6,101

(19 replies, posted in Electric)

wow if you can only afford so much it kind a limits the selection i could recomend a sioi standard it looks and plays like a fender stratocaster in fact you can hear it on all the electric tracks on my web page give a listen and see if you like this sound if not i paid $150.00 for it and it works for me

6,102

(5 replies, posted in Electric)

im not sure the wood has that much to do with electric as the sound is not dependant on the wood for resonating like in a accustic i think the quality of the pickups and circutry are the factor and the neck,frets.tunning keys and bridge not much left

6,103

(22 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

doc my brother owns a home in vegas i can stay for free and because i lost 60 lbs he will pay my airfare round trip so im in it has to be in summer or early fall when the weather is nice i lived in vegas for 7 yrs so i know my way around

6,104

(22 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

its a deal but first i gotta make some more"scratch"

ark I stopped by your page and your garden song is very nice and melodic.how's "audicity"working out?

6,106

(22 replies, posted in Acoustic)

keep on doing what you are doing when you feel the time is right to add the electric then ask for recomendations im sure you will get a lot of suggestions on chordie,but your on the right track just keep practicing till your ready for the addition

6,107

(22 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

thats cool "hey guitarpix why dont you drive up to wisconsin its only a few hundred miles I could use some strings and picks

i cant imagin anyone on chordie not willing to help if they could,you just have to be patient until someone who can answer or direct you to another link

6,109

(4 replies, posted in Electric)

it depends sometime how old the strings are and how hard you bend them every guitarist including myself has broken many strings,im speaking about professional musicians who play for a living be it recording or concerts,clubs ect..........

6,110

(4 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

i would proceed with caution,unprotected by not having a cover might invite humidity or spilling a beverage on the copper coil,you could spray paint the cover with a flat black or gloss depending on the finish of the other two just take it off put it on some newspaper and spray it and allow it to dry who knows it might work out ok good luck

6,111

(19 replies, posted in Songwriting)

helena you got furthur then i did i crashed and burned

6,112

(20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

1 have one song in my book "do run run" i play other artist songs Gordon Lightfoot,John Prine The Eagles and a host of other artists but (and dont take this wrong) I have been engrossed with my own composistions and put everything else on hold,after i finish with my projects i can relax for a bit till the next idea pops into my noodle

6,113

(14 replies, posted in Electric)

thanks for the tip i'll give it a shot

6,114

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

ark its always good to start the day with a little chuckle i would like to see him explain the "audicty" music studio that would be a classic

arkady wrote:

Hey Russ I like to see that guy explain "Audacity"  lol
With all those clicky mousey things and those floppy discy thing me bobs.
nice to you up and running again
Ark

6,115

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

andy thankyou for your comments. yes "iron underware"is my vocal the acoustic tracks on"meshack" were played with my hohner guitar,abednego was composed last week and "latin sun" last summer, the celtic song "therye lady odonovan" was composed for old doll who has been an inspiration with her encouragments.i layered acoustic.mandolin and harmonica tracks in a half hour sometimes you get lucky all the electric guitar sounds were generated in the br8 effects menues the rest were from a sure sm58 microphone im glad you liked the songs. your comments im reading at 7am and my day has started on a good note (excuse the pun) chat again russ

6,116

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

andy i just picked up on your avitar "its a strat" thats a dead give away i have to be more observant and the "thingys"there,andy check out my web page and listen to my strat

6,117

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

you can make book on that! but im not sure how you brits are pretty  shrewed

andros67 wrote:

HEY! Russel too late I already posted a reply, he he, welcome to the land of Irony, we Brits luv that sort of thingy. Glad you can take a joke, well done, i'm sure you'll get me back some way.

6,118

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

andy you have a wierd mind (i like that) the guy that died proberly got impailed on a "thingy"

Russell_Harding wrote:

andy you got me good so ignore my post about explaining what a tremelo is i think they should have mounted it in his keester

6,119

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

andy you got me good so ignore my post about explaining what a tremelo is i think they should have mounted it in his keester

6,120

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

that little "L" thing is called a tremelo bar and if you push dowm on it the whole guitar lowers in pitch,by pushing down and pulling it up several times it creates a tremelo effect if its to stiff remove the plastic plate in back and take the middle spring off you might have to adjust the truss rod

andros67 wrote:

What? are you sure?and what about that little "L" shape peice of metal that hangs down from that bridgy thingy? he said it doesn't do anything and that we should disregard it? Please don't tell me he's got that wrong too!

6,121

(8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY  i think the 7th commandment is still in use today im going to print this out thanks for the laugh russell

6,122

(23 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

you dont need to contact fender there is no "on an off switch" what he was pointing to was the 5 posistion toggle it splits the pickup coils its a selector switch for front rear and middle with two inbetween tones i have a strat im glad someone can learn from watching his vidio but as much "unlearning" will be necessary to purge this eronious imformation

6,123

(47 replies, posted in Acoustic)

I like zurf's answer "when you feel like it" it sums it up very well

6,124

(9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

i used to have a four track it was great i have upgraded to a BR8 and i use a Tascam cd rw700 to burn the mixed tracks to my pc files i dont have to do a lot of bouncing with 8 tracks to work with so i try to keep the arrangements simple

6,125

(47 replies, posted in Acoustic)

I use a capo, not because i need to but because i like the open chord sound and  some moving voice lines you play in the 1st posistion sound really nice on the upper frets