277 2010-09-23 11:43:31
Re: Could use any Acoustic Amp help you folks have !!! (16 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
I had the same problem as you some time ago and ended up plumping for the Marshall AS100D which I found to be a superb amp. At the end of the day amps is all Marshall do and they're bloody good at it. Definately try the AS50.
Jerry
278 2010-09-20 18:06:11
Re: Hacked off LEFTY (8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Other dealers in the UK that I can recommend are:
Andertons in Guildford
Guitar Village in Farnham
GAK
All of these are excellent dealers with an online presence and huge stock of guitars who won't mess you around. I've brought from all of them and they are all very professional and customer orientated. Your local dealer isn't the only one with a choice, you do too, use somebody else and let him know you're using somebody else, don't even use him for picks and let your mates know as well. Dealers like that we can do without.
Hope you find what you're looking for
Jerry
279 2010-09-18 20:26:03
Re: Skunky beverages (15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
It was Miller Lite, my regular brand.
As an Englishman I offer you my sympathies that you are able to refer to Miller Lite as beer!! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to try a proper beer as soon as you are able to obtain some. It should be drunk at room temperature, preferably from a pewter tankard, here are a few choices for you:
Fursty Ferret
Bishops Finger
Spitfire
Hobgoblin
Goliath
Snecklifter
Black Sheep
Firestoker
Dogs Bollocks
There are loads, most of them good.
Jerry
280 2010-09-14 14:24:58
Re: Acoustic amps (11 replies, posted in Electric)
Hi I had a Marshall AS1000D and I really liked it, only sold it as I was thinning out my collection and it had to go.
Jerry
281 2010-09-12 19:44:55
Re: Tribute to our soldiers (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I'm a biker and this year in the UK we had a run through the town of Wootton Bassett which is where fallen British troops are repatriated. There were in excess of 10,000 bikes and 15,000 bikers turned up to pay their respects to our troops. Many bikes carried US flags as well as British flags, everybody payed £5 to ride and T shirts promoting the event were sold.
All in all the bikers that attended the event raised in excess of £100,000 for the Afghan Heroes charity which helps the families of killed and severely injured troops fighting in Afghanistan. I can tell you, there wasn't a dry eye in the house, probably the most emotional event Mrs Buzzwagon and I have ever attended.
There was outcry in the press when the run was announced, you know the usual stuff. Bikers are hooligans, they'll ruin Wootton Bassett, the people of Wootton Bassett don't want them there. Well the upshot was that the people of Wootton Bassett came out that day and rather than standing with heads bowed while another coffin makes its way through the town, stood on the pavements of the town all day, at points up to 10 deep and cheered and clapped every biker that rode that day. The mayor came to the dispersal point and waved everybody off and after the event asked if we could make it an annual event. How good is that?
Jerry
282 2010-09-11 18:44:16
Re: Never Forget - When the World Stopped Turning: A 9/11 tribute (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I was in Milan on business and had colleagues in one of the towers in our NY office. I was based in London and had sent two young lads out to New York for 6 months to work with the NY office. Thankfully nobody from our offices were lost and our thoughts were so with those who had lost people in the attack. Like everybody else we couldn't get through to anybody and had no idea what was going on, all of our meetings that day were cancelled and we spent the day watching it unfold on TV in a bar.
Being based in London we were used to terrorist attacks having spent 20 odd years being bombed by the IRA but the scale of this attack shock us badly and changed the world forever. I will never forget the tears shed at a remembrance service held at a church local to our offices in London and will never forget what was a tragic day for people everywhere.
Jerry
283 2010-09-03 18:11:39
Re: Wedding Songs (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I have to agree with everybody else, it's always been one of my favourite Dylan numbers along with What's a Sweetheart like you.
When me and Mrs Buzzwagon got married we had the following:
People being seated we had Fleetwood Mac / Need your love so bad
Our entrance, (registry office wedding) Walking by Myself / Gary Moore
Signing the register we had a little jazz guitar number by a local band called Ultraswing who are very much in the vein of Django / Grappelli
Walking out we had Since I met you Baby / Gary Moore
You'd never know we were blues lovers would you!
Jerry
284 2010-09-01 12:37:41
Re: Electric Guitar (25 replies, posted in Electric)
I would recommend going to a shop and playing every guitar you can find in your price range, plus a few above, and below. Get a feel for them see what you like, what sounds and feels best for you and your style. Strats and Tele's are both great guitars, but SG's, Les Pauls, and many other brands and styles may also fit the bill.
I do agree that if you haven't played guitars with a tremolo like a Strat, it will complicate things, but don't let that stop you from getting one if that is the guitar you like.
What he said. Good posting.
Jerry
285 2010-08-29 06:58:17
Re: HOLY CRAP - $15,000 for a toilet??!! (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I wonder what provenance came with it 
Jerry
286 2010-08-21 20:33:58
Re: guitar recording (9 replies, posted in Recording)
I use a Boss Digital recording studio that I bought from eBay for about £100. It allows you to multitrack, record vocals and has a built in drum machine as well. It's a top notch piece of kit if you want to record either electric, electro acoustic, bass guitars or vocals. What can I say, yes, I'm a gear whore!
Jerry
288 2010-08-21 05:23:48
Re: Oldie But Goodies (518 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The first band I ever saw live. Manchester Apollo, December 1978. Brilliant! Listen for Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson harmonising guitars.
Thin Lizzy and "Emerald"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rENy7MQIYJs
Jerry
290 2010-08-20 07:46:21
Re: new acoustic guitar (21 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
I don't what they cost where you are but I'd happily recommend an Ovation. I have a Ovation Celebrity CC44, which is one of their models made at the factory in China rather than the US. I honestly can't see any difference in quality between the US made models and the China made models but it does bring the price down. I paid around £300 for mine. Medium bowl back, beautiful tone, built in pick up and tuner, superb action, it's my reach for guitar every time.
Jerry
291 2010-08-18 02:16:12
Re: When you're in the guitar store.... (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
...do you ever feel....nervous?
Dm
No, but my credit card and bank manager are terrified!
Jerry
292 2010-08-18 02:07:57
Re: What kind of guitar do you have? (240 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
A Strat Classic Player 60's
An Epiphone Wildkat
An Ovation Celebrity CC44 (lovely guitar)
and a Tanglewood TSC110
Jerry
293 2010-08-18 02:03:58
Re: Semi Hollow Bodies (18 replies, posted in Electric)
I'd love a strat at some point but every time I pick one up they just don't work for me, so I think it's best if they stay in the shop
Keep looking for your Strat. I must have tried 30 guitars before I found the right one for me and it turned out to be a Classic Player 60's. Not what I was expecting!
Jerry