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My three guitars, including my Fender, are all made in Korea they all play and sound great and to me, playability and tone are important, not where it was manufactured.

I had a chance to handle a 70's Korean made Fender the other day and I have to say that I put it down very quickly the action was torture and it was not well made at all so maybe the early ones were bad but, in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with them now and being made out of America keeps the price down.

China too is begining to put out some reasonable priced well made guitars, I have my eye on a Chinese Ovation copy at my friend's shop that gets an airing each time I visit.

Roger

Hi Fuersti and welcome to Chordie,

I have been hoping for someone to come and clear this matter up and using upper case for major and lower for minor makes perfect sense.

Regretably my German is non existant so I was unable to read the Wikipedia article.

Thank you for the imput,

Roger

I agree with Binman, you need to do something different. Branching out and expanding your song style repertoire is one thing you could do. You could also go to the new Theory section and practice at what Jerome has been showing us there. You could try writing your own songs and posting them in the Songwriting section for everyone else to enjoy. Recording the songs you know is also a fun thing to do and a very good way of checking and improving your technique.

Just some ideas to try,

Roger

Two blasts from the past for you.

Seven Little Girls Sitting On the Back Seat - Paul Evans

Beep Beep (The Bubble Car Song) - The Playmates

Roger

Hi Russ,

I must have missed your previous message about this I am up to the neck in work this week and moving next week but as soon as I get time I will look into this, it sounds promicing.

Thank you,

Roger

Hi Isaac and welcome to Cordie,

A nice little song for your first offering.

Incidently I removed the () brackets which seemed to be fouling up the formatting in your original posting and I also deleted the duplicate one you made.

Thank you and well done,

Roger

Hi Kap,

If you care to go to: http://www.myspace.com/roger4songs you will find "Special You" and "Will You Dance With Me" of Helena's.

Unfortunately with MySpace you can only keep 6 songs and to be fair to all with Friemds of Chordie I have always removed the oldest song from there when a new one is sent to me to be added. This link I have given you is a spare MySpace of mine that I keep for such an eventuality as this. I am down in the Algarve at the moment and I think I may have some more of Helena's songs on my main PC back at home. When I get back I will look and see if I can find another two to add here.

Roger

Hello Wabby and welcome to Chordie,

Which guitar is best is a very emotive question as, at the end of the day, it is all down to opinion.

With your budget limit I would go round the local stores and try the ones in your price range not forgetting to ask if there are any used one to look at. Hopefully you will find one that feels good in your hands and sounds right to your ears. After all you will be the one playing it so your opinion is the that matters.

Good hunting,

Roger

Hi Daddycool,

A charming little song. Actually I, like Helena, am a dog person also. I wrote a 2,500 word story to prove this in 2006 when cats came into my life.

This song is rather apt for my cat Twinkle Toes as she regularly brings live prey in to play with and on several occasions they have escaped and one mouse lived in my caravan for three weeks before I was able evict it and it did quite a lot of damage to the wiring whilst squatting.

Since T.T. has been on her own she has befriended my landlady's dog, Bill, and is training him to become a cat by catching a mouse and releasing it in front of him so he will catch it and then release it for her, a game they both seem to enjoy. Here is a link to a picture of the two of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roger_guppy/2560963240/

I have come to realise that cats are in no way subservient like dogs and are far more independent and they enjoy going for a walk as much as a dog.

Sorry I am getting side tracked this should be about your song. Thank you,

Roger

Roger

Hi Scuba,

Welcome to Chordie, I was trying to make sense of your posting and then spotted that you are Jerry's little brother.

My condolences to you at this very sad time, maybe you should try playing Dan's favourite song, quietly and gently, it may help. Some years ago when my father died suddenly I heard Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven", which I then learnt to play and found a lot of comfort from it. Of course as soon as I hear it now I think of him and remember the happy times and all that he did for me.

Roger

Hello Dkelley and welcome to Chordie,

You will notice that I have removed the lyrics that you have posted. Please read the 'Sticky' titled "PLEASE READ THIS FIRST" at the start of this section to see why I have done so.

There is of course nothing to stop you sending them by private e-mail  to Sharkfin.

Roger

Hi Seriousfun,

A good song and a great recording, mind you I thought I had got the wrong track at first and nearly switched it off with the news report coming at the start. On saying that it is the perfect way to start to this song. Well done,

Roger