Hi Boobhops,
Don't spend a packet. You can get a prefectly good acoustic or electric for under £100. You will get better, quicker on an acoustic. With an acoustic there is no mucking around dragging the amp out, plugging in and then faffing around with the knobs. Acoustic - no knobs! Easy. Just check on the guitars you look at that it can be tuned and stay in tune. Don't be fooled by a salesman telling you the strings are shot - if it won't hold tune- it's f**ked! So buy a tumer for £10 and tune it up. Then, with it in tune, check the harmonics. TO do this you damp a string over the 12th fret and pluck the string. It should ring like a bell, and more importantly, the tuner should still be reading perfect tune. If it doesn't, the set up is wrong. On an acoustic with no bridge adjustment, walk away. If the harmonics are ok, then play every note on every fret and check for clean action and no buzzing. If all is good, offer 10% less than the asking price! Good luck. And remember,there are more guitars in the world than there will ever be guitar buyers -so don't buy any shit!!!
1 2007-09-04 22:55:54
Re: How much should I invest in a guitar as a new player? (29 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
2 2007-07-04 11:18:42
Re: Is it to late to start playing guitar, after 30? please serious answers:-) (78 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Incidentally, if you want to play the blues, you will need a blues name. These come in three parts. The first name is some sort of illness or affliction, the second name is usually some sort of food or fruit, and the third name is the surname of an american president. For instance: Blind Lemon Jefferson, or maybe Cripple Crawfish Nixon, that sort of thing. Alternatively, you could just keep your own name and shoot a man in Reno instead. This one doesn't always work though. Madonna will never sing the blues, no matter how many people she shoots in Reno. The rest of the blues deal is easy. You kick off with 'When the sun rose this mornin', didn't have my woman by my side' and then just sort of whinge whilst playing E and A and occasionaly B7.
3 2007-07-04 11:11:34
Re: Is it to late to start playing guitar, after 30? please serious answers:-) (78 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Never too late my friend. Just keep things nice and simple and practice, practice, practice! At the risk of contradicting some earlier postings, keep things simple. Sure an electric guitar is easy on the fingers, but with it comes tone settings, choice of pick up, amp settings, etc. Whilst I play both, I'd rather practice on an acoustic and avoid all the hassle of dragging out the amp and setting up. Just pick up an acoustic and go! Keep your strings clean so your fingers don't get too sore. A light wipe of WD40 works well on strings.
Pick some easy songs which you know well, three chords max for starters. King of the road or something like that! As well as getting your music on Chordie, look for people playing on you tube. Watch how they sit, how they hold the chord shapes, etc. Also, if you can find it, track down a recording of 'Talking Guitar Blues' by Lonnie Donnegan. Tells you all about learning to play! Good luck. Rob robertgrundy@hotmail.co.uk
4 2007-06-22 15:14:54
Re: Gibson vs Fender (25 replies, posted in Electric)
What a silly forum. I have a Tele and a Les Paul, both are great and both are different. I personally prefer the tone of the LP
5 2006-05-20 07:47:33
Re: squeaky sliding (18 replies, posted in Acoustic)
The squeak is good (within reason!), but if you want rid of it then spray a little WD40 onto a cloth and give your strings a quick wipe. Stops them rusting too!
7 2006-05-20 07:41:09
Re: Pleasin the Ladies (76 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Stray Cat Strut. Obvious!!!!
Or maybe If you dont want to f*** me baby f*** off! by Wayne County...?
8 2006-05-20 07:38:20
Re: I know nothing. (14 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Hi Yordo,
I tought myself and have been playing for about 20 years now. Get yourself a good book of chord charts and start off with the 'three chord trick', this is where you use the 1st 4th and 5th chords to strum out a tune. Try learning CFG or DGA and play them in sequence and then use them to find your way around a song you know well. Stick at it until the penny drops. Oh, don't hand onto knackered strings- they sound bad and make your fingers sore!!!