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Joe,
Very good information from Roger, as always. Listen to this man, he's very wise and eager to help whenever he can.

With your drumming/percussion background you surely have a good sense of timing and dynamics. You're half-way there. The rest is mathmetics and soul. Get yourself a tuner to ensure you develope your ear properly. This is very important.  Learn guitar speak; The thicker strings are the lower strings. When moving from the first fret to the fifth fret, you are moving UP the neck. It's all pitch related.  Learn what the parts of the guitar are called in case you are in need of repair or replacement. Study chord charts over and over. Apply said chords, over and over. Don't get too far ahead of yourself. Many people try to play solos before they have the slightest idea where the solos come from. Heart and soul will only get you so far. You need a fundamental understanding of chords and scales. My first guitar instructor always stressed this sentiment; " Practice the fundamentals over and over until the fundamentals become instinctive." That stuck with me and is so very true. Best of luck to you and welcome to Chordie.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

Any guitar, so long as it is played well. Looks do not mean squat. The sound that comes from the guitar is everything...................

Hello Barnebarn and welcome to Chordie, glad you found us.

For your first question the answer is an easy one. Songs that are good for a guitar player and a piano player are songs the two of you like and are able to learn. Don't limit yourself to learning songs with just piano and guitar. Music is music and notes are notes. There are very few rules in this art of music so go get it and do what you like.

Second question; I'm a piano/keyboard player as well. Guitar is my primary instrument. This site gives the option of guitar chords, piano chords, or bass lines. I use it often and find it to be very helpful.
http://www.911tabs.com/link/?1585533

Best of luck to you,
SouthPaw41L

So what'd she say? .............
I think I know the answer..... Congrats Old Doll. I wish you and yours only the best.

Ciao Bella,
Toney

I'm gonna have to refute my previous observation. Upon further review I can't honestly say there is no cable plugged into the guitar.  I watched two other vids from the dude and the cable connection is the same chrome color as his jack on the guitar. It's hard to tell for sure. He is using a drum machine though and that's almost as bad as playing imaginary guitar. If he is playing, I tip my cap to the dude. His scales are smooth, his tapping is solid, and his variety is interesting. I wanna hear the dude play without backing tracks.

Pretty much anything from AC/DC. This music is made for blasting....

Gotta throw pre-Hagar Van Halen in here too. Mean Streets is my personal favorite from Diamond Dave, Michael, Alex and  Eddie. I used to seat belt my tecnique home stereo speakers in the back seat of my '75 Ford Maverick crankin' Van Halen through the middle of town pissin' off the old people and impressing the chicky-mamas..........

I also really dig driving long distances to Iron Maiden, Powerslave is my fav from these dudes.

Me love crankin' me up some live Grateful Dead. These guys are one of the few bands that sounded better live than in the studio.

Steve Vai or anything he has signed his name to must be consumed at high, high volume. I've seen Vai live several times and each time I am blown away more than the previous. This guy works so hard and continuously evolves as a musician and as a performer.

Finally, King Crimson's Discipline moves me from head to toe at high decibels!!!

I've had similar experiences with top of the line instruments as well. A good friend of mine who worked several years in a Gibson plant told me this; " Guitars are made similar to cars. The ones made in the middle of the week are put together better than the ones made on Monday and Friday." You might have picked up a mon. or a fri. instrument. Don't let this one experience deter you from triyng another MIA Fender instrument. A good Fender is a thing to behold! I own a 1976 Strat and my hands have never touched a finer electric guitar.
   My bass player just got one of these;
http://www.music123.com/Warwick-Corvett … 3.Music123

He really digs it. He says it's one of the best bass guitars he's ever played.

Go to church naked? This sounds like a church for me...........

I need a little reverb to fatten my sound. On guitar solos I'll use volume boost, compression/sustain, and phase. The phase is a wonderful effect in that it gives a chorus and a flange effect together. A groovy kinda spacey sound. The key is to use effects sparingly to utilize the coloring effect to stand out when needed.

What you're missing is viewing some live concert footage of The Who back in the Keith Moon days. Pete played some serious shredding leads. The Who's arrangements weren't predictable and had variation from song to song. Maybe this is why you're  not seeing Pete's brilliance. Back in the day (late 60's-early 70's) there was Clapton, Hendrix, and Townsend .All 3  were awed by the masses. Pete can play, period. Besides, these cornball top 10 lists are about as useful as a manicure for a no-handed man. It's all personal preference..........

A little acoustic sample of Pete jammin' backstage in Tampa, FL 2006;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1q7GX-ed08

I get excited when I read about or hear of musicians experimenting. Musical snobs who are afraid to 'color outside of the lines' irritate me to no ends. Many people tend to forget that music is an art, not a science, and individual interpretation is a beautiful thing. I think your idea is a very good one. As Ken said, hang on to the old strings just in case....Let us know how it goes.

OK
Click on the video link(bottom left hand corner in grey and white), if it doesn't go directly to it. There's a Boss employee demonstrating the pedal and all of it's usages. I turn the internal drum presets all of the way down when I use mine. I take great pride in using only sounds that I create on stage. Almost all of the working musicians in my area use some sort of backing tracks. I prefer to be different and do it all live, in real time. You should be 100% clear on the looping process after watching this link..............

http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetai … rentId=128