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Location: New South Wales, Australia | G'day all. Just finished putting new strings on my 1860. Is there a sweeter sound in the world than new strings? I have a ritual with new strings where once everything is in tune and I'm ready to go I always play Neil Young's Powderfinger before anything else. Is there anyone else out there who always plays the same thing when the new strings go on...or am I just a bit weird? |
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Location: NJ | after putting on strings I always seem to play harmonics on the 5th fret to match them with the string below |
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Location: closely held secret | Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river.
One of Neil's best. |
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Location: NJ | RustedRoot does GREAT cover of it . . . |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Your just a bit weird mate!
Ok, I like to hear the open chord progressions in the Key of E.
022100 044200 066400 077600 099700 079900 |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I always play the same song because it's the only one I know. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Must be an awesome song if you just need the one! What is it? I want to simplify my life too. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I was just kidding. Maybe because it took me so long to learn it, I almost always start playing a few bars from Classical gas with almost any guitar I pick up.
New York's Not My Home is another that I play, just to run up the frets, but it doesn't hit the high E string until the chorus, so it's not a good test of strings. To test, I usually barre a couple chords up at about the 12th fret, just to see how it sounds and do the intro or chorus to Time in a Bottle to see if I get fret buzz at the upper frets. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Originally posted by MWoody:
Your just a bit weird mate!
Ok, I like to hear the open chord progressions in the Key of E.
022100 044200 066400 077600 099700 079900 Thanks for clearing that up Woody. My wife reckons I'm weird too.. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | My "new-string" song is often CCR's "Bad Moon Rising". Three chords, no waiting!!!! :D
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Blackbird , simple (all I play) and clean.. Neil, on the other hand " A man needs a maid"...great song!! |
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by BegginJM:
" A man needs a maid"...great song!! From the "Harvest" album with the London Symphony IIRC. One of the 3 or 4 Neil Young songs I actually like. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river.
One of Neil's best. Very true Wabbit. And now that I have that song stuck in my mind...
What IS the name of that song, so I can get it in my music collection, and get chords/tab? |
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Location: big island | http://www.chordie.com/allsongs.php/songtitle/Powderfinger/songarti... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Arthur, the song is named Powderfinger. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Oh, now I feel stupid, but also enlightened.
[Also Thanx Fellas, I've already got it in my Media Player, now I'll get the Tab] |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | "Fish n Tits" by Wayne Moss in A.
Chek Akins recorded it and called it "A Mouse In The House" 'cause the "suits" at CBS/Sony were afraid of the word "Tits." |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | "Johnny's got some brand new strings" from the recent Ricky Skaggs release. It's a good number just to warm up the fingers and break in the strings.
John <>{ |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Just kidding |
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new string songs