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Petre

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« on: April 26, 2006, 10:02:43 PM »
Ok so how many of u here have attempted (whether successfully or not!) swinging the guitar over ur shoulder and back round ur body? lol, i really wanna try it out with my old £90 practice strat, but i havent got the guts to! Is it as easy as it looks ?  :P

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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2006, 02:40:31 AM »
LOL!  :lol:

I haven't tried that for years!  I think I did it without problems.  What I was always bad at was the windmill.  Man, it's tricky.
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2006, 02:59:57 AM »
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Is it as easy as it looks ?  :P

Yes, but you may want to invest in straplocks first!!
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2006, 05:21:48 AM »
Straplocks are your friend. Just don't hit a wall XD I do it all the time, it's pretty badass. I slam the strings open and spin it around my body and fiddle with my effects, letting everything feedback and shite.
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The amazing Phil

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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2006, 10:04:22 AM »
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LOL!  :lol:

I haven't tried that for years!  I think I did it without problems.  What I was always bad at was the windmill.  Man, it's tricky.


Can't beat a bit of Pete Towndend, I almost anihilated my light shade doing that. :oops: I've never had the guyts to swing an axe over my shoulder though...
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Muttley

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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2006, 10:50:00 AM »
At a Doro gig once, the bass player did this thing where he pulled his right arm back through the strap and rotated his whole body with the bass hanging down stationary from his neck, then stuck his arm back through and continuing playing (didn't miss a note).

Never tried swinging a guitar round myself as I'm a clumsy bar-steward and would probably end up skewering the drummer or something.  :lol:

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Petre

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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2006, 11:41:08 AM »
lol! dont worry. strap locks are sorted, i like holding my guitars at awkward angles and stuff anyway :P

So its really that easy?
I mean, im talking like alexi laiho style here :P not like the hives or anything lol. just, every time i seen it i could imagine 101 ways it could go wrong  :roll: .e.g..

    Headtsock hits straight into floor
    Guitar hits spine
    Guitar has too much momentum and pulls me onto my arse...

lol ah screw it im just gonna have a 6 pack of carlsberg one day and go mental in my garden trying it lol.

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P.S. Im not a bodom fanboi ..... much...
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2006, 11:51:07 PM »
back in the good old eighties, Cinderella used to swing their axes all the time!  the videos from their first album are full of it ( guitar swinging that is...) :P
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« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2006, 12:01:37 AM »
I never tried it because the first time i saw it happen was in a Static-X video on Kerrang... put me off the idea. also i don't play outside very often...
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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2006, 01:28:30 AM »
Yngwie is doing it on the G3 dvd.
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2006, 09:26:08 AM »
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Yngwie is doing it on the G3 dvd.


Ah, the Yngwie combo.  Swing guitar, hit chord followed my immediate drop-kick of plectrum into audience.  :lol:
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2006, 04:45:27 PM »
:lol:  He's in classic form
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2006, 08:10:56 PM »
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At a Doro gig once, the bass player did this thing where he pulled his right arm back through the strap and rotated his whole body with the bass hanging down stationary from his neck, then stuck his arm back through and continuing playing (didn't miss a note).


Hehe, found a video on the web where the same bass player does it in a video:

Warlock - All We Are

It's during the chorus immediately after the solo.  :D

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« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2006, 06:24:59 PM »
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! the most cheesy song ive ever heard that one... hahaha....

ALL WE ARE... hahahaa  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

cool trick from the bassist tho...  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2006, 11:34:17 PM »
Don't be mocking Warlock, Sambo! Doro has ways of knowing if you've been laughing at them!!
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