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jiujitsu_jesus
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02/28/2006 7:23 am
I just snapped a string on my acoustic guitar. I really want to keep playing, but I can't use my electric, because my Dad's asleep, and his bedroom is right next door to the room where I play! :mad:

So... does anyone know any pieces that can be played without a D string? :D
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02/28/2006 9:15 am
Play your electric with headphones plugged into your amp dude
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02/28/2006 1:36 pm
owch, tough luck.

thats why you need to always have an extra pack around. or at least keep the set you changed for your current one, just in case.
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02/28/2006 1:37 pm
Or turn the volume down.
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02/28/2006 3:41 pm
Or, you know, don't plug it in. That way it's even quieter than an acoustic.
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02/28/2006 4:22 pm
Yeah, I never plug in my electric, unless it's necessary to be heard. Meaning, only when I'm playing with other people, or occasionally if I want a bunch of distortion and junk, if I'm in that mood. Sometimes when I've learned a song I want to plug in and hear it the way it's meant to be. But I do the vast majority of my playing on an unplugged electric.
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02/28/2006 4:26 pm
Originally Posted by: acapella rapemeYeah, I never plug in my electric, unless it's necessary to be heard. Meaning, only when I'm playing with other people, or occasionally if I want a bunch of distortion and junk, if I'm in that mood. Sometimes when I've learned a song I want to plug in and hear it the way it's meant to be. But I do the vast majority of my playing on an unplugged electric.

And I as well.
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02/28/2006 5:16 pm
See, I'm just the opposite. If I'm playing an electric, then 90% of the time I'm gonna want to plug it in, unless I'm just strumming to strum around. But in times of practice and playing for extended periods of time I always plug it in. Just doesn't feel right not to.
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02/28/2006 5:44 pm
Originally Posted by: Julian VickersPlay your electric with headphones plugged into your amp dude


I don't have any stereo headphones... and my Dad is the type who seems to be able to hear anything when he's asleep, despite the fact that he's clinically hearing-impaired :confused: , so turning it down doesn't work, either. Ah, well, I'll play unplugged if he decides to have a nap again this afternoon - and if I snap a string on my electric, THEN I will be seriously pissed off!
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong

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02/28/2006 6:50 pm
Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusI don't have any stereo headphones... and my Dad is the type who seems to be able to hear anything when he's asleep, despite the fact that he's clinically hearing-impaired :confused: , so turning it down doesn't work, either. Ah, well, I'll play unplugged if he decides to have a nap again this afternoon - and if I snap a string on my electric, THEN I will be seriously pissed off!

But he can't hear an acoustic? The thing about an electric is that you can make them quieter than an acoustic, but I guess if you're going to go that low then you might as well just play unplugged.
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They Said To Play It Louder Than Hell, We Promised That We Would

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Whatever you do, don't eat limes. A friend of mine ate a lime once and BAM!! Two years later. Herpes.
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02/28/2006 7:39 pm
Originally Posted by: Cryptic ExcretionsBut he can't hear an acoustic?


Don't ask me how my Dad's hearing works, it's pretty screwed up... I think he prefers me to play my acoustic, so he decides that he can't hear it when he's asleep!
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong

If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.

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