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10-15-2007, 03:02 PM
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Ehh.. forget it!
(I tried and failed to delete this post..)
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10-15-2007, 03:10 PM
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10-15-2007, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by El-Bob  ... | +1
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10-15-2007, 03:14 PM
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10-15-2007, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by casualmadness +1 | +1 
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10-15-2007, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Siff I knew better than to post this, didn't I?! | sorry, it's just the wierdest post i've ever seen 
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10-15-2007, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Siff I knew better than to post this, didn't I?! | actually after 7 years on TB maybe you should have known better 
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10-15-2007, 04:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | Playing with a pen in the right hand: not easy, but it doesn't make playing utterly impossible.
Playing with a pen in the left hand: again, awkward, but not impossible.
Using a pen to play with the right hand: a pen doesn't make a good plectrum...
Using a pen to play with the left hand: The body isn't hard enough to use as a slide, and is completely impractical and awkward to use as a fretting tool. 
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10-15-2007, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones Playing with a pen in the right hand: not easy, but it doesn't make playing utterly impossible.
Playing with a pen in the left hand: again, awkward, but not impossible.
Using a pen to play with the right hand: a pen doesn't make a good plectrum...
Using a pen to play with the left hand: The body isn't hard enough to use as a slide, and is completely impractical and awkward to use as a fretting tool. | you think dave is crying yet?
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10-16-2007, 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by El-Bob you think dave is crying yet? | Umm.. no.
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10-16-2007, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Siff Umm.. no. | good, i was getting worried that we might have been too hard on you 
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10-16-2007, 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by El-Bob good, i was getting worried that we might have been too hard on you | Heh. Flame away, it's all good. I did find the pen cleaned up my two-finger plucking, but the post was admittedly.. umm.. odd.
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10-16-2007, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Siff Heh. Flame away, it's all good. I did find the pen cleaned up my two-finger plucking, but the post was admittedly.. umm.. odd. | i wouldn't say i was "flaming"... 
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10-16-2007, 09:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area, California, USA | | | Hmmmm, I don't have a problem holding a pen in either hand while playing. I'm left-handed (though I play a righty bass), so I often hold a pen in that hand while writing music. Actually it doesn't inhibit any movement whatsoever.
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10-16-2007, 09:45 PM
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10-16-2007, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones
Using a pen to play with the right hand: a pen doesn't make a good plectrum...
| I've played using a drum-stick (kind of similar) it works pretty well
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10-17-2007, 12:12 PM
| | | | I once saw a guy play saxophone with a cigarette between his index and middle fingers...He did quite well, I guess you could say he was smokin'.
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10-17-2007, 12:26 PM
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10-19-2007, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by John Wentzien Are you sure that was a "pen" you were holding in your hand? | 
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