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    What's your favorite acoustic guitar brand?

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    @Limatje, thanks for starting this thread.  I'm looking forward to the responses.  I have considered myself a Martin fan.  But my reason for this is, I regret to say, more out of laziness than actual logic or tone or other preferences.

    I've taken some lessons from a guy that is a Martin Artist and he has made some recommendations.  And he came to Omaha with MArtin's Road show and I got to speak with him about Martin.  Plus I've been a long time Clapton fan and largely decided my next guitar is going to be a Martin 000-ec Clapton signature.  So it isn't so much preferences for the Martin as much as ignorance about the competition.

    So I am very open to hear what some others have to say about Taylor and Gibson and other brands.  I'm looking forward to an education.

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    $$$$ for acoustic guitar

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    @Gran Gran, welcome to you and no one, I believe, thinks your question is a joke.  It's a valid question.  We often see some form of "Will a better, i.e. more expensive, guitar somehow improve my guitar learning experience".  You have received two thoughtful, considered answers and I am probably going to do little to add to those other than just reiterate.

    There are probably a lot more of us senior learners, of great grandpa age, on these forums than most realize.  I am conceivably (pun intentional) of that age.  I have two grand-kids in their upper 20's😉.   So biologically it's possible.

    I was slightly younger than @Oldjock when I started. Santa brought me a nice "starter" kit.  It was a Yamaha Pacifica guitar and a little practice amp.  Shortly after I, fortunately, and I don't remember how, found Steve's Learn and Master Guitar.  And my journey began.

    But it wasn't long afterwards, 5 or 6 months perhaps, and I recognized a problem.  I had been now dutifully practicing every day, for months, and I am not playing like Carlos Santana yet!  There had to be a problem.  And I knew what that problem was!  I have a cheap guitar!  I very convincingly explained the problem to my wife.  She had, after all, delivered the Yamaha to me in Santa's stead and I didn't want to seem unappreciative nor offend her or Santa.

    And then off to the local guitar store we went. And when we returned home I had a new Gibson Les Paul and a Fender Blues Jr. 3.   And practice I did.  And I made more progress.  Although Carlos was not yet looking over his shoulder. 

    After a few more months with the new Les Paul I was sitting in my music room and there was that poor, dejected, lonely Pacifica sitting in the corner.  Something prompted me to pick it up.  And play it.  And guess what?!  It played great! 

    I had made progress and it was due to the fact that due to the excitement of the new Les Paul, I was practicing more.  With retrospection, I had made it through the dreaded L&MG session 4 with that Pacifica.  @Gran Gran, you're not there to session 4 yet and probably don't know what that means.  You will. Session 4 around here is badge of accomplishment.

    So "will a more expensive guitar help in learning how to play"?  No.  But anything that encourages us to pick up the guitar and practice will.

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    🚛October Recording Challenge 84 - Movable Chords💥

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted

    On 10/10/2020 at 4:13 AM, Wim VD1 said:

    Hey Mandy,

    you got cat class and you got cat style!

    That's a fun performance and you played it well. I was picturing the Aristocats dancing around on your tune 🐱🐱🐱.

    Wim.

    @Nutty 1, Mandy!!!! I had to use Wim's words because it describe your performance so well!  "you got cat class and you got cat style!"  And you played all the instruments?!?!

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    Slite Modular Guitar - green for go?

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    On 10/7/2020 at 11:24 AM, Nutty 1 said:

     This is but a minor setback on our journey."

     

    Hmmmm.  I'm guessing this is more of a major setback on their journey.  I'm not trying to be just sarcastic and skeptical.  (well, maybe a little sarcastic.)  Anytime, someone brings an original idea from that idea stage to market product it's beneficial to many.  I just remain doubtful of the size of a market fro this expensive of travel guitar.  I hope I'm wrong.

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    Eddie Van Halen Dead at 65!

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    Eddie Van Halen, Guitar Hero, Dies At 65

    "Eddie Van Halen, the guitarist and songwriter who helped give the rock band Van Halen its name and sound, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 65."

    His music is a little too hard of rock for my taste but it's undeniable he was tremendously talented guitarist. My wife and I were in the car and she was reading a news bulletin on her iPad about his death.  I didn't realize that he is a classically trained pianist.  Interesting guy.

    RIP EVH!

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    Steampunk

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    There are some............interesting?.... guitars in that collection.  From the weird to the weirder.  But entertaining viewing.    I'm still not sure what a "steampunk" guitar even is.  Guitordian?  😁

    Session 17 - Going Beyond the First Position

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

    Posted

    On 6/19/2019 at 4:24 PM, NeilES335 said:

    ...

    I do have the patterns down pretty well in Key of F, and moving to Key of D and Bb does not seems to be that difficult. I'm trying to focus on saying and playing the notes to get the most out of the exercises, and I'm a lot more familiar with the fret positions above the 5th - 17 th position. 

    ....

    I posted a while ago about starting this session and, quite honestly, got distracted.  But I'm back.  And now starting it with a vengeance.

    But I got to going on the 3 notes per string, I'm just on the 1st form, F major scale, and trying to figure out what my goal/expectation should be here.  I am focusing on saying and playing the notes with Steve.  But is the goal here to actually memorize every note?! Or are we, as with the Pentatonic scale, just learning patterns?  He does say that this is "a way...that help you learn the notes on the entire neck of your guitar". 

    I think I know the answer here but I just want to confirm the goal is to finally learn every note.  @NeilES335 and the rest of you that have finished #17, did you memorize every note? 

    Where to order electric guitar strings.

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    I have been thinking about trying some really light strings. I mean really light strings. I am talking Billy Gibbons light. I am talking maybe 7's. I have been thinking about this for a while and only procrastination has kept me from it.

    I was in my local store a couple weeks ago and they are nearly totally out of strings. And I don't see where they normally carry anything that light anyway. If you order strings online where do you recommend?

    Just glancing there is Strings and Beyond.

    And there is Just Strings.

    Anybody had experience with either? Any other recommendation?

     

    Multiple Stopping

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted

    @Triple-o, thanks for starting this conversation.  I hope we get some more discussion. I have never understood why two notes played together is a "double stop".  You don't stop!🤣  @JaxJaxon, thanks for the violin reference.  Is it the same usage?  Two notes played together?

    Yes, triad is a term we use all the time.  Steve had a Live Lesson or two about them.  That makes sense.  They are that important.  I have heard some refer to Triads, somewhat in a slang way, as "little chords".  And I've seen some, those same ones that refer to them as "little chords", talking about their importance in comping. not getting in the bass players way by not playing those lower notes, etc.

    And I love the added expression the double stops can add to a solo.

    So why don't we refer to a double stop as a "diad" (or "dyad")?

    Anyone else?  Share your thoughts on this. Please!

    Bad Words and Censorship Thoughts from Steve

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    @TeleRooo, thank you for the kind words.  But I think @Steve Krenz and @DianeB and @NeilES335 will agree, all the members on here are so well behaved, it makes our job very easy.  It's a rare occasion that one of us has to step in.  I deleted one post a week or so ago and that is the first time in months.

    This IS a "helpful positive place to come and share in learning" because of Steve's "guitar family"

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    Song writing 001

    in Music Theory

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, Triple-o said:

    Here’s a guy that wrote about 200 songs. He took the name Denver because his real name wouldn’t easily fit on some marquees.

    I never knew that "Denver" was a stage name!!

    From Wikipedia, "Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997[3]), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. "

    A piece of Chalk

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    42 minutes ago, Triple-o said:

    Ok, a really big piece of chalk, the “Cliffs of Dover”.
    I really have a hard time understanding how some song writers name their instrumental pieces of music.

     

    good point, Triple-o .  I have wondered this myself in the past.

    EMG noisy

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    @CoOlCat, there are some members on here that are knowledgeable about guitar electronics  and qualified to answer.  But I am not one of them😉☹️.  Hopefully, one of them will respond.  I jst want you to know that your post has not gone unread.

    This sure sounds like it begs a call or contact to ESP customer support or a trip to a local guitar tech if you have one close.  Sorry I'm not more help and hope you get it resolved.   I know how annoying this humming can be.  I have been dealing with a buzzing for months now.  I think I had posted here once about it.  Probably just a grounding issue (with a 40 year old house).  But that doesn't make it any less annoying.

    Slite Modular Guitar - green for go?

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    I agree.  A great, modular concept for a travel guitar.  But I have to think that most looking for a travel guitar don't want to invest that much.  @Oldjock, I think that you are correct, "Someone will buy it."  But enough to sustain their business?  I 'm doubtful.   I just think there are too many less expensive alternatives, like the Treveler or the MArtin Backpacker.  I think those are the names and I think they are in the $300 range.

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