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Don White wrote:
Well...I've grown tired of just surviving the winters, and since
things
have mellowed out inn this newsgroup I can't even count on a good
dustup
to keep me going.
This morning I went to a local music store and bought a Takamine
GS-330S
acoustic guitar.
I didn't know what to buy so I let the salesman convince me that
this
model was the best value..for a beginner as it was on at a reduced
price. They threw in the case, strap and half a dozen picks... all
for
$300.00 CDN.
Next I walked upstairs to the Canadian Conservatory of Music and
signed
up for 18 weeks of music lessons.
Classes don't start until next Tuesday night, so I found beginner
lessons online but might have trouble with my frettin' hand. I find
the
strings seem close together for my chubby fingers. Anyway, I'll
see
how
it works out. Gotta do something..... the wife has been called
back
to
work a month early and I'll be semi-housebound for months.
Back to that chromatic chord...
G major
D major
C major...
mmmm wonder if they do cash refunds at that store?

Stick with it, and practice, practice, practice. Your fingers will
get
used to it..... You'll get frustrated, then frustrated some more,
then
things will begin to look up, and you'll be amazed at how fast
things
then progress. One piece of advice that an excellent guitar teacher
once instilled in me, is to strum and pick properly. Too many
teachers
don't teach strumming and picking methods at all, or very little. He
made me practice, and I'm glad he did now....


Hey bass, how long have you been playing? Are you into acoustic or
electric?

Some of both. I've got a Strat (real one!) and an Ovation. I've been
playing about 6 years seriously, fiddled with guitars since childhood.
You?


I wanted to learn to play but got frustrated and quit.

At first it is frustrating as all hell. I remember thinking, I'll
NEVER, EVER be worth a damned at this. Then, there's this threshold you
cross, kind of like a guitar player epiphony, and then things work, and
you can actually hear something and teach yourself to do it. I clearly
remember the day I played something and said to myself, "damn, that
sounded good!"

Which Stratocaster do you have?

An American Deluxe with SCN pickups, Tobacco Sunburst color, looks alot
like Stevie Ray Vaughn's, only not as beat up!


Is this it?

http://tinyurl.com/amrbd

If so, very nice! And very expensive!

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Don White wrote:
Well...I've grown tired of just surviving the winters, and since
things
have mellowed out inn this newsgroup I can't even count on a good
dustup
to keep me going.
This morning I went to a local music store and bought a Takamine
GS-330S
acoustic guitar.
I didn't know what to buy so I let the salesman convince me that
this
model was the best value..for a beginner as it was on at a reduced
price. They threw in the case, strap and half a dozen picks... all
for
$300.00 CDN.
Next I walked upstairs to the Canadian Conservatory of Music and
signed
up for 18 weeks of music lessons.
Classes don't start until next Tuesday night, so I found beginner
lessons online but might have trouble with my frettin' hand. I find
the
strings seem close together for my chubby fingers. Anyway, I'll
see
how
it works out. Gotta do something..... the wife has been called
back
to
work a month early and I'll be semi-housebound for months.
Back to that chromatic chord...
G major
D major
C major...
mmmm wonder if they do cash refunds at that store?

Stick with it, and practice, practice, practice. Your fingers will
get
used to it..... You'll get frustrated, then frustrated some more,
then
things will begin to look up, and you'll be amazed at how fast
things
then progress. One piece of advice that an excellent guitar teacher
once instilled in me, is to strum and pick properly. Too many
teachers
don't teach strumming and picking methods at all, or very little. He
made me practice, and I'm glad he did now....


Hey bass, how long have you been playing? Are you into acoustic or
electric?

Some of both. I've got a Strat (real one!) and an Ovation. I've been
playing about 6 years seriously, fiddled with guitars since childhood.
You?


I wanted to learn to play but got frustrated and quit.

At first it is frustrating as all hell. I remember thinking, I'll
NEVER, EVER be worth a damned at this. Then, there's this threshold you
cross, kind of like a guitar player epiphony, and then things work, and
you can actually hear something and teach yourself to do it. I clearly
remember the day I played something and said to myself, "damn, that
sounded good!"

Which Stratocaster do you have?

An American Deluxe with SCN pickups, Tobacco Sunburst color, looks alot
like Stevie Ray Vaughn's, only not as beat up!


Is this it?

http://tinyurl.com/amrbd

If so, very nice! And very expensive!

I bought mine used, and it was kind of a distress sale, $800, again,
never said it was an original "56!!!!

Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg

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Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg


Since we're showing off guitars, here's one of mine. Not a Fender though.
It's a Les Paul Gibson Standard. Nothing special, but a sweet sounding
guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/94whl

Eisboch

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Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg


Since we're showing off guitars, here's one of mine. Not a Fender though.
It's a Les Paul Gibson Standard. Nothing special, but a sweet sounding
guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/94whl

Eisboch

My brother is the Gibson guitar man in our family. Sweet sounding
guitars, that's for sure. Nothing special? Original Les Paul's are
outstanding!

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Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg


Since we're showing off guitars, here's one of mine. Not a Fender though.
It's a Les Paul Gibson Standard. Nothing special, but a sweet sounding
guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/94whl

Eisboch

Is the Marshall amp an old tube amp, or solid state?

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Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg


Since we're showing off guitars, here's one of mine. Not a Fender
though.
It's a Les Paul Gibson Standard. Nothing special, but a sweet sounding
guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/94whl

Eisboch

Is the Marshall amp an old tube amp, or solid state?


It's a "Valvestate" solid state, but supposed to have vacuum tube
coloration.
I've got a big old Mesa Boogie tube amp downstairs that really matches up
well with the Gibson. Too big and heavy to carry up to my room.

Eisboch

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Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg


Since we're showing off guitars, here's one of mine. Not a Fender
though.
It's a Les Paul Gibson Standard. Nothing special, but a sweet sounding
guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/94whl

Eisboch

Is the Marshall amp an old tube amp, or solid state?


It's a "Valvestate" solid state, but supposed to have vacuum tube
coloration.
I've got a big old Mesa Boogie tube amp downstairs that really matches up
well with the Gibson. Too big and heavy to carry up to my room.

Eisboch




Do you have any idea what those old ones are worth??? You could fund your
retirement if you sold it. Or, you could just ship it to me.

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Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg


Since we're showing off guitars, here's one of mine. Not a Fender
though.
It's a Les Paul Gibson Standard. Nothing special, but a sweet sounding
guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/94whl

Eisboch

Is the Marshall amp an old tube amp, or solid state?


It's a "Valvestate" solid state, but supposed to have vacuum tube
coloration.
I've got a big old Mesa Boogie tube amp downstairs that really matches up
well with the Gibson. Too big and heavy to carry up to my room.

I'm trying to buy an old Fender Vibrolux reverb combo from an
aquaintence, but he's not coming down much on the price. LOVE that
sound. I've got a Peavey amp that's solid state but warms the tones in
the same way that Marshall's valvestate does. It's nice enough, but I'd
sure like that Vibrolux, what a blues amp! Believe it or not, my
brother has an old, old Heathkit tube amp that was akin to the Fender
Reverb Combo that plays pretty nicely.

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Here's what mine looks like:
http://www.blackcreekguitars.com/04-...-Strat-001.jpg


Since we're showing off guitars, here's one of mine. Not a Fender though.
It's a Les Paul Gibson Standard. Nothing special, but a sweet sounding
guitar.

http://tinyurl.com/94whl

Eisboch


Very nice!! I have a cherry-sunburst Les Paul Deluxe that
my wife surprised me with when we were young and couldn't
really afford it. It has those slightly smaller
mini-humbucker pickups that give the bridge position a
brighter tone (almost telecaster like). Think Dicky Betts.

The cheap Mexican strat is played daily because it's so
comfortable while a Tacoma acoustic is sadly neglected.

-rick-

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Don White wrote:
Well...I've grown tired of just surviving the winters, and since
things
have mellowed out inn this newsgroup I can't even count on a good
dustup
to keep me going.
This morning I went to a local music store and bought a Takamine
GS-330S
acoustic guitar.
I didn't know what to buy so I let the salesman convince me that
this
model was the best value..for a beginner as it was on at a reduced
price. They threw in the case, strap and half a dozen picks... all
for
$300.00 CDN.
Next I walked upstairs to the Canadian Conservatory of Music and
signed
up for 18 weeks of music lessons.
Classes don't start until next Tuesday night, so I found beginner
lessons online but might have trouble with my frettin' hand. I find
the
strings seem close together for my chubby fingers. Anyway, I'll
see
how
it works out. Gotta do something..... the wife has been called
back
to
work a month early and I'll be semi-housebound for months.
Back to that chromatic chord...
G major
D major
C major...
mmmm wonder if they do cash refunds at that store?

Stick with it, and practice, practice, practice. Your fingers will
get
used to it..... You'll get frustrated, then frustrated some more,
then
things will begin to look up, and you'll be amazed at how fast
things
then progress. One piece of advice that an excellent guitar teacher
once instilled in me, is to strum and pick properly. Too many
teachers
don't teach strumming and picking methods at all, or very little. He
made me practice, and I'm glad he did now....


Hey bass, how long have you been playing? Are you into acoustic or
electric?

Some of both. I've got a Strat (real one!) and an Ovation. I've been
playing about 6 years seriously, fiddled with guitars since childhood.
You?


I wanted to learn to play but got frustrated and quit.

At first it is frustrating as all hell. I remember thinking, I'll
NEVER, EVER be worth a damned at this. Then, there's this threshold you
cross, kind of like a guitar player epiphony, and then things work, and
you can actually hear something and teach yourself to do it. I clearly
remember the day I played something and said to myself, "damn, that
sounded good!"

Which Stratocaster do you have?

An American Deluxe with SCN pickups, Tobacco Sunburst color, looks alot
like Stevie Ray Vaughn's, only not as beat up!


Is this it?

http://tinyurl.com/amrbd

If so, very nice! And very expensive!

Here's a pic of Eric Heatherly's strat, that thing is sweet....notice
the paint wore off under his pick hand:
http://www.countryragepage.com/image...0Heatherly.jpg