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Social Distortion - Ball and Chain, Ring of Fire, I Was Wrong, Reach for the Sky, Bad Luck
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight, Green Manalishi, Breaking the Law
ACDC - It's A Long Way To The Top, Heatseeker, Dirty Deeds
ZZ Top - Stages, Rough Boy, TV Dinners
4 NonBlondes - What's Up
Kenny Chesney songs
George Strait songs
60/70's Folk Stuff just depends on my mood at the time
My tastes change week-to-week actually on what I play
You can never go wrong with a Gibson ... but that's just me
I'm listening to Joe Satriani's "I Believe" at the moment ... beautiful song
That's a good buy then ... Line6 has a lot of "pods" you can buy that have the effects in them instead of buying 5, 10, 15 pedals ... a boss pedal sounds good by itself but I hate changing the tones, etc on it ... the one other item I'm buying for mine later on is the Boss Equalizer pedal ... it sounds great with together with my Metal Core or Blues Driver
I'd go with the DigiTech pedal ... I've never seen it before but if it gives you the pedal effects you want, that would be the best way to go
Congrats Radchael 
It's great learning that very first song ... once that comes, you've been "bitten" by the music bug
The first song I learned was Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight" and I haven't stopped since
06
I have a few Boss pedals ... the one I bought was the Metal Core ... if you're going for a tight, "Pantera" type of metal that's the way to go .... the Core is a notch above the Zone in regards to the metal sound ... I was about to go with the Zone but switched to the Core ... good luck with whichever one you buy ... you'll be satisfied
I've used Elixir Nano's for a while now and decided to try something different ... I went with Cleartone Extra Light Acoustics .10-.47 and they sound very very nice ... they have thinner coatings on the strings then the Elixir's have which I like a little better ... a little pricey at $17 a pop
You're welcome ... here is a couple of links I've used that have helped me out:
Chord Sequences
http://www.ilearntoplay.com/content/en/ … hords.aspx
All-around Chord Site
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php
Major/minor Tone Chords
http://www.free-online-piano-lessons.co … riads.html
06sc500
A lot of solo's are based on what key the song is based on ... note progression is based from there up and down the neck ... for example if the song is in the key of "A" you can use the notes that make up "A" (depending on what scale you want to use)... from there you can use the chords in the key of "A" and break down those chords and use the notes in the those ... it can get complicated but once you understand it's not too dificult ... I'm new the "Theory" but from what I've learned so far that's the easiest way to figure out solo's or how to incorporate them ... below is an example of a chord progression solo for C, F, and Bb
http://www.ilearntoplay.com/content/en/ … -F-Bb.aspx
I know it's not much but it can give you an idea
Detman
It must be unique or an earlier/newer model ... I have a Line6 Spider III 75 and mine looks like what you see on the Line6 website
I finally tried out a semi-hollow electric this past weekend and was blown away ... the sound was so incredible I made this my next purchase ... granted it cost $2500+ but the tone is EXACTLY what I've been looking for in a clean, rock sound
Does anyone own a semi-hollow electric? How do you like it? How does it play?
Wibble - View the Music Theory section on the message board. Jerome is a good starting point. I've used this section a lot and from there, I went and researched some sites online and started figuring out scales, keys, etc on my own.
Congrats on making it back in one piece Zurf! It sounds like you had a great time! Like you whenever I fished for Large Mouth Bass I did the catch-and-release. Now with Trout they wouldn't be so lucky I miss having that, and you know as well as I do, that trout in PA is great! We used to go fishing for trout every year during the opening of the season (April if I remember correctly) and it would ALWAYS be cold and rainy that opening day! But still great fishing irregardless.
I bet the blackberry jame was great. I remember my grandmother used to constantly pick blueberries, gooseberries, rhubarb, etc in the state game lands behind her house in PA and blueberry jam was my absolute FAVORITE! But I do miss the blueberry pies as well 
toobusi
Like the majority of the posters, I agree it's not necessary but it does help. I never learned music theory but I find myself wanting to learn the "why's" and "how's" of song structure. I've picked a lot from the message boards but also through my own google searching. It helps me in understanding scale patterns, chord progressions, solo's, song keys, etc
You don't need theory to play but it does help a lot and opens you up to a whole new realm of music.
Wibble
I agree with NELA. If you take lessons from a teacher, pick the one that will work with what YOU want to learn. I took lessons from an instructor and not only was it expensive at $80 a month for a 1/2 hour session per week, it was way to slow for me and I was learning "notes". I had told him I want to learn more chords, powerchords, barre chords, etc but he insisted on me learning notes. Granted some people want to learn that. It doesn't always work for everyone. I learned chords, etc from friends, justinguitar.com, and from people on here. In fact, I've learned more from NOT having a teacher and at my own pace than having one. I've learned a lot of theory from people on here and through "google" searches. So having an instructor may work for some and may not work with others.
Hopefully you'll find what you're looking for and will learn the way YOU want to learn.
Happy Playing!
Deearna
Welcome to Chordie Here's a good site that everyone will recommend to you for a beginner:
This is a great place to start learning everything you need to know ... if you want to look for good beginner songs, look in the Public Books tab ... you'll see books other chordians have put together for beginners
The Studio that I have comes with 490R/498T Alnico Humbuckers that sound awesome ... I can't say I've ever heard the BB pro's ... I might have and just didnt know it ... I know the Epiphone LP's come with stock Alnico Classics but I can definitely tell a difference between the Gibson LP sound and the Epiphone LP sound
I tried the Epiphone Prophecy today at Guitar Center and the LP model with EMG pick-ups I didnt like ... but I tried the LP model with the Gibson "Dirty Fingers" pickups and it sounded great
Sorry SouthPaw ... consider the matter corrected
Doc
I've been to the RnR HoF (back in '06) ... it was a pretty cool visit ... the exhibits were actually pretty impressive (especially seeing the outfits from the inductees) ... they have a section dedicated to just Tom Petty which was nice ...
Cleveland was a beautiful city ... I was suprised ... I thought it was going to be a rat hole but it wasn't ... The House of Blues was awesome ... I got to see Johnny Winters (I had never heard of him b4) and I couldn't believe how great he played
rokai
As far as singing, one of the first things to do is find what key you sing in ... then you can tailor it to the songs you play ... its kind of hard to figure it out online but you can ... for the longest time I didnt know what key I sang in but I was finally able to locate songs by Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder) and find the key the songs were sung in (mostly A) and discovered my natural vocal range is in the key of A ... singing in a key that's natural to you is the best bet ... you dont have to change much ...
Im actually interested in testing out the new Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul ... I've been wanting to hear the EMG pickups on the Les Paul to hear the different sound ... it'll be interesting
What were your stock pickups?
Zurf
Sounds like a great time ... I miss doing all of that back in Pennsylvania (Poconos) ... fishing, eating your catch over the fire ... ahh the lost days of my youth
Have a great time and don't let the Black Bears know about the blackberry jam!
Possum
www.justinguitar.com is a great place to start ... everything from the beginner to the advanced player
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