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Thank you all. I really appreciate the encouragement. @Moonhare Congrats on your TAC-aversary!! I’ll definitely be reading your post.
@Loraine from now on, whenever life get in the way, I’ll be make 10 a day to at least practice a couple of chord transitions.
And @Mrfredsporty I’ve named cars and motorcyces, but I had not thought about naming my guitars… until now! have to think of some good names.
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Awesome!! inspiring!!
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Hey @JustinRigon. Thought I should return the encouragement. 🙂 Keep up the good work!!
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@Cadgirl Brilliant Idea…👍
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Hi @tailsawaggin Thank you! your compliment on my ability to rant concisely just made my day!
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Hi @markvguitar! I’ve found the Stretching course already.. Definitely doing that as the first step in every session I do. In particular the Hand, Fingers and Thumb stretches. It’s always my fretting hand that cramps up. 😛
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Hi @ Loraine. Yup, I’ve committed to a minimum of 10 minutes a day… everyday. It’s usually more, but the odd time 10 minutes is all I have. I used to do 3 to 4 days a week with another online course, and it just wasn’t enough. I’d forget what I learned from one session to an other, and found myself just repeating the same lessons over and over.
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Hi @Cadgirl. Good tip!. I keep the tab PDF open on the computer, but printing it would make it much easier to just pluck away while sitting on the coach.
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Thanks for the encouragement @JustinRigon. I’ve wanted to play since I was in high school. Had a buddy try to teach me but we both gave up after 1 lesson. I’m a lefty, and was trying to learn on him Right handed guitar and it didn’t go well. So Fast forward 50+ years and I decided it’s finally time to learn.
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Hi @Marquita Absolutely amazing!! and definitely and inspiration to this old guy!
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Hi again @ted_h! Agreed I just love the Tele sound. One thing I seem to have discovered, (or at least this seems to be my observation) It doesn’t matter where your Tele is made, (China, Indonesia (Like mine), Mexico, or America) you can get that true Tele sound. I’m going to eventually upgrade the electronics in mine and replace the pickups for some Fender GEN 4 Noiseless Pickups, but that’s a little ways off. I need to learn to play first.
The funny thing is that the cost of the upgrade will be more than what I actually paid for the guitar. I got it at steal for $180, and the pickups are $230 alone. But I’m already emotionally attached to it and don’t think I’d ever sell it.
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Hi @ted_h My Tele has 6 separate screws to set the intonation. I’ve set the neck relief (The action was a bit too low and I was getting fret buzz) I’m eventually going to replace the bridge saddles with Highwood HG bridge Saddles because the height adjustment screws don’t protrude out the top, and you are less likely to scrape your hand on them while playing. But for now I’m convinced the issue is the old strings.
My Strat has the same saddles, and with new strings I was able to setup the intonation with no issues.
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Actually my original post was really to see if anyone else was using an electric vs an acoustic guitar for TAC. but I probably rambled a bit so the question got lost. all good…
I have two Fenders. A Squier Affinity Strat, and a Squier Affinity Tele. The Tele is my favourite, but I’ve been told the Strat is the most ergonomic to learn on. Besides I need to restring the Tele this weekend, was doing some setup on it today, and could not get the intonation setup, no matter what I did the when fretting at the 12th fret it was always VERY sharp. I know the guitar was a few years old and the strings may be original to the guitar. (This is another part of learning to play that I have discovered I really really like. I love learning to do the setup myself, and not relying on a guitar tech to do it for me)
Anyway I really appreciate everyone taking the time to respond to my post. I am seeing there is a really nice community here, that makes everyone feel welcome.
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Hey @the-old-coach, thanks for the tips. A twelve string would be cool… eventually. Right now I have 3 guitars (I started collecting them as soon as I started to learn 😛 )
I actually have a good friend who used to play the twelve string, so I can probably get some tips from her later.. she’s actually learning to play the Electric base right now, so she and her Hubby can jam on their weekly music nights. My hope is to someday soon join them.
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Hi @ted_h
Thank you for the encouraging words. My hope is to be able to play both acoustic and electric with some proficiency. I already have 3 guitars. 2 Electric (Squier Affinity Stratocaster and a Squier Affinity Telecaster (My favourite body-style) and 1 Acoustic (an Alvarez RD20SL), so I’m not likely to purchase anything new for a little while now. 😛 I play left handed, so jumped on a couple of used guitars on FB Marketplace when I saw them. None of them were particularly expensive. I paid the most for the Squire Strat, but only because it came with a Hard case too.
While I’ve only been taking the TAC for a week I agree with you it’s fun to play on the Electric. I’m doing the 30 Days to Play now, and have to admit I do prefer the Blues on an electric anyway. LOL.
Cheers!