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Post #246,346
by tuberculosis
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2/28/06 2:14:00 AM
8/21/07 5:54:59 AM
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New As far as I can tell
as you get older (and better), you tend to shorten the strap, use heavier strings, stiffer pics,and stop running around like an idiot. :-)

I've ended up liking my axe fairly high (think jazz dude high almost - so I can get around the neck better) even though I play pop, rock, funk, and blues. (I too have worked country but I did it with a Mesa Boogie MK III Combo and my trusty Washburn - good country brand name).



"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect"   --Mark Twain

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."   --Albert Einstein

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses."   --George W. Bush
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As far as I can tell
as you get older (and better), you tend to shorten the strap, use heavier strings, stiffer pics,and stop running around like an idiot. :-)

I've ended up liking my axe fairly high (think jazz dude high almost - so I can get around the neck better) even though I play pop, rock, funk, and blues. (I too have worked country but I did it with a Mesa Boogie MK III Combo and my trusty Washburn - good country brand name).



"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect"   --Mark Twain

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."   --Albert Einstein

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses."   --George W. Bush
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Post #246,394
by jake123
2/28/06 2:33:34 PM
2/28/06 2:34:18 PM
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New Guilty of all but the first
I still keep the guitar pretty low, esp. compared to most of my buds (who've mostly moved on to jazz playing).

OTOH, when I do performances, I tend to be a wee bit more high energy than they are...

Mind you, I've moved into singing a lot more, so most of what I do is cranking out the chords; when I'm lead playing, I don't have to cuddle up to a mic so I can change my posture to suit.

My guitar's centre is a couple of inches below my belly button... of course, when I first started at sixteen it was practically down by my knees.

Yeah, I forgot; I also get a big charge out of vamping on a good groove, but it's hard to play really good funk while you're singing, so I tend to keep it Very Simple Stoopid.
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
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     kid was complaining his amp was broke - (boxley) - (35) - Jan. 31, 2006, 09:51:28 PM EST
         A good solder job should last a lifetime. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Jan. 31, 2006, 10:19:26 PM EST
             According to my 1954 Radio Amature's Handbook . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 31, 2006, 10:42:02 PM EST
                 Forgot one thing... - (folkert) - Feb. 1, 2006, 08:42:56 AM EST
         Sounds fishy - (Steve Lowe) - (31) - Feb. 1, 2006, 12:33:35 AM EST
             well this kid runs thru about one set of strings a month - (boxley) - (30) - Feb. 1, 2006, 08:14:03 AM EST
                 When I was playing daily - (jake123) - (29) - Feb. 1, 2006, 09:36:56 AM EST
                     When playing pro - every night - (tuberculosis) - (28) - Feb. 2, 2006, 09:17:47 PM EST
                         Well, I never got to playing more than between fifty - (jake123) - (25) - Feb. 2, 2006, 09:35:10 PM EST
                             Indeed - (Steve Lowe) - (2) - Feb. 2, 2006, 10:37:23 PM EST
                                 The other key was custom pickups - (jake123) - (1) - Feb. 2, 2006, 11:45:27 PM EST
                                     and fingers -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Feb. 3, 2006, 12:55:58 AM EST
                             If I didn't change em - they'd break for sure - (tuberculosis) - (21) - Feb. 3, 2006, 03:00:12 PM EST
                                 Go up to 11. - (jake123) - (20) - Feb. 4, 2006, 02:04:35 PM EST
                                     Where do they break? - (tuberculosis) - (19) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:53:20 AM EDT
                                         Either bridge or neck - (jake123) - (18) - Feb. 27, 2006, 05:00:54 PM EST
                                             OK, I gotta ask - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:54:21 AM EDT
                                                 Ultrathin nylon? Noooooo.... - (jake123) - (2) - Feb. 27, 2006, 09:11:17 PM EST
                                                     As far as I can tell - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:54:59 AM EDT
                                                         Guilty of all but the first - (jake123) - Feb. 28, 2006, 02:34:18 PM EST
                                             I actually like 11s - (bepatient) - (13) - Feb. 27, 2006, 11:37:21 PM EST
                                                 I've just installed some 10.5s - (Steve Lowe) - (11) - Feb. 28, 2006, 01:13:19 AM EST
                                                     My "lawsuit" acoustic likes 13s - (bepatient) - (10) - Feb. 28, 2006, 09:35:27 AM EST
                                                         Yeah, I remember them - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:55:42 AM EDT
                                                             I'm not a big fan of ovations - (jake123) - (2) - Feb. 28, 2006, 02:38:12 PM EST
                                                                 They're only good sounding plugged in thru speaks -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:56:06 AM EDT
                                                                     Through the PA, not a guitar amp - (Steve Lowe) - Feb. 28, 2006, 03:12:55 PM EST
                                                             ICLRPD: They did make some nice low cost woodies. (new thread) - (Meerkat) - March 1, 2006, 06:36:29 AM EST
                                                         Lawsuit axes could be great - (Steve Lowe) - (4) - Feb. 28, 2006, 12:34:10 PM EST
                                                             Plays and sounds as good as the Martin original - (bepatient) - (3) - Feb. 28, 2006, 01:55:28 PM EST
                                                                 Wow - almost nothing I have still "looks" fab - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:56:09 AM EDT
                                                                     Some large pics inside - you've been warned - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - Feb. 28, 2006, 03:24:23 PM EST
                                                                         Sweet - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:00:48 AM EDT
                                                 I've played those - I like them too - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:55:01 AM EDT
                         I used to know someone who was like that. - (static) - (1) - Feb. 3, 2006, 01:15:58 AM EST
                             I have - (Steve Lowe) - Feb. 3, 2006, 01:23:44 AM EST

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