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Micky

I've tried the Epiphone Dot Deluxe Flametop Semi-Hollow (copy of Gibson ES335) and it sounded very good ... I had always been curious as to the sounds of a semi-hollow and decided to give it a try ... I went to GuitarCenter and plugged a Gibson ES335 it into a Marshall MG30DFX and was blown away by the sound ... not being able to afford a $2500+ price tag I tried out the Epiphone version ($449) and it sounded great ... mind you not as beautiful as the Gibson but it still sounded great ... my next guitar purchase will be that one ... the tones were wonderful and perfect for your U2, Cult type rock tones

I'd highly recommend it ... I'm not that big on the dot inlays since I prefer the Gibson Traps better but all-in-all, it sounds great

That's one of my favorite shows to watch and that particular show in Scotland was great ... I didnt realize the weather was so dramatic up that far!  I never went up to Edinburgh for New Years like a lot of young military people did when I was stationed in England ... but every one of them said they had a blast up there

Ape

I play a lot of powerchord stuff ... so far the only thing I've been able to do with any conversion is changing open chords to powerchords ... for acoustic stuff it's rare that doing that type of switch works ... as for your minors, 7th's, etc. I haven't been able to convert those to powerchords

Aside from powerchords, I often use cheater chords when I can't barre something ... for example on an Iron Maiden song called Prodigal Son, the chord progression during one section goes like this:  A / B / C / B / E and then A / B / C/ B / D ... I do the A chord open then instead of doing a Barre B and C, I slide the open A formation down two frets (4th fret) and do the open B version then slide the same A pattern down one fret to the 5th fret for another open C ... technically it's a barre but I don't barre it ... it's still close enough in pitch that it works

When I can finally do barre chords on acoustic without it sounding like crap, I'll make the switch .. but in the mean time, you go with what works for you

Alvee - I remember going by the White Cliffs of Dover ... very pretty out that way ... I'm pretty sure I ventured over by Portsmouth, Great Yartmouth, Cambridge and Thetford ... I loved the atmosphere in Cambridge ... if I would have known they had a football club I would have went to a few matches

I do want to visit Ireland one day ... when I get stationed in Germany in a few years I'll be sure to make the tripe

I agree SP ... NOTHING beats eating over an open flame in the wild ... I miss it ... eating an MRE over an open flame isnt the same!

I've actually tried this song and it's a little complicated so I put it aside (the tempo is killing me) ... I'll try and research the intro for you today and explain the intro

Yeehaw

The majority of the time, I'll play the chord listed and not look at the suggested finger positioning ... sometimes people use what I call "hybrid" formations of certain chords ... play the chord that is listed and if it sounds right, go with it ... if it doesnt sound right, try the "hybrid" formation ... you can always use the chord chart here on Chordie to find different formations of the same chord

In regards to the 4 / 7 you see by chord formations, this tells you what fret to play the chord on

Let me know what you think ... I'm actually selling mine for $199 on Craigslist here in San Antonio ... I'm not playing as much metal as I thought and my Gibson Les Paul does well with Hard Rock tones

Good pick-up on Drivin' N' Cryin' Pix ... great song not many know about

I speak from experience when it comes to the iPod ... I've owned 4+ iPods ... the reason?  The hard drive in them tends to crap out after a year or so ... I had a 60G / 30G / and 2 - 4Gs ... in all of them the hard drive went and the only way to get it fixed is to send it to Apple and have them repair it which is more than the iPod is worth ...

I've been meaning to try the Zune but my current iPod shuffle hasn't crapped out on me yet but WHEN it does, I'm going with the Zune next