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i like fender strings for my tele. i bought 4 sets time before last and they were super duper, but didn't last very long. i got fender super bullets last time, 9-42 from a bargain site, they do the job but lack the sound i want. i wont use ernie ball as they are too bendy. i tend to be a bit heavy handed so they're in constant motion so sound out of tune!

i use martins on my acoustic 10 gauge which i like (also from the bargain site)

i got some australian strings for electric guitar which lost their tone very quickly, wont use them again, but the bass guitar strings are still on.

i used to like ghs on my strat, but they don't work so well on my tele.

it's much of a muchness really, horses for courses. you have to experiment (which could work out expensive) until you get the sound, feel and price you want.

phill

hi russ,

i blew a stage speaker recently and was one click away from buying a pair of Beringers with 12 inch drivers, but i was told by my agent that they were rather toppy! so i bought a pair of lany's instead...wish i'd gone with the beringers now as the lanys dont seem to have any top at all!

i notice you can buy musical gear from walmart, who bought out our asda chain, i have yet to see any musical gear there, they do some audio, tv and Pc stuff, maybe musical is next?

good luck with your new kit

phill

hi chris,

i find "open office (which is free)" better than "word" for copying to my pc, i haven't tried it on a laptop. what i do is; get the right key etc, right click and hold as i shade in the whole song, open up open office into "text doc" click paste then i can edit to my hearts content. this is on windows 7, it may be different for other O S.

phill

hi russ, glad to see you survived that rain storm, more crap on the way though, better if you lot had stayed british...LOL

you mean stash of chewing gums of course?

joey, it's easier to get transformers than 9 volt batteries these days. yeah, i left my voice at home too! ed

it's a funny thing that you can be laying logs in your underwear til the end of the first song, roger, i kept trying to strum and put riffs and fills in, i almost felt like Status Quo....ha, ha

strats are like fords....you get good uns, and you get not so good uns. i like my telecaster, i haven't played my strat since i bought it.

gibsons i find have flat wide necks which my hands (or my wallet) dont seem to like very much!

guitars are in the eye of the beholder, you can play (or buy) any lump of wood, and if you dont know any better, it's the best thing in the world, till you find your soul mate (as i have) the only thing i miss is the body shaping of the strat...when you get a belly like me, it comes in very handy when you've lost where you were.

i was also 11 at the time. i remember it well as i recall my mother saying "that's it then, world war 3" she was wrong, thank god

i don't remember much else about 1962, except my father taking us on a trip to the gower peninsular and on the way back the road was flooded due to spring tides so we had to take the long way round. if it wasn't for that i might have missed the only playing of "my bonnie" on radio luxemburg or any other station till the beatles got famous....my claim to fame

Thanks to you all for your fab comments, but really all it means is that all the breakables I put out again when my kids grew up, I have to put back up the attic!

But seriously, I'm going to try once again to get some pics up-loaded to my space so you can all see how beautiful this baby is. (There may be a little altruism there)

Phill

good question, as a lefty myself I'd like to know this too

i've always thought of necks as either the FENDER NECK or the GIBSON NECK! the Fender being rounded and the Gibby flat, which i can't stand and is the reason i've never had one. but thanks for the info, it just goes to show that it doesn't matter how old you are (61) or how long you've been playing (46 years) there's still more to learn...let the music play on...play on

i always switch off when i'm done, but when i'm on, i regularly get the flash that roger guppy is on line, funny though, no one else on my list. and i keep getting "add me to your list" requests from people i dont know! so i dont...you never know who they may be? if you want me to accept, send me a message telling me who you are, and getting your boobs out wont help either...(you can try if you like) there is far too much phishing, virus spreading, fraud and identity theft to be too obliging to these opportunists.