[kj] Advice on picking up guitar

[no joke]

There are plenty of cheap electric guitars with amazingly good build quality 
around these days but a couple that get praised regularly in guitar 
magazines are the Yamaha Pacifica and just about anything from the Vintage 
range.
They're well made and set up to play easily even for beginners...the Yamaha 
Pacifica is widely used by schools and the like as a beginners guitar thats 
capable of producing tones found on guitars costing 5 times the price and a 
digital multi effects like the Zoom G2 is less than fifty quid so even if 
you get bored practising scales and chords you can just make some noises 
that sound like you're a pro.
If you're a KJ fan electric is the way to go...check out some of the guitar 
tab sites online for Geordies tunings and riffs
Good luck.




From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>
Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
<gathering at misera.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] Advice on picking up guitar
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:25:44 +1200 (NZST)

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...
 >
 > Take a shitload of drugs and bugger a groupie with a shark I think
 >
 >
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: gathering-bounces at misera.net 
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On
 > Behalf Of Brendan Quinn
 > Sent: 25 September 2007 09:16
 > To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
 > Subject: Re: [kj] Advice on picking up guitar
 >
 >
 >
 > Cheers FP & SMan.
 >
 >
 >
 > Conflicting advice. Hrm....what would Jimmy Page do...
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >   _____
 >
 >
 > From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
 > On Behalf Of fatpotanga
 > Sent: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 6:16 p.m.
 > To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
 > Subject: Re: [kj] Advice on picking up guitar
 >
 >
 >
 > Without question I'd go acoustic, nylon strung.
 >
 > a) it's cheap so if you decide you hate it then no worries
 >
 > b) can't think of b
 >
 > c) nylon strings will go easy on your fingers
 >
 > d) you can play/practice when or wherever you want to without expecting 
it
 > to sound like some rock god
 >
 > e) all you have to worry about is learning chords, not sounds/volume &
 > 'trying it distorted'
 >
 > 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.
 >
 > 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.
 >
 > 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'
 >
 >
 >
 > my totally biased opinion, but i wholeheartedly believe in it :)
 >
 >
 >
 > flamenco-potanga
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > On 25 Sep 2007, at 03:13, Brendan wrote:
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > When I finally get around to it, what do you think I should get, an
 >
 > acoustic or an electric? Was reading this guy Ed Roman's website, he
 >
 > styles himself as a guitar expert, he reckons not to get a cheap heap of
 >
 > shit because you won't be motivated to play it if it looks ugly and 
sounds
 >
 > crap. This section of his website has a bunch of rants that I found
 >
 > interesting, the one on beginner guitars and 'christmas guitars' in
 >
 > particular:
 >
 >
 >
 > http://www.edroman.com/rants.htm
 >
 >
 >
 > He also recommends an electric because it's easier to play, but then
 >
 > that's where most of his $ comes from too I suppose. I dunno much at all
 >
 > about guitars.
 >
 >
 >
 > Any feedback appreciated.
 >
 >
 >
 > Brendan
 >
 >
 >
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