That sounds great!
Wasn't familiar with the song so I had to look it up.
I'll be seeing John Mayer next month.
476 2016-05-17 01:29:33
Re: Queen of California....Finally (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
477 2016-05-17 00:02:13
Re: Geographical Spread On Chordie (145 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
You're in Curt. 
479 2016-05-15 13:24:19
Re: MAY 2016 - Featured Song - Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry (81 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
TIGLJK wrote:
Jan
Wow! Just Wow!
X2!!
That was incredible! You're setting the bar pretty high for the rest of us. Not sure I want to follow that. 
480 2016-05-15 02:25:38
Re: MAY 2016 - Featured Song - Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry (81 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
I know all about those noises when you're trying to record. When I was trying to record "39" a few weeks ago the first interruption was the phone ringing. I started over and one of the dogs decided to bark. I have one I'm going to do tomorrow when the house is empty. I may just put the dogs outside and unplug the phone.
481 2016-05-13 12:49:20
Re: MAY 2016 - Featured Song - Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry (81 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jandle wrote:
Hi everyone,
I was just thinking how a lot of the songs we do on here are originals, or covers of people on chordie who write their own songs, brillant and i am loving it.I wondered though just for fun, if everyone or anyone was interested in us all doing one cover from a famous known singer, or group .............see what we can come up with............
Great idea Jan. Since it is your idea, I think it would be appropriate if you picked the first song.
If I may make a suggestion; why don't you start a new thread in the "My local band and me" forum and use the title of the song as the thread title. It will be easier for folks to find.
482 2016-05-11 15:40:59
Re: Clamp mobile device to guitar stand? (9 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
dino48 wrote:
don't use it while you are playing you should not be a slave too a phone
I agree.
I would never look down on anyone that chooses to have their music in front of them. Members of an orchestra do it all the time and it's perfectly acceptable. It's just not for me. I would rather learn the song.
483 2016-05-11 00:03:22
Re: NGD - Finally Here! (25 replies, posted in Electric)
easybeat wrote:
Come on TF
put yaself out there.many of us recording on a phone.
Surprisingly good sound.
Lets hear ya new guitar
x2.
My phone is too old for recording. I just use a cheap Sony handycam.
TF....TF...TF...TF
484 2016-05-10 00:40:44
Re: The perfect campfire guitar (49 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Zurf wrote:
I think the best approach is when someone else buys the guitar and then gives it to you. That makes it good.
Free is always good if you can fall into it, but I'm not sure that's exactly the idea he's looking for. 
For my personal taste:
Dreadnought
Solid Sitka Spruce top
Rosewood laminate back and sides
14 fret/ cutaway
Ebony fingerboard
Bone nut and saddle
Small dot markers on the edge of the fingerboard as opposed to the top
No preference on neck wood
Low profile, oval neck with a 1-11/16" width at the nut
No electronics. I won't be taking an amp to the campfire.
However, an on-board tuner would be handy if it didn't add too much to the final price
And to finish it off, how about a gloss finish on the body for easy cleaning and a matte finish on the neck for smooth gliding
When will it be ready? 
486 2016-05-03 22:19:20
Re: It's time for Birthday Cake Again! (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Happy Birthday Roger.
487 2016-05-03 00:20:19
Re: Backyard Gathering - 2016 - Chordie Friends - August 6th! (133 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
joeyjoeyjoey wrote:
It`s definite.... Now to decide which guitar to bring
So you're not going to take my suggestion to rent a U-Haul and bring them all? 
You might even have room for the bread machine!
488 2016-05-03 00:07:51
Re: 39 (23 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Thanks Bill. I appreciate the kind words but my version can never compare to Queen's. I don't have the nice, smooth fluidity; at least not yet.
489 2016-05-01 12:37:48
Re: fighting with the day (8 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Just got around to listening to this one. Excellent!
Although to be fair, I seem to recall being one of the ones that didn't listen. 
490 2016-05-01 12:28:07
Re: 39 (23 replies, posted in My local band and me)
That's a BIG smile! You're gonna need one of these.
491 2016-04-30 16:54:00
Re: Once In A Lifetime Girl (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Have you recorded this one yet? Would love to hear it.
492 2016-04-30 10:49:18
Re: 39 (23 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Thanks.
I figured that comment must have come from someone here since it was signed unc joe. But since I don't yet know everyone's name I wasn't certain.
493 2016-04-30 00:19:21
Re: 39 (23 replies, posted in My local band and me)
kimnoblemusic wrote:
Well, I thought that was REALLY well-done! I watched bits of the first one and your rendition I really like!! Plus, I like the fact that your beard looks like one of those apps where you can beard yourself--it's so perfectly neat!! Super nice!!
Thank you Kim.
Didn't know there was such a thing as a beard app. But then I don't do apps so that might explain why. I just trimmed it back about a month ago. During the winter months it's 4"-5" longer and doesn't have that "neat" appearance.
mekidsmom wrote:
Joe! You put yourself out there too! NICE!!!!
Thanks Amy.
Since Scott, Peter and I started recording our sessions I came to realize what a great learning tool that can be. Going back and listening really helps you see where a problem exists so you can correct it.
Harmonizing with you? A Nightingale and a bullfrog doesn't sound like the best combination. 
Silly you! Why would you put the guitar down? I've only recently started adding filler notes between chords. Watching DE last summer at your place and Scott doing it so fluently as well, inspired me to work on it. There are plenty of folks that are far better than me. We all started at the same place; learning basic chords. When you decide you want to embellish your guitar playing, you'll do it and it will sound great.
Peatle Jville wrote:
Nice cover version. Not only did you have the true essence of the song but you made it your own. You chord changes and singing bang on.
Thank you Peatle.
Many, many years ago I was struggling with a song and someone said to me; "You don't have to make it sound just like the original. Make it your own." That was a turning point for me. I began to focus on feeling a song rather than just copying it.
494 2016-04-29 02:39:16
Re: 39 (23 replies, posted in My local band and me)
topdown wrote:
Great job UJB, but you really need a 12r to do it justice.
I started it on the 12 and decided to actually learn it first.
But yeah, that's the next step. That really makes the song.
495 2016-04-29 00:36:58
Re: NGD - Finally Here! (25 replies, posted in Electric)
Do we have another JJJ in the making here?
Don't forget to add a new bread maker now and then too.
Happy NGD!
496 2016-04-29 00:32:15
Re: 39 (23 replies, posted in My local band and me)
TIGLJK wrote:
UJB
That is very nicely done !! NIce guitar work there .
Way to go.
Thanks TIG. Still a few rough edges but it's part of my nightly practice routine so I'll get them worked out.
Tenement Funster wrote:
39 is a great tune, UJB ...
Just out of high school, we used to run what was called "The Circuit" in downtown. It's called cruising today and most cities ban the activity.
I heard this song on the radio and pulled into a parking lot and waited for the block of songs to end. At the end of every block the DJ would read off the list of songs he/she had just played. I went out the next day and bought the cassette just for that song.
keepitreal wrote:
Love the smooth, clear chord changes, Lets face it . Not many musicians would want to follow Queen, but I think you did a darn good job. Wish I could play half as good as you.
Thanks KIR. I never really followed Queen. In fact I didn't even care for much of their music that was rather popular in HS. But 39 grabbed a hold of me and never let go.
And I wish I could play half as good as I would like to. Having put the guitar in the closet for 20 years, I often wonder where I could be if I hadn't taken that long break.
497 2016-04-28 01:13:00
Topic: 39 (23 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I was absolutely mesmerized when I heard this song on a college radio station not long after it came out in 1975. When I started playing guitar I told myself I would learn it some day. I started working on it last August and stumbled through it at the Pa. get together last fall, but it really wasn't ready. I can't do it justice but I finally know it. To really get the feel of it check out the original by Queen on A Night at the Opera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opoFgGRWsjs
This is all I can do with it.
498 2016-04-28 00:47:38
Re: out to see the world (7 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Nicely done Scott.
Like you, hearing myself sing tends to grate my nerves; especially after listening to Amy's stuff. 
But you have inspired me. I'm going to put myself out there too.
499 2016-04-25 23:22:15
Re: NGD-- You find that hard to believe. (14 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
keepitreal wrote:
Don't forget to post if you buy a new bread maker. (Happy NBMD)
500 2016-04-25 23:14:11
Re: The perfect campfire guitar (49 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Tenement Funster wrote:
The only drawback is that I think that it was priced at around $1500 at the time.
That sounds about right. My playing partner has one. One day I asked him what they cost. I was quite surprised. His was $1400 and I believe it's a base model. You can listen to it in this video. I feel it sounds pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-fF7Qq4z4A Just block out our singing.
Campfires often mean changing temps throughout the course of the night. You sit around the fire for awhile then get up and walk around a bit. I remember from last October at the Pa gathering we had temps in the mid 60'sF (upper teens C) during the day and low 40's (5 C) at night. I had to adjust the tuning on the Martin a couple times as the temps dropped. An all laminate would be affected less than all solid wood. Then there is the strings to consider. Steel strings will react quicker to a temperature change than nylon. Personally, I'm not a big fan of nylon but some folks won't use anything else.
I have an all laminate guitar; an Epiphone. It was the first guitar I ever bought back in 1982. These days I leave it hanging on a wall all year long at my camp. The temperature can easily range from 85F (29C) in the summer to 25F (-5C) in the winter. It doesn't seem to have an adverse effect on it.
My choice for a campfire guitar would be a solid top with lam back and sides. The lam sides equate to less $. I came across just such a guitar and purchased it 2 years ago with the express purpose of taking it anywhere and not having to worry if it took a few hits. It's a low end Eastman that a local dealer sold to me for $225. MSRP was $399. He was closing his store and liquidating his stock. For those of you that were in Pa last fall, it was the one my brother was using all weekend.
I'm going on the road to see a few concerts and festivals this summer and I'll be taking it along. It has a nice full, rich sound and if it should get banged up a bit, no harm done.
I am willing to take my chances on dinging the top to get the more rich sound that a solid top can provide. I believe the lam sides would be less susceptible to damage and climate changes. So that's the combination I chose.
YMMV