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?

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....

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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?

JimH wrote:
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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?

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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.

Which Stratocaster do you have?

JimH wrote:
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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!

I've3 been playing bass guitar for 35 years (man! time flies!!!)

I wish i had taken guitar lesson's when I was a kid, it would have made
learning bass a whole lot easier.

But I suppose I do ok....

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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 have to get the ends of your fingers toughened up and calloused. Most
people quit because after a week or so their finger tips hurt too much.

Eisboch

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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 have to get the ends of your fingers toughened up and calloused. Most
people quit because after a week or so their finger tips hurt too much.

Eisboch


I can understand the problem with the fat fingers. I have problems with
narrow strings, as I have NBA player sized hands.

Eisboch wrote:
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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 have to get the ends of your fingers toughened up and calloused. Most
people quit because after a week or so their finger tips hurt too much.

Eisboch

That's certainly a first step. SRV used to play so much (he used very
heavy gauge strings) that his calouses would come off, and he'd super
glue them back.