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Sixth, what in the world is the hardhat for? Can that seriously be an OSHA regulation for that job?
He should be glad that the FAA doesn't make him tape a beacon to the hard-hat.
A barre is the thing ballerinas use to stretch. It is essentially a low-hanging closet rod, in short a bar with two extra letters.
My freshman year college room-mate dropped out of college to figure out how he wanted to spend the rest of his life. He was completely fearless of heights and could climb anything - including the tile walls of the mens room! I think he must have had suction cups on his hands. Anyway, after a while he got into climbing those towers to affix antenna to them. He kept trying to come back to college, but every time he tried, they offered him another $5/hour to stay, and so he did. He did eventually make it back to college and earned not only a bachelors, but a dual masters in engineering and biochemistry. Smart dude. Still, he climbed those towers daily, carrying an antenna and a tool bag. More power to him. I'd be looking at Dirty Ed thinking he's getting just a little too high up.
Wow Terri is awesome!!! ... she rocks!!!!
Yes she does rock. Guitar, bass, voice. She is a triple threat! And while I didn't get to know her well in one evening, she came across as someone who is just genuinely nice to be around too. My problem is that I just don't try and do anything like a cover. I almost always mix stuff up, like doing Landslide as a Country tune or what have you.
We're going to have to get worked up with mics through a PA. All I need is another mic and powered speakers. And a drummer. Plus some talent. And whole heaps of practice. And a touch more talent. Then it'll be all set. And to lose about fifty pounds.
- Zurf
Well, it's a hard to miss target in a space as small as a warehouse, so I guess I can forgive you.
You had to point the camera right at my fat butt, didn't you?
Oh, go ahead and publish them Damien. So long as everyone recognizes how rough it all is. We were just jamming and having a big time. We weren't concentrating or making a sincere effort like a practice or anything. There was no attempt to arrange in advance, and no attempt to make things sound like a cover. I couldn't hear myself while we played and so my voice was all over the place. But everyone is warned. If it's God-awful and your brains are fried by the content, it's your own fault for wanting to see it. I think I'll wait until later when I can consume an adult beverage along with the hilarity.
- Zurf
Let me see them first. I couldn't get my voice right, and made a lot of mistakes. I think it probably will sound good to us, but I'm not so sure anyone else wants to suffer.
I'm not a luthier, so I can't give you a solid answer. However, were it my money, I'd be hesitant to spend it on a guitar with a crack in it.
Well insanity should not be ruled out because it is always possible that you are insane AND the guitar felt springy. Different guitars and strings certainly have different feels. There are a lot of factors that could affect the feel you're talking about. The action of the guitar, and the material, manufacturing, and thickness of the strings all come to mind. Even humidity and temperature may have had something to do with it.
- Zurf
Somewhere between three and 10,000.
30 seems doable and reasonable. That's a good goal. But if you choose ten, that'd be fine with me too.
- Zurf
His clean fills and lead licks continue to impress me. One of his co-workers dropped by and schooled us both on guitar and bass. Then she sang and just blew us away. We had a good time.
Every time I jamm with folks, I am humbled and reminded of how much I have to learn.
- Zurf
That's the right approach. The issue is to just practice it until you can change to it at whatever speed you need to in a song. Unless you're doing Andy McKee type barre chord hammer ons where he hammers onto the entire barre chord at once, I've heard most folks advise getting the non-index fingers positioned first and then positioning the index for the barre.
Practice, practice, practice is the only thing to help now.
Good luck and have fun.
- Zurf
DE - I just talked to Garuchi yesterday. His spirits are great, but his body continues to be problematic. Physical therapy for the spinal surgery has gone extremely well and he's got full mobility, but other chronic disorders have come to light with the intensity of attention he's received. He is playing guitar a lot, and has taken up banjo. He is paddling again - albeit Class 5 water is behind him. He's currently doing open water in SOT's with the occasional class 1. Given that last year at this time we weren't sure whether he'd live and if he did live how much paralysis he was going to suffer, guitar/banjo playing and class 1 paddling are miraculous.
Anyone who comes to this event and meets Garuchi will find it a blessing in their lives. No one has a better or more infectious attitude towards (or is it appetite for) life. And he is a wicked good guitar player.
- Zurf
Excellent. Sounds like a lot of fun. I have no confidence in my voice, so don't see me doing any open mics, but I'll do open campfires and man-caves. All the recordings of yours I've listened to were just great. I'd surely enjoy hearing you out at an open mic night, that's for sure. Have fun, and encourage that smoking rascal.
- Zurf
Welcome vennells. I'd like to answer your question, but don't know the answer. However, I think you'd be more likely to find an answer by initiating a new thread rather than inserting it in this one. To start a new thread, from the listing of all topics on any given forum section, click on "Start new topic" on the right side of the screen. I'm not sure which would be the best forum to ask that question, but I'd try in Acoustic or Electric (depending on your guitar type) or here in Chat Corner.
Good luck with finding an answer.
- Zurf
Zurf - Count me in as "interested". I'd love to make it, but being unemployed for a few months now, I hope that come August I am gainfully employed in some exotic location raking in big bucks with multiple women in bikinis serving me cocktails. If for some reason my plans don't work out and whatever job I might have allows for a few days off, I will do my best to make it.
I hope you can find work AND make it. While he looks just awful in a bikini, Roger makes a pretty darned good campsite margarita.
I blame Roger Guppy.
Amen Phil.
My wife loves "The Apprentice." I loved "Survivor" for the first five or six rounds. Haven't seen it in a long time now. It's just hard for me to get excited about all the good or bad things that could happen to other people when there are guitars to play in my den, or things getting blown up on Mythbusters. I like watching things get blown up - the slow motion blowing things up is particularly entertaining.
So I don't watch any more. I don't really care what others watch, like, want to see, want to vote upon, or spend money upon.
Top 40 has been pure crap my whole life. I can't say as Simon Cowell has done anything to worsen it. He can be entertaining. He is a master showman - but much of the showmanship is not in his behavior on camera - it's in the edit room. The guy's simply brilliant. But does that make me want to watch it? Nope. It really doesn't. I just appreciate his innate ability to tap into what people want and figure out a way to bring it to them. The idea of having people pay him to call and tell a computer what they want him to deliver to them is an absolute stroke of genius! So, more power to him. But not my power. I'll be watching stuff go BOOM!!!
Sound and feel about covers it, I think.
Take a good careful look at the neck to be sure that it's straight - maybe even have them put it on the bench and demonstrate with a level or straight edge that the neck isn't twisted or un-naturally bowed. Look carefully at the frets to see that they're well seated and level. Look across the neck at them and then down the neck at them. Look carefully around the body for damage.
But mostly those things will show up in the sound or the feel. If you can tune it and play it and you like the way it feels, that's a pretty good indication that it's not in terrible shape.
- Zurf
"Wanted to sell it..."
Does not compute.
Unless needed for groceries or rent or something, I don't sell musical instruments. I have given a number away to people who were interested in starting. But selling? No.
- Zurf
Me either.
Tusq and bone are what I've tried. Each work very well. If you are doing a DIY replacement, I recommend the Tusq because it is pre-formed in several sizes and shapes. You can pick one the closest to your stock bridge and then just sand it down to the right height for the action you want.
They're cheap, they're easy, and they sound much, much better than a standard plastic bridge.
- Zurf
Anthem SL is looking like the best fit for what I want. Thanks for the tip Wayne.
- Zurf
Gold is too soft. Silver too probably, though maybe not as small bells are made of it. You'd want something much firmer. The problem with metal is that if you get two different kinds of metal in contact, you can have a reaction. That would be bad. It's much better to have something inert.
That said, I do have a bass with a humongous cast aluminum bridge with brass nubbins where the string goes to avoid the reaction.
I think if you were going to go with a metal, brass would be the one to go with. It's relatively inert, it has a consistent vibration, it's hard, and it's relatively inexpensive.
Just some ramblings.
Or maybe woolly mammoth femurs.
- Zurf
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