U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by LikeASong:Intro is:
A#... F... Cm
A#... F... F.......

then (00:27) changes to a slide progression of:
Gm... F... Gm... F

then (00:45) first chorus (You do your disappearing act) goes like:
Eb... A#... F... Cm...
Eb... A#... F... Cm...

Verses (00:55) are:
Gm... Gm... (F)... Gm... Gm... (F)...

Then (1:21) goes to the intro again:
A#... F... Cm... A#...
A#... F... Cm...

then (1:53) goes to the bridge (and You think that you can love), which is:
Eb-Gm... F... Eb-Gm... F --> that means that Eb quickly changes to Gm and the quickly goes to F

and then back to the verses:
Gm... F... Gm... F

until 2:25, when You do your disappearing act comes back, and then (2:36) verses come back too. Then (2:53) intro comes back. And in 3:26 the You think that you can love comes back.

Oh, the piano break/outtro has the same chords as the verses.

This song is pretty easy, just mess around with the basic A# structures and its "associated chords" (F, Eb, Cm, Gm, Dm not included)

Originally posted by LikeASong:Then, what you need is TRAINING, precisely Try guessing the chords on your own, firstly start by guessing the "main" note (with the small E string works better), that will be the root note of the chord most of the times. For example, when I first played DIsappearing Act this morning, first note I guessed was the E string on the 6th fret (--> A#). When you're more trained you can guess the full chords (and its modifications like minor, seventh, etc) just by knowking the progression it's in, or viceversa.

But Google-ing the tabs and chords do NOT train your ear!!


PS. Just a tip, and advice from player to player. Trust your ear more than your eyes

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Looks like the new Line HD 500 is an M13 on steroids. At $500.00, this will make the M13 obsolete. I imagine the price will go down on the M13.

Don't get me wrong, the M13 is great. But the HD 500 has amp sims, you can move the effects around to various orders, the chips are upgraded and loads more. I'm gonna have to look into this a bit more but I might have to get one of these.

http://line6.com/podhd/movies.html

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•ENGL® Fireball 100
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•Fender® Blackface Deluxe Reverb®
•Fender® Twin Reverb®
•Gibson® EH-185
•Hiwatt® Custom 100 (DR103)
•Marshall® JCM-800 (2204)
•Marshall® JTM-45 MkII
•Mesa/Boogie® Dual Rectifier®
•Park 75
•Supro® S6616
•Vox® AC-15
•Vox® AC-30 (Top Boost)

Originally posted by thechicken:The "right" name would be Bb. And Dm is part of this key.
The key of Bb:
Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Aº.
There you are.

Originally posted by NLOTH_Victor:[..]

Thanks for the advice, I have tried somethings but I always end up bein lazy but, again, thanx sergio

Edit: the times I tried i usually got the distance between the notes right but not the right key if u know what i mean... and sometimes i had trouble with major minor but that comes w time...

Originally posted by Alex:I just sold my Chinese Gretsch copy and replaced it with a Korean Electromatic G5122 in black gloss. Luckily I received it with a grey- silver pickguard instead of the clear one. It's not a proper Country Gentleman but close enough for me right now. Love it.

The Gretschbuckers are better than their reputation. But since the HS Filtertrons are quite cheap now I seriously consider an upgrade. The mounting will be a smaller challenge but manageable. I also think about a rocking bar bridge instead of the tunomatic.

Alex