[kj] Advice on picking up guitar

[Brendan]

I was gonna answer my own question with something like "take a shitload of
drugs and shag a 15 year old groupie" so well done, great minds :)


>>Conflicting advice. Hrm....what would Jimmy Page do...

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> Take a shitload of drugs and bugger a groupie with a shark I think

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> Cheers FP & SMan.

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> Conflicting advice. Hrm....what would Jimmy Page do...

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> Sent: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 6:16 p.m.

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> Without question I'd go acoustic, nylon strung.

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> a) it's cheap so if you decide you hate it then no worries

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> b) can't think of b

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> c) nylon strings will go easy on your fingers

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> d) you can play/practice when or wherever you want to without expecting it

> to sound like some rock god

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> e) all you have to worry about is learning chords, not sounds/volume &

> 'trying it distorted'

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> f) harder to play? Bull. All you'll stat off with are open chords around

> the nut. It'll help your technique & strengthen & toughen your fingers

> gradually.

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> g) there are a few electric players I know who can't play an acoustic to

> save their life. Mark Mynett for one used to be like that.

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> h) i also feel you have to 'earn your stripes'. My dad's a phenomenal

> player & when I wanted a guitar aged 9 he bought me a crappy old nylon

> string & said 'learn to play that & I'll get you an electric'

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> my totally biased opinion, but i wholeheartedly believe in it :)

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> flamenco-potanga

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> On 25 Sep 2007, at 03:13, Brendan wrote:

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> When I finally get around to it, what do you think I should get, an

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> acoustic or an electric? Was reading this guy Ed Roman's website, he

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> styles himself as a guitar expert, he reckons not to get a cheap heap of

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> shit because you won't be motivated to play it if it looks ugly and sounds

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> crap. This section of his website has a bunch of rants that I found

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> interesting, the one on beginner guitars and 'christmas guitars' in

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> http://www.edroman.com/rants.htm

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> He also recommends an electric because it's easier to play, but then

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> that's where most of his $ comes from too I suppose. I dunno much at all

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> Any feedback appreciated.

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> Brendan

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