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Hey Norm ,
   Yeah , years ago , I was crazy for fishing .. I had my boat on the lake every weekend .. Most of the time , it was just me and my girl ( german shepard ) .. We loved it .. Only problem was , she liked being in the water more than being in the boat , and have you ever tried getting a hundred pound dog back in the boat in the middle of the lake ?? But I guess I liked being in the water too , because I started scuba diving about a dozen years ago , and now when I'm on the lake , I'm in it , L O L ....... So I guess I have more fun looking at them fish than trying to catch them , L O L .......
                    Jerry

Hey Doc , Ya know , I can't think of just one CD I would want to have with me , so could I just have one of my accoustic guitars instead , L O L ??? ( and maybe a fiddle ? ) .........
                     Jerry

Arkady ,
   Yes that recording did turn out very nice .. I used a touch of chorus on the guitar picking , the viola with no effects and then the violin with a little chorus also .. People who heard it said it sounded as if there was an orchestra behind the guitar ..
   Some day I would love to get some of my stuff up somewhere and share it , ( particularly my original stuff ) , but that is so far beyond my tech capabilities at this time .. I am gonna go through my old recordings and find that Greesleeves instrumental though , and who knows , some day ??
Thanks for the encouragement ......
                Jerry

Gotta be Milwaukees Best Light .... Nobody's fridge keeps it cold enough for me so I always got my cooler full of beer and ice .. If we're playing a bar , then I settle for Miller Light on tap .. Same thing as the M B L , just costs more , L O L ....
              Jerry

Hey Les ,
   I use the same technique on the guitar as I use on the fiddle ... Pivot at the wrist and simpy roll the finger back and forth on the string you're fretting ... Just have to have the finger almost over the fret to get effect ... Works for me ... If you get a chance to watch a fiddle player do this , you'll get the idea ... Hope this helps ....
           Jerry

Boy , I'm going with Russell and Last Reb on this one ... I think the game ( if you need to call it that ) , had been out for about a year and a half before I even knew what it was ... I remember my little bro. talking about how he heard a bunch of electritions on his job site talking about how they had finally mastered some riff and he thought , wow , other guitar players ... Then he realized what they were talking about and just walked away shaking his head . That's how I feel about it too .. If you wanna play guitar then pay your dues and play guitar ... If you wanna play a video game then just play pong , L O L ....
   I'm sure I'll catch it for stating my opinion , but that's OK because we can all agree to disagree sometimes ...
                    Jerry

My question is : Are there any players out there that this has never happened to ?? Not so bad when you're just playing at home , but I had that happen to me one night when my partner and I were playing at a bar ... It was awfull .. I kept glancing over at my partner expecting to see weird looks coming from him , but nothing ... Even my wife in the audience was oblivious .... It took a lot for me not to just put my guitar down and walk away , but then I could'nt do that either ... as the night went on it just went away ... Maybe it was the three or four beers , L O L .... Afterwards everyone said the music was great , so is it just in our heads when this happens ??
                     Jerry

Ken ,
   Four or five ?? How old are you ?? I was quite a bit older than that when I was enjoying the music and the program ....
   Here I go putting my two cents in again ... By " manufactured bands " , I assume you mean that they were brought together for the TV show ?? Be that as it may , each of those boys was an excellent musician in his own right ... Even Micky , who was a right handed guitarist trained for the show to be a left handed drummer , did an excellent job ...Just a pity they were never allowed to perform their own stuff ...
   In my opinion , one could do far worse than aspiring to be as good a musician as each of them were ........
   Again , just my opinion and my two cents , L O L ...
               Jerry

I actually owned a VOX Phantom when I was a kid , about 1967 .... Damn thing would'nt sit on my knee and looked too damned weird so I sold it for next to nothing ....IDIOT .... wish I had kept it ...... L O L .....
                Jerry

Hi Ben ...
    When I first started with fiddle , I found the best way to practice was with a guitar player ... I found it was a lot easier to get the fingering right when you're playing along with another instrument ... Even songs you like on CD work great ..
Otherwise ( unless you hear in perfect pitch ) when you're practicing solo , it's all too easy to be playing slightly flat and not even be aware of it ... Besides , it's really fun playing fiddle along with a guitar .......
                 Jerry

Hi Guys ,
   I've always used boiled linseed oil .. You can get it at any hardware store and it's real good for the wood .. Whenever I restring , I dob it on with a clean cloth and let it sit a bit then wipe off the excess , usually do that twice then restring .. It's good for the wood and looks nice for some time after ........
                 Jerry