1 Reply by Strummerbill

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Thanks to all for the kind (and clever - PEATLE!!!) answers as to how you're getting along with the heat and staying/being cool. As I write we have another week of this misery (sounds like a song?) and then maybe some rain. Yesterday we had a thunderstorm which lasted all of 5 minutes.

I wanted to go out and yell at the cloud: "Is that all you GOT?" smile, but I didn't want to push my luck with any stray lightning which might be sent my way. LOL.

Question: Are we allowed to post names of songs we're working on? I found one that's 20 years old by Bruce Springsteen I had  never heard before, but I didn't want to break any rules.

I wish you all a great breezy weekend.

Bill     

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2 Topic by Strummerbill

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Well, the “Dog Days” of Summer were supposed to be over on August 11th, but down here in the American South, they’re lingering to the point of heat advisories having been issued from noon till 8 pm all week.

With temps of 94 and a heat index of 108 degrees, I’ve been staying in and hydrating. How about you, my dear friends? Staying cool? Weather-wise, I mean. I know how cool y’all are otherwise.

Bill 

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3 Topic by Strummerbill

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Hey everyone,

That was my dilemma trying to transpose a popular Platters song tonight.

I know there must be a way to "satisfy" the requirement of transpositioning, but leave it to me to "bump into" at least one of the difficult changes I was trying to avoid. This particular song has a "healthy" part of any morning's breakfast, with plenty of D9, D11, etc,.

I believe I may be going about this the wrong way. Instead of finding a song that I can sing to match the chords I know to my voice, I guess I'm trying to find  song I can play easily. *LOL*

Anyone else running into this?

Thanks!

Bill 

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4 Reply by Strummerbill

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Thanks to all. I just decided my "arrogance" stemmed from thinking I was somehow "immortal". I am not and I needed to say that. To see it written down before me.

Thanks, my friends.

If anyone has any music you've created lately please link me? I need to hear what you have been up to since we're had such a long time without each other.     

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5 Topic by Strummerbill

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And how are you able to keep from singing flat or sharp when you come to a chord change? Do you stop and hum again?

Years ago I put a song on a service whose name I can't recall now. It was a Harry Nilsson tune called "Lime In The Coconut" . Do y'all remember when I did that?

Well, I found out since then that the song isn't played in any normal key or chord. It's just sung.

I don't know how accurate that is, but maybe one or two of you could look it up and let me know?

I forgot the rules about posting/not posting songs here, sorry, folks.

Thank You

Bill 

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6 Topic by Strummerbill

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And how are you able to keep from singing flat or sharp when you come to a chord change? Do you stop and hum again?

Years ago I put a song on a service whose name I can't recall now. It was a Harry Nilsson tune called "Lime In The Coconut" . Do y'all remember when I did that?

Well, I found out since then that the song isn't played in any normal key or chord. It's just sung.

I don't know how accurate that is, but maybe one or two of you could look it up and let me know?

I forgot the rules about posting/not posting songs here, sorry, folks.

Thank You

Bill 

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7 Topic by Strummerbill

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Between now and the last time I posted, I got myself hospitalized with a heart attack.

After a week in ICU they finally discharged me with a whole new list of  meds and instructions.

I thought that after Dondra died, I had been knocked to my knees enough as far as arrogance is concerned, but apparently not.

I was still too arrogant for my own good, so I need to work on that.

So I will begin with my fellow musicians.... I am SO sorry if I have offended anyone

Bill 

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8 Reply by Strummerbill

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Jim! Nice to see you here. Still in remission from the prostate cancer, luckily, thanks for asking.

I am currently shopping for a ukulele. Would you or any of our other friends have one you'd recommend for a mediumly-trained guitarist? Just a little over $100.00 would be a nice price and I guess, I also need to know which kind you'd recommend? Soprano or Concert, and do they all come with nylon strings?

Thanks Jim and everyone.

A special hello to my old friend Peatle! Please forgive the lapse in replying. Health issues are still plaguing me.     

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9 Reply by Strummerbill

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Of course -  YEAH!  -. Just today I found a song ("If I Had A Ship - I'd Sail Away") and was able to transpose it to fit my voice and my arthritic fingers. Internationally popular and immensely useful, it's my favorite musical reference site.     

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10 Reply by Strummerbill

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**Ossi** , Ich heisse Sie herzlich wilkommen bei **Chordie**.

Bin kein Oesterreicher aber komme aus Deutschland - Rothenburg ob der Tauber.     

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11 Reply by Strummerbill

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Thanks, Phill and yes, it does.

There was more of my post written, but it apparently didn't make it.     

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12 Topic by Strummerbill

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....while you're dreaming, your "conscious" mind is telling you, "Man! That really stinks!?

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13 Reply by Strummerbill

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Your mention of the truss tod turns, reminded me of Paul McCartney's first Höfner "violin" bass - which had no truss rod, Richard, and he was constantly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  having to tune and retune  that thing.

Another "tuning anecdote" involved  ARoger McGuinn. After Johnny Carson had introduced the band, the curtain opened on the band tuning their guitars to E.

Roger - then known as Jim - said, ""We tune because we care.", and went right back to hitting that E string.

The look on Johnny's face was priceless.   

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14 Reply by Strummerbill

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Thanks, Jim.

I have missed all of you as well, and sharing our music together was an important part for me too.

I have had some experience with a bowed neck on an acoustic bass I bought from eBay (I resolve not to make the same mistake in '26).  Apparently, the bow was so bad a guy who saw it on FB could even see it on his monitor.

This can happen when a company has poor QC and ships inferior instruments. Something I learned the "hard way"     

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15 Topic by Strummerbill

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Hi Friends!

Recently I had occasion to visit a Pawn Shop in order to purchase and have installed a battery for my wristwatch.

While waiting, I looked at the guitars (6 string acoustics) on display, when, to my surprise, my eyes locked upon an Ovation Roundback priced at $250.00 USD. Ja, not a mistake - it really was just $250.00.

Since the guy was busy with my watch and there was no one to hand it down for me to examine, I trusted these tired old eyes to check on blems and other.... "Hey! Hold on just a second!", says I to myself.

"Why are the top three strings missing?"

It sounded like a job for "Strummerboy" and , given the limitations I had to deal with, I came up with the following: See if you agree.

E, A and D are missing because the neck is bowed and the curves on that Ovation would be more obvious were it completely strung and that is why G, B, and E were the only ones light enough not to show the bowed neck.

So what do y'all think, my friends? Is it possible or am I completely out of my league as a sleuth? 

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16 Topic by Strummerbill

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....everyone a very Merry Christmas and a good slide into the new year!

I thought I'd be more active, but my health is getting in the way.

Anyway, all the best from Bremen, Georgia, to where ever y'all are.


Bill 

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17 Topic by Strummerbill

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....everyone a very Merry Christmas and a good slide into the new year!

I thought I'd be more active, but my health is getting in the way.

Anyway, all the best from Bremen, Georgia, to where ever y'all are.


Bill 

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18 Reply by Strummerbill

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I wanted to let Beamer know of my condolences on the
loss of his hero, Ace Frehley, and wanted also to ask a question: Will
you be playing the guitar yourself? If so, the first review sounds
like it will need a lot of work before it's playable or even
tuneable.I am sorry to be a party pooper, especially since you are
such a big fan of his, but I hope your guitar will be from a different
batch than the previous buyer reports.Best WishesBill

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19 Topic by Strummerbill

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It juat sits there and freezes until the page goes blank 

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20 Reply by Strummerbill

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Thanks, my friend.     

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21 Reply by Strummerbill

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Thanks Jandle and everyone for the kind responses. As I wrote in the post that's stuck somewhere in the chordie system, I am just now getting over retinal surgery and finally able to  write with this patch over my eye making me a look like a modern day pirate. I'll have to have the other (right) eye done next. in a couple of weeks and I hope by then my sight will have improved.

Personally, I have reconnected with a friend from 50 years ago who has been my companion and was a friend also to my late wife Dondra. She has been a godsend driving me to my surgeries (cataracts, etc). I am still in remission from my prostate cancer, but still under watch in case it comes back.

Long story short, I am recovering from more than just eye surgery. I am seeing my VA (Veterans Association) counselor and am finally getting  into some stable moods.

I love you guys and ladies (I still will not say "gals") and will be writing more as I can.

Your Friend

Bill     

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22 Topic by Strummerbill

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Just tried to post a message to y'all and it's stuck. Says "successful", so maybe it's in the forum but not releasing. My ISP - Spectrum has also been acting up lately, so maybe it's me.

Be that as it may, just wanted to touch base with you all after my eye operation.

Bill 

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23 Reply by Strummerbill

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My reply is stuck somewhere in the hamster treadmill. I got nothing but a blank page when I clicked on submit. It was  lengthy so I hope it will turn up. Sorry, my friends!     

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24 Topic by Strummerbill

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...but that's all right - I no longer really belong here anyway.

I just wanted to explain that after my wife got so sick and ultimately passed away, I gave all my musical instruments to my grandsons in the hope they would develop an interest.

I have been through hysteria, panic attacks, people trying to help me to no avail, until I finally wound up in a hospital where they diagnosed me with prostate cancer and borderline psychosis.

Just wanted to explain my absence.

I intended no hurt to anyone here. Just trying to stay alive. Sometimes it was just a thread. 

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