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Posted: 2/1/2018 12:16:37 PM EDT
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I'm 40 and have been playing since I was 14, don't know shit either, but it doesn't stop me. 
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Posted: 2/2/2018 9:39:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I screwed up a took the wrong approach when I was young. Took some lessons but mostly just learned songs from Tablature. I could learn and play almost anything but have little idea what I'm doing. Really wished I had studied a lot more theory scales etc. But that's the boring stuff right?
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Posted: 2/4/2018 2:18:43 PM EDT
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With youtube, today, we don't need anything. We need nothing - tons of stuff is available to us.
Oh and I was one of the first ones, ever, to kick off my youtube 'tutoring' channel back in 2006, right when it all started - I had my AC/DC 'SoloDallas' channel, showing how things were really done by AC/DC. Haven't stopped since. It actually became my job. Life. Is. Good. |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 8:29:19 PM EDT
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Well, today is my birthday and my wife and boys surprised me with a Squier Telecaster and a copy of Rocksmith!
I am super excited and the tips of my fingers are already numb.
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Posted: 2/18/2018 8:40:55 PM EDT
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Well, today is my birthday and my wife and boys surprised me with a Squier Telecaster and a copy of Rocksmith! I am super excited and the tips of my fingers are already numb. |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 11:27:38 PM EDT
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Happy Birthday! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well, today is my birthday and my wife and boys surprised me with a Squier Telecaster and a copy of Rocksmith! I am super excited and the tips of my fingers are already numb. |
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Posted: 2/21/2018 2:41:35 AM EDT
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Happy birthday!
My son started on Rocksmith. It became less of a game and more of a serious learning tool. He takes lessons now weekly, but when he had his first lesson his teacher started with "Let's see where you are at." To "ok we can skip all this beginner stuff", and launched into play this now this. Now he has him doing scales and learning some pretty intricate songs. He still play Rocksmith. He left the PS4 for the PC version as he has songs available on PC that aren't licensed to PS4 he can also request a song to be made if it isn't available from a forum he frequents. |
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Posted: 2/21/2018 8:50:18 AM EDT
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Happy birthday! My son started on Rocksmith. It became less of a game and more of a serious learning tool. He takes lessons now weekly, but when he had his first lesson his teacher started with "Let's see where you are at." To "ok we can skip all this beginner stuff", and launched into play this now this. Now he has him doing scales and learning some pretty intricate songs. He still play Rocksmith. He left the PS4 for the PC version as he has songs available on PC that aren't licensed to PS4 he can also request a song to be made if it isn't available from a forum he frequents. customsforge.com I think is the site to go to. |
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Posted: 2/22/2018 9:09:51 AM EDT
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I'm looking to learn how to way at the old age of 26
Not sure what I'm in for but I think it will be fun (and by fun I mean frustrating as fuck until I can actually play something) |
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Posted: 2/26/2018 11:39:39 AM EDT
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I'm looking to learn how to way at the old age of 26
Not sure what I'm in for but I think it will be fun (and by fun I mean frustrating as fuck until I can actually play something) Is...lol. I started back at the end of nov. 10-15 minutes AM,pm. Learning chords. Sore as hell finger tips...the first 2 weeks. The after a while, you get bored. And off to learn songs. More sore fingers. Then you learn or try the B and F chords.. And yell Fuck you At your hand a bunch. Then one day....youll find a song you can play through eith ease. Heavens open up...the sea parts..angles sibg. Then it gets fun... |
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Posted: 2/26/2018 8:47:35 PM EDT
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I'm north of 50.
Started in December with a cheapo craigslist Squire Strat. Getting better every day. Upgraded to a Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro last month. Full speed ahead. |
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Posted: 2/28/2018 3:03:31 PM EDT
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It Is...lol. I started back at the end of nov. 10-15 minutes AM,pm. Learning chords. Sore as hell finger tips...the first 2 weeks. The after a while, you get bored. And off to learn songs. More sore fingers. Then you learn or try the B and F chords.. And yell Fuck you At your hand a bunch. Then one day....youll find a song you can play through eith ease. Heavens open up...the sea parts..angles sibg. Then it gets fun... I learned about 12 chords and a bunch of scales. Screwed around with a couple of songs. It then dawned on me I needed to take lessons. I go once a week. Well worth the time. Working on “For Whom the Bell Tolls “ right now. Hopefully I’ll have it down on a couple of weeks. |
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Posted: 3/1/2018 1:20:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 49 y/o. Started in Nov or December. I learned about 12 chords and a bunch of scales. Screwed around with a couple of songs. It then dawned on me I needed to take lessons. I go once a week. Well worth the time. Working on "For Whom the Bell Tolls " right now. Hopefully I'll have it down on a couple of weeks. Started by trying to play "one"... But never got far. Learned a bunch of chords, then my first song i actually played through was fun. Im trying to my timing and strumming right now. Thats my hang up. Plus working on trying not to look at my hands. I need to try doing one,nothing else matters again now that im better.. |
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Posted: 3/5/2018 10:51:40 PM EDT
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I'm 47. I took my first lesson about 5 weeks ago on a Fender acoustic. I'm going to pick up an electric soon so I can practice on both.
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Posted: 3/6/2018 9:56:56 AM EDT
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I Started by trying to play "one"... But never got far. Learned a bunch of chords, then my first song i actually played through was fun. Im trying to my timing and strumming right now. Thats my hang up. Plus working on trying not to look at my hands. I need to try doing one,nothing else matters again now that im better.. |
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Posted: 3/6/2018 11:20:49 PM EDT
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It Is...lol. I started back at the end of nov. 10-15 minutes AM,pm. Learning chords. Sore as hell finger tips...the first 2 weeks. The after a while, you get bored. And off to learn songs. More sore fingers. Then you learn or try the B and F chords.. And yell Fuck you At your hand a bunch. Then one day....youll find a song you can play through eith ease. Heavens open up...the sea parts..angles sibg. Then it gets fun...
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Posted: 3/7/2018 11:00:19 AM EDT
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A little inspirational video for all of you here - I hope. I have been playing all my life but I get the most out of just a few chords.
Naturally, I can do more than a few chords, but what matters to me, mostly, is timing. Timing makes great music. Go play the guitar!  Steve Miller's 'Take The Money And Run', A SoloDallas Multitrack Cover |
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Posted: 3/7/2018 5:16:44 PM EDT
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Big smile last night.
Started playing what i learned and my dad started singing. Between his voice and my playing..i think windows broke and cats started to fight Note to self- Dont play house of the rising sun or wish you were here around my dad
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Posted: 3/7/2018 5:17:18 PM EDT
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A little inspirational video for all of you here - I hope. I have been playing all my life but I get the most out of just a few chords. Naturally, I can do more than a few chords, but what matters to me, mostly, is timing. Timing makes great music. Go play the guitar!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeOHrFNMX3Y |
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Posted: 3/7/2018 6:20:47 PM EDT
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Big smile last night. Started playing what i learned and my dad started singing. Between his voice and my playing..i think windows broke and cats started to fight Note to self- Dont play house of the rising sun or wish you were here around my dad 
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Posted: 3/7/2018 10:25:56 PM EDT
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I learned to play in my 20's , I never really mastered it but I could play the songs
I wanted . Then in my 40's I suffered nerve damage in my left forearm/wrist . After that the loss of strength caused big time pain after just a few minutes so I gave it up . Now in my late 50's I found that while Guitar is out , Piano doesn't hurt nearly as much . So I picked up a lightly used 88 key Yamaha keyboard with a Sustain Pedal for $200 and I'm teaching myself the basics . If things keep progressing as I hope , I'll be taking some lessons soon . The way I see it , if I ain't dead I can learn 
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Posted: 3/8/2018 10:44:15 AM EDT
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I've been taking lessons on my Strat and have found I need a more hard rock type guitar. I actually play my son's Squire better/faster.
So....I pick this up on the 25th. It's an S670QM. More than I'll ever need and it feels and looks awesome. 
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Posted: 3/8/2018 8:53:03 PM EDT
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I've been taking lessons on my Strat and have found I need a more hard rock type guitar. I actually play my son's Squire better/faster. So....I pick this up on the 25th. It's an S670QM. More than I'll ever need and it feels and looks awesome. https://d1aeri3ty3izns.cloudfront.net/media/25/251975/1200/preview.jpg |
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Posted: 3/9/2018 1:06:52 AM EDT
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With youtube, today, we don't need anything. We need nothing - tons of stuff is available to us. Oh and I was one of the first ones, ever, to kick off my youtube 'tutoring' channel back in 2006, right when it all started - I had my AC/DC 'SoloDallas' channel, showing how things were really done by AC/DC. Haven't stopped since. It actually became my job. Life. Is. Good.
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Posted: 3/9/2018 9:05:35 AM EDT
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I've been taking lessons on my Strat and have found I need a more hard rock type guitar. I actually play my son's Squire better/faster. So....I pick this up on the 25th. It's an S670QM. More than I'll ever need and it feels and looks awesome. https://d1aeri3ty3izns.cloudfront.net/media/25/251975/1200/preview.jpg |
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Posted: 3/9/2018 9:34:23 AM EDT
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I bought a Peavey backstage amp and a T60. 3 days later, I cut off 1/2 inch of my index finger... I was 38 at the time
Tommy Iomi (Black Sabbath) nipped off the tips of two fingers in a sheet metal shop where he worked. It didn't stop him from becoming a guitar legend. |
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Posted: 3/9/2018 10:30:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL, I just stumbled across one of your videos a few weeks ago. 
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Posted: 3/18/2018 6:53:30 PM EDT
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Another one jumping in after a long break. Started in high school, then took a handful of lessons. Somehow ended up with a nerve issue that prevented me from playing so I sold off all the stuff. Now the nerve issue has subsided and I'm grateful for that.
Time to get back to it. I was never good but I did reach a point where I enjoyed playing for myself. I should have a guitar in a week or so and then it will be time to get back to basics. I'm psyched. **Edited to add I turned 50 a couple of months ago. Memory must be going, I forgot to mention that **
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Posted: 3/20/2018 8:28:17 AM EDT
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My first electric will be here this weekend.
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Posted: 3/20/2018 11:35:22 AM EDT
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Nice...i dig it.
Tried playing irish folk music over the weekend. Was already trying to learn drop k8ck murphies and flogging molly stuff last month or so. But holy shit... Easy as ball chords but. The tempo and strumming had me going wtf...work hand work...ugghh Lmao. |
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Posted: 3/27/2018 1:13:50 PM EDT
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Welp, y'all have inspired me. I just found my son's acoustic guitar I got him from a pawn shop (that he never used). Learning to play has been on my bucket list for years. It's time. Just got a login on GuitarTricks. We'll see how it goes. Almost 53yo btw.
Plus if Protus can do it, how hard can it be!?!?!
(love you man, no homo) And Protus - I want to learn specifically so I can play Irish punk and traditional. I've been singing it for years, and always wanted to learn to play it. |
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Posted: 3/28/2018 6:12:46 AM EDT
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Welp, y'all have inspired me. I just found my son's acoustic guitar I got him from a pawn shop (that he never used). Learning to play has been on my bucket list for years. It's time. Just got a login on GuitarTricks. We'll see how it goes. Almost 53yo btw. Plus if Protus can do it, how hard can it be!?!?!
(love you man, no homo) And Protus - I want to learn specifically so I can play Irish punk and traditional. I've been singing it for years, and always wanted to learn to play it. Camp fire jam on the calendar the huh? Same..been a Molly fan since the mid 90s. Murphy's been on and off over the years. Pogues just noticing. Young Dubliners ,great big sea..etc Most of it's traditional stuff. Make great big sea or Molly channel on Pandora and enjoy. Easy one for you. Is the pogues " love you to the end ". Three basic chords. Trying to get Murphy's world of hate learned. Chords are most easy cheesy . But it's rythm/timing. Example is these songs- Irish rover Foggy dew Green fields of France Whiskey in the jar Galway girl Tell me ma. Etc etc Its 2-4 chords but strumming timing is all 108-120+. Honestly unless it's a B chord..and not 1/2 best chord changes I can play it... However...most of those I listed get pretty fast at some point. Good luck. Fwiw iirc a ok traditional tuber is Flanners folk songs. Doesnt have many but has good ones. Sides that. Bob tulip. Oh.. And here's what o attempt to play as well. Its a pick stick. Copy of s McNally strum stick. But uses banjo strings. Aka mandolin sounding deal. Chords are odd. But fun to play.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/28/2018 6:14:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryDouble tapping oh rooooo |
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Posted: 3/28/2018 7:24:47 AM EDT
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Look up Tony Iommi. He lost the tips of two fingers in an industrial accident and still became famous. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I bought a Peavey backstage amp and a T60. 3 days later, I cut off 1/2 inch of my index finger... I was 38 at the time 
 Django Reinhardt CLIP performing live 1945 |
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Posted: 3/28/2018 7:25:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryNice stack!
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Posted: 3/31/2018 4:15:39 PM EDT
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Easy one for you. Is the pogues " love you to the end ". Three basic chords.
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Posted: 3/31/2018 6:11:59 PM EDT
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Awesome! I'm mangling the hell out of it, but loving it. Another one I stumbled on that 'seems' pretty easy is the Pogues version of Waltzing Matilda, one of my favorite songs too. Same 3 chords and nice and slow. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Easy one for you. Is the pogues " love you to the end ". Three basic chords. Keep it up. Yeah love you is 3 chords. Dead flowers by the stones is a good one to do as well. Helps with strum timing. Least fir me. |
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Posted: 4/2/2018 8:17:25 AM EDT
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Here's some shred motivation:
 the biggest shred collab song in the world |
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Posted: 4/10/2018 11:12:50 AM EDT
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This video actually did help me quite a bit.
 7 Tips for Older Beginners | Tom Strahle | Easy Guitar | Basic Guitar |
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Posted: 4/15/2018 10:25:02 AM EDT
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I want to use an app to play along with. It, of course, needs to give me the ability to slow the playback speed so I can play along.
Songster looks good, but I am woefully unaware of what's out there. I would like to buy once.... |
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Posted: 4/15/2018 4:50:50 PM EDT
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I started at 43..going to be 45 here in a few weeks.
I took a few lessons, follow a few youtuber's and pay 21.99/yr for ultimate-guitar.com pro tabs/ chords along with a few app's. I was doing fenderplay, but to me, the progression was all over, lessons sucked and were all over the place. I have learned so much, its really starting to come together. I have an odd sympathetic movement thing with my fingers I can't control. So where most do chords a certain way, I can't because my fingers move or wont go...so I have to improvise and adapt. I have a Ibanez RG6003fm, a Taylor BBT that I hate and a Yamaha 3/4 that I love...along with a Line 6 amp and some pedals. Looking at getting an early 2000 Les Paul Epiphone next..or a Decent used Strat... |
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Posted: 4/15/2018 8:40:54 PM EDT
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I want to use an app to play along with. It, of course, needs to give me the ability to slow the playback speed so I can play along. Songster looks good, but I am woefully unaware of what's out there. I would like to buy once.... |
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Posted: 4/16/2018 8:13:49 AM EDT
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I want to use an app to play along with. It, of course, needs to give me the ability to slow the playback speed so I can play along. Songster looks good, but I am woefully unaware of what's out there. I would like to buy once.... I am a huge fan of https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ $21.99/yr has over 250,000 songs/ tabs/ chords/ etc.. you set start and end points for looping, you can slow it down, speed it up has a fret map to play with in tabs or chords..metronome..tuner.. |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 11:36:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The guys here got me to download audacity for my MP3 playback and loop...its great for that. I am a huge fan of https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ $21.99/yr has over 250,000 songs/ tabs/ chords/ etc.. you set start and end points for looping, you can slow it down, speed it up has a fret map to play with in tabs or chords..metronome..tuner.. A friend found me this so now I have an electric. 
2002 Epiphone Dot 
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Posted: 5/23/2018 12:01:45 PM EDT
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I want to use an app to play along with. It, of course, needs to give me the ability to slow the playback speed so I can play along. Songster looks good, but I am woefully unaware of what's out there. I would like to buy once.... |
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Posted: 5/24/2018 10:08:31 AM EDT
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I scored a 2012 Epiphone Les Paul a few weeks back, Studio Deluxe, stole it at $225.00:
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Love it. |
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Posted: 5/24/2018 10:09:21 AM EDT
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I jumped on Ultimate Guitar and I'm really enjoying it, thanks. A friend found me this so now I have an electric. https://i.imgur.com/cUbQ12r.jpg?2 2002 Epiphone Dot |
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Posted: 5/25/2018 9:30:33 AM EDT
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I scored a 2012 Epiphone Les Paul a few weeks back, Studio Deluxe, stole it at $225.00: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/43992/IMG_20180505_144825_661-535132.JPG
Love it. Quoted: Nice...sure it sounds fantastic! It sounds better than I can play it for sure. He set it up for me, the action is impossibly low which makes it easier for me to learn on and play. He really outdid himself and I'm in love with this guitar. |
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Posted: 5/25/2018 12:31:00 PM EDT
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The best thing I've done is buying a guitar stand and putting the guitar right in our living room. It reminds/forces me to pick it up and practice every day.
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Posted: 5/25/2018 5:46:22 PM EDT
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The best thing I've done is buying a guitar stand and putting the guitar right in our living room. It reminds/forces me to pick it up and practice every day. 2 hang on the wall on my side of the bed. It helps. |
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