wully
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Post by wully on Dec 22, 2009 17:31:00 GMT -5
A few weeks ago having time on my hands I picked up my old acoustic guitar that's sat about the past two houses I've lived in gathering dust. It was the fourth guitar I'd bought and tried to learn to play and like all the others it was used a bit then abandoned as I gave up...
Now in my 51st year I went looking for lessons on the internet and found Threecordguitar on YouTube and it has all started making sense at last- seeing what I'm supposed to be doing and being able to play it back over and over until I get it has made all the difference.
It'll be a long,slow process for me to get to the point of being able to play anything worth listening to but I'm having a lot of fun on the way there so a big Thank You to Mojo for helping me along.
Oh, and the acoustic has a new friend now - an Epiphone SG with a Roland Cube 30, I wish they'd had all this stuff around years ago ;D
( Ebay is great!!)
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Post by Mojo on Dec 22, 2009 21:27:18 GMT -5
Man, you made my day! And on a tough personal day, too, so thank you for the kind message and your generosity for sharing your story. Now we need pics of the gear A few weeks ago having time on my hands I picked up my old acoustic guitar that's sat about the past two houses I've lived in gathering dust. It was the fourth guitar I'd bought and tried to learn to play and like all the others it was used a bit then abandoned as I gave up... Now in my 51st year I went looking for lessons on the internet and found Threecordguitar on YouTube and it has all started making sense at last- seeing what I'm supposed to be doing and being able to play it back over and over until I get it has made all the difference. It'll be a long,slow process for me to get to the point of being able to play anything worth listening to but I'm having a lot of fun on the way there so a big Thank You to Mojo for helping me along. Oh, and the acoustic has a new friend now - an Epiphone SG with a Roland Cube 30, I wish they'd had all this stuff around years ago ;D ( Ebay is great!!)
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Post by wully on Dec 23, 2009 4:27:34 GMT -5
The old and the not so old ;D The SG wasn't working when it arrived and had been through a hard life. It had been dropped and the tone dial next to the jack plug socket had a lump out of it probably as the jack hit it when the jack plug got ripped out.... Anyway I ordered a new socket and soldered it in so now I don't get the crack of doom every time I move the guitar. I also replaced the strings as the B string broke first time I strummed it. And the front strap attachment which had been ripped out and was missing- probably the cause of the drop which did the rest of the damage. Oh- I also had to replace one of the two screws which holds the B string tuner on. That was bent and had been tightened up so it made the screw hole too big and the whole tuner was hanging at a weird angle. You can imagine what this did for the tuning. Anyway, now it's got some character and plays OK but I'll need to try and set it up a bit better- that'll give me something to do when my fingers get too sore to play
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Post by Mojo on Dec 23, 2009 8:41:01 GMT -5
A guitar should always have character, or else it has nothing to say!
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Post by wully on Dec 23, 2009 16:27:12 GMT -5
Man, you made my day! And on a tough personal day, too, so thank you for the kind message and your generosity for sharing your story. Sorry to hear you had a bad day and hope it gets better- especially over the next wee while. I had a tough day to- I got a blister on my 'Johhny Cash' finger No more sliding for a day or so as I don't like the SRV cure for sore fingers....
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Post by Mojo on Dec 23, 2009 19:28:23 GMT -5
Thanks friend. Had a good time tonight as I took my kids out to a sushi restaurant. That's always a receipe for fun Man, you made my day! And on a tough personal day, too, so thank you for the kind message and your generosity for sharing your story. Sorry to hear you had a bad day and hope it gets better- especially over the next wee while. I had a tough day to- I got a blister on my 'Johhny Cash' finger No more sliding for a day or so as I don't like the SRV cure for sore fingers....
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Post by wully on Dec 25, 2009 11:19:35 GMT -5
mmmm... I love sushi but the best restaurant near us closed last year...
Anyway, my guitar got a new stand for it's christmas and the goose is roasting in the oven.
Hope you are all having a great day.
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Post by Mojo on Dec 25, 2009 21:07:25 GMT -5
mmmm... I love sushi but the best restaurant near us closed last year... Anyway, my guitar got a new stand for it's christmas and the goose is roasting in the oven. Hope you are all having a great day. I eat sushi at least once a week... you could say that I am addicted
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Post by wully on Dec 26, 2009 7:58:54 GMT -5
The sushi restaurant that I used to go to in Glasgow had a track round the top of the bar with endlessly revolving dishes that were colour coded for the cost of each particular dish. The sushi chef worked behind the bar endlessly restocking what was being consumed- he was a busy man. It was very difficult to keep track of how much you were eating/spending...
(The building this place was in is owned by Richard kerr from Simple Minds - allegedly )
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Post by Mohikanas on Dec 27, 2009 13:59:33 GMT -5
Ahh sore fingers, the only pain I accept and proud of in my life This pain is a free present that you get along with an acoustic guitar package right? ;D Anyway I have a similar story to yours, wully Bought my first acoustic guitar a year ago, very cheap, sounds not too good (wasn't sure if I was going to play or just drop it, so I bought the cheapest one). I havent gone to any guitar lessons, so I bought few metodical books and of course surfed the internet, thats when I've found 3chordguitar, those videos that Mojo provided were very helpful. Now guitar playing became my hobby or should I say a passion... Million times thank you Mojo I've lots of things to learn and somehow I feel i'm in the right place and community to do so
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Post by alvarez946 on Dec 27, 2009 15:23:09 GMT -5
I found MOJO a little over a year and a half ago. I had just purchased an Alvarez RF8C with 9 - 46 strings on it. Hence the screen name. anyway after fumbling around on it for a while and getting frustrated I was looking for chords online and found MOJO on youtube. Now I aint no guitar god but I am 200% better than I was before him. Thanks, MOJO.
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