Guitar

[danyroo]

cool vid. he can surely make it scream.. for me i've just gotten a acoustic guitar from a friend with Teaching DVD.. hope I can master it.. be cool arround a summer fire havinga  few beers and playing guitar..

[BigEasySly]

I taught myself how to play guitar 23 years ago with a Sears acoustic and the Roy Clark Big note guitar book.  I've never had a lesson, but have played with some good players and learned alot by watching them. 

If you have the time, I would suggest lessons.  I'm self-taught and have some bad habits that limit my playing still today.  My son started playing at 12, and while I showed him the basics, I had him take lessons from a professional instructor.  Now 5 years later, the kid is teaching me new stuff.

Be ready.  Guitars can turn into an obsessive hobby.  With the Taylor 814CE I just bought, I now have 8 guitars siting on stands around the living room.

[shyslyguy]

yeh I enjoy playing guitar too.

I was a drummer in a few bands for a good few years but when all that folded & I moved to a new area I took up guitar after hearing Martin Carthy play - I just really wanted to be able to play like him as I'd never heard anyone play like that. I am still trying to master it but I get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

Good luck GBORN.  Allso check this site out for some good tabs - got a great Scarborough Fair from here:

http://www.wholenote.com/lessons/lessdir.asp

    

[Sgt. Pate]

I just started playing again (07/01).  I figure if I tell myself I can't go to bed unless I've spent at least 15 minutes on the guitar every day I'll either learn the darn thing or learn not to need sleep!   

The calluses are coming back a little quicker this time but… OH THE PAIN!   

~Sarge~
 

[shyslyguy]

I just started playing again (07/01).  I figure if I tell myself I can't go to bed unless I've spent at least 15 minutes on the guitar every day I'll either learn the darn thing or learn not to need sleep!   

The calluses are coming back a little quicker this time but… OH THE PAIN!   

~Sarge~
 

  ha ha ... yep....I know what you mean about the calluses,  Sgt. Pete!

Keep at it though ,... it does get easier! When I first started playing it used to really hurt my fingers where they were hardening up especially when I went outside in the cold during the winter .. used to make them ache like mad but now I don't notice at all. I guess we need to suffer for our art!

I try & play a bit most days too ... maybe an hour a day

[Sgt. Pate]

  ha ha ... yep....I know what you mean about the calluses,  Sgt. Pete!

Keep at it though ,... it does get easier! When I first started playing it used to really hurt my fingers where they were hardening up especially when I went outside in the cold during the winter .. used to make them ache like mad but now I don't notice at all. I guess we need to suffer for our art!

I try & play a bit most days too ... maybe an hour a day

Yeah, it's kinda cool that my fingers seem to remember needing calluses because they're coming back quicker this time and maybe this time I won't let them get away!