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Hi st800, we are neighbours I see, I live near Brussels, my sister lives in Berlin.
I liked to know a little bit more about you, like age, where you live, and of course what kind of music you are in. Including: what brand of guitar you use? and about strings, what brand is your favourite brand. I own approximately 25 guitars, 2 FENDERS (1 telecaster California Beach 1952 reissue, you don't find them anymore, and with such a simplicity, such a sound) 1 1964 original stratocaster, but I am more a PRS freak, and my acoustics: Gibsons and Martins.
Do you play often, and is it reading your opinion, recommended to change every month? meaning do you hear the difference.
Other question concerning accessories: do you have a device like BOSS BR 600, to record your own music or do you use other material, I really want some info because I play almost 30 years, and the time is there to lift me up to tyhe next level, tired of playing alone, or with a friend, by "trying to record" my music (from ballads: most, to more heavy rock) and with the compact flash card, I like to put my music on my PC. But what I need 300% is a program you can use to correct "false" notes in singing and guitar, cut and paste, without starting to record 500 times the same song: can you give me some advise?

If I were you, having the same knowledge and mastering at least a bunch of chords, I WOULDN'T hesitate. If you have friends who play as well: GO FOR IT.
I play about 30 years, I am not a liar when I tell you that what I am and can play isn't that bad, but when I had the occasion to play along with others, or just with a friend, you play at least 50% better than when you play alone. So go for it and follow the rhythm section.

Yes, dear Nadine2, it seems that "satanism" is considered as a kind of religion. How many wars are we able to count, all about religion. Since mankind exists, the "adoration" for higher and mysterious things started. Imagine, 1.000.000 years ago (to give a number), you are somewhere outside, knowing nothing and suddenly thunder, lighting: I think our poor ancesters had to be petrified.
In the middleages we had the WITCH fenomenon, and indeed, there were, mostly what we can call, strange and "disformed people", mostly women, not able to find the right man, going into the wood, settling down, and using the nature as cure for everything.
You can even end with a line from a song: for every season there is a turn...

I love your little picture: the lone state, TEXAS. Been there, driving by car and following the Mexican Golf up to Houston. So I will probably knock at your door on a nice sunny day, because my favourite countries are SOUTH AFRICA ( you can drop me in Cape Town where you want, I am out of that city with the speed of light, driving straight to my destination: no GPS, no asking how to drive. The USA has a lot less secrets, I've been there 5 times, and I avoided the Highways.

Bringing me to US bands: the best acts I saw were in NASHVILLE: at noon, 2 musicians, he 85 years old, she 82 years, but Jesus what a performance, what a skilled couple. After 20:00, I went back, and there was a group playing, far better than most of groups I know, 1 electric guitar, one electro-acoustic, a contrabasss, a drum, and what a performance.
I was so happy (and completely drunk, without spending more than 5$, because my ex-girlfriend was so popular, she couldn't even speal English, except of yes and no, and everyone wanted to dance with her, I couldn't because of my condition, and they all paid Bourbon Coke for her, putting the glass where I was sitting. The owner, a Vietnam veteran, lost his arm there, paid me at least 4 Bourbon Cokes, telling me that the first person who would touch her, would be throwed out of the bar. I remember me that, because I didn't find a motel in the centre, I had to drive 8 miles to the motel. I think it was my lucky day, because I saw 4-5 police cars, hidden of course.
We Europeans, have an image of the USA like: I've been there 3 times: NEW YORK, MIAMI, LOS ANGELES (+Vegas). THIS IS NOT AMERICA, but crossing with a mustang convertible and avoiding Highways, the difference is day and night.
BUT to return to the topic: the bands I saw performing!!, we don't have that kind of culture.
Nashville, Memphis, and of course New Orleans, a SATURDAY.
I have the impression that, being there in 1992, a lot of jazz bars, that this phenomenon is over and replaced by only a few real super jazz bands, but more "allround" bands, sometimes performing in a fantastic "visual" way. Like 2 guitarists,playing together on 1 guitar, and more rock, Hendrix, Stones...

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When I look at your NICK, it says already all I need.
A super ZEP fan?!?
I think I have almost everything concerning Led Zeppelin, all the official albums, if you look and you see their "active years" they had albums/time, a quit great PRODUCTION.
IN NAPSTER TIME, you could find a lot of songs, both official and not official. Look what happens now, musicians spend sometimes a week in studio for 1 or 2 songs.
I am probably old school, but my point will not change, you don't need 1 week for 1 song. Add the end of a studio recording day, the , still now, best musicians: a few takes and there is your song. There are so many devices today that we are not longer able to see a tree in a forest.
Even worse, at the end they choose often a song from the first 5 takes.
I"m born in December 1955, already an old fart, but still active and open for every so called "musicstream" but I don't like some words they use, especially R&B, if they have a song.
Do you agree with this R&B terminology for people like Beyoncee Knowles, and a lot more.
R&B stands for me for RHYTHM & BLUES, not for groups or singers, using there voice with a lot of VIBRATO, going high back to low and high again with a tremolo voice.
This is music I don't like, and the name they use for this music is completely out of order.
May I ask your age?, also the groups you love? My tadte was sometimes strange, because nice tunes are really nice to me. So my favourites were (and still are), using MY ADORATION and the must have album, before you listened the album only "my" bands:
- Led Zeppelin
- Deep Purple
- BEE GEES, don't laugh.
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- and, talking end sixties begin seventies, the CHIN & CHAPMAN hit factory: some songs of The Sweet, Joe Dolan. I was not a real WHO fan, or a KINKS fan. The same happened with the Beatles and the Stones: the fashion was: must be a fan of one of them: I was more Beatle minded, but if you see the STONES songs: they wrote damned good songs. BUT they ended with, a fantastic album VOODOO LOUNGE. And as far as it concerns: I loved and my savings went to groups, only for some songs.
But thanks for explaining "DIG". (If I read that you are from OHIO, I always think about Neil Young)
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Hi lexibabe, how old are you. It is not a silly question, but it's in direct relation of your question.
I think even if you decide to follow course, you can learn to play chords.
Did you decide what "style" you want to play? Like playing, picking strings: finger picking. Or you want to play a song you know, an easy song and sing while playing. As Johncross told you so well, don't worry about your fingertips, it will pass. Personnaly I think it can be a pretty good idea to follow course, or at least to buy a very good DVD for absolute beginners, where they explain, how to tune the guitar, and the chords you need to use. A lot of us didn't follow course, speaking of 20 years ago, you had almost to go to a music school and learn to read written music, and even worse, they want you to play like them: mostly classical.
There are 2 major ways to learn: following lessons and with all the new technology, buying a simple book with the most important chords. I had a complete serie, with easy songs to play.
Whatever you choose: if you don't know the melody, it will be more difficult. But here some tips.
- look on chordie for artists you know, or songs you know.
- there are more than enough DVD's and books on the market. Start practising TUNING your guitar, followed by trying to play a chord, once you can play that chord flawless, take another chord.
- If you have CD's with music, it is a challenge to try to play along.
- DVD, DVD and DVD and look and listen good. DON'T PUT YOUR LIMITS TOO HIGH.
- If you have friends who play already, don't be shy to ask advise.
- DON'T WORRY, if you really want to play, you will play. BUT again, better play 20 minutes than 2 hours.
I hope this helps too.

I suggest always when someone starts playing the guitar, to think about a few things.
The water theory was written very often and it is 100% correct.
There are some "condom like" rubbers, you can put over your fingers, but it's only a little delay of execution.
Didn't you start to fast and to long playing the guitar? What kind of strings do you use?
Using thick strings will cause more pain, and of course what is the kind of music you play.
Do not, or never start playing the hero, I have seen fingers, in a really bad shape: bleeding, infections.
The best way, but in your case, playing a lot, it might be too late, so, this is a tip everyone can use. Take your guitar and start playing, continue to play even when you start feeling your fingertips, BUT DON'T CROSS THE BORDER, THE PAIN LIMIT BORDER. If you play only 2 days the guitar, after 5 minutes you will start to feel something, try to play for 1 more minut. Don't forget that tips I give to you can be different for others: depending on the skin structure.
Play every day, and while doing this you will notice that, starting to play 10 minutes, you will be able to play 2 hours a month later, because the finger tip skin will be a lot harder and stronger.
The best way is adding time everyday you play but NEVER CROSS THE PAIN LIMIT.
There are products in the drugstore to feed your skin, and you can use powder on the fingers to avoid the influence of transpiration (= water).
Don't expect if you are playing for 1 month, even if you are a super talented guy, that you will not suffer while performing. TIME, TIME and TIME. There are creams in drug stores to make your skin strongrer.
The string question as other chordians describe is a difficult one. I use always light and exceptional medium light, without destroying a single guitar string. When do you have to change a string? I don't know, but playing a lot, you will notice after a while, depending from person to person, that the colour changes, more rusty, and when your guitar need to be tuned more and more, check the strings. Best strings: no idea, but Martin and Gibson do have good strings, they can't sell high quality guitars with bad strings. Concerning the nano coated Elixir strings, they look fantastic, but they will give the same result concerning fingers. Even Nylon strings, will hurt too, maybe a few minutes later, but they will.
I hope I could help you.

Well corleone from New Zealand, I did start except for RISING SUN, and I think most of us started with this song.
BUT: BUT BUT, in Belgium, Brussels (the CAPITOL of EUROPE!!!), there was a guy on television, every wednesday, when we were free from school, he was on television, when it all started, and he must be between 85-90 years old and was on the screen for ages. It was a program for older kids, starting 10 years, but sometimes we looked at 17 (more to laugh, or pure nostalgia). The program was 3 hours and filled with cartoons, of course the MUST SEEN episode, performed by the best of the best actors we had here, and 40 minutes long. Those actors, as youngster, you had a crush on all of them and sometimes 1 time a year you could meet them. In 1971, I was 15 years old, 16 in December, is one of those memories. Everybody owning a television, must go to see them live. Incredible but true, 9 years later, a VERY LONG TIME, when 15 years old, I was the personal MEDICAL DOCTOR for the same actors and more really becoming very, very close friends. It is so crazy, you adore them, but they tell you that they adore you!! I am definitely not a pretender, I am just me, but it would be a big lie to denie that feeling.
So the TV man was called "UNCLE BOB", he was the smartest man alive for all the kids, knowing everything, like everything about learning to make knots when you take 2 ropes, and here we go: HE played guitar, and he edited also books (only in Flandres, the dutchpart of Belgium), sold book after book, and at the end of the show, he played guitar, surrounded by children, who were allowed to play, but more then a little whistle? I can't remember. He started to play, camera pointed at his fingers, and face, and every kid miles and miles away, could HEAR what he played, a real super song, try to do the same as he did?? it will be impossible, and an easy tune. So he played 2-3 songs, explained those songs, who were of course in his book. So, in fact all the rising sun, and Denver songs, he is known as the man who learned the children play guitar.
At first, I had already post my answer, but ask "every single guitar player, here where did you learn to play, you will always hear the same name: BOB", using very simple 2-3 chord diagrams, and a song, you could sing after you heard it ONCE.
To improve the skills, you started to practise more and more, but when you are 15 years old, and it is starting to get a burdon: I use pink floyd: "he teacher, leave us kids alone"