• From: Nottingham, UK
  • Registered: 2006-08-08
  • Posts: 690

Topic: Have You Hugged Your Guitar Today?

Yes, rainy day, got the electric out as my acoustic strings are shot (tried 10s but they've gone jangly horrible super quick, buying 12s next week). Ran through the song books and discovered some rockers. Had fun with 'I Only Want To Be With You', the G Em change is so rock'n'roll - dug out my old Tourists LP and their version... really sucks, sounded great at the time but now the production sounds stifling and the drums robotic, only Annie Lennox's voice redeems it.

Also got teeth into the Undertones, playing 'Get Over You' as B A E, D E, G C D. Chordie has it as A D E but that sounds wrong to me, starting on B really kicks up the distrotion and the slip to A then E seems right. Tried listening to the record but it's tricky, the Undertones have two electric guitars dowing different things but right on top of each other in the mix, or at least that's how it sounds to me.

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  • From: PA, USA
  • Registered: 2007-08-06
  • Posts: 42

Re: Have You Hugged Your Guitar Today?

Yes I have...as my siggy line suggests, I do EVERYday!!!

HAVE YOU
     HUGGED YOUR GUITAR
                                 TODAY??

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3 Reply by HannahBeth (edited by last_rebel 2007-08-19 13:57:14)

  • From: Texas
  • Registered: 2007-07-31
  • Posts: 950

Re: Have You Hugged Your Guitar Today?

lol yup just got done with  tune ive been working on but now im upset cuz its in three parts and i can't play an electric and an acoustic at the same time sad
Sounds really cool though so anybody that wants to try it out with a buddy or two (sadly im all alone):

has kind of a blues type rythym

ACOUSTIC GUITAR

l-------------------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------------l
l---------------1--------------------------------l
l--2--2---2--------2---------------------------l       
l------------------------3^5-------0---------l    then strum E (alternating to E7)

REPEAT^^

l--------------------------------------------l
l--------------------------2----------------l
l----------0----2--------------------------l    strum A (A7)
l--2---------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------l 

l-------------------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------------l
l---------------1--------------------------------l
l--2--2---2--------2---------------------------l       
l------------------------3^5----0---------l    then strum E (alternating to E7)

l--------------------------------------------l
l--------------------------2----------------l
l----------0----2--------------------------l    strum B ((upstrokes here)) then A and A7
l--2---------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------l 

l-------------------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------------l
l-------------------------------------------------l
l---------------1--------------------------------l           E and E7
l--2--2---2--------2---------------------------l       
l------------------------3^5-------0---------l 

ELECTRIC- kind of a cleanish bluesy tone

Okay don't play anything untill the acoustic player gets to his strumming part on each stanza...

l-------------------------------------------------l
l--------5 5------8------5----------5----------l
l--------------------------------7---------------l
l------------------------------------------------l
l------------------------------------------------l       X2
l------------------------------------------------l

l----------------------------------------------
l---------------------------------------------
l-------------------------5---------------5------
l-----------5-------7--------5-----7-------------
l---------------------------------------------
l-------------------------------------------



l-------------------------------------------------l
l--------5 5------8------5----------5----------l
l--------------------------------7---------------l
l------------------------------------------------l
l------------------------------------------------l       
l------------------------------------------------l


l-----------------------------------------------------------
l------------------------------------------------------------
l---------4/3/4---4/3/4----4/3/2---0h2----0h2--2p0--2p0h2--------------------
l----------------------------------------------------------------
l---------------------------------------------------------------
l-----------------------------------------------------------


l-------------------------------------------------l
l--------5 5------8------5----------5----------l
l--------------------------------7---------------l
l------------------------------------------------l
l------------------------------------------------l       
l------------------------------------------------l




   And then you know i thought it's be cool to have somebody on another electric on some pretty heavy distortion just hammer on the chord at the beginning of each little stanza section thingy......

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