I find I am having a hard time actually going through with it, though its for same reasons as your NEO, I named my son as a editor for my detail page so it will stay up. Heck just today I met a 17 yr old kid from Serbia who lives in Germany and has amazing technical skill, but needs to learn to hold back and phrasing, I also met a guy who has a brother who works as a guitar tech for Santana. Things like that make it really hard to ditch LOL
627 2017-12-26 07:18:38
Re: SO LONG FACEBOOK (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
hire a hacker
628 2017-12-26 03:51:43
Re: SO LONG FACEBOOK (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
While I dont post telling life details, Ill just say that it was poor judgement on a occasional bad habit that takes me into places on a chat that was my downfall. I just let my fantasy mind get me into trouble and now I need to take a long break from the media.
The good parts of Fb are that I met a lot of very knowledgeable detailers who I have learned a great deal from, reconnected with lots of old friends. and new.
Glad I still have this. I was really getting into the Guitar Zoom page and learning there and sharing there. it is a good group of ppl there also.
629 2017-12-25 01:09:28
Topic: SO LONG FACEBOOK (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
i WILL TELL MY CHORDIE FAMILY that those of you I am friends with on FB, you will not be seeing me anymore or for quite some time. I am deactivating my account. Of course there is a story behind this but suffice to say, it has caused some issues in my personal life and it needs to go.
THE BRIGHT SIDE I get to keep you guys! I also will still have my sound cloud and you tube channel and my detailing web site.
I hope to see you more often.
630 2017-12-23 19:57:42
Re: Frets wearing out (27 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
They look over priced.
any capo is going to put strings on frets, frets wear out. ease of use? spring loaded ones work for me.
631 2017-12-21 05:04:35
Topic: LOVE IS THE SUN (0 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I played this at my first CHORDIESTOCK. Having fun with a whole circle of ppl playing along. I was taken back! It was amazing and for the second half of the song, I don't even remember singing or hearing my self. The whole London Bus Pub porch applauded and Top Down and Zurf were in my face excited like "OH MY GOD WHERE DID THAT VOICE COME FROM?" To this day I wish I could find it again and I keep trying to.
632 2017-12-20 17:08:12
Re: SUGGESTIONS: JANUARY 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (4 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
song with both!
Jack and Dianne (John Melloncamp)
Jail Break (Thin Lizzy)
Just between you and me (April wine)
Jesus built my Hot rod (Ministry)
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Do you love me? (the Contours)
Dont do me like that ( Tom Petty)
Dreamer (Ozzy)
D-I-V-O-R-C-E (CIRCLE JERKS VERSION)
bands (not already mentioned)
KISS of course!
Krokus
Kings X
KXM
Kingston Trio
ILL ADD MORE LATER.
633 2017-12-18 16:14:10
Re: first public you tube (6 replies, posted in My local band and me)
neophytte wrote:
Sounds pretty good!! What sort of set up are you using ... I'm trying to get mine as simple as possible ...
But I'm missing being able to add FX to guitar and vocals ....
Hey Neo, thanks for the support!
As far as my set up its pretty much as simple as it gets. There were some rough spots to figure out. so here it is.
Finding a good recording program for my webcam: After trying out my VLC media player capture, I was not happy with the way it worked out. The search was back on and I found some great FREEWARE. Debut from NHC home freeware version. http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html
My mic is a Berhinger C1-U usb mic right into the computer.
The Effect, well thats the Tak plugged into the RP500 with a model I made with a Tube Screamer 808 and a phaser. I played around with Mic placement and amp volume to attain the mix of acoustic guitar and amp signal. My voice was straight as the one Mic was picking up everything.
I would have to be able to Isolate my voice to add effects to it. most of the time I run a vox mic to my PA cab and have it plugged into my 2 stomp boxes for compression and delay.
If you want easy vocal effects this is pretty much the way to do it. sometimes I use a RP70 with the stock reverb delay setting as mic> RP unit> amp or mic>compressor>delay> amp and then adjust volume levels no matter which set up you choose. You gotta find that sweet spot.
Then again there is always the item that has been on my amazon wish list for a while,
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039PPW60/_e … &psc=0
Run all mics to this and this to your computer. With on-board effects you can dial in your vox on a channel and then cut out the effects to your guitar.
So thats about it. 
Hope this helps.
Beamer
634 2017-12-18 15:01:45
Re: Does anyone have a yamaha FG700s? (10 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I think art by wood burner would be cool.
635 2017-12-18 01:46:49
Topic: first public you tube (6 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I finally had the nerve to publicly post to You Tube and Facebook more than just sound cloud. There are a lot of you who have heard this in various forms and many times. But I think this one is good with the effect of how the guitar recorded, which is what I was shooting for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcILP0O … ture=share
636 2017-12-16 19:28:53
Topic: POP UP SKYPE ANYONE??? (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I KNOW THIS IS LAST MINUTE, AND FOR MOST OF YOU ITS ALREADY 230PM SO I WILL BE ONLINE AROUND 1230 PM PACIFIC TIME 330 EASTERN.LETS HAVE A JAM BEFORE THE CRAZINESS STARTS! LAST OF 2017.
637 2017-12-12 15:24:51
Re: Amp vids after new tube and speaker (6 replies, posted in Electric)
Thanks guys, NEO the vids were all with the new stuff, the old stuff was in the sound-cloud, and looking at it again I don't know why it has that long silent gap. maybe the vocal didn't come through enough.
The difference between the first vid and second, in the first one there was compression, a hint of chorus, and reverb. In the second it was just guitar to amp.
638 2017-12-12 01:47:23
Re: coming soon (1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
update, please go to the ELECTRIC section. the B4 and both vids posted there.
639 2017-12-12 01:36:25
Re: TUBE AMPS (18 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Put the links to the after tubes in the Electric area.
ill post the b4 sound bite there also.
640 2017-12-11 19:55:37
Topic: Amp vids after new tube and speaker (6 replies, posted in Electric)
Here is the sound cloud with my before change out. recorded with Berhinger C1 about 10 inches left of front . the vids are just the phone mic.
https://soundcloud.com/beamer326/origin … est-bugera
641 2017-12-11 06:58:58
Re: FUN W/ OCTAVES (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I am glad you liked it NEO, Especially for something that was like no thought involved and sort of ripping off Silverchair LOL.
642 2017-12-10 15:39:18
Topic: coming soon (1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Well I posted my fun with octaves in the my band and me, but that is with the new amp guts put in. I made a B4 audio but its just too long as I was doing 3 different guitars, I need to clip to just the LP and and then Ill add an after.
I uploaded them to the Guitar Zoom page but for some reason they will not share to my wall. So I will add them to YT tonight after work.
Cheers!
643 2017-12-10 14:13:27
Topic: FUN W/ OCTAVES (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I replaced my tubes and speaker yesterday and was having some fun. so here it is. Oh I wanted to mention that this is using my sons AXL Strat, which we gutted the wimpy stock pickups on and the bridge is a single coil size hot rails humbucker from GFS and the middle and neck are the Brighton rocks like I put in Betty. The difference being that the middle pick-up is wired out of phase with the bridge pick up in the second position. and that is the selection for this.
644 2017-12-09 20:20:41
Re: Using Carnauba (Car) Wax To Polish....... (28 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Doug_Smith wrote:
Beamer Buddy !! I did not utter those words in way of recommendation..... I know exactly what you mean. I had a recall on some Motorhomes with bad film graphics that we needed to replace with paint, and an owner who had mopped Armor-All over the entire coach annually (so his tapes wouldn't fade). You can guess the rest I'm sure..... everything had to be stripped of all graphics, sanded, solvent washed (several times), soap and steam cleaned, then fully sealed and reprimed. There wasn't enough fish-eye-eliminator to get anything but HP100 to stick to the prepped surface, then all the rest could be redone. The replacement film graphics cost about $125 plus labor & prep...... The full repaint almost $30K !!!
Lesson Learned.
I doubt he learned. probably blamed the decal company and bad mouthed you. Some ppl just dont want to listen to truth OR that the "back in the day" method has taken a light year leap of technique and products.
645 2017-12-09 20:18:24
Re: Using Carnauba (Car) Wax To Polish....... (28 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
topdown wrote:
I use Car Wax on one of my guitars regularly. Being an old car guy, my go to products are typically from Meguiars.
Of course, that guitar is my CA - completely made out of Carbon Fiber.
I bet beamer could put a real nice polish on that one - next time he makes it to chordiestock!
would love to, and when I do make it I am bringing My polisher since now I have enough backups that i dont have to worry about a broken one.
646 2017-12-08 20:06:51
Re: An Icon Is Gone. This time it`s for real. (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
LOLOL and I just bought a 2 pound bread machine for my wife this year. Hand in the air she asked for one. (and a dbl waffle maker) LOL
647 2017-12-08 20:04:39
Re: TUBE AMPS (18 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Next on the list is a micro 4X8 half stack By raping the V5 of its new speaker and buying 3 more (@ 30 bucks a pop its more than affordable) Celestion's, I can make a nice cab, and then taking a saw to the V5 box, I can fit it into a nice looking head. I will rename it as I did my Berhinger into a Triumph amp. I have another tank badge I can use
648 2017-12-08 19:57:04
Re: TUBE AMPS (18 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Tenement Funster wrote:
Nice!!!
Great choice to go with EL34's instead their "swap-able" counterparts (6L6's). EL34's break up nicer (IMHO) to get that fat & crunchy Marshall tone, whereas 6L6's tend to have a bit more sparkle and twang. Does your amp self-bias, or are the tubes pre-biased for it?
Happy NTD, Beamer!
From everything I learned, with only 1 pre amp tube and 1 power tube, there is no need to worry about biasing (even the amp guy in the above listed vid mentions that and i think I can trust him lol)
649 2017-12-08 19:54:54
Re: Using Carnauba (Car) Wax To Polish....... (28 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Doug_Smith wrote:
Armor All contains Silicone wax, which is great for plastics and vinyl, but never put it on your motorcycle seat (!) or under hard braking you might just wind up sitting on the fuel cap. Another in that family of spray on products is this stuff called Protect- All... if you can find it, contains Carnuba and Monton waxes and an additional UV Inhibitor (without polishing abrasives). Usually available from RV and Marine supply stores. Pump spray, aerosol can, and in bottles, easy to apply and easy to buff by hand with long lasting protection for almost any surface including wood, leather, fiberglass, rubber, chrome, vinyl and paint. I've used that as well on guitars with good results and almost as easy as that old favorite (gasp!!) Pledge. Please don't laugh (I did), when it was recommended by a guitar salesperson at a "big box" retailer..... it's better than nothing.
Doug you just said the 2 most dirty words a detailer has to hear. Armor All . Please cease and desist from any usage of that vile substance. No matter what is listed in it, it will degrade all surfaces its put on, and it will crack them over time. it is a royal pain in the ( ! ) to remove and clean off to properly condition leather and vinyl. just cause its shiny dont make it good.
The Pledge is not a bad suggestion for guitars, just don't get it on the fret board. You can use Old English, its lemon and mineral oil. both of which are fine for fret boards.
Sorry but the detailer in me could not hold back any longer.
650 2017-12-07 14:06:16
Re: Using Carnauba (Car) Wax To Polish....... (28 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Doug_Smith wrote:
But it should be noted that many car products also contain ultra fine polishing abrasives to remove surface scratches
This is where you HAVE TO READ THE PRODUCT LABEL. What you are referring to is a "Cleaning Wax" Pure Caranuba does not contain the silica's which provide the abrasives. As I mentioned I use Sealants that are a combination of Natural waxes and Polymers. A wax many don't know about is called Monton. It's deep mined and has a higher resistance than caranuba. One of my favorite products i s made this way. it is called POXY by HD car care (amazon sells it.) and if you do have a bit of pick scratching and what not , their product called SPEED cleans up the surface very nice. If all you are doing is by hand, even with a thin french coat, you would have to really work the _____ out of it to do damage. Most damage is due to improper use of a buffer. The pictured guitar has a product called KNOCKOUT by Greenways car care. it is a Polymer based sealant. (As a note, Meguiars yellow wax is a real pain to remove, so stay away from it)