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That is lovely Randy, I really enjoyed listening to it. You definitely have not lost your touch! I am so glad that you are back playing guitar again.

Music theory is far more logical than the english language?. I have just learnt something this morning which made me understand why the minor scale sounds different to its relative major. Knowing why is really empowering. Good luck with your learning fluidguitar, I hope you enjoy learning it as much as I do. Actually I am addicted to it!?

Seriously nice guitar Shaky, enjoy!

Wow, that is great Henk, impressive song list too! Well done to you and the band.?

This is excellent CapM, the blend of instruments is superb making a great sound. I really love the lyrics and your singing is top notch as always. The slow down at the end did fell like it was creating some uncertainty as if you were trying to convince us that it will be alright. Another professional production from you, great stuff!

Beautiful Watson43, great job. Superb guitar playing and singing. The harmony was also excellently done.

Wow, excellent post Mark. I think that there are plenty of people who may not have considered doing the guitar music for weddings. Your post will not only bring this to their attention but it will give them a great idea of what is required and what it is like to do it. The second thing that I want to say is .... Well done Mark! ?? ???? I never knew anything about when you learnt to play or how the course helped you. Your story is superb and I can appreciate all of the work that you have put into your guitar playing even more. Wow 100ish songs! That is a lot of songs to have a) learnt and b) keep fresh in you mind.

Congratulations gmills, enjoy!???

Happy Birthday @IanD I hope that you have a great day. ?????? Thank you for all of the help and encouragement that you have given to me throughout the years. Best wishes Mandy

I am so very glad to hear that! Yipeeeeeee!!!?????‍♀️

Superb Wim, very enjoyable!

I have the Yamaha THR5 as my practice amp and it is superb. The THR10 would give you a few options to play around with if you are not ready for pedals yet or unsure of the kind of sounds that you want. The THRs don't take up a lot of space.

Fabulous! ??You guys sound great. ?All of that hard work certainly paid off.? I hope your back feels better really soon.

?Happy Birthday Steve?? Have a great day.? ?Thank you for everything that you do for us. ?You have made a huge positive difference to lots of people's lives.????

I do not know anything about locking the bridge as such but I will tell you all that I know about the subject of Ibanez Jem tuning, although you probably know all this stuff better than I do!? I bought an old Ibanez Jem 555 so I have had to learn how to tune the guitar properly. Although my guitar came with the original instrustion manual I still did not really understand it. I searched the web and came up with this site which helped me a lot www.guitarrepairbench.com/electric-guitar-repairs/floydrose_tremolo_setup.html So what I do to tune it is loosen the locking nuts that sit over the guitar nut first, adjust the tuners a little bit going from string 6, then 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 (only a little bit on each string) and then go back to 6 and do them all again with just small tweaks and basically keep going untill you can get them all in tune. It is a fine balancing act, you can not tune each string to the correct pitch one by one, you have to adjust each a little. I think of it as kind of like a sea-saw but with tension instead of weights. When they are all in tune you can tighten the locking nuts at the guitar nut. This will put it out of tune again so you then have to do the fine tune adjustments using the turning wheels at the end of the bridge. With the nuts locked that should remain pretty stable for a while at least. Like Blue Dog said, I do not use the tremelo bar as I am not at that stage yet so it remains in the case. I hope this helps.

Good luck at your consultation my friend. Let us know what the surgeon says.

How much do you want to spend? Is it possible for you and Julie to go to a local guitar shop so that Julie can try some out? My first electric guitar was a Yamaha Pacifica 112J in black. I found it nice and comfortable to learn on and still love it and play it. I bought an Epiphone Les Paul Special after that which is nicer to look at but I did not bond so well with it. It comes down to personal choice in the end I think. I bet Fender Telecasters are nice. Let us know what Julie gets!

Now that is a brilliant idea. Go for it Julie!??? About the noise, I always compare the amount of noise that I am making to that of the average television. You can practice on an electric guitar that is not plugged into an amp if you are worried. I have a low wattage modelling amp that can produce lots of different effects including distortion at low volume levels. jumiclands stop procrastinating, get Julie a guitar and get to it.

Wow Ian that is absolutely brilliant. I enjoyed that. Well done! You don't look or sound nervous to me. You have every reason to be proud of all the work you have done to get to this stage. An excellent performance. ???????????

Oh Randy, I am very sorry to hear that. I hope it heals well and soon. My very best wishes to you.

Thank you CapM.

Wow CapM, lovely bit of acoustic guitar playing there. Your songs are of a very high standard. I look forward to hearing more of them! Incidentally, what forums do you use to get comments on your songs, would any of them be appropriate for a beginner like me?

Hello HYA, Yes! If you can play the exercises at the speed suggested in the bonus resources book then move on. I found an app called "note trainer" which helped me with my note reading a lot. I started out remembering with the mnemonic FACE for the notes in the spaces between the lines and Every Good Boy Does Fine for the notes on the lines. After a while of using the app I became able to name the notes just out of pure practice during any spare moments that I had. Keep on going you are doing great!

Fantastic Wim VD! Exactly what Diane B said.???????

Have a great day @matonanjin ???????