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Re: My New Guitars

Unread post by SpoonInSpoon » Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:22 pm

SpoonInSpoon wrote:Gettin this one for christmas:
http://www.alvarezgtr.com/bigguitarspgs/rd20scbig.html
just got it today :P

this guitar plays beautifully! i reccommend you all look into it!

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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:25 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:
SpoonInSpoon wrote:yeah its best to have 2 of each kind, plus i wanna learn some jazz guitar, and thats a jazz guitar :P
the chet is a jazz guitar
haha. no, no it isn't. if you can get a jazz tone out of it..then you'll be the first. it was built for country flatpicking.
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Unread post by getoffmywalrus » Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:09 pm

I like powerchords.....
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Unread post by mangold » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:16 pm

i dont
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Unread post by gumbomadness » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:24 pm

power chords are dumb. their not major or minor and have 2** notes in them.. no room for variation. theyve got a root, its octave and one more note and thats poo. if your gonna do power chords you might as well extend them and do barre chords ..

EDIT: they do work well in songs that are strange like Minarets which is a harmonic minor.
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Unread post by jeffro » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:30 pm

gumbomadness wrote:power chords are dumb. their not major or minor and have 2** notes in them.. no room for variation. theyve got a root, its octave and one more note and thats poo. if your gonna do power chords you might as well extend them and do barre chords ..

EDIT: they do work well in songs that are strange like Minarets which is a harmonic minor.
So you hate songs like Layla and thing that Eric Clapton is "dumb"? I think power chords are useful as long as you don't rely on them too much.

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Unread post by gumbomadness » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:39 pm

jeffro wrote:
gumbomadness wrote:power chords are dumb. their not major or minor and have 2** notes in them.. no room for variation. theyve got a root, its octave and one more note and thats poo. if your gonna do power chords you might as well extend them and do barre chords ..

EDIT: they do work well in songs that are strange like Minarets which is a harmonic minor.
So you hate songs like Layla and thing that Eric Clapton is "dumb"? I think power chords are useful as long as you don't rely on them too much.
i dont hate layla. i love it.. but its not ONLY power chords like half the shit out there in music. Eric Claptons solo's and stuff are awesome and make the song a classic.
I guess. ... i hate powerchords when they are the ONLY thing in a song like in good charlotte poo, and siimple plan poo..
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:53 pm

Dancing Ants wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:
SpoonInSpoon wrote:yeah its best to have 2 of each kind, plus i wanna learn some jazz guitar, and thats a jazz guitar :P
the chet is a jazz guitar
haha. no, no it isn't. if you can get a jazz tone out of it..then you'll be the first. it was built for country flatpicking.
i wont be the first trust me

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Unread post by getoffmywalrus » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:56 pm

sorry, I guess by "power chord" I meant barre chord, I certainly don't play mine with just two notes, I've always called that kinda chord shape a power chord, but I think they're great if they're used right, kinda for stong percussive strumming, say like on Halloween or Too Much

EDIT: and you can still write great songs just using power chords, just look at Greenday
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Unread post by mangold » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:02 pm

getoffmywalrus wrote:sorry, I guess by "power chord" I meant barre chord, I certainly don't play mine with just two notes, I've always called that kinda chord shape a power chord, but I think they're great if they're used right, kinda for stong percussive strumming, say like on Halloween or Too Much

EDIT: and you can still write great songs just using power chords, just look at Greenday
greenday sux. im sorry they do.
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Unread post by getoffmywalrus » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:14 pm

haha they sux? Well I suppose they do, if you say so. Along with Talking Heads, Nirvana, and any other band that may have accidentally written a fabulous song with *gasp* power chords.
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Unread post by mangold » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:17 pm

getoffmywalrus wrote:haha they sux? Well I suppose they do, if you say so. Along with Talking Heads, Nirvana, and any other band that may have accidentally written a fabulous song with *gasp* power chords.
its not the powerchords that makes them bad. its the poor rythms, crappy lyrics, and horrible progressions
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Unread post by getoffmywalrus » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:31 pm

well...each to their own, personally I think Dookie remains one of the most influential albums of the 90's, but that's me. However, my point is that nobody should say that a certain chord is "bad" because it depends entirely on how it is used.
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Unread post by mangold » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:33 pm

getoffmywalrus wrote:well...each to their own, personally I think Dookie remains one of the most influential albums of the 90's, but that's me. However, my point is that nobody should say that a certain chord is "bad" because it depends entirely on how it is used.
tru dat. i prefer the full barre to the powerchord tho
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Unread post by gumbomadness » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:08 pm

praisedave wrote:
getoffmywalrus wrote:haha they sux? Well I suppose they do, if you say so. Along with Talking Heads, Nirvana, and any other band that may have accidentally written a fabulous song with *gasp* power chords.
its not the powerchords that makes them bad. its the poor rythms, crappy lyrics, and horrible progressions
indeed
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