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AvidLerner · 02-19-2016, 05:08 PM

I started learning guitar a couple years ago. I found a guitar at my friends, and I asked her if i could fix it. She said yes. So I restrung it, and she signed me up for an online guitar class. I guess I sounded worse than I thought. I finished that class, did ok. I went out on my own and found a few teachers on the internet on Youtube. I like Blues and rock, Jimmi Hendrix, Stevie ray Vaughn, BB King, and a few others. I have since bought a Epiphobne Blues box, acoustic/electric, a Les Paul Epiphone, and a Fender Stratocaster. I got the two electrics I got used and cheap, and fixed them up and they sound real nice now. Does anyone else play?

namaste

Meraxes · 02-19-2016, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AvidLerner

I started learning guitar a couple years ago. I found a guitar at my friends, and I asked her if i could fix it. She said yes. So I restrung it, and she signed me up for an online guitar class. I guess I sounded worse than I thought. I finished that class, did ok. I went out on my own and found a few teachers on the internet on Youtube. I like Blues and rock, Jimmi Hendrix, Stevie ray Vaughn, BB King, and a few others. I have since bought a Epiphobne Blues box, acoustic/electric, a Les Paul Epiphone, and a Fender Stratocaster. I got the two electrics I got used and cheap, and fixed them up and they sound real nice now. Does anyone else play?

namaste

Well family life kind of took over, but I've played since about 14, starting in the 90's learning how to play Alice in Chains songs. I had an ESP LTD Eclipse. I wrote some songs in kind of a Chainsy/Days of the New style, it was great fun, I miss it, kind of lost my callouses, but I'll get back around at some point. Great influences there, love the blues...

jesbuds · 02-19-2016, 06:03 PM

Well if we define "play" loosely I can "play" my guitar

. Never been good but I can strum a few chords and it's a great relaxing activity. Used to have an electric and acoustic but the electric was just too loud for my apartments and I prefer the soothing sounds of the raw strings. Also have a ukulele that is hella fun to mess around with, 4 strings, easy chords, always sounds peppy.

Really like old school acoustics, used to have a few from the late 60's early 70's that weren't the best guitars but damn if they had character. Right now only guitar is a Yamaha FG730s and gotta throw a shout-out to Elderly Music in Michigan, great store with so many cool instruments.

chronosync · 02-19-2016, 06:36 PM

I grew up playing guitar and fixing them its tons of fun. Cant go wrong with SRV Hendrix and BB stuff. I love playing the blues. Check out Elmore James, Howlin Wolf, and J. L. Hooker. Cut a piece of copper tube and play that shit.

AvidLerner · 02-19-2016, 07:12 PM

hey chronosync I will.
Hey Jesbuds, I define it as playing until someone tells me otherwise. I like to soll with jam tracks and alone sometimes with just a few notes maybe six or so.
Meraxes. that was me. I wanted top play since I was a kid. But my four kids needed the attention. Now they are all grown up, my ex left me, so I have plenty of time on my hands now.

namaste

Betterhaff · 02-19-2016, 07:33 PM

Look were they're playing on the neck.

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RustyShcklfrd · 02-19-2016, 07:34 PM

Hey there Avidlerner, been playing since 5, im a serious acoustic music fan, but I love it all. Nail down the rhythms, youll be owning it in no time. Peace

chronosync · 02-19-2016, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AvidLerner

hey chronosync I will.
Hey Jesbuds, I define it as playing until someone tells me otherwise. I like to soll with jam tracks and alone sometimes with just a few notes maybe six or so.
Meraxes. that was me. I wanted top play since I was a kid. But my four kids needed the attention. Now they are all grown up, my ex left me, so I have plenty of time on my hands now.

namaste

This is some Voodoo Child stuff right here. Its all in E with a five note scale. Throughout the video they show his hands so you see everything hes doing. I swear these guys set the grounds for rock and roll. Check it out its like a mini lesson, plus his intro is priceless you cant fuck with this guy.

https://youtu.be/1bw6znsxv8s

AvidLerner · 02-20-2016, 09:55 AM

thanks guys. I have been working on the rhythm and also just doing solos' I used VLC media player to listen watch and slow down the video without loss of sound quality. I probably drive my neighbors crazy, but there used to be a lot of college kids living here that were music majors and we could visit and have fun. they moved on and I am still working at it. I do rhythm sets and sometimes just make it up. I am trying to develop my own sound, if you know what I mean.
namaste

chronosync · 02-20-2016, 03:11 PM

Thats great you play by ear. I took some lessons and i learned some music theory, but %90 of what i know i picked up from playing along to recordings, learning by listening, and especially playing with other musicians. If you dont know what diatonic harmony is; thats a great place to start making sense of pop music.

Keep playing thats the main thing, and working on your own sound? Thats what its all about. Do You.

02-19-2016, 05:08 PM	#1
AvidLerner Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Universe Posts: 447	Guitar playing I started learning guitar a couple years ago. I found a guitar at my friends, and I asked her if i could fix it. She said yes. So I restrung it, and she signed me up for an online guitar class. I guess I sounded worse than I thought. I finished that class, did ok. I went out on my own and found a few teachers on the internet on Youtube. I like Blues and rock, Jimmi Hendrix, Stevie ray Vaughn, BB King, and a few others. I have since bought a Epiphobne Blues box, acoustic/electric, a Les Paul Epiphone, and a Fender Stratocaster. I got the two electrics I got used and cheap, and fixed them up and they sound real nice now. Does anyone else play? namaste __________________ I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
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02-19-2016, 06:03 PM	#3
jesbuds Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 409	Well if we define "play" loosely I can "play" my guitar . Never been good but I can strum a few chords and it's a great relaxing activity. Used to have an electric and acoustic but the electric was just too loud for my apartments and I prefer the soothing sounds of the raw strings. Also have a ukulele that is hella fun to mess around with, 4 strings, easy chords, always sounds peppy. Really like old school acoustics, used to have a few from the late 60's early 70's that weren't the best guitars but damn if they had character. Right now only guitar is a Yamaha FG730s and gotta throw a shout-out to Elderly Music in Michigan, great store with so many cool instruments.
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02-19-2016, 06:36 PM	#4
chronosync unknown clone Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,819	I grew up playing guitar and fixing them its tons of fun. Cant go wrong with SRV Hendrix and BB stuff. I love playing the blues. Check out Elmore James, Howlin Wolf, and J. L. Hooker. Cut a piece of copper tube and play that shit.
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02-19-2016, 07:12 PM	#5
AvidLerner Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Universe Posts: 447	hey chronosync I will. Hey Jesbuds, I define it as playing until someone tells me otherwise. I like to soll with jam tracks and alone sometimes with just a few notes maybe six or so. Meraxes. that was me. I wanted top play since I was a kid. But my four kids needed the attention. Now they are all grown up, my ex left me, so I have plenty of time on my hands now. namaste __________________ I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
	Quote 2 members found this post helpful.

02-19-2016, 07:34 PM	#7
RustyShcklfrd Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 426	Hey there Avidlerner, been playing since 5, im a serious acoustic music fan, but I love it all. Nail down the rhythms, youll be owning it in no time. Peace
	Quote 1 members found this post helpful.

02-20-2016, 09:55 AM	#9
AvidLerner Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Universe Posts: 447	thanks guys. I have been working on the rhythm and also just doing solos' I used VLC media player to listen watch and slow down the video without loss of sound quality. I probably drive my neighbors crazy, but there used to be a lot of college kids living here that were music majors and we could visit and have fun. they moved on and I am still working at it. I do rhythm sets and sometimes just make it up. I am trying to develop my own sound, if you know what I mean. namaste __________________ I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
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02-20-2016, 03:11 PM	#10
chronosync unknown clone Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1,819	Thats great you play by ear. I took some lessons and i learned some music theory, but %90 of what i know i picked up from playing along to recordings, learning by listening, and especially playing with other musicians. If you dont know what diatonic harmony is; thats a great place to start making sense of pop music. Keep playing thats the main thing, and working on your own sound? Thats what its all about. Do You.
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