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Hi all! Been a while since Ive been on, several things have taken up all my time as of late. Im pleased to report that Ive actually made some progress with playing though, my co-ordination is a lot tighter and my speed has picked up without me focusing on it - thanks to all who gave me great...

Troy Stetina gave a good piece of advice : when people get nervous, they tense up, so if you feel yourself getting nervous, just move around, walk about a bit. As you loosen up, youll feel the nerves ease up :)

I laughed like a drain at that clip of the dragster drive through! There are some classics that have been in the papers here, of non-emergency 999(our version of 911, without being put on hold) calls. Look at the 3rd call on this list http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7145041.stm

I have one of the PRS SE gigbags that come free with the guitar. They can be picked up pretty cheap, it seems to be pretty waterproof, isnt that heavy considering its very well padded - and the padding is a must, given how many braindead, ignorant people get on the same train as me: you would...

Hi all Been on a bit of a hiatus lately, but Im back for more inane question-posing! :) The problem I have is when palm muting and strumming more than two strings - easiest example being pming a D5 on the bottom strings in drop D tuning. I cant seem to get it to sound "tight", and it feels...

I really enjoyed Street Kings. Quite similar in many respects to Training Day, but thats one of my favourite films anyway!

Thats very nice looking. I wasnt sure about the scratchplate design when I first saw the Mira but its deffo grown on me.

To be honest, to play as well as clapton, id welcome the coke addiction! :P

I imagine olive oil would be better on the fretboard than alice the goon. :S Maybe it was on another forum I read it, im sure someone advocated the use of olive oil though.

I think that was olive oil, someone recommended using that, but was told it went off.

After some good advice on here, i used lemon oil on both my fretboards (one of which was disgusting). Very pleased with the results, see here! http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=8079 I havent found it to dry out the wood, it still seems fine from when I last did it. That said,my guitars...

The last laugh is on her, she'll have tinnitus by the time she's 15, HA! But seriously, Im selling my guitars now. :(

Some good pointers there, ill check out the lessons on dolphinstreet too - theyll definitely be handy. As I say, im too easily distracted, though the limited knowledge prob plays a part as I cant just improv in the way Id like. Im still at quite a basic level really, the only song I can play...

Bit of an unusual request this. What Im asking you, my fellow fretters, to do is to help me practice. Let me explain :) I find myself wanting to play the guitar a lot of the time, but I find I get easily distracted and end up noodling around doing... well, not much constructive really! Just...

When I first picked up a guitar, without guidance, I thought it made sense to put my thumb in the middle of the back of the neck. It kinda stuck, and thats the way I play now. I have fairly short fingers though, so playing with my thumb over the neck would make it very difficult for me to play...

Did it burn your fingers when you touched it? Haha only kidding. Looks gorgeous, and im not normally one for Les Pauls.

I plan to get a tattoo at some point, but it will be my own design; this way its unique and will have significance to me. I cant understand getting a tat that is picked from a large book of designs that umpteen people have also probably got the exact same. The only thing Id be worried about is...

I have a 112 Bandit which has that, but thats a solid state; so not sure if that counts.

Some small chromatic cheapo by "AAA". Seems alright, accurate enough. Reason? It was free :D

some good views here. I started taking lessons a while back, and my teacher is very good - Id say he's the reason Ive actually learned very few bad habits. Theyre also very interesting, fun, varied and useful. Unfortunately theres no one I know who plays and I could jam with nearby me, not...