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I checked out a beloved neighbor’s lawn mower yesterday. She's a smart, capable lady, but the mower wasn’t running right. Making a metallic noise. She rang me up, and I said, "Yeah, bring it on over and drop it off. I'll make it work, no worries." After a bit, I looked at the oil level, fresh ethanol-free gas in the tank, the air cleaner, and the spark plug, gap, and cap. All great. Checked all the nuts & bolts and the mower blade main bolt. Pulled it twice, and it ran like a champ. I called her, told her to come over. She ran a few test strips in my yard. “Can you hear that noise??” Turns out her last mower was electric. She’s not used to the sound of the engine and exhaust. 😐

Maybe if the Grateful Dead had spent more time writing songs of regret, broken hearts, and boyfriends that had cheated on them. Just sayin'...... 😗

Fingers crossed for a nice homecoming and a quick recovery. 🙂

That's a good friend right there!! 😃

Musicians often confuse the learning of music theory with the need to learn to read sheet music. And for most self-taught guitar players, most of whom will never become a session cat, there seems to be a smug satisfaction that we can play live and in bands, and perform all these great songs without reading a note. Then, over the years, it begins to dawn on us; We have learned music theory anyway. By trial and error. Practical experience. Figuring out what sounds 'right', and why, intuitively, this chord structure has a pleasing feel and progression to it. And that chord progression and those notes over there just sound wrong. Even by modern jazz standards. And in the end, the sheet music serves a very specific purpose, for those who either need it to perform, or those session players who want to show up to the studio, deliver the goods, and get paid. I guess I'm confessing two things here. * I have indeed come to know a great deal about music theory, and intervals, the circle of fifths, quarter notes, triplets, eight beats to the bar, and scales. and, * Though I have studied sheet music, and understand what all those black symbols on the staff there mean, It's nothing I will ever need to use and put into practice. I'm just too slow in the deciphering of it, and there's no point in really ever learning it correctly. Not at my age. Great topic and discussion, Californiaman. Thanks for kick-starting it and rolling it out onto the driveway. 🙂

All of this speaks to much of modern music. And television. And the movies. There's a conspicuous absence of original material and original creativity going on. How many Spiderman movies have there been in the past 15 years? How many ways can young musicians re-interpret classic rock music? Did Greg Brady really go out on a date with his TV mom?? 😗

Oh man, ksdaddy. I'll be praying for a quick recovery, and an awesome, active life after it's all done and healed up. They say there's no time in history like right now for somebody to have to endure this sort of procedure. Or maybe they just tell us that so that we won't be so upset and scared. 😐

Other bands have tackled this prickly subject. 🫠

Here's Jeff and Richard from 2012. This is so good!! (Just let one song after another play. There's a half hour of songs from the gathering on youTube.)

Very sad. 😔 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/he-was-a-remarkable-musician-and-friend-jeff-lynne-pays-tribute-to-electric-light-orchestra-keyboard-player-richard-tandy-who-has-died-aged-76/ar-AA1o0g85

When you say FIrebird pickup, do you mean the mini-humbucker? 🙂

A power chord is a musical colloquial expression for a chord on an electric guitar that consists of the root note and the fifth, and sometimes octaves of those notes. Power chords are played with an amplifier with added distortion or overdrive pedal effects. Power chords are a key element of hard rock, heavy metal, and punk rock. When power chords go missing like this, it's best not to panic. They are known to sometime wander. Leave the back door unlocked, and chances are they'll come home on their own. 😐

Opinions are like a drunk uncle. Everybody's got one. (And some of us ARE one.) 😐

I own one of these. But I have never even removed the truss rod cover. I'm assuming it's a single action truss rod. Enlighten me though; Is there an easy way to tell? 🙂