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Location: Clinton ,Ct | I like light to med picks .I use the edge alot to get that Billy Gibbons rockabilly chime sound.And yes Brian May used coins at first He flipped them out to the crowd alot.Mostly quarters he liked the heavy sound they made .I have to say I lost a ton of respect for Queen when they showed up on American Idiot.Boy was I Po,d.and NO I don't watch it.My wife does. She called me in the middle of my most recent guitar project to come see.I could not believe it was true.Maaaaaannn. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Queen being on American Idol was no different than any other publicity junket. Queen is embarking on a new tour with Paul Rogers singing and this was good advertising....same a Kenny Rodgers (new album), Rod Stewart (new album), Barry Manilow (new album) and all the rest that will be appearing throughout the competition. |
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Location: Clinton ,Ct | Yea But still Queen has been a ROCK icon for decadeds [notice the word ROCK]In the world of sellouts it would be nice to hold onto something.I guess we will have to add those others to the list along with Queen .Freddy would never have RIP. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I remember living in Houston in the 70's and going to the Rice Hotel where a relatively unknown band called Queen was going to play (this is when they had just come out with the first album) around '71 or '72 I think.
By the time everything was hooked up and ready to go, the substantial amount of power that all the equipment and amps were generating knocked out all the power in the hotel. After trying unsuccessfully several times to get everything kicking, the concert was cancelled.
I was totally bummed, being into Queen bigtime, and missing the chance to see them perform for a crowd of less than 500.
I saw then 3-4 times after that, always leaving the arena amazed and always remembering the one that got away. |
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Location: New York, NY | I'm a big fan of the Dunlop Tortex mediums. They're on the heavier side of a medium pick but I think they do the job for both strumming and picking on both my acousics and electrics (my biggest requirement by the way cause I like to keep a bowl of picks on my coffee table and just grab one, regardless of which instrument I pick up)... I use them with my bass too... I know, I know I'm a wuss for using a pick with my bass, I'm just not that good on it without one!!! |
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| You mean you can buy picks in different thicknesses!!!!! Christ....whats next..... Different colors??
No wonder they want to bomb us all..only in America and a few parts of England.. |
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| Vcnyls, Your not a wuss for using a bass guitar pick, plenty of players do that. I use one of those fussy little fat picks for playing bass because I like low mellow bass lines, not the pluck and slap, poppin' slop that's heard alot today.. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Francis, I use Fender mediums for my Os usually. I've experimented with various brands, materials and thicknesses and the two I like best for general playing are the Fender mediums and the OFC whites (.060"). I might use ones up to 0.1" for note playing, though.
For strumming, I've found that thicker picks give too much 'click' against the strings for my taste.
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