RE: if you had to cherry pick a song to describe _______
(10-22-2025 11:59 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:
(10-22-2025 06:19 PM)stinkfist Wrote:
(10-21-2025 02:05 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote: Hey stink, I've just made a life changing decision and have quit 10 gauge string on my Les Pauls and have moved down to 9's. I've played 10's for 25 years but after getting my uncles Gold Top after his passing I've noticed how much smoother it is playing his and its because of those 9's. Then I changed my Cherry Burst to 9's for the first time ever and I think I'm done forever with the 10's.
The power chords with heavy distortion actually sound tighter with the 9's, and its way easier for a lot of bends which I'm doing a lot of these days. No more ripping the skin off my fingertips or rubbing them raw.
This is my theory on life now......play with 9's, date 10's and always crank my Marshall to 11.
lol ... now that's what I call 'music theory' at its finest ...
since I'm almost always in drop or open on the tele, I've gravitated to EB power slinky 11 thru 48 (sometimes I'll toss a 52 on the low E for giggles) ... my bendin' days are mostly over ... (friggin' arthritis - I don't have the hand strength anymore to play extended periods of time) ... plus, I tended to pop the B and the E after a few hrs. playing 9's (I used to have a 'heavy' hand) ... needless to say, I always had extra 9's and 11's on hand back in those days...
it's great you're still into the groove (it's been a couple of years now, correct?) ... are you still hooked up with your old band?
it's been a while since I've jacked in the tele ... I'm playing the Martin almost exclusively these days ... this winter, I have decided to spend more time honing my finger/chick'n pickin' ... it's in dire need of some serious work ...
cheers, Eric ... good times, bruv, good times!!!
I'm headed back to Memphis next week and will be there through Christmas. We have plans on playing every single weekend and even during the week when possible lol.
Everyone seems more juiced for it than they have been in over 20 years. They all keep calling me to confirm I'm headed down and what songs they want to work on and what they have been writing.
I just bought a 2003 Marshall Triple Super Lead (TSL 122) which is the 2x12 combo version of the half stack I used in the old days. Got it for just $599 from Guitar Center in Pensacola FL (mail order). OHHHH playing that 3 channel amp is like going home after 10 years away. lol
The band split up 20 years ago, everyone has raised their kids and now everyone wants to dive back in full bore for as much time as we have left in this life. lol
If things keep up like this I'm gonna have to move back permanently just for the music and good times.
Everyone is sober and clean these days, so it just about the music and having fun now.
no matter the cause and passion when weighing from the 'right' side of the equation, how can one not love those happy ending stories ... that's great stuff ... your faith coupled with faith in self is quite the powerful combination ... the world could use a 'few' (a lot) more folk with that combo...
it's nice to read a positive message before delving into what will most certainly be another whirling dervish from the peanut gallery ...
RE: if you had to cherry pick a song to describe _______
how easy it is to remember to forget why...
Quote:Angels on the sideline
Puzzled and amused
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they're all confused
Don't these talking monkeys know that
Eden has enough to go around?
Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys
Where there's one, you're bound to divide it
Right in two
Angels on the sideline
Baffled and confused
Father blessed them all with reason
And this is what they choose?
Monkey killing, monkey killing, monkey over
Pieces of the ground
Silly monkeys
Give them thumbs, they forge a blade
And where there's one, they're bound to divide it
Right in two
Right in two
Monkey killing, monkey killing monkey over
Pieces of the ground
Silly monkeys
Give them thumbs, they make a club
To beat their brother down
How they've survived so misguided is a mystery
Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability
To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here
Gotta divide it all right in two
Gotta divide it all right in two
Gotta divide it all right in two
Gotta divide it all right in two
Fight till they die over sun, over sky
They fight till they die over sea, over air
They fight till they die over blood, over love
They fight till they die over words, polarizing
Angels on the sideline again
Benched along with patience and reason
Angels on the sideline again
Wondering where this tug of war will end
Gotta divide it all right in two
Gotta divide it all right in two
Gotta divide it all right in two
Right in two
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if you had to cherry pick a song to describe _______
