Welcome Novice 1!
Whern the bug really gets bad, you'll find the guitar grumbles at you if you walk past and ignore it.
Has you part of the US been affected by the blizzards?

from another recent recruit.

Thanks, Polyal - that's helpful. I need to have your suggestion on view to refer to as I re-twiddle, then I might have to ask a couple of subsidiary questions, if you don't mind.
It certainly sounds good, after I puffed some air through to de-crackle the pots.
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<t>Olly, I hope you don't mind be dredging up this old thread I found- I'm really into nice chord changes.<br/>
I don't write much original material, but I often try to modify/rearrange songs I like.<br/>
The kind of minor-ish effect you mention is used in "It won't be Long" (Lennon/McCartney) (47 ...

<r>Hi, Instructor. Thanks for the offer. I'm attaching a photo to help. I'll try to attach more, but an earlier attempt lost me the whole draft reply. <br/>
What is shown is the spaghetti nightmare near one of the tone controls. Each tone control is a dual pot which seems to sweep the frequency ...

<r>Hi Polyal<br/>
I'm attempting to send a photo (2nd attempt). It is a beauty, but unfortunately doesn't get the use it deserves these days, since I mostly play my acoustics. One mad idea I had was to add to the Aria a Shadow Nanomag pickup which (if the example on the Shadow website is accurate ...

<r><QUOTE author="Olly"><s>[quote="Olly"]</s>Hi and welcome to the forum. <br/>
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I have no idea on your question but I am sure someone here will help. <br/>
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What music are you into?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Hi Olly. I could be seen as a musical tart! Rock, Jazz, Folk, Classical- anything ...

<r>Hello back, James. Are you really a beginner if you've made 335 posts?<br/>
Anyway, re: tunes using just G, C and D<br/>
There are lots of folk tunes which only use 2 or 3 chords, but in case you want something a bit more rock-y, here are 3 well-known tunes which don't change chord too rapidly<br ...

<t>Hallo to hundreds of potential new mates. <br/>
I'm looking forward to asking lots of difficult questions and perhaps passing on the odd useless nugget of information to others.<br/>
Question: I am trying to fathom out the exact workings of the tone controls on my early 80s (very beautiful) Aria ...