afterthought to prevous reply);*********

And another item i neglected to mention ; Most music stores WILL NOT break up a set of Elixers. It's pretty much all or nothing with 'dem bad boys. There are however other alternative coated string and they all sound pretty much the same to the novice ear