Of all my guitars, the one I love the most is my Spanish S. Sgroi Silvestri acoustic guitar, (with nylon and wound strings).
It was given to me as a present in 1966, and has been lovingly looked after, and played regularly ever since.

Over the years the sound quality has improved, similar to a Stradivarius violin.

I love playing the Blues, and an acoustic guitar does it best...!

I have a 12-string acoustic guitar, but would not recommend one to anyone who prefers to play solo parts.
A 12-string is only useful for full strumming accompaniment, due to each pair of strings being tuned to a different pitch... ...!

My latest acquisition, a Hammond B3 clone, (drawbar organ), is fantastic for playing the Blues, (I'm quite good at it now... ...)...!

All my other seven keyboards are professional, programmable, digital synthesizers, (Yahama DX7, etc).

I am one of the lucky people who can play by ear, most instruments, and I get amazing satisfaction playing any musical instrument... ...!

Cheers all...!

Paul.

Fozzers tip of the day: Learn to play the piano. Once you have mastered the piano, you can then play any instrument...it's all to do with "intervals/spacing" between notes... ...!

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Hi Doug...!

A piano keyboard is laid out flat in front of you.
You can then observe the interval gaps in between notes in the major and minor scales.
These intervals, once learned can then be applied to any stringed, woodwind, percussion, etc, instrument.
You automatically know where to place your fingers for each note you wish to play in any scale.
That's why I find it easy to play an accurate? scale on any instrument, by learning the intervals on the piano keyboard first... ...!
I know how may frets, holes, etc, (intervals), to miss, to get my next note in the major/minor scale.
(I'm a clever old so-and-so...).. 8)... ...!

Cheers Doug... ...!

Paul....They don't call me "Fingers Foz" for nuffin'.... ... ...!

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Hi Sock and fellow geetarists... ...!

Try this stringing method for acoustic guitars, (electric guitar strings are normally fitted with a button on the end of the string and dont require this method).

(1) Pass the end of the string through the bridge.
(2) Loop under, and around the upper string in the form of a knot.
(3) Twist the end of the string a couple of times around the string for security.
(4) Pull both ends of the string to tighten the assembly up.

This arrangement will automatically tighten up when the string is pulled-up with the tuner.

Note that after re-stringing any guitar it will require re-tuning many times before it finally settles down in tune!

Cheers all... ...!

Paul...(sorry about my PSP efforts)... ... ...!

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Hi Sock...!
..glad you got it sorted... ...!

It can be quite complicated to re-string and tune an acoustic guitar correctly, so for anyone who hasn't done it before, I would recommend either purchasing a suitable book, borrowing a book from the local library, or popping into the the local music store to have a word with the salesman for advice, and looking at some examples of guitars in the store.
A correctly strung, and tuned, guitar is a joy to play... 8)... ...!

Cheers all...!

Paul....getting all strung up... ...LOL...!

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Hi Lemon...!

Farfisa....Know them well. I've got most of their catalogues here.
The Buckinham, Balmoral spinets, etc, and the portables...very nice.... ...!

The latest aquisition to all my Professional Programmable Synthesizers...>>

My Korg CX-3, Hammond B3 clone...FANTASTIC... 8)...!



Whiter Shade of Pale...Keith Emmerson...BookerT, Jimmy Smith, etc, etc....!

I used to go to the Harry Stoneham concerts many years ago...(sad)...LOL...!

Try your local Music store for books....or your local library... ...!

Cheers Mate....Happy tinklin'... 8)...!

Paul.

P.S...The organ is easier to play than the piano... ...!
Let me know how you get on... ... ...!

P.P.S.  Which model is your Farfisa...?

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Ah Help. I remember it well. Some nice songs on that album.

Here's a little piece of useless information. Have you ever seen the film? They filmed part of it Gatwick Airport when I worked there. Used our workshop as a backdrop & we could have reached out of the window & touched them. Not allowed to open the windows so we pulled faces at them instead. Didn't get much work done in the 2 or 3 days they were there. If you look carefully during the closing sequence when the credits are rolling you can see my mate Tom's bike leaning against the wall. Not a lot of people know that. 8)

Of course I've seen the movie!  I have it on tape!    Now I'm going to have to watch it again.  So I can tell my friends I know a guy who's mate had his bike in the final credits!    I used to have an old UK printing of that record in mono.  It was near mint!  But I gave it to a friend, the one who sings like an angel, as a birthday present.  She loves the album too and was quite happy with the gift.  So I have it on CD now instead.

Oops. Think I made a mistake. That might have been Hard Day's Night, not Help.

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Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This just brought home to me what goes into making a film. The film crew were there all week for not more than a couple of minutes in the finished film although the Beatles weren't there all that time. I haven't seen it for along time but if I remember correctly it ends with the Beatles leaving on a helicopter. This belonged to BEA Helicopters which was based on the airport in those days. (This was the old Gatwick Airport, not the new one across the road which hadn't been in operation all that long.) They dropped what looks like paper when the helo was taking off. This was actually 1,000s of signed photos of the Beatles although they were copies, not genuine autographs. We all picked up a few of these for souvenirs but I haven't seen mine for many years. We did meet Wilfred Brambell, a well known TV actor who played Paul's grandad in the film. He was delighted to give us his autograph. We also saw Roy Kinnear, another well-known Brit actor filming a small part but never got the chance for a chat. The closest we got to the Fab Four was through that window. Although it was our workshop we weren't even allowed outside the building during the filming.

PS. Wilfred Brambell wasn't in Help so it's a good job I checked. Shows how the memory plays tricks. For many years I've been convinced this was Help.