***The Official Guitar Thread***

[kinger8938]

It came! Now already feel lost

It's a beauty

Now I need to decide on the small amp. Just something I can have tucked in next to the chair where I'll play.

Will look at a G5 down the line too, but for now I fancy a small amp to play with/without headphones that won't break the bank.

There's a few for sale near me, just want something basic/clean sounding

 

[NickK]

Tasty

You can start learning chords without an amp

 

[Nitefly]

@kinger8938 yehhhg new guitar day!!!

Get playing them riffs!

 

[kinger8938]

Tasty

You can start learning chords without an amp

This is true!

I remembered a few basic chords for my youth

 

[almostgfx]

Just restrung and cleaned up my latest and might actually be my fav guitar in my collection

 

[Nitefly]

I must admit I did lol when I got to the black acoustic.

So you like black then

 

[NickK]

@kinger8938 how is it going?

 

[kinger8938]

@kinger8938 how is it going?

Hey, thanks for checking in

Ive been running through the basics and following the Justin guitar program. Messing with chords and practicing changing etc . It's coming back to me!

Still need to get an amp this week before I can really get into it! But for now practising without one is fine to get my fingers working and used to it all again

 

[SexyGreyFox]

It's a beauty

Now I need to decide on the small amp. Just something I can have tucked in next to the chair where I'll play.

Will look at a G5 down the line too, but for now I fancy a small amp to play with/without headphones that won't break the bank.

There's a few for sale near me, just want something basic/clean sounding

The best guitar I have played in my 55 years of gigging is the 'new' Yamaha Pacifica Professional that costs around £2500.
Last year a salesman put one in my hands while I was trying out a POD Express and I fell in love.
From that day I've been working out how to get my hands on one.

 

[kinger8938]

The best guitar I have played in my 55 years of gigging is the 'new' Yamaha Pacifica Professional that costs around £2500.
Last year a salesman put one in my hands while I was trying out a POD Express and I fell in love.
From that day I've been working out how to get my hands on one.

Wow, waaaay out of my league but sounds incredible

 

[builder22]

aye aye aye

 

[Nitefly]

Just bopped down a deposit on a Tom Anderson custom order; an Angel Player in surf green… going for a ‘modern / retro’ vibe, something a bit like these Suhrs:

.... but with a reverse headstock, gold tuners and a gold Floyd rose

Oh... and in H-H configuration. Getting rid of that middle pick-up... they have coil split humbuckers anyway.

I also did some things to possibly help playability and decrease wrist pain, as I suffer from it very easily with feeble wrists:
- narrower neck (shorter nut)
- thinner neck (their thinnest one - 20mm at nut)
- short scale guitar (23”3/4)

Can’t wait!

I’ll post pics when it arrives... in ~10 years.

 

[Andrew_McP]

Not a guitar link, but a guitar legend link. And this bit made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

 

[kinger8938]

Learning Journey is going well so far, tackling the basics!

Got the A, D, E, Em and Am chords down and comfortably switching between them while trying to keep a steady beat going

Now practicing strum patterns and more rhythm based shenanigans.

Taking it slow but enjoying picking it up daily just to go over things etc

 

[Mickcas]

Learning Journey is going well so far, tackling the basics!

Got the A, D, E, Em and Am chords down and comfortably switching between them while trying to keep a steady beat going

Now practicing strum patterns and more rhythm based shenanigans.

Taking it slow but enjoying picking it up daily just to go over things etc

Can I ask what resources you've been using for practice. I came back to guitar a few months ago and been having a go at the Justin guitar site, just working my way through his modules.

 

[kinger8938]

Can I ask what resources you've been using for practice. I came back to guitar a few months ago and been having a go at the Justin guitar site, just working my way through his modules.

Exactly that tbf!

I originally messed with guitar basics in my teens back in the 2000s, didn't get far.

Returned this past few weeks solely using Justin Guitar.

I like it so far, not too far into it just yet. Trying to take my time and get things down before moving on

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Just to throw this in, my bands have used this software semi professionally for a very long time.
It's called Guitar Pro and you can get the files from Ultimate Guitar which I also have a lifetime membership for which cost me £15 quite a few years ago.
The good thing with this is it also does the keyboards.

On this song I'm mixing Guitar/Keyboards on stage while my guitarist plays the sax so I need to learn that little guitar lead and then back to keyboards.

Make sure the sound is on in IMGUR, bottom right

 

[Mickcas]

Exactly that tbf!

I originally messed with guitar basics in my teens back in the 2000s, didn't get far.

Returned this past few weeks solely using Justin Guitar.

I like it so far, not too far into it just yet. Trying to take my time and get things down before moving on

Cool, sounds like we're on a similar path, I'm close to the end of grade one in his site, luckily I remembered many of the chords so I skipped through some lessons.
It's been a great resource so far though, did you try the app at all?

 

[NickK]

@Mickcas @kinger8938 once you're happy memorising songs, I can really recommend adding some music theory. The GCSE music and BBC GCSE theory are good introductions. The theory will explain a lot of the why certain notes fit together etc. You'll also see how a Barred chord looks on staves and what the interval between the notes looks like and why (what all this dim and sus business is about).

 

[builder22]

I was getting in to some musical theatre stuff recently (wicked the musical ) then back to reality...