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11/19/2005 5:12 am
That's a good one.

You can think of real uses for old guitar strings. For example, they make excellent radio antenna extensions. I'm serious, give it a try next time you're getting bad reception.
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11/19/2005 1:45 pm
Originally Posted by: AkiraThey're also good for tying around things for security.

Oh darn!

And they're also good for playing guitar.
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11/19/2005 9:32 pm
Vacations, road trips, holidays, even most overnight stays...yep, yer gonna bring at least an acoustic along even if sacrificing room for other luggage.
You have a room in your house called the "guitar room".
You start feeling withdrawal symptoms if you can't play for some reason.

Originally Posted by: PRSplayawhen you keep a stack of guitar magazines and a guitar in the bathroom.

Definitely...Musician's Friend, Stewmac, Guitar One, American Musical Supply all grace my bathroom.
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11/20/2005 1:24 am
Originally Posted by: PRSplayawhen you keep a stack of guitar magazines and a guitar in the bathroom.



i lost 7 years worth of guitar world issues in the hurricane! not to mention about 6 years worth of AMS, musician's friend, and the assorted sam ash or other various catelogs that'd come across my mailing address.
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11/20/2005 6:30 am
Originally Posted by: R. Shackleferd
You start feeling withdrawal symptoms if you can't play for some reason.


Yeah i went on this 75km bike ride school camp thingo for 3 days and i started shaking by the third day coz i hadn't played..and tomorrow im leaving for another school camp for 5 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know how i'm going to survive without my usual 5 hours a day practise
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11/20/2005 8:24 am
Originally Posted by: Shredda_42I don't know how i'm going to survive without my usual 5 hours a day practise

:eek: :eek: :eek: this is when you know you have WAAAAAYYYY too much free time...

if you need something to hold you over, try this finger excercise: first put your hand on a flat surface, so that your palm is lifted off the table, and only your figertips are touching the surface. now lift your index and ring finger up simultaneously, then put them back down and lift your middle and pinky fingers, then put them back down. continue repeating that. it builds finger coordination. and if that's too easy, try doing both hands at the same time! now that takes coordination!
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11/20/2005 11:04 am
Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrs

if you need something to hold you over, try this finger excercise: first put your hand on a flat surface, so that your palm is lifted off the table, and only your figertips are touching the surface. now lift your index and ring finger up simultaneously, then put them back down and lift your middle and pinky fingers, then put them back down. continue repeating that. it builds finger coordination. and if that's too easy, try doing both hands at the same time! now that takes coordination!


omg thankyou...i needed something to keep me sane for the 5 days..that is really hard..on friday ill tell you that i can do it well with both hands..so instead of playin guitar for 5 hours ill be doing that thing with my fingers for five hours..thanks
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11/20/2005 3:20 pm
Originally Posted by: Shredda_42omg thankyou...i needed something to keep me sane for the 5 days..that is really hard..on friday ill tell you that i can do it well with both hands..so instead of playin guitar for 5 hours ill be doing that thing with my fingers for five hours..thanks

that is seriously quite difficult!!!!!!!! i think my hand mite be posesed cos the other fingures try n go up at the same time
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11/21/2005 1:39 am
when you love your guitar more than your girlfriend/wife
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11/21/2005 1:53 am
Originally Posted by: Fenderallthewaywhen you love your guitar more than your girlfriend/wife

Haha, if only.
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11/21/2005 2:01 am
Originally Posted by: Fenderallthewaywhen you love your guitar more than your girlfriend/wife

When you don't date because you think it will interfere with your guitar playing time. Which it will, so don't date.
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11/21/2005 7:22 am
Originally Posted by: Cryptic ExcretionsWhen you don't date because you think it will interfere with your guitar playing time. Which it will, so don't date.

wow... I don't know what's up with some of you guys... seriously, I enjoy playing my guitar... and I don't have very much time to play mine lately. though it seems that everytime I sit to play for 5 minutes, it turns into 45 minutes. but I wouldn't swear off women just to play my guitar.

not all women are so great though... and if you've read at least the first part of my "and that's it?" thread, then you know what I mean.

oh well, guess I won't let this bother me. you keep doing what you do, I'll keep doing what I do.
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11/21/2005 10:12 am
Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrstry this finger excercise: first put your hand on a flat surface, so that your palm is lifted off the table, and only your figertips are touching the surface. now lift your index and ring finger up simultaneously, then put them back down and lift your middle and pinky fingers, then put them back down. continue repeating that. it builds finger coordination. and if that's too easy, try doing both hands at the same time! now that takes coordination!


OMG lol i just did that on my desk like a piece of cake, i dont know, i did it with one hand effortlessly i was like "uhh ok" then i read on and you said "if that was too easy try this" and i just did it right now with both hands with nearly zero effort my hands look like spiders. I have really good hand eye coordination i guess, it wasnt really a challenge and everyone is liek WOW THATS HARD. :confused:
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11/21/2005 4:58 pm
Originally Posted by: SoulDistortionOMG lol i just did that on my desk like a piece of cake, i dont know, i did it with one hand effortlessly i was like "uhh ok" then i read on and you said "if that was too easy try this" and i just did it right now with both hands with nearly zero effort my hands look like spiders. I have really good hand eye coordination i guess, it wasnt really a challenge and everyone is liek WOW THATS HARD. :confused:

were you doing it slowly? try doing it as fast as you can! the faster you go, the harder it is.

and you have good finger coordination then. how long have you been playing guitar?
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11/21/2005 5:10 pm
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11/21/2005 5:33 pm
Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrswow... I don't know what's up with some of you guys... seriously, I enjoy playing my guitar... and I don't have very much time to play mine lately. though it seems that everytime I sit to play for 5 minutes, it turns into 45 minutes. but I wouldn't swear off women just to play my guitar.

not all women are so great though... and if you've read at least the first part of my "and that's it?" thread, then you know what I mean.

oh well, guess I won't let this bother me. you keep doing what you do, I'll keep doing what I do.

At least one friend of mine has seen me shift into what can only be describe as insanity because I couldn't stop laughing to the point where it was just absurd all because I had an idea for the guitar and thought it would be cool.
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11/23/2005 4:34 am
Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonHaha, if only.



...haha, ya...
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11/23/2005 4:53 pm
Originally Posted by: Cryptic ExcretionsWhen you don't date because you think it will interfere with your guitar playing time. Which it will, so don't date.


yeah, that just sounded a WHOLE lot like the "and thats it" thread- just substituting "guitar" for "god".
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11/23/2005 4:57 pm
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11/23/2005 5:15 pm
when you try to pay the cashier with picks instead of change.

can't remember if that's already been posted or not
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