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Fred Glave
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Post by Fred Glave »

The only rule that I ever heard of when it comes to striking power chords is to first set your amp volume knob to 11.
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Fred speaks the truth.....it's not the mere playing of what is called a power chord that makes it remarkable...it is the "execution", the "how" of how it is played! If that is not clear, listen to Chalker's recordings, and currently, David Wright's interpretation of power chords!

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Ah brother Cohen ; LOL you got me...
<SMALL> perceptions were formulated several decades earlier and might need updating takes a pretty big man and David L Donald is just that kind of guy. Aaaackkk Aaaaaccckkk! (Sorry; hairball)</SMALL>
I see you are preturnatually kind to your long haired cats.
They don't even have to lick themselves!

This is like Shrodingers Cat in a box.
If you haven't looked in the box is the cat still there.
And if you look at the cat, it will then be different.
I looked at powerchrds again, and they changed LOL.

But I believe there are 2 previous recorded incidents here in past times where I was actually wrong and noted said fact.
Sometimes the grey cells turn a little mauve.

"a pretty big man "
Now I REALLY must go on that diet

I think Won't Get Fooled Again is the essence of powerchords...
when it was originally coined.

Marshal major on 11, 4 cabs and that big swing across all strings 1-3-5 no 6's 7s or 9s and ringing like all get out LOUD.

Since then, in the heavy metal world, I think the term has narrowed ; as the cascading 12AX7's multiplied and were overdriven to near physical limits,
and then that change trickled down to teenagers... and steelers.
And that I am showing my age.
A dilatory victim of etimological entropy.
That oughta keep Hankey happy.
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