[That_Guy]

Guitar Center has a really good return policy of either 30 or 45 days on guitars

[That_Guy]

To find the notes in any key you really just need to slide the whole pattern up or down the neck to to whatever root note you are looking for

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My first time around about three years ago I don’t think I could barely do a single one. Most of the i considered impossible and now I just look at the tab sheet without even watching the video. It’s actually interesting that it repeats every year so we can actually notice our own progress. My only advice for anyone that thinks guitar way too hard is to never stop rockin!

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Different guitars have different markings. On mine its 5, 7, 9, 12 , and 14

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I mean 15 not 14. And the only double is on 12

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I think Lorraine is right. Try starting further up the fretboard where they are closer together for now before you go shopping for a new guitar. And it’s probably only a temporary problem until you get used to playing

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Thanks Bill. I was never into old country music until I started playing the acoustic guitar.

Most people know this as a Johnny Cash song but here is the oldest version i could find on YouTube by Stan Jones.

https://youtu.be/Ka90ERKLTJQ

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I just noticed the way you shake the guitar at the very end into the microphone. Lol I do the same thing

[That_Guy]

Same notes. You just turn the dial and start on a different note. Although where you start will change the illusion of either happy or sad making it major or minor

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Just wanted to point out that E is the relative minor (minor 6th degree) of G making them the same exact scale

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Try a “short scale” guitar. The Taylor GS mini is fairly cheap and often chosen for the reasons you describe.

Also, what seems impossible now will become easier over time. Chords and movements that i thought in the beginning were impossible because “my hand doesnt work like that” are now simple mindless tasks these days

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Basement temps are usually fairly steady all year. The worst is a fast change in temp. If you can control the humidity there should be no need to case the guitars. I havent cased my guitars in 2 years except for when going on vacation. The worst part is basements tend to be damp so the dehumidifier will need to be emptied constantly. Most of them can be connected to a hose that you can run into a sump pit. Alot of them can also pump if you need to get up and over i to a sink.

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I find that if you do an open G chord one fret too close to the head stack and then slide it to where it supposed to be it sounds really cool

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I’m 6 foot 220 pounds so I’m not very small and I definitely have large hands. When I first started playing I thought it was impossible for me personally to make any chords at all. Are used to skip every Friday chord challenge. My fingers were just way too big to fit in between the strings. All I can tell people is that things that seem impossible now will become easier in time but of course it will be in increments so small that you won’t even notice along the way until one day you’ll look back and remember how hard it used to be.

Fast forward three years and I have no trouble at all playing chords now. I don’t know what changed but it’s almost as if my fingers arent as impossibly big anymore. Maybe the calluses made my finger is longer and they don’t have to push down as hard anymore.

One of my guitars has a standard 1-3/4” size nut and the other one has a 1-15/16” nut. 1/16 of an inch divided across sixth string sounds completely insignificant but I can completely tell the difference. The one with the wider spacing as far easier to play. For now on any guitar by is going to have the largest size I can find.

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That was definitely the version that brought it to my attention. Having never heard of the highwaymen as a group I discovered that they have some really good material