that's a shame zig. Maybe you can make your way here some time and get a little taste.
I am a lucky living so close to NYC my whole life and able to see a lot of the all time greats. However, working in lower Manhattan is not always so lucky and sometimes a little scary.
51 2008-05-30 04:24:12
Re: Your Top 5 Guitarists of all time (167 replies, posted in Electric)
52 2008-05-29 04:10:29
Re: Santana? Pete Townsend? (12 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
CBS television franchise of 3 shows that use Who songs as their theme: "Who Are You", "Baba O'Riley", and "Won't Get Fooled Again"
I won't get into whether Pete should be selling off song rights to TV shows and commercials, but some people feel he "sold out".
53 2008-05-29 01:35:56
Re: Santana? Pete Townsend? (12 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
A regular Who lovefest! Or just CSI fans? 
54 2008-05-29 01:29:42
Re: ARE THERE GUITAR PLAYERS WHO REFUSE TO USE EFFECT PROCESSORS? (14 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
I like simple.
Some preamp overdrive from my fender 15W Blues Jr. (ballsy) , or a Marshall Valve state (a little thin but good for studio, small rooms), but more often I use a DS1. I still have my original smallstone phase shifter. And I use a cry baby wah.
I sometimes use a nearly 40 year old Uni-Fuzz. Made by Uni-Cord, the Connecticut company that made Hendrix's Uni-Vibe.
http://filters.muziq.be/model/univox/unifuzz
Makes me feel like I'm 15 again.
55 2008-05-29 01:01:08
Re: Your Top 5 Guitarists of all time (167 replies, posted in Electric)
I know KWS. I saw Kenny early on , at least 10 years ago with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani whiel he filled in as the opening act on one of the G3 tours. The crowd loved him and I;ve been a fan ever since.
btw: Zappa could really play the guitar and was the absolute best bicycle player ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P2V0_p6vE
56 2008-05-28 04:34:13
Re: massive jump in members (8 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Blue security created a spam killer that worked by creating a DOS attack on the spammers to remove email addresses of some 500,000 of its users, But a group of spammers hit them with several DOS attacks so costly they shut it down.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/sec … =187900367
58 2008-05-28 00:40:41
Re: Santana? Pete Townsend? (12 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Townshend live was something to see. Not a technicain like some of the other greats and a little sloppy sometimes, but creativity and innovation put him in the class with the best.
I'm not sure which movie I'm thinking of, 67 Monterey Pop, Woodstock or Isle of Wight in Kids, or maybe all 3 but Pete does some great work on his SG equipped with a pair of P90s'. Windmill and all, he created a sound and style from scratch.
you can make the same argument for Moon on the drums. Not a Baker or Bonham or Bruford but he created a style where there wasn't one before.
And Entwhistle, with Jack Bruce, was the outstanding bass player of that generation.
if you throw in Zeppelin, you can make a case for any of the members of these 3 power trios as the best* on their respective instrument in rock. yes John Paul Jones was that good on bass.
*Include Jeff Beck and Jimi in the argument.
59 2008-05-28 00:22:16
Re: FENDER VG (14 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Russ,
the web sitre says: "...the virtual Stratocaster is free of 60-cycle single-coil hum."
With all the extra electronics how was the hum/noise level on the standard? I don't know I would want to shield one of those.
what amp did you play thru? just curios, I'm stalking out a new one...
60 2008-05-21 04:31:07
Re: Under-appreciated and little-known guitarists (15 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
oldie but a goody: Rory Gallagher. Not so well known, but defintely one of my favorites and the best beat up strat I've ever seen.
Anybody listen to Derek Trucks?
61 2008-05-21 04:21:24
Re: Why are some musicians so self destructive? (6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I don't mean to make light of your disability or history, but it seems to me I have given an awful lot of dollar bills to vulgar, uneducated, stupid and tattooed mean women, usually while they hang on a pole in their skivvies.
Sometimes Doc, I just like to laugh a little bit to ease the pain.
62 2008-05-20 04:14:04
Re: How did they do it? (8 replies, posted in Electric)
felixq78 wrote:
It's all in the fingers son.
Gimme a wah, an all valve amp and a P-90 equipped Goldtop and i'll make you cry.
Yep, that's the way we did it way back then.
A couple of stacks of tube amps, a Morley Power Wah, a smallstone and a pretty hot SG. But you had to play the notes, not just play it loud.
Of course, now I suffer the obligatory hearing loss...
63 2008-05-15 00:29:56
Re: RUSSELL SAIS: karioke killed a lot of jobs for solo artist? ELECTRONIC (7 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
if you don't who will.
It is a pretty good topic, tho. In the US, DJs are taking a lot of musician jobs. I used to know a lot of wedding bands since I grew up playing sax, and most of them are out of business because DJs are cheaper.
Djs even get good gigs at strip joints like Scores, not that I would ever frequent such a place. (just in case the Mrs. is listening).
64 2008-05-14 03:56:14
Re: Why are some musicians so self destructive? (6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
do you think only musicians are self-destructive? Get a life, doc. booze and drug addiction is rampant in our society from top to bottom and in all professions and trades. I was a teen in the 70's and my generation is full of nightmares about overdoses, addictions, failed livers, bulemia, fatal car and motorcycle accidents and, later, AIDS. They are/were lawyers, businessman, engineers, mothers and fathers, electricians, carpenters and, of course, musicians. Those rich, famous entertainers are just like the rest of us, but with way more cash and better guitars.
65 2008-05-14 03:28:43
Re: HOW MANY CHORDIANS PERFORM SOLO OR IN A BAND? (6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
dj's are much cheaper and have a much bigger catalog. So the bread & butter jobs like parties, weddings. lounge acts etc... are nearly non-existent. I also see too many bad singers with a laptop, 40 MB of mp3s, winamp and a rented PA singing at a lounge or restaurant.
But on the positive side in NJ, the shore has a thriving music scene in the summer. Asbury Park and and the Stone Pony are making comebacks and a slew of solo acts, duos and bands are working.
I stopped playing out some years back to day gig and support the family. Now that IT jobs are moving off-shore I may have to go back to giggin' to pick up some dough.
66 2008-05-14 03:09:50
Re: Circle of fives in layman's terms please? (12 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I learned it as cycle of fifths as well. I thought I was just getting old.
67 2008-05-14 01:02:29
Re: Check out this kid (11 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
wow! amazing for 12.
68 2008-05-14 00:36:19
Re: Learning to read chords (9 replies, posted in Acoustic)
coltonem wrote:
hey everyone! thanks for the tips. I really appreciate them. I'll have enough time to impress him. I have 6 months until he returns home, so I think that's plenty of time if I practice every day! thanks again guys. have a good week!
I'll bet he'll be happy to see you no matter how you strum the chords. Good luck.
69 2008-05-14 00:29:34
Re: Circle of fives in layman's terms please? (12 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I remember a few bass players that would keep a chart of the circle of 5ths to be able to pick up key signatures and play bass lines in any key.
ex: a typical country or 2/4 bass line with the root as the 8th note
8 5 8 5 8 5 8 567 8
or in the key of C:
C G C G C G C GABC
Using the chart they could pick up the right key signature and move the line to any key.
Of course, I knew just as many bass players that only knew the position on the neck and didn't have a clue what key they were in at any given time. And a few more that didn't know what state they were in, other than altered.
70 2008-05-09 03:27:04
Re: Wish Me Luck (10 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Have FUN! and kill...
71 2008-05-08 05:05:00
Re: BEST SING-ALONG/SESSION SONGS (11 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Adding few more some of my older classic rock friends will sing along with:
Blackbird
5 O'Clock World - by The Vogues gets lots of swaying and clapping.
Pride & Joy
Ole '55
Lucky Man
From the Beginning
Sweet Jane
Fire & Rain
Blowin' in the Wind
Tangled up in Blue (if someone is sober enough to remember the words)
Heart of Gold
Sugar Mountain
Teach your Children
Lay Down Sally ( they liek it and I;m not sure why)
Willin'
Midnight Rider
My wife sings
Smackwater Jack (Carole King)
Somebody to Love (Airplane,Grace Slick)
Like I Do (Melissa)
Sometimes they like to sing along with Stairway.
I also do acoustic versions of Whipping Post and Stormy Monday (T Bone Walker style like Betts) that my friends like, but probably only because they're my friends; loyal but tone deaf.
The Joker - everyone likes to sing the toker part, gangster of love, pompitous of luv, they call me maurice and really luv your peaches wanna shake your tree.
I'm A Believer (Monkees) - good sing along and when I'm drunk I imitate Bob Dylan singing it. It gets some laughs.
The ever popular Frampton favorite Baby Please Shave My Legs.
And one quick verse of acoustic Kiss after 5 or 6 beers and a couple of single malts; "I gotta get up and pee all night, and potty every day."
I try to discourage yet another rendition of Sweet Home Alabama, or Freebird. you know, "Which song is it you wanna hear? Not this one again" 
Isn't Jenny Jenny actually called 867-5309?
72 2008-05-07 03:19:53
Re: how to "lift" string (10 replies, posted in Acoustic)
SouthPaw41L wrote:
When I re-string my guitar I'll lift the strings an inch or two from the fretboard to stretch the strings. I lift each string over the sound hole and use more care with the smaller strings. (they break much easier) Each string gets about 30 good tugs/lifts. I'll string my guitar a little sharp of 440 A and immediately begin my stretching process. Works great for me, my guitars rarely go out of tune.
I like this technique. I don't have too much issue with staying in tune once the strings break in, but I bet this speeds it up.
73 2008-05-07 03:17:57
Re: how to "lift" string (10 replies, posted in Acoustic)
upyerkilt wrote:
string lifting?
Is that similar to shirt lifting?
shirt lifting good, kilt lifting bad.
74 2008-05-05 04:37:54
Re: Jimmi! :cool: (7 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Little Wing is one of the toughest and challenging tracks I try to play. And imho, the most elegant R&B/Rock rhythm track I've ever heard.
this tab looks pretty close to what I try to play.
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.b … nt=2345810
It starts with a double octave at the 12th fret and slides down. In order to cover the record, you need to hook your thumb over the top of the G and Am in order to leave you pinky free to play the embellishments. I find them very hard to do from a regular barre.
Add a little phase shifter or flanger to a clean sound.
75 2008-05-03 13:39:59
Re: F#m and Bm (17 replies, posted in Acoustic)
different is good and you don't have to listen to anyone.
There are several ways to play any chord, based on different voicings and positions, and even any scale. If you do the math, there are literally hundreds of combinations available to play any song. Some sound better than others and you get to choose what works.
That ought to get some creative juices flowing and the more voicings and positions you can play, or the more scales you know, the more creative you can be.