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Hello, and welcome all once again to the Friday Night Guitar Thread. So dust off your guitar and play us a song, or come listen and dance along. The weekend is just starting, lets get it rocking.

submitted by Sleazy to Guitar 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:03:23 ago (+14/-0)     (Guitar)

Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

If you don't know how this works, click this link.. If you already know what's going on, you probably don't need to. That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Upgoat.net go down.

NOTE: That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, ask a regular participant (such as @TheRealBuddha or myself)

If you already know what's going on, you probably don't need to click any of those links. You can still visit to see if any changes have been made, as that's also where we kept the archives and have a second forum.

By the way, we're down to just two of us. If you want to help, let us know.


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[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:14:27 ago (+3/-0)

Here's something none of you have ever heard - probably. I did share it with COF back in the day, but I think that was privately shared. I don't know if it was ever shared in public. I do know that this came from my archives and I just uploaded it as I'm typing this...

Back in the day, I was putting together a band. They're known as BDE. (Some of you still have some merchandise.) As I was putting them together, we held auditions at my house. They were all given a chance to practice and then had to perform a song they knew but didn't know well.

I am not playing any instruments and only decided to add vocals at the last minute. There was a mic set up and things were going well. My voice is a bit weak in this one, so I don't quite have Ozzy's tone - but it's close enough. If you heard it in a bar, you'd stop and listen.

Fairy's Wear Boots - Black Sabbath

I'll keep digging through some more archived stuff. I have loads of it that has never seen the light of day, or at least hasn't been shared in public - or in a very long time. I've got all sorts of stuff.

Rock on, Goats! Rock on!

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:24:34 ago (+3/-0)

That sounds great! It ain't Ozzy but its close enough for me!

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:42:56 ago (+3/-0)

Thanks! I think I'll go sit a set or two when I get back home.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:54:09 ago (+3/-0)

Hell yeah, why wouldn't you. If you're in the mood to do it, especially!

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:59:19 ago (+3/-0)

It has been a minute and I can do that if I want to.

What are they gonna do, tell me no? LOL

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 3 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:10:30 ago (+3/-0)

I think they would welcome you with open arms! For sure. Let you take the lead of the show if thats what you want, or let you be just a guitar player if thats what you want instead! You should have it made with them. They would probably even let you drum if you wanted to!

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:14:43 ago (+3/-0)

Oh, I'm 100% certain they'll let me do any damned thing I want. If it wasn't for me, they'd still be working regular jobs and making shit for money. They know this and appreciate this.

So, they'll let me do anything I damned well please.

I wouldn't want to do anything that would cause them discomfort or harm, which they also know.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 3 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:41:49 ago (+3/-0)

My buddy Chris just messaged me, he is gone up north for Turkey hunting which starts tomorrow, and wouldn't you just know what he did today. He went rafting down a river with rapids and had himself a blast. Just what we were talking about a couple hours ago!

What crazy serendipity

But yeah, they better let you do what ever you please!

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:47:50 ago (+3/-0)

LOL Coincidences are awesome. I find them amusing, while others look at them to find some deeper meaning. I just accept that statistics are statistics. Every coincidence that could realistically happen has surely happened.

And, I'm sure they'll let me have fun. I'll have to get some recordings for some new material.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:55:45 ago (+2/-0)

Hell yeah you have to record it!

Are you heading back to Maine soon? It's May!

I find it amusing that of all days we talk about river rafting, an hour later i get a video of my friend rafting down the river.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 1 point 9 hoursMay 2, 2025 22:23:08 ago (+1/-0)

[ - ] mahavishnunj 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:40:32 ago (+3/-0)

I like how the drummer keeps the original slinky groove, but plays fills like Bill Ward did LATER. Were you singing that?

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:43:55 ago (+3/-0)

Yup. That's my vocals. I can sound similar to a bunch of vocalists. I spent years working on that. My passion is covers but I want to reproduce them at the highest level possible.

[ - ] mahavishnunj 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:46:58 ago (+3/-0)

This is asking alot, but can you sing crazy shit like Boston and Kansas?

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:58:35 ago (+3/-0)

Yup...

This isn't a recording meant for you. It's a recording meant for the band. We had someone in the audience recording the audience for feedback purposes. (Plus they had a camera so they could project the audience on the screen behind us.) It's from a fairgrounds where we had maybe 10k people in the audience.

Give this a listen:

https://share.fngt.gq/music/BDE/BDE%20-%20Bat%20out%20of%20Hell%20%2807.04.21%29.mp3

(You gotta wait for it.)

There's a lot you won't know/haven't heard as you're new to the thread. I'm reasonably well accomplished.

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 3 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:22:27 ago (+3/-0)

Actually, this might be more up your alley.

https://share.fngt.gq/music/BDE/BDE%20-%20Bohemian%20Rhapsody%20%2807.04.21%29.mp3

I'm the lead vocalist.

[ - ] mahavishnunj 3 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:08:50 ago (+3/-0)

Did I say last week I'm getting to do a Sabbath tribute show? I insisted on getting the Planet Caravan solo and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. I've still got one of my bitch ex wife's cancer wigs,I look just like Black Sabbath 1971 with it on.

[ - ] TheRealBuddha 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:12:48 ago (+2/-0)

Have fun!

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:13:09 ago (+2/-0)

Awesome!

That sounds like fun!

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 1 hourMay 3, 2025 06:57:48 ago (+0/-0)

'Fairies'

[ - ] mahavishnunj 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:58:54 ago (+2/-0)

I had severe nerve damage on top of carpal tunnel syndrome. When your hands are doing this 24-7, it's time to go to the doctor.

https://youtube.com/shorts/_3hWj82QNa0

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 1 point 9 hoursMay 2, 2025 22:15:34 ago (+1/-0)

That sucks

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:27:19 ago (+2/-0)

Here is a song with me and my late buddy Verle jamming

Love Keeps No Memories

[ - ] mahavishnunj 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:36:37 ago (+2/-0)

Who's singing? They sound more like Billy Gibbons than Billy Gibbons.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 0 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:38:10 ago (+0/-0)

Thats my buddy Verle!

[ - ] mahavishnunj 2 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:58:12 ago (+2/-0)

This is kinda fun. Both of these are me hiding from my lunatic ex wife, that's why I'm looking up in the 2nd one, to hear if I woke her up. There are quite a few of these. I'm recording in my fucking car in one.
Deathstalker

Never Cut Toward Yourself

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:08:54 ago (+2/-0)

Those two were pretty cool.

Nice ovation

[ - ] mahavishnunj 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:32:32 ago (+2/-0)

I got shit on relentlessly for that guitar, but I loved it. So easy to play. Everyone says they sound like shit, but that's because they're morons and plug them in. ALL acoustics sound like shit plugged in. You could easily do whole step neck bends on it and it would stay in tune.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 1 point 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:37:54 ago (+1/-0)

A neighbor of mine had one years ago and I always thought it sounded nice and projected well. Though he never plugged it in

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 59 minutesMay 3, 2025 07:00:46 ago (+0/-0)

The Mastodon shirt really rounds that out nicely

[ - ] mahavishnunj 2 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:35:12 ago (+2/-0)

This was recorded during the "mom's basement session of 2007" during divorce #1.

Frosted Tips

And one from right before I had to put the guitar down.

Cobblestone

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:51:57 ago (+2/-0)

COol. Sounds interesting

You got arthritis or something?

[ - ] mahavishnunj 1 point 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:01:51 ago (+1/-0)

I had carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists in February.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:09:17 ago (+2/-0)

Did it work? are your wrists better?

[ - ] mahavishnunj 1 point 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:27:25 ago (+1/-0)

I just started really playing again in the last week. I can't do full chords yet, alternate pick, or do big stretches, but I can tell it'll come back.

I was already trying to eliminate alternate picking before the hands went gay, but coming out of it, I've been finding a bunch of workarounds. A couple of nights ago I posted one for some Discord friends and got youtube subscriptions from strangers wanting more. So if shit like this helps anyone, let me know:

Pentatonic picking every note without alternate picking

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 1 point 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:42:25 ago (+1/-0)

Thats awesome. Just got to do the PT now huh?

[ - ] mahavishnunj 1 point 10 hoursMay 2, 2025 21:53:44 ago (+1/-0)

On my own yes. It doesn't come with the surgery anymore. I discovered a thing a few days ago pressing my wrists into a broomstick and rolling it around. That's some white trash physical therapy.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 0 points 7 hoursMay 3, 2025 00:07:28 ago (+0/-0)

Django only needed two fingers, I have every confidence you will be playing again!

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:05:52 ago (+2/-0)

Hello again, here is a song I wrote and recorded years ago that I have not shared lately

Leave

[ - ] mahavishnunj 2 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:45:43 ago (+2/-0)

That sounded like video game music. Or, what music sounded like in video games I played 100 years ago. I've wondered if I could do that, music for nonexistent video games.

[ - ] Sleazy [op] 2 points 11 hoursMay 2, 2025 20:53:39 ago (+2/-0)

I never thought of it like that LoL