what do you do to pay for your hi fi!

I work in technology for a large television broadcaster.........

I work for a company that publishes Business Magazines, I can't afford to buy any HiFi on my pay!

I'm a freelance Assistant Editor on film and tv productions. Also work now and then on the VFX and graphics side of things.

In my spare time, I work tirelessly to promote the plight of evil monkeys

I sit in front of my PC all day waiting for something to happen. Before I was left left house bound I worked in a guitar shop but spent all my money on fast women and slow horses.

I now scrounge of the state so I'd like to thank you all for paying your taxes.

Are you still able to play Duncan? Though on re-reading I notice you worked in the shop, so maybe you don't play.........

I buy it cheap, or wait for my dad to upgrade and pass stuff along thats been nicely run in. Limiting the need for a highly paid job to fuel the cost, and I learn to love what I have.

Cool sig btw. Am going to rotate mine more often.

How do you play? I am unable to barre strong enough to play certain chords. Am I doing something wrong?

Acoustic, electric, or nylon? Answer depends on which.

Acoustic steel extra fine.

Hardest type to barr‚ with then

Firstly, I tend to barr‚ more towards the side of my finger, rather than right on the flat of it, with a slight bend in it - this can give you better pressure than laying the finger flat across the board. This requires a fairly narrow neck, and a gentle camber on the fingerboard can help.

Secondly, think about whether you need to barr‚ the whole chord, or whether you can get away with just two or three of the strings - I spend a lot of time just barr‚-ing(?) with the last joint of my finger across a couple of bass strings, finger the next few, and miss out the top E. Alternativley, the other way round - miss out the bottom strings and just barr‚ across the last couple, if that makes sense?

Next, try DADGAD or open G tuning, play open chords up and down the neck without the barr‚, and become instantly more musical - and if you get lost, just let go and you still have a chord

Final straw - detune a tone and capo at the second fret. Same pitch, less tension. Technique often used with 12-strings for that very reason.

Oh, Oh questions, questions, questions! Right first of all; John, I don't play anymore as I can't hear what the ***** I'm playing and to be honest I find it a bit upsetting as it reminds me of what I used to be able to do But I've still got my guitars (They're MINE!!)
Secondly; We all struggle with barre chords at first, t took me ages to build up the strength in my fingers to barre comfortably but your mantra really has to be Practise, Practise Practise! Do all your warm up exercises before hand (bad pun, sorry) get the muscles in your hands/fingers as flexible as you can and go from there. You'll also find it harder with a steel string acoustic as the string tension is higheer tthan on an electric. If your finding it really tough to grapple with think about changing your strings to a lighter gauge (10-46 should be good)

Ok Back to topic!

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Thanks guys, Ive got it strung on 10 47s, perhaps a new guitar with a narrower fretboard, as im finding its much more difficult on 7th fret area?