Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

1.5K

Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

If you don't know how this works, . 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 Poal go down.

NOTE: That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself.

If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only.

Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then .

**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). 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 Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

(post is archived)

[–] [Sticky] • 0 pt

Hello and welcome to another FNGT! Like normal, we'll go ahead and get you started.

I am pretty ill, but it's probably not COVID. That'll teach me to go to a funeral and hang out with the unwashed masses. This is an original from the archives, but hasn't been shared in like a year. So, it shouldn't be too fresh in your memory.

I'm here, but probably not energetic or all that attentive. I'm doing this because the show must go on! (I've performed feeling much worse than this. I needed the money!)

[–] • 1 pt

Phew! Damn son, that smokes. Non-stop, balls to the wall action. That's what you call high energy. Reminds me of like a chase scene in movies. Cowboys and Indians, or spy vs. spy.

[–] • 0 pt

Thanks. It's one of my favorite of our compositions.

The name refers to the competing nature in parts. The 2nd part is played by my wife, actually. In a way, it's kinda a modern take on the Dueling Banjos. Except it's longer and comes together more often. The parts don't seem like they'd go together, but they do. I'd actually suggest that she had the more difficult of the guitar parts. It was recorded 'live', with us each playing our parts at the same time to the drum track that was prerecorded, as well as a little bit of bass that's intentionally sparse and only used to fill in as little as necessary.

I agree with the adage (normally) that the bass player should play as little as is necessary - to fill in around the edges or to empathize a tone.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

So, you guys were dueling. Were you trading off. Like call and response? That's some tight playing man. Way tighter than Steve Vai and Ralph Macchio in Crossroads.

It sounds like you used Trans Siberian Orchestra as an inspiration. She's got some chops man. You sure taught her how to play that thing. It ain't easy. She's got some commitment.

[–] • 1 pt

Man, that rocks. I mean full-on.

[–] • 1 pt

Glad ya liked it. It's a bit old, so it was time to trot it out again. I'm not feeling all that great tonight.

Wine is helping - but not much.

[–] • 0 pt

Sounds great man!

[–] • 0 pt

Thanks! It was from about a year ago, October of 2021.

I am in bed and feeling poorly, so it's nothing new. We actually were really close to having something new this week, and then I caught like AIDS or something. I know it's not COVID, but it sucks. I was feeling okay for a while, but then the chills and a fever returned.

On a positive note, I'm not actually dead.

[–] • 0 pt

AIDS sucks. Get some vitamins in you!

[–] • 2 pts

Hi guys, Happy Friday. I hope all is well with everyone around the world, but I expect that's not the case.

I wrote a quick song this afternoon and stuck it up on a cloud made out of sound. I named it

[–] • 1 pt

Suicide is painful?

Sounds cool man

[–] • 1 pt

It does kinda sound like the theme from MASH. I can see why you'd call it that.

(I had connectivity issues.)

[–] • 1 pt

I started to name it *Six Hands". As a nod to Zeppelin's "Four Sticks".

[–] • 1 pt

LOL I don't know as I'd have noticed the nod to Zep. Then again, my brain's not working as well as it could right now.

[–] • 1 pt

What up? I always dug this song. I start playing it while sitting, chillin' then I stop. I hate that. So I figured I gots to not stop and continue since uh... that's kinda the idea. So I learned it. Excellent chord progression, fill-ins, melody.

[–] • 0 pt

Great job, as always. I haven't heard that song in a long, long time. You do pick some unusual songs to play. That's not a bad thing, quite the opposite.

[–] • 1 pt

There are so many different genres to choose from that have cool songs. Old stuff, that is.

However, I've been listening to new country shit lately. I love it. It's all macho themes. Like dudes picking up chicks in bars and girls falling for guys and dudes going to work and making a living and raising a family composed of a man a woman. Un-woke shit.

I thought new country sucked but with all this gender shit, I love all the masculine themes being played on these stations.

[–] • 0 pt

I find some good music that's new, here and there... It's just sporadic...

Lately, I've been rocking out to Goldfinger.

[–] • 0 pt

Here is another song Chris and I played the other day. I think it might became grateful dead song,

[–] • 1 pt

You guys did a great job on a cool song.

[–] • 0 pt

I think that might be a Cash song? I'm not sure and looking it up would be too much effort.

I had some connectivity issues, but I'm back.

[–] • 0 pt

I might be, I'm not sure

[–] • 0 pt

LOL It's time for COF to chime in and help us out, but that's not gonna happen. Ah well...

He saved us so much time and effort!

[–] • 0 pt

Hello! Here is an old song my friend Chris and I played not too long ago, honky tonk heroes

[–] • 0 pt

That'd be Waylon Jennings and a guitar tuner! ;-) Both your B and G strings are out of tuning!

Man, I should send you a tuner. I just recently bought a five pack.

[–] • 0 pt

LoL, is it my G and B strings, or Chris? Or both? I recently smashed my tuner accidentally

[–] • 0 pt

I'm not sure. Who was the starting guitar?

And, tuners are cheap. Send me your mailing address by email and I'll send you one. I've gotta send you some strings as well. (I haven't forgotten, I'm just lazy.) I'll probably cheat and just use Amazon and have 'em ship it to you directly. I may use my fake-name account, so it might confuse you at first. (I've got a bunch of spare money in that PayPal account.)