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jeff
Is Anybody Here?
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 Posted - 08/24/2001 : 06:40:28 AM
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im sure this was adressed at one time or anouther but i am curiouse who plays guitar here? accoustic? electric? what one mostly and what style do you play in. i play accoustic and lap slide and mostly blues and jazz stuff, later, jeff
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2001 : 10:21:34 AM
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I play guitar, although I won't say I play extremely well. I play a few tim songs other than that mainly acoustic stuff. Some DMB, some BNL, and other alt. rock n' roll.
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2001 : 4:24:38 PM
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I play acustic, mostly Tim, Dave and Gordon Lightfoot ( ask your mom who he is...she'll probably say, "a crappy canadian country singer" but hye, i like him!)
Jay
Peace on Earth and Elsewhere ( Sorry, Jon, I know you thought that one up, but i had to use it!) |
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
3321 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2001 : 5:36:41 PM
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I play a lot of DMB and TIMMAY!! stuff. I also love to play a lot of Clapton and SRV stuff.
-J
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otter
Is Anybody Here?
5 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2001 : 03:25:54 AM
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i play alot of acoustic spanish/flameco and "sitar sounding" stuff, as well as celtic tunes...and on electric alot of blues: SRV and jimi stuff
try this tuning low to high cgcfce a fave of mine
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2001 : 11:48:31 AM
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I play both acoustic and electric. I write a lot of my own stuff, and play some dmb and david gray...and I attempt to tackle some Tim stuff when I'm feeling lucky. The stuff I write ranges from acoustic stuff like David Gray to acoustic instrumental stuff a la Tim. Though I wouldn't say it's as intricate as Tim's work. As far as electric, my biggest influence on electric is Tim, actually the Sanctuary album is what made me want to start electric. I'm also big into Metallica, Disturbed, Alice In Chains, and Deftones. And by the way, my band needs a new bassist...then again I'm from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, so I probably wont have much luck here, LOL.
Peace,
Adam
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Erich with an h
Yak Addict
USA
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Posted - 08/25/2001 : 1:08:58 PM
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Adam, im pretty much in the same boat.
I play and write my own accoustic ala tim stuff, but definatly not as intricate, by far. My influences range from Metallica to Pink Floyd. My favourite bands are Pink Floyd, Metallica, The Cure, DMB, BNL, Tori Amos, Jethro Tull, Tim Reynolds, Elton John.... The influences go on and on. I love disturbed too... anyway,
Adam, email me, maybe we can compare music. Erichwanh@yahoo.com
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Reese
Try A Little Harder
USA
95 Posts |
Posted - 08/27/2001 : 1:02:21 PM
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i play acoustic. i have a martin D-15. i play a lot of dave, clapton, rolling stones, tim and a bunch of other useless shit that i play jsut for kicks.
later,
reese
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AGirlNamedPsycho
Try A Little Harder
USA
70 Posts |
Posted - 08/27/2001 : 9:44:02 PM
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Wow....you're in Iowa? I'm in Nebraska... didn't think anyone else had a computer out here :) haha...
I also play guitar...what I play depends on the time of day I suppose..
Here's to as good you are/
and Here's to as bad as I am/
As good as you are, as bad as I am/
I'm good as you are, bad as I am.
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Isaac
Chatterbox
USA
461 Posts |
Posted - 08/28/2001 : 10:53:47 AM
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Shit i'm up in Wisconsin, It would seem Timmy has the Midwest covered as far as fan base goes hehe.
I play guitar too, though i hurt my pinkey really bad trying to play some Ben Folds Five tunes on Guitar, hopefully that'll stop hurting in a couple days. Anyway I love Tool, DMB, Timmy, Ben Folds, Queen, The Verve, Paul Simon, Anything and everything Blues, Travis, Van Morrison, Beatles, Morphine, Radiohead... etc.
Peace
Isaac
"The resolution to all
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Dave S
Chatterbox
USA
145 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2001 : 02:38:24 AM
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I'm an acoustic/electric player, although it seems like i've been using an acoustic simulator for my electric a lot these days. Only been playing two years, but i've been known to play for 4 hours a day so i'm probably better than you would assume for someone who's played for 2 years...i've tackled all of stream (not tim's improv) except for the high lick that starts on the B, always hangs me up. I've been finding that tim/dave stuff is a great way to learn guitar, theres always something in a song that is easy enough for anyone to do, and you can just build from there on the song, i've been doing that for a year or so and the results have been very satisfying.
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Andy86
Is Anybody Here?
30 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2001 : 10:00:26 AM
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I play acoustic and electric. I play alot of ALlman Brothers(yeah!) and Tim and Dave stuff. And alot of Eric Clapton, Santana, U2, and anything else i think sounds cool. Style wise I play anything but heavy rock.
Andy
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 09/18/2001 : 10:32:59 AM
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Man, check out how musical we all are!
"Don't drink the pickle juice from the pickle jar, until all the pickles are gone."
-Son of a Boss
Arthenc@hotmail.com
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Isaac
Chatterbox
USA
461 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2001 : 12:08:59 PM
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I think ya gotta be at least a little musical to apreciate Tim on the level that we all seem to.
Isaac
"And when King Alexander saw the breadth of his domain he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer" |
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chip616
Is Anybody Here?
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2001 : 8:30:29 PM
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I love to play acoustic, mostly fingerstyle stuff, some solo jazz pieces, and some slide. By the way DADDAD is agreat tuning for slide. WHen playing electric I dig fusion, blues, and straight ahead jazz.
peace
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Reese
Try A Little Harder
USA
95 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2001 : 11:56:49 PM
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in response to arthen and isaac. you are right about how musical we all are, and you definately have to be to get the most of timmy's music. not aht un-musical people can't enjoy tim, i just htink it's a hell of a lot easier when you have a better understanding for what is going on.
later
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2001 : 02:52:56 AM
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I play acoustic. Basically anything that has only the easy chords, ha. But that's true. Haven't been playing for long. But anyway...
I have a question that I didn't think merited another thread, but I want to know....What kind of strap does everyone use? I have two acoustics, a 6 and a 12, and neither of them have the peg where the fretboard connects to the body, so I guess that means I have to get one that ties on at the top where the pegs are right? What kinds are the best and what is most comfortable and all. I'm not going to be performing, so it's just to be able to get the guitar where I want it when I'm standing or sitting and playing.
Anyone have any suggestions? (style, brand, material, anything really)
-Jason-
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Isaac
Chatterbox
USA
461 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2001 : 09:48:50 AM
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I just use a standard black 10 dollar generic strap. Suits my purposes, i never put much thought into it. I only use it when i feel like prancing in front of my mirror while playing a C chord or somthing.
Isaac
Isaac
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2001 : 1:41:48 PM
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...which is precicely what I want to do... Air guitar minus the air...
Thanks.
-Jason-
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Isaac
Chatterbox
USA
461 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2001 : 2:03:59 PM
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You can always sew patches or put pins on a plain strap after you bought it to pimp it out a little and give it some personality. Or you could just go out and get a badass snakeskin one or something (heavy sarcasm)
Isaac
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2001 : 2:27:47 PM
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For all my guitars except one I use Fort Bryan straps. They're only like 8 bucks or so at my local guitar shop. My other guitar is a Gibson Chet Atkins solid body guitar, and his heavy as shit, so it has a $20 dollar thick-ass black Planet Waves strap by daddario. It's just plain black, but really thick and heavy duty feeling. I sometimes switch it off to other guitars, but the Fort Bryan ones are thinner, so I like them on my electrics and my acoustics.
Adam
And on the 8th day God created the art of war...and laughing, planned the end.
Email: Guitar_Boy1@yahoo.com
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johndingle
Is Anybody Here?
USA
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Posted - 09/21/2001 : 02:22:55 AM
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For my guitar I just use the cheap nylong strap too, but what makes it easier to attach is the fast strap attacher, so you don't have to tie it. It's only 4 bucks and you could probably find it at any music shop. Or you could always find some guitar repairmen to put a fret button on your guitar for you.
john
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2001 : 02:47:23 AM
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would having a button make the strap more convenient or comfortable? I might like to get the quick attach thing, cause I'll probably use the strap for my six and 12 string both.
O and I did get one today, just a cheap nylon one like you said.
Thank,
-Jason-
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2001 : 6:21:58 PM
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On my very first guitar and subsequent guitars I would buy that didnt already have a peg, I used to tie the strap on the end of the neck. It just feels odd to me, I almost "need" the peg. I can never get the guitar just where I want it, get the "feeling" i want, with it tied to the end. It starts slipping around and stuff. Hard to play that way. I think those pegs are pretty cheap, and it doesn't cost much to get em installed.
Adam
And on the 8th day God created the art of war...and laughing, planned the end.
Email: Guitar_Boy1@yahoo.com
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2001 : 8:11:08 PM
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Adam, I know what you mean. Both of my guitars seem to slip some with the tie on strap, but I'm not ready to get a peg put in just yet. I'm not familiar enough yet with where I actually want to have the guitar for it to make much difference. What I mean is that it isn't really bad for it to slip, cause that way I'll find where it is that it's comfortable, and then maybe I'll look at getting a peg.
Anyway, wouldn't putting a peg in kind of diminish the guitar's value or something? Not that mine are particularly valuable or anything, but wouldn't it just be some unoriginal piece of equipment that I could do without?
-Jason-
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 09/26/2001 : 5:49:45 PM
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I'm not sure if it diminishes the value or not. It probably depends on where it is. If you put it behind the neck, on the little space where the neck meets the body, so you're not drilling through the body, that is probably better than drilling through the body above where the neck meets the body, and probably diminishes the value less. I guess I never thought about that, because I have never considered selling any of my guitars. I do know that when I was looking at old used guitars to use for gigs in shadier places, the Charvel acoustic I found had a peg installed on it already, and that was a nice thing to see it had. It probably depends on who is buying the guitar, someone that wants a peg, would see it as a plus, another selling point, while someone that wants the guitar, and knows everyting about guitars, would be able to quote you an exact price, and deduct for the peg hehe.
Adam
And on the 8th day God created the art of war...and laughing, planned the end.
Email: Guitar_Boy1@yahoo.com
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James M.
Chatterbox
USA
245 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2001 : 5:02:45 PM
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i play lot of dave and tim...and thats basically it...i play acoustic...because basically acoustic just rules...and i dont like the tone u get from electric.....i like a nice full rich sound....so unless my lead guitarist makes me play some zeppelin..(hes a huge zeppelin nut..and im currently trying to get him into tim)...then ill stick with my acoustic
james
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James M.
Chatterbox
USA
245 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2001 : 5:13:56 PM
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uhh i just realized this topic no longer talked about guitar players and such..soo in order to avoid looking like an idiot..ill post my reply about the "pegs" and what not....i had the same problem over the summer....my acoustic didnt have a peg on the neck near the body..which is where i wanted it.....and i didnt want to put the strap up near the head....cause that was too elvis..and well....i didnt want that exactly...so i went to this guitar store in denver..(HUGE place..it ruled....i was like in heaven when i walked in and saw hundreds of guitars on the walls and on stands...if youre ever in denver colorado..stop at a place called guitar center...ull love it)....and i bought a peg for the guitar...just a metal peg with a screw...and i went ahead and drilled it in there......and it worked out fine..so now i can look like a badass in front of the mirror......ehh not so much...
james
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Tommtn176
Is Anybody Here?
USA
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Posted - 09/30/2001 : 6:17:24 PM
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I play a little guitar. I've played for about 2 years now. I play mostly dave matthews stuff. But I'm trying to get more into playing Tim stuff, and the TABS on this site really help!
Tom
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2001 : 6:37:57 PM
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Guitar Center kicks ass. I was in the Guitar Center when I was down in Las Vegas a while ago, I could have spent the whole day in there. I also went to their Mars Music, but it wasnt nearly as sweet as Guitar Center. I believe I actually drooled a bit.
Adam
And on the 8th day God created the art of war...and laughing, planned the end.
Email: Guitar_Boy1@yahoo.com
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Ranting Thespian
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2001 : 12:41:21 AM
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Well, I am new on these boards, and I saw a guitar thing, so I jumped in. I play almost every dave matthews band song, and I am learning at this moment how to play Is Anybody Here? I also have Stream down to the cocaine fury part. I also love to play Lennon songs, not beatles, but Lennon songs. I also write my own music. I write David Gray style stuff, Timmy style accoustic (but a bit simpiler), hard rock, soft rock, and dmb style songs. I prefer to do accoustic Timmy style music though, it is just so fun to finger pick. I learned how to finger pick before I even picked up a guitar pick. I also very rarely use a guitar pick. Well, that's me and my guitars. I love them.
Byesers . . .
Nick
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guitar..who plays?
