my oldest son is a naturalised ozzy, so i was divided in my allegiances. i find i have more kiwi friends than ozzy ones and anyway i thought the all blacks played better all through the tournament.

SO WELL DONE NEW ZEALAND, CONGRATS.

hello john and welcome.

i am 64 and have been playing the pubs and clubs circuit since the 70's. i find there's more freedom now especially with the older crowd as they're usually around my age anyway.

i've never experimented with alternative tunings, i have enough trouble tuning standard EADGBE. i don't need more headwork.

and again, welcome. let us know how you get on with gigging in the naughties

I used to go through covered G strings a lot. Cured that by using lighter gauge strings.

Having read the above reports on martin and fenders, I'm worried as I've just ordered 2 sets and 3 sets respectively.

If you haven't broken Es and Bs then you ain't PLAYED guitar...

i don't, i think they live next door

the new batteries rekindled the spark?

After what I heard about Starbucks I'd never go in there. During the Afghan war UK troops asked for some of their coffee, they were willing to pay but Starbucks came back with a totally out of context and bitchy remark about no freebees. So as far as I'm concerned they can stick their manky coffee where the sun don't shine

puts me in mind of my mother in law....scrubbing brush goes one way, bum goes t'other, and what a bum, back of a bus.:lol:

cleverly put together, let us know when you've recorded it

hi tony, i tried to have a listen while on hols but it wouldn't play. anyway now i've listened and i really enjoyed, it has all the arkady markers, haunting under melody, quietly driving beat and slap in the face chorus. you could say i liked it and you'd be right, it must be good i listened to the whole 5 minutes.

the words are also haunting yet conjuring vivid pictures in my mind of the american civil war and also ww1 trench warfare in france.

well done my friend

phill

The muppets are back? I knew that, its called X Factor

Hi guys, thanks for your listens and brilliant comments. I'd like to reply to you all individually but I'm rushing to get ready to go on holiday, packing and stuff. I hope to find a pub with Wi-Fi to keep up with things.
See y'all in acuppla weeks.

Phill

just remembered one, you have to use your imagination for this one, it used to get a good laugh;

cop stopped me on the way home, he said what's your name?

i said nuttall

he said what make of car is this?

i said vauxhall

he said, what you got in the boot (trunk)?

i said ffffffffootball boots

this side of the pond we can buy just plain old lemonade in a bottle or on draft, like beer. assuming that you cant your side of the pond it's like 7 up or lilt, which we have to ask for in spain etc, cos they don't do lemonade.

i make that point because i've seen US movies where people sit on the porch drinking home made lemonade from a pitcher! personally, i like bubbles in my lemonade/beer and as cold as ice.:P

I'VE GOT A FEW IN THE FRIDGE, BYE