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#1 SammyBirdland

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 08:06 AM

Let's talk guitars.  Do you play?   What do you have?  What do you want?


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#2 Mike in STL

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Posted 14 July 2015 - 11:06 AM

Let's talk guitars.  Do you play?   What do you have?  What do you want?



Used to play. I taught myself and was ok at it. For some reasin i only got better when I played with other people. But I havent had time to play and have touched my guitar maybe twice in the last year.

I had a James Hetfield model ESP truckster. Sold it a couple years back when I stopped playing often. Only have an Takamine acoustic now.

I really want to learn drums. But I have no room for a drum set and neighbors that live too close.
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Posted 14 July 2015 - 11:55 AM

I played a little guitar in middle school and high school.   I'm left handed and learned to play righty.   I've always ended up quitting when hitting a wall with strumming and finding individual strings with my right (strum) hand.  

 

I just recently decided to switch to lefty, so I'm relearning from scratch.  I bought a Recording King RD-06-L lefty acoustic guitar.  It's an inexpensive Chinese made guitar, but it gets great reviews.  The sound is incredible for the price.   

 


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Posted 14 July 2015 - 12:17 PM

My dad taught me how to play a vihuela when I was a kid has a higher range then a guitar.  If you get me drunk enough I'll play anything, yes even La Bamba

 

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Posted 09 August 2015 - 03:08 PM

Is anyone here using Yousician or Rocksmith?   I've been doing the free lessons on Yousician, it's a lot of fun.

 

 

 

(not me playing, but this is the first lesson)


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Posted 09 August 2015 - 03:28 PM

I got a random urge to buy an acoustic a few weeks ago.  I'm thinking of going with a Seagull, but I don't know when I'll actually take the plunge.  I still have the Gibson SG, although I'd like to eventually upgrade that to a newer one with a better finish.



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Posted 09 August 2015 - 03:33 PM

If any of you are interested in buying a guitar, especially one that is vintage and valuable, let me know.

A guy I deal with is also a big guitar dealer.

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Posted 09 August 2015 - 03:47 PM

I got a random urge to buy an acoustic a few weeks ago.  I'm thinking of going with a Seagull, but I don't know when I'll actually take the plunge.  I still have the Gibson SG, although I'd like to eventually upgrade that to a newer one with a better finish.

I really like Seagull acoustics. Made in Canada, too.
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Posted 27 August 2015 - 11:42 AM

I've been buying/selling/trading guitars like some sort of guitar stock broker.  I decided to switch back to righty. Traded my two lefties for a Fender Stratocaster.  I didn't like the placement of the volume knob or the tremolo bridge, so I determined that what I really want is a Telecaster.

 

It's on the UPS truck right now headed to my house.

 

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Posted 27 August 2015 - 01:49 PM

Let's talk guitars.  Do you play?   What do you have?  What do you want?

 

I play at it.   The guitars are better than I am.

 

What do I have?

 

Acoustic:

* A mid-70's Epiphone 12-string (tuned for slide)

* A mid-70's Yamaha 12-string (std tuning)

* An early 2000's Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-500RA

 

Semi-hollow body electric

* A '67 Epiphone Riviera 12-string (twin of ES-335 12-string)

* A numbered John Lennon Casino (natural; it's so nice I'm afraid to play it... so I got...)

* A newer unnumbered "Inspired by John Lennon" Casino (sunburst)

 

Solid body electric

* A '72 Gibson SG (obscure variation on the Std that has an ebony fingerboard)

* A Frankencaster (Strat made from parts)

* A 5-string Thunderbird Pro bass

 

What do I want?

* Talent

* Discipline

* A Chinese clone of a '60's Gibson Firebird I (no way can I afford a real one)


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