GerryB56
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Now that’s worth celebrating! And in the same week as your NGD! 🎸😀
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Wow, I can only hope it applies to all members, but no email has come my way so far. Would be extra awesome if he offered that deal on the lifetime membership😄
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Congrats on your new axe! You’ll have to post some pics for us. All those amp settings do look rather daunting – I haven’t gotten very far figuring mine out yet. Might need to find a good online course to learn about it.
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Interesting questions! I tend to think it’s better to go with what’s comfortable and makes it easiest to play, otherwise I let myself get too frustrated with non progress. But I can see the point of training your fingers to stretch more for future applications. I’ve tried to fret my Em chord the way you describe, Joe, for easy transition to the Am then to the Bm. But my fingers don’t want to cooperate, having always used the middle and ring for the Em. It is useful to have multiple ways of fingering certain positions, for sure.
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That’s really terrific! FBW has been a major boost to my understanding of guitar theory, too. As you say, somehow Tony manages to explain things much clearer than any other source I’ve discovered. When I started learning 4 years ago I thought all I wanted was to strum a few chords and sing some campfire songs. Figured music theory and soloing and all that fancy stuff was far over my head. But since joining TAC 6 months ago, I’ve gone far down the rabbit hole of guitar geekdom – and I want to learn it all, eventually. Just wish I’d started when I was a little younger, but as they say, when the student is ready, the teacher appears. Happy playing😀
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Beautiful job! Love Dan Fogelberg – another one of those huge talents lost way too young.
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Have to say, albert_d, you always look so relaxed and happy when you’re playing – a great example for folks like me who struggle to overcome frustrations when it’s not going perfectly (which of course it never will be!) I like your attitude about posting your first take, too. When I eventually get brave enough to post anything, it won’t be edited, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be polished with several practice runs first😀
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I have found that to be the absolute best thing about TAC (from among so many great things) – it gets me showing up every single day to work on my journey, even if only for 10 minutes. After 6 months I can attest to what a difference it has made for me!
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Wow, mrfred, you ain’t foolin’ around! Just looked at the Martin website, and that is certainly one stunning looking guitar! I’m guessing there’s no need to amplify that baby! I find the dread sized guitars awkward to handle, but maybe someday I’ll discover one that is comfortable for me to play. Anyway, enjoy making more music with Arnold😀🎸
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Have to put in my plug for a Canadian made guitar line – I’ve heard so many folks rave about their Seagull models. They are made in Quebec by Godin Guitars, who also produce the Art & Lutherie, Simon and Patrick, and Norman lines. There are several choices in your price range, but I wouldn’t know how available they are in your market area. My Seagull is a Concert Hall size, and I love it, but their dreadnaught models are very well reviewed as well.
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Thanks Kitman. I have appreciated and learned from other members who have been willing to share their “not so glorious” moments here on the forums. But I’ll admit I hesitated some before relating the A string incident😄 In a weird way I think this experience will make future string changing jobs less stressful. I want to get in the habit of doing so more often, to try out different brands and types of strings, and because it makes such a difference in the sound of the instrument, even to me with my limited playing skills and not very trained ear.
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No worries, Bill, I did ask to be mocked! And deserve it! Never thought about the acclimation thing, but those strings had been in the house for a few days before I opened them. Haven’t been able to get more strings yet, but I noticed a big improvement in the tone of the low E string on that guitar with the new set. I just bought this guitar (Epiphone ES 339) a few weeks ago, and I wonder if the guy had not changed strings in a long while, because the E and A strings especially sounded pretty dead to me. Important thing is that he obviously babied the guitar as it looks virtually new after I polished it up and oiled the fretboard.
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Nah, the only flaw was in the bozo who tried to tune it an octave high😜 Won’t be doing that again, I hope. This one broke only about 3 or 4 inches from the tuning post, and there wasn’t much recoil, fortunately.
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I’ll check those out, I’m sure they exist for Android phones as well. Funny, someone just posted recently about breaking strings, and I figured I was about due to have it happen to me. But not on the A😁 I wonder if many other guitar geeks find it extremely stressful to change the strings? I’ve seen some members say they take it to their service person or luthier to do the job, but I really want to master this task myself, if only because I have several guitars and plan on acquiring more!
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😜Maybe I’ll see if I can break the low E next! But right now I have to pick up more strings, since I only had 1 set of the ones I was trying (Ernie Ball Regular Slinky). The store I bought them at doesn’t sell single strings, but my regular big box center does, so will pick up an assortment of the e, B and G’s at least. Think I’ve learned my lesson enough not to repeat the brainfart on the thicker strings😆