Welcome to Trellis and a big, fat yippee to Doctor Phil.
- Zurf
4,627 2010-06-01 11:17:08
Re: capo (12 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Pete got it right. I'm just jumping in to welcome Plank spanker and to say that I like the handle.
- Zurf
4,628 2010-05-29 21:29:44
Re: WHO HAS THE MOST SONGS POSTED OR WRITTEN (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Russell_Harding wrote:
who cares?
its not the quantity but the quality that count I would settle for 1 that was a hit
One Too Many is that song. Now if you can just get a contract...
4,629 2010-05-29 13:07:50
Re: What a week (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Well, I hope you mean peek through the curtains from inside your house towards the outside world. Because if it's the other way around, I'd have to say that doesn't sound at all safe.
Sorry you had a bummer week, but you're still sucking wind under your own power. That's worth something.
- Zurf
4,630 2010-05-28 20:34:48
Re: Live sound (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
It doesn't take any experience to know if something's easy to use and sounds good. I trust your judgment on it.
- Zurf
4,631 2010-05-28 17:59:20
Re: Live sound (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
hot dog! I've got $399 of insurance money for replacing a damaged amp and that one is in the ballpark.
- Zurf
4,633 2010-05-28 11:16:20
Re: Strange conversation (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
At a campfire along the river one time we had a Scot and a gentleman who proudly claims the title of hillbilly. They were both speaking English but neither one knew what the other was saying.
- Zurf
4,634 2010-05-28 11:13:39
Re: Senior Member (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
AccoustikNoyz wrote:
Hey I just noticed somewhere along the line I got promoted to "senior member" and I haven't got any salary checks yet. I don't think it's how many posts. . it's probably how many years old you are.
That's weird. Your Chordie salary is supposed to double when you hit Senior Member.
4,635 2010-05-27 23:22:41
Re: Learning different picking techniques with the right hand. (9 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Thanks guitarg77, I'll look that up. Always looking for ways to spruce things up. Eventually I'll get that Travis picking thing down and folks'll point and say "Look at the dude Travis pickin'." Until then, it's an uphill battle.
4,636 2010-05-27 23:20:27
Re: Desert VS. Breedlove (9 replies, posted in Acoustic)
If the humidity level is below 40 percent humidity, you may want to consider putting a soundhole humidifier in your axe. If you notice the high e starts to buzz and ring a little extra, you may want to consider putting a soundhole humidifier in your axe. Otherwise, keep on rockin'.
- Zurf
4,637 2010-05-27 23:18:28
Topic: Strange conversation (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I work for a global management consulting company. I'm used to working with folks from all nationalities and backgrounds. It's pretty cool, actually. Despite being global, our company has a policy of all company activity taking place in English, as is reasonable of course. That allows our Japanese group to talk to our German group without much difficulty. And so on, of course. Well, I am just coming back from a dinner with one of our suppliers and I heard an odd conversation. One lanky Southern boy was walking down the hall with a stout Asian fellow and they were having a conversation. That's not odd here. Normal in fact. The odd thing was that the Asian fellow was talking Mandarin and the lanky Southern boy was speaking English in a gentlemanly Southern sort of accent and they were understanding one another just fine. Kind of blew my mind a little.
- Zurf
4,638 2010-05-27 23:12:51
Re: Senior Member (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Criteria = number of posts is my guess.
Don't worry dude, you're honored here.
4,639 2010-05-27 23:11:39
Re: Live sound (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
What's the brand on that amp? I may like one myself. Four inputs on two channels sounds pretty sweet.
4,640 2010-05-27 23:06:41
Re: Favorite Bumper Stickers (44 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
mekidsmom wrote:
"Do Not Hump"
Well there goes Friday.
4,641 2010-05-26 20:56:58
Re: Now the best bas guitar player (25 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Russell_Harding wrote:
dont know why they didn't stay on top the were a great band
I dont' know either, but I'm willing to bet someone's sister was involved.
- Zurf
4,642 2010-05-26 18:31:56
Re: Favorite Bumper Stickers (44 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
When I was a Pennsylvania boy attending Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia trying to get used to the southern Appalachian accent, I saw this bumper sticker and put it on my car.
Vajenyatek
Blaxbug, Vajenya
At the same time, both the University of Virginia bookstore and the Virginia Tech bookstore had bumper stickers that said the same thing. UVa was founded by Thomas Jefferson, and some of the building he designed are still in use and the library contains a number of his books. Architecture, government studies, and medicine are some of what it is best known for. Virginia Tech is a land grant university founded in the late 19th century. VA Tech is best known for civil and agricultural engineering. One university had the bumper sticker as an insult, and the other as a point of honor. It said: "All dirt roads lead to Tech."
- Zurf
4,643 2010-05-26 16:04:42
Re: Attention Ovation Owners (20 replies, posted in Acoustic)
bswyers wrote:
I didn't realize that Ovation even made a bass guitar, let alone a solid body. Maybe you could post some pics Zurf. I had a hard time getting used to the round back also, but through the use of a cheap lawn chair that put my hips lower than my knees and lots of beers ( to further relax the rest of my body) I've been able to overcome the sliding guitar syndrome common with Ovations(LOL) I've played some of the newer O's and am not impressed with the tone or the volume (unplugged) with the reconfigured sound holes. Basically there wasn't a problem and they should have left it alone. I don't know if it would be possible to cut another sound hole or port in the new ones or not. Glad to see there are other Ovation players on Chordie.
You've maybe never heard of them, but you've heard one. John Entwhistle played one. The bass solo in the studio version of Magic Bus was done on one.
- Zurf
4,644 2010-05-26 15:57:43
Re: Now the best bas guitar player (25 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
marcalan wrote:
zurf , youve got to be kidding. The bass solo is what rules if done , especially in jazz. And this little gal with jeff beck was right on , Tal Wilkenfeld
No work horse better than takes it all thru, you see becks response?
sorry , totally disagree
I still like you despite how wrong you are. :-)
- Zurf
4,645 2010-05-26 15:56:23
Re: Now the best bas guitar player (25 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
manicbassman wrote:
for heck's sake.. you want the best Bass player? then look no further than Donald 'Duck' Dunn...
You win.
- Zurf
4,646 2010-05-26 15:54:05
Re: Favorite Bumper Stickers (44 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
There's someone who parks in our garage who has a bumper sticker with the emblem of the Marine Corps Snipers. The sticker says "You can run, but you'll die tired."
- Zurf
4,647 2010-05-26 15:48:47
Re: Funny story (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
That is a good story.
- Zurf
4,648 2010-05-24 19:03:12
Re: Have you noticed... (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I have not noticed that.
However, here's something that may help you in the summer: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ … hasJS=true
- Zurf
4,649 2010-05-24 14:08:25
Re: Now the best bas guitar player (25 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Rick Haynes. Not a household name, but he is the bass player that was with the Gordon Lightfoot band and also backed up Jim Croce some.
See, I don't think bass players ought to be front of stage or playing leads. Bass is there to put in some bottom, to keep tempo (because drummers can't - sorry PapaTom I have to razz you a little), and to transition between chords in the key. Plus maybe a little punctuation.
Rick Haynes did all of that, he did it exceptionally well, he kept a rather rapid moving bass line going to set and maintain tempo and ease transitions of chords, but he never took over and blared out a solo. He kept ballads interesting and blues numbers grooving. That's what a bass player is supposed to do.
Paul McCartney did an awesome job of this as well. Oh Darling! is perhaps the best example.
Now, who can make a bass do amazing things? Victor Wootten and Flea.
- Zurf
4,650 2010-05-23 10:15:14
Re: A gigging we will go... (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I guess I'm a day late and a dollar short as usual. I hope it went well for you. Please write in and tell us about it, good or bad. There's always a lesson and usually some humor.
- Zurf