101 Reply by Grah1

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Brian  I've  left  a  comment  on the  song    , Dont   worry   about  the  vocal  its  part   of  your   style   your  lyrics  and  playing  are  great . Check  out  the  guy  I  mentioned   Jake  Thackery  he  wrote  some  great   stuff and  delivered   it   in his  own style .Much  like  you  do .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmwyp38VwMQ     

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102 Topic by Grah1

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My   Browser   (chrome )  has  just    flagged   Chordie    as  not  secure   can any one  explain  what  the  problem is ? 

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103 Reply by Grah1

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Doesnt  suck  Jim   just  didnt  see  the  first  version.  Sorry .     

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104 Reply by Grah1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwcIdjdtC6k    vid   of  the  Applause    un  amped .I'll  post  another   when Ive  done  the  conversion     

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105 Reply by Grah1

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Sorry  to  be  contaversial  guys   but   I  really  dont  like  Mc Cartney   or  much  of the  Beatles work  Some  of the  early  covers  they  did  were  good  versions  but  much  of  the later  stuff doesnt  inspire  me  .Some  of  Mc Cartneys  lyrics  I  find  poor  and  meaningless . Songs   like  Admiral   Halsey  ,Maxwells  Silver  Hammer and  that  awful  frog   chorus  thing  are  pretty  bad   in my  opinion . There are   many  other  songwriters  who  surpass  Mc Cartney  .
Sorry   G     

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106 Reply by Grah1

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Ive   fitted the  9g  strings  and  set  the   action   and  it  plays  great   acoustically   but  plugged  in the  peizo  is  a  bit  bright   so  when I  put  the  humbucker   in   I  will  try  it again     but  I  think   it   may  need  some dampening   inside  the  body  to  get  a  better  electric  tone . I  plan to  intall the  humbucker   into  a    sound  hole   plug   and   then   via  aswitch  into   the  current  volume  and  tone  circuit     

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107 Reply by Grah1

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Yeah  I  have  another  which  I  have  had  about  20 yrs   and  its  great   .this  one  needs  the  action lowering  a  little  to  make it  as  playable  as  the  other   but  it  sounds  good  so  far  .Plus  they  are  nice  and  light  to  lug around . I  plan to   fit  a  humbucker   and  some   9 guage  strings  to  make  it  a  little  more  like   an   electric hollow body     

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108 Topic by Grah1

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I  picked  up  an absolutly  mint  Ovation Applause  AE 28 elecro  acoustic  yesterday for  very  little  money .Came  with  a Shubb  capo   and  a  very  nice  gig bag . I  cant   determine  the  age   as  Ovation dont  list   Applause  serial  numbers   on the  web page  but  if  my  memory  serves  they  were  around  1980-90. 

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109 Reply by Grah1

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https://youtu.be/LkCROcRQjls?si=LMr0nFkc_GRLHMOg. This should be right     

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110 Reply by Grah1

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Whoops don't know how that happened     

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111 Reply by Grah1

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STUNNING  LYRICS Jim  ,one  of  your  best    . If I  see  my friend  Pam Johnson ( a local  C/W singer )   this  week  end   is  it  ok    to  show  her  this  song  ,I  suspect  she  would  really  do  it  justice.
This  is  Pam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMPT48dHOf8     

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112 Reply by Grah1

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I'd  say  this was  a  rock  version of  a pop  song   played  on a  guitalele  a  bit  of  a  hybrid ? Plus  its  in reverse  LOL
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.p … 95&hl=     

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113 Reply by Grah1

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I think   its very  well  played  but  it  doesnt   grab me . May be  a  few   listens  and  we  wil  see .     

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114 Reply by Grah1

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Great cover Richard I've seen Donovan do this several times live and you have done it justice..Terrific stuff.     

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115 Reply by Grah1

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I  remember  Tiesco  guitars  bein sold in Woolworth here  in the  UK  back  in the  60s  nice    find  Joey     

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116 Reply by Grah1

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heres  one  of  mine  Super  hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfuxHqFGADQ     

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117 Reply by Grah1

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Songs  like  this  are  so  relevant  today  .     

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118 Reply by Grah1

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Cheers  Jim  I  was    a  youngster   of about  59  then LOL.     

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119 Reply by Grah1

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How  about   one  of  Brians  originals  from a  few   yrs  back  this  is  me  covering it  at  the  wonderful  Otley    Labour   club .
The  Russian Soldier  by  Brian Meynell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Q1gm_V1M0     

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120 Reply by Grah1

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Start  you  off  with  this  one  Cover  of  Black  Sabbath   Supernaut by  GB   Blues   a  life time ago    at  the  Rock  against  Drugs   fest  in Crete
Hope   you  like  it  .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_D96fIvUA4     

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121 Reply by Grah1

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jim   both  links  work  but  the  you tube  one  is  for  Robbie  robertson and  ringo  star  . both  are  great  songs .     

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122 Reply by Grah1

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Interesting Brian I didn't know they had recorded a sequal to the song we covered .I've just listened to it on you tube .Thanks for the info G

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123 Topic by Grah1

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Yet  again this  week   we  have  another  local  event  organiser  posting  on face book  desperate  to  fill   slots  in  their  bank  holiday  event this  coming  week  end  . I  email  as  requested  and as  usual  no  reply  .all it  takes   is  sorry  we  are  now  sorted  which  can be  either   an email  or  a  face  book  post .
Takes  2 mins .
When I  was  organising   events I  always  made  sure  applicants were  informed    both  as  to  times  , equipment  and  any  thing  else  relevant .
Come  on guys  its  not  rocket  science .
Moan over  !!!!!! G

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124 Reply by Grah1

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Thanks  Phill there  is  a  story  about  the  speakers  . My  nephew  was  suposed  to  provide  the  PA  but he  wasnt  able  to  deliver due  to  family  comitments  .So  I  put  together  a  mini  system with  our  studio monitors    and  a  small  mixer  as  there  was  just  2  of  us  I felt  it  would  be  enough ,each  monitor   is  70 watts   and  was  enough  to    cover   the  small  area  surrounding  the  band stand . Best  thing  about  it   was  the  price  I paid  £20  for  the  2  speakers   from a  charity  shop   £25  for  the  mixer   from ebay   and  £25 for  the  stands from amazon  so  for  just  £70   I  put  together  a  PA suitable  for    small  bars   or  garden partys  and  we  had  a  great  gig .     

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125 Reply by Grah1

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Keep   at  it  Joey  I'm   70  now  and  still  playing  bars  , festivals  and  open mics  when ever  I  can  . Our  trio   has   a  total age  of 199  and  our  drummer   age  69  has  just  gone  on tour  in spain   with  his  other band  . we  will  rock  till we  drop . Stay   well  G     

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