3,226

(13 replies, posted in Electric)

dino, i guess the lesson there would be, if it aint broke, dont fix it. no idea who said that but it's true.

babio, welcome to chordie.
i've been living and learning for almost 50 years. and just living for 12 years before that. you never stop learning i find new stuff all the time, chord sequences, note progressions, but dropping your baby is a lesson i'll never forget.

Z, no it wasn't a bet, there was nothing else on TV.

rog. it was one of their last concerts i'm afraid. robin gibb? he of the natural tremolo voice?

gander, i normally find that guitars without character last longer. like my strat that i haven't played for years, i'll never get rid of it!

jeff. if there is a song there, it'll be a weepy.

beamer. my car is 5 years old. 20,000 miles on the clock (the average per year in the UK is 12,000 miles) and it's still running on the same tyres as when it came out of the shop. i was hoping i could work the same care on the tele.

thanks to all for your concern. phill x

3,227

(12 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

hi steve, welcome.

remember it's only too late if the wife's in bed with a bad mood and a hot temper.

phill

3,228

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

thanks beamer, mine is a Hewlet Packard 250 gig, which doesn't work too good with Windows 7, so i guess i will format it and use it on the LP.

thanks for Ccleaner, put it on the PC & LT both say thanks they feel much healthier now.

see it is true; chordians do help each other

3,229

(13 replies, posted in Electric)

i decided to change the strings on my telecaster tonight (which was well over due) in the living room while watching a BeeGees concert on TV. i somehow managed to knock one of my wife's favourite ornaments off the mantelpiece but managed to catch it before it hit the marble hearth. but i dropped the tele in the process....screech!!! i saved myself several months of nagging about her ornament, but have now got two small dents in my otherwise unblemished tele. luckily there is no damage to the arm and the tuning harmonics are good, so hopefully i got away with it.

lesson here is; don't change your strings while watching the Beegees

3,230

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

hi guys, Ccleaner...noted, i'll look for it when i get out of here. i already have an external HD, i use it on my PC, but i dont really need it there. prob is it has a recording prog on it that only works on XP, which i dont have any more, or likely to get in the future but i'm still hoping someone will come up with a compatibility prog...not going to happen i dont think...may just format and get a new one for the PC!

when i followed your link all i got was the walmart site with glass bowls and PS3 or something? FYI walmart is called ASDA in the UK.

thanks for the info

phill

3,231

(5 replies, posted in Song requests)

the bevvy sisters eh? so who's the transvestite playing bass?

right it's actually; (verse) D-Bm-G-D|-D-Bm-Em- A| D-Bm-G-D|-D-Bm-G-D|| including CHorus

bridge is; F#m-Bm-F#m-Bm-F#m-Bm-(cant remember how many times now...sorry) Em-A.

when you said chorus you meant bridge, that's what confused me. hope this helps.

phill

3,232

(5 replies, posted in Song requests)

sorry, no i didn't, i had something else i had to do, i'll check again.

3,233

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

not to mention the free drinks?


i know what you mean though, i don't think i could handle life without my lady. she gives me a hard time now and then, but it's the loving moments i remember

3,234

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

i know how you feel. i've been using a lap top for about 6 years. the first was that old it was on XP! i up-graded to a used vista 3 years ago without any real problems. i use the lap top and a mini disc player in my stage act, alternating between each so i dont get any embarrassing gaps.

the lady i bought it from has trashed 4 new lap tops in the mean time, so i thought i was doing well. till tonight!

last night i had a 6 hour gig, half hour on half hour off, the lap top was running all that time so when i went to start up tonight it gave me the blue screen! i tried everything i could think of. eventually i got it into "safe mode" then did a "restore" and took it back a month. thank god it's now working (i hope) and some stuff i lost a week ago is back. so fingers crossed. the other option was to delete the whole hard drive which would mean losing all my backing tracks. then re-recording the lot. i think i'd retire first.

hope you can get it back up and running soon.

phill

3,235

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi jeff.

liberal use of the dreaded Bm!!! a lovelly waltz my friend. the feeling i get as i listened is that you were quite emotional as if you were ready to burst into tears?

well done

3,236

(5 replies, posted in Song requests)

as far as i can make it out, the singer/guitarist is using a capo on 2nd frett and playing a C-Am-F-C. actual chords are D-Bm-G-D. the chord progression remains the same all the way through.

3,237

(40 replies, posted in Electric)

thanks russ, seen the pix, looks cool. how about sticking up a short vid to get a feel of the sound? you can play with (gay?) abandon if that's what your hormones desire...:lol:

3,238

(9 replies, posted in Poems)

hadnt thought of singing it. but i'm happy if someone would like to have a go at it.

thanks for the comments.

3,239

(40 replies, posted in Electric)

hey russ, i just clicked you link and got asked if i had access permission? you gone off me or what? tongue

3,240

(40 replies, posted in Electric)

that's nice too russ. looks a little like a rickenbacker. i like the colouring, glad the pick-ups are not white though. you must have quite a collection now?

3,241

(9 replies, posted in Poems)

I was looking through some old files when I came across this poem from 2007. I cant remember if I've posted it before, so here it is...

A SMALL STORY          BY PHILL WILLIAMS

IN A VERY SMALL HOUSE IN A VERY SMALL TOWN
LIVED A VERY SMALL MAN AND HIS NAME WAS BROWN

THE STREET WAS SMALL AND HIS DOG WAS SMALL
BUT THE MAN NEXT DOOR WAS VERY, VERY TALL

“MY NAME IS ED”, THE TALL MAN SAID
“BUT MY HOUSE IS SMALL, SO I BUMP MY HEAD”

“WELL THAT’S A SHAME, MY NAME IS BROWN
IF I CAN HELP, I WONT LET YOU DOWN”

“WELL, THAT’S VERY KIND, MR BROWN”, SAID ED
“I NEED SOME HELP TO CARRY THIS BED…

THE STAIRS ARE STEEP AND THE BED IS LONG
BUT IF YOU HELP I’LL SING A SONG”

AND SO ED AND BROWN BECAME BIG FRIENDS
IN THE LITTLE STREET IN A LITTLE TOWN
WHERE ED SINGS SONGS FOR MR BROWN

IN A LITTLE GARDEN IN THE SUMMER SUN
THEY SIT AND TALK AND SING THEIR SONGS

AND THEIR WIVES ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE FRIENDS
AS THEY CHAT ACROSS THE GARDEN FENCE

ED HAS A SON, BROWN HAS ONE TOO
AND THEY PLAY TOGETHER, AS CHILDREN DO

NOW ED LIKES HIS HOME THAT IS SO SMALL
HE STILL BANGS HIS HEAD AS HE WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR

AND BROWN IS SETTLED WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD
AND HIS FRIEND NEXT DOOR IN THE LITTLE TOWN

A SMALL STORY BY PHILL WILLIAMS 01/03/2007

3,242

(40 replies, posted in Electric)

if i had a dollar.........

3,243

(40 replies, posted in Electric)

did she arrive yet russ?

3,244

(18 replies, posted in Electric)

i remember reading an interview with the band Slade back in the 70's. they said any up and coming band should get the loudest equipment they could afford. you can always turn it down in a small room, but if your amp is too small you cant turn it up in a big room. i've always gone by this and have a Peavy Bandit, 90 watts of pure sound. unfortunately the gigs i play these days dont allow me to turn up above 3. to get the sound i want at these low volumes i use a Boss ME 50 pedal. works for me. you dont have to deafen your self to get the sound you want.

3,245

(21 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

hi chazlips.

welcome to chordie. please note we love it when people take part in our forums, but frown upon people just sticking a request or unrelated stuff on someone else's thread. the polite thing to do is to start your own thread which is simple to do, just click the link at the top right of the forum screen that says " post new topic"

hope you get your reply, there are many accomplished musicians on this site only too happy to help.

phill (forum moderator)

3,246

(40 replies, posted in Electric)

looks sweet, got enough hangers?

3,247

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks artie'splaying. i've always written songs, but my true enjoyment is recording and playing all the instruments of course.

3,248

(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

sorry, i must be missing part (or all) of this post. if it's a song request, you need to go to the song request forum, this forum is for members that write their own songs.

3,249

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks tony, nice to hear from you again. yahoo just informed me that they've removed your email from my list for some reason, have you changed it?

3,250

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

oh i just remembered, i wanted to pee....too late!

great, i did have a laugh, i hope that was OK? the timbre in your voice reminded me of johnny cash. very good. thanks for sharing.

phill