any of you guys play guitar?

[Kratzer]

Originally posted by MrBill
Acoustical electric's rule.  

I agree 100%!!!

I traded in my last solid body, a Gibson SG Standard, on an Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe, and I've never been happier.  

Now if I could just convince the wife what I REALLY need is a Gretsch Nashville...

[Udie]

Originally posted by Kratzer


I agree 100%!!!

I traded in my last solid body, a Gibson SG Standard, on an Epiphone Zephyr Blues Deluxe, and I've never been happier.  

Now if I could just convince the wife what I REALLY need is a Gretsch Nashville...

[WARNING DRUG REFERENCE COMING]

Gretsch is the best guitar ever made.


 When I was 21 I was in Job Corps.  We had a crappy music department with 25 year old equipment.  Well our drummer spent 6 months trying to get me to drop some acid with him.  Finaly one friday night I gave up and did it with him (i don't do that stuff anymore!!!!!!!).  We went to the music hall for our friday night jamm session as usual only in another dimension  We started playing with the crappy old equipment when Mr. Jones (the 64 yr old African American head of the music dept.) comes in.  We though he was going to tell us to turn that crap down, but he comes in there and hands me his personal Gretsch!!!!!!  It was 30 yrs old or some nonsense I can't remember.  He let me play it allllll night long.  This was way out of charactor for him, he had once told me that I would never touch his guitar to play the filth that I play.

  That guitar had the very best action of any guitar I've ever played.  It could have just been the substance abuse but I don't think so.    I do know that we have more people watching us play that night than any other time that I was in job corp.  I got a lot of repsect from the "brothas" after that night too  Seems they liked a cracka who can play jazz and blues as one of them put it that night

[MrBill]

steely007:  It is a classic 50's Kay I don't remember the model offhand. Kay made all kinds of guitars from crappy to excellent. You had to play them to discover if you had a good one or a bad one.

udie: "Gretsch is the best guitar ever made"

Yep, double pick Pipeline on one and you can both hear and feel the difference.
Agree with udie's price chart also. I gave a months ssgt pay for the kay cause it felt and sounded right.  I have never been sorry bout the price.

[Wlfgng]

Udie.. where'd  you go to JobCorps?
I went in Colorado.


btw PJ.. I really love my strat for being versatile.
Tele for certain sounds (great neck too)
and a fat ol gibson for smooth stuff.

overall I agree with starting on acoustic.
best habbits and much easier going from accoustic to electric instead of the other way around.

[Creamo]

I also have to disagree with Creamo's advice - I'd start with an acoustic guitar, rather than electric. Going from acoustic to electric is a snap, and the acoustic will instill better playing habits.

Please. Of all the things in the AH crowd, I do in fact know this toejam.

After 12 years playing guitar I do know this. Start with an acoustic, you got 1 chance to sound hideous without cables, and you will. And for the money, a bad acoustic is indeed a given, you are going to sound bad. Enough to quit. Teachers that want all your money will claim “finger strength, and other stupid toejam”. No.

They are an instrument that just needs to be played well, completely in tune. It’s just not going to happen. The better ones can sound great, by the almost competent players. For $1000+ you’ll be in tune, and still do bad Eagles tunes impressions.

Get a mediocre electric and a half bellybutton effects processor; you can play AC/DC somewhat next week. The thing is, you will be happy by progress, and the teachers that tell you to drop the toejam and go acoustic, are still teaching ABBA songs and Hotel California while you whip out “Sanitarium” by Metallica! Plus you’ll be learning stuff that shreds!

Start electric, play electric, piss on the ABBA acoustic pay to learn tards.

Next thing you know, your playing Slayer and Rush, and chicks are not liking you.

It’s 2002 you know.

[Udie]

Originally posted by Wlfgng
Udie.. where'd  you go to JobCorps?
I went in Colorado.


btw PJ.. I really love my strat for being versatile.
Tele for certain sounds (great neck too)
and a fat ol gibson for smooth stuff.

overall I agree with starting on acoustic.
best habbits and much easier going from accoustic to electric instead of the other way around.

 Gary Job Corps in San Marcos Tx it was a co-ed campus  I loved "goin to the mud"   It was a 10 month waste of time except for the music department. Without the music I would have left after 2 weeks.  That's when I switched to guitar.  I learned good theory and 2 scales that taught me how to play most if not all rock and roll leads.


 What creamo said is true too! but jazz is real fun to play too especialy my old band's jazz/rock/metal/blues fusion  otherwise known as acid jamms.

[SirLoin]

Originally posted by Udie


 "....otherwise known as acid jamms."


I thought you posted you don't do that anymore..?

[funkedup]

If you learn to play guitar, you can play bass.
If you learn to play bass, you can play... bass.  
So get a guitar.

No sense in starting out with an expensive guitar.  
Get an acoustic and learn to play on that.

Go to a music store and get a cheap acoustic guitar and some kind of beginner book.  It's not going to be rewarding at first, but keep banging on it and you will get there.

PS  Creamo, you're a mechanic.
Red Ant is a guitarist.  
Now STFU and go watch Blazing Saddles and advance your cultural literacy.

[Udie]

Originally posted by SirLoin
Originally posted by Udie


 "....otherwise known as acid jamms."


I thought you posted you don't do that anymore..?

 HEHE that was years ago!  Besides I gained enough "knowlege" from those days that I can now have acidjamms without the acid


 PS.... DO NOT LISTEN TO FUNKEDUP!!!!    Just because you can play guitar doesn't mean you can automaticly play bass.  There are soooo many diferences!!!!!!!


 Unless your talking about playing nirvana......

[SirLoin]

Originally posted by funkedup
"If you learn to play guitar, you can play bass.
If you learn to play bass, you can play... bass.  "


Thing is...if you can play bass well,the drummer will always side with you...Not the guitarist....Ah,the sweet scent of "band democracy"...

[rabbit]

you get what ya  pay for unless ya find someone hard up for cash that wants to sell his strat or les paul for  nearly nothing



this is  my Les Paul Gold top and myself working at a little hole in t
he wall here in town.

[Udie]

There is nothing like the sound of a les paul played through a Marshal stack with everything on 10

[rabbit]

Yup!!!!

i use  2/68 50 watt plexi's  and  2 /4x12 1960 cabs loaded with  green backs.

i have a couple of  100 watters but they are just a bit too much for the rooms i play these days.

i was going to attach a pict of my les paul fleet but, it is in .psd format and i have not reloaded PS 6

if ya ever get around Toledo Oh give my band a listen

take care

[Creamo]

Funky, the nitrates in those corndogs are giving you super human confidence.

One who can play reign in blood, need not seek a label as a "guitarist". I'll take on any folk singer and a hoopty Hondo against Slayer and a Jackson anyday.
 
And don't squawk off about needing a acouistic. We don't need no stinkin acoustics. (The old sappy big nose Mel Brookes sucks btw)

[rabbit]

Muhahahah