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  • M Marc Clifton

    Harvey S wrote:

    Too bad I don't use drugs or drink for that matter

    And you're starting a band??? ;) Marc

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    Gary Kirkham
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    There's the groupies

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    • C Christian Graus

      My strat and tele have thicker strings, and I play them a lot when I am in a blues mood, as I am now, but I am doing that with 20 years of playing under my belt. When I was starting out, it was a different story.

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      _Damian S_
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      Christian Graus wrote:

      20 years of playing under my belt

      Yes, but how long have you been playing the guitar? :laugh: :laugh:

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      • M Marc Clifton

        Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

        Why not? Other notable hell raisers such as the Osmonds and these guys[^] did it.

        I was just teasing. It seems pretty stereotypical that people starting a band are doing lots of drugs. Makes them sound better, at least to themselves! Marc

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        William Winner
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        Well, everyone knows that Dave Matthews is a pretty heavy drinker and is quite into the narcotics. He did, at one point, decide to break away from his "vices" and the band then went on to produce Everyday. Most, I think, would say it was their worst album...they went all calculated pop. So, he went back to the booze and they're better again.

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        • H Harvey Saayman

          Christian Graus wrote:

          practice your songs a bit faster

          I do that :) and I do it with a metronome

          Christian Graus wrote:

          If you have trouble bending

          No trouble at all

          Christian Graus wrote:

          look at your string guage

          I play 9-42's, ernie ball super slinkys I think the reason for this damn blister is cause the solo I've been practicing is on the 18th fret so there's more tension down there...

          Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer && you.Passion != Programming) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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          Sean Cundiff
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          Harvey S wrote:

          I play 9-42's, ernie ball super slinkys

          I used to play 9's but I decided that I didn't quite like the sound. It wasn't meaty enough for me. I went back to 10's. I also use 40's on the big E.

          -Sean ---- Fire Nuts

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          • P Pete OHanlon

            Christian Graus wrote:

            Do you use a wireless ? I do, I love it

            I do now - I figured that Harvey wouldn't have one though, with has band only being 6 weeks old. I use the LD WS 1000 now - it's the best one I've had.

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            Christian Graus
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            The one I use is a Zoom. It works fine for me. I've stopped using it at home tho, I got sick of buying batteries.

            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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            • H Harvey Saayman

              Me and some friends started a band about 6 weeks ago. We have our first gig tomorrow night and hundreds of people are coming. I've been practicing some solo's I'm playing to perfect them, solos that require alot of string bending... I now have blisters on my finger tips... :sigh: Any tips from the other guitarists here? CG? Master Yoda?

              Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer && you.Passion != Programming) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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              Paul Belikian
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              Crazy Glue on the finger tips

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              • P Paul Belikian

                Crazy Glue on the finger tips

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                Pete OHanlon
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                I seriously hope you're joking.

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                  I seriously hope you're joking.

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                  Christian Graus
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                  I agree, but I've heard of people doing it.

                  Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                  • P Pete OHanlon

                    I seriously hope you're joking.

                    "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

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                    Paul Belikian
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                    Nope, I'm not joking, why would I be joking? People also put formaldehyde on the fingertips in these situations.

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                    • H Harvey Saayman

                      Me and some friends started a band about 6 weeks ago. We have our first gig tomorrow night and hundreds of people are coming. I've been practicing some solo's I'm playing to perfect them, solos that require alot of string bending... I now have blisters on my finger tips... :sigh: Any tips from the other guitarists here? CG? Master Yoda?

                      Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer && you.Passion != Programming) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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                      Nothing I could say would strike a chord with you. I could say "G, let me axe you a question", but you'd just bridge that question and tune me out. Maybe you'd pickup a hint from someone else, or you'd pick your own resolution from after feeling a leather strap on your back. Of course, you'd want to sing it out loud and become a Telecaster of things to come, and maybe string everyone else along. Don't fret though - we'd all crane our neck in wonder because we know your hollow brain goes with your hollow body, and that if you encountered a pothole in the road of life, you'd guitar and fix it yourself before it gave you A-flat.

                      .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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                      • realJSOPR realJSOP

                        Nothing I could say would strike a chord with you. I could say "G, let me axe you a question", but you'd just bridge that question and tune me out. Maybe you'd pickup a hint from someone else, or you'd pick your own resolution from after feeling a leather strap on your back. Of course, you'd want to sing it out loud and become a Telecaster of things to come, and maybe string everyone else along. Don't fret though - we'd all crane our neck in wonder because we know your hollow brain goes with your hollow body, and that if you encountered a pothole in the road of life, you'd guitar and fix it yourself before it gave you A-flat.

                        .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                        "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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                        Tim Deveaux
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                        Ho now, John Boy - aint no need to start throwin' all them punches over a simple Fender bender...

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                        • H Harvey Saayman

                          Me and some friends started a band about 6 weeks ago. We have our first gig tomorrow night and hundreds of people are coming. I've been practicing some solo's I'm playing to perfect them, solos that require alot of string bending... I now have blisters on my finger tips... :sigh: Any tips from the other guitarists here? CG? Master Yoda?

                          Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer && you.Passion != Programming) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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                          Mike Devenney
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                          Haven't read all the way through the replies so this might be a repeat, but try using CrazyGlue on your fingertips. I played in bands through my teens and twenties and remember quite a few of my guitarist buddies using crazy glue when they were coming back to it after being away for a while. Don't do it all the time because you want to develop the naturally occurring callous, but it will get you through a gig. It's kinda nasty looking as it begins to wear off (and it takes a while to wear off) but hey, this is ROCK 'N ROLL man! :cool:

                          Mike Devenney

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