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Title: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Don Seer on October 06, 2005, 04:36:52 AM
I just got my first one.. its an electro acoustic and is copy of the ovation elite.. looks like this.. cost me very little.. i got it simply because i wanted an electro acoustic and it was the cheapest i could find.. i like it as its not got the stereotypical acoustic look

(http://i13.ebayimg.com/04/i/04/c8/51/10_1_b.JPG)
(not a picture of mine... but mines identical)

i can't play for shit :D.. it only arrived yest.. so i'm just starting learning.. just learning to change between chords n stuff.. i've also learned the very first part of the metallica song 'nothing else matters' from a guy at work

my friend has an fender copy and he's only messed around with it occassionally.. he's constantly learning bits of new songs from tabs, or just working em out.. so we're gonna be able to mess around and try pick up songs together and trade tips etc.. i wouldn't call it jam yet... lol.. also means i'll be able to play with his guitar a bit..
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: BJV on October 06, 2005, 04:50:44 AM
There was a topic just like this a while back  :P

That guitar looks tight
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Inspire / Moss on October 06, 2005, 04:53:20 AM
I was given a guitar by someone a while back, a real good one.. reason he gave me it was cause he got an even better one..  i don't think its as good as this one though, these are hella expensive from what i remember when i looked.

I can't really play for shit atm, i can play some cool lil riffs n shit but nothin special.  He's into all rock and shit, but i wanna utilize it for hip hop production to do some dj quik soundin stuff, plus at the moment i can't even afford an amp lol
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Lincoln on October 06, 2005, 05:11:25 AM
I've played one a few times, but I can't really play anything.
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Kill on October 06, 2005, 05:21:04 AM
Iīve got a cheap old acoustic, but my playing skills are more or less decent. I can play a bunch of songs and I can handle most techniques that arenīt too difficult. Iīm not all that though

and lol, the very beginning of nothing else matters is (low) E, D, B, E, B, D...great to start with since you donīt have to use your left hand :D ...the song gets just a lil more difficult when you go on though

and yeah, Doggy made a topic about it a few weeks ago
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Don Seer on October 06, 2005, 06:05:54 AM
and lol, the very beginning of nothing else matters is (low) E, D, B, E, B, D...great to start with since you donīt have to use your left hand :D ...the song gets just a lil more difficult when you go on though

lol. yeah.. then theres those 2 high notes.. holding down the high E on fret 7 and a pull off there too.. i can do those.. then supposed to roll the same EDBE.. while playing more.. there i'm stuck
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Trauma-san on October 06, 2005, 06:12:57 AM
I taught myself to play long ago.  I've got several guitars but they sit around collecting dust... ironically I picked one up and played about 10 songs last night for the first time in probably 6 months.  When I learned to play, I decided to learn how to play a guitar strung for a right handed person, although I'm left handed.  I'd rather be able to play any guitar, instead of just my special guitar that's strung backwards, you know?  So since I did that, my good hand is the hand I fret with, it's harder for me to play and arpeggiate chords because my weak hand is the one that strums and picks.  It's caused me trouble over the years, but I'm sure if I practiced more, I'd sound better.  It's hard for me to learn anything with fingerpicking, although I can do a couple songs great.  Anything with hillbilly chords I can play well, and since my strumming hand is the clumsy one, my playing has a really rough and jangly style to it.  Sounds pretty cool on some songs. 
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Kill on October 06, 2005, 06:42:10 AM
and lol, the very beginning of nothing else matters is (low) E, D, B, E, B, D...great to start with since you donīt have to use your left hand :D ...the song gets just a lil more difficult when you go on though

lol. yeah.. then theres those 2 high notes.. holding down the high E on fret 7 and a pull off there too.. i can do those.. then supposed to roll the same EDBE.. while playing more.. there i'm stuck

e|-----7 - 8----7h8p7- 5
b|-----0 - 0----0-------- 0

I guess this could cause trouble :)

most of the song ainīt that hard though
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Kill on October 06, 2005, 06:44:44 AM
oh yeah, try "California" by Phantom Planet or "Satisfaction". Those are riffs you can learn in 3 minutes
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Doggystylin on October 06, 2005, 09:04:02 AM
WTF SEER YOU KIDDING, comon man i just made this thread, lol

anyways, yeah i got a class goin, i think seers copyin my style though man, the whole getting back into skating, then seer does, then i get a guitar then seer does,  ;)
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Kill on October 06, 2005, 10:10:25 AM
WTF SEER YOU KIDDING, comon man i just made this thread, lol

anyways, yeah i got a class goin, i think seers copyin my style though man, the whole getting back into skating, then seer does, then i get a guitar then seer does,  ;)

who wouldnīt wanna be a dumb movie character who accidentally blows out brains in a car and gets killed taking a shit
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Kill on October 06, 2005, 10:17:57 AM
^^^  soooo you just changed your appearance. Well who wouldnīt wanna be somebody who wants to be Sikotic
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: white Boy on October 06, 2005, 10:25:57 AM
hahah i wana learn california, ive heard the shortened oc version like a zillion times.
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Don Seer on October 06, 2005, 11:10:50 AM
WTF SEER YOU KIDDING, comon man i just made this thread, lol

anyways, yeah i got a class goin, i think seers copyin my style though man, the whole getting back into skating, then seer does, then i get a guitar then seer does,  ;)

hey i been skating again nearly 3 years now fool!

what guitar did u get.. i missed ya thread...
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Kill on October 06, 2005, 11:31:25 AM
hahah i wana learn california, ive heard the shortened oc version like a zillion times.

can you play at all though? and lol, I did reckon that you with your OC sig knew the song....I like it, itīs catchy and fun to play. I canīt stand OC, but Iīve seen the intro, the whole song is actually better than what youīd expect from that. And itīs really easy, you barely gotta move your fingers. But if you canīt play at all, itīs a pain in the ass or wrist respectively like for all beginners. Thatīs something you just gotta go through when you start
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Doggystylin on October 06, 2005, 11:36:25 AM
I dont know what exactly it is, but its a normal acoustic yamaha guitar, i got it from The Guitar Center, here in hollywood, it all came out to $300, oh yeah get ready for your fingers on your fret hand to get sore as fuck and then get all hard, lol

man me and seer would get along if he didnt live across the atlantic, heres another thing in common, lol next time i go to the UK im droppin by
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: [sepehr] on October 06, 2005, 10:36:06 PM
I got this lil niggie right here

http://www.musicland.co.jp/yokohama/high-end/img/02_sg_std_eb.jpg

Been playing for about a year...
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Rick on October 07, 2005, 08:02:44 AM
I'm in the process of learning Animals (Pink Floyd) in it's entirety.

I've been playing about a month and a half. Donno why I started so late.
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Dogg_Pound_Gangsta on October 08, 2005, 12:09:25 AM
i heard adon plays the skin flute mighty fine. lol just playin homie

I play the drums
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Don Seer on October 08, 2005, 02:19:16 AM
I got this lil niggie right here

http://www.musicland.co.jp/yokohama/high-end/img/02_sg_std_eb.jpg

Been playing for about a year...

cool.. my homie wants one like that.. we were looking at em in this huuuuuuuge ass guitar shop last weekend
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: 'EclipZe on October 08, 2005, 04:15:34 AM
I still got mah acoustic guitar, had lessons for it for 3 yrs but that's like 4 yrs back now... can't play it for shit anymo  :D
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Don Seer on October 10, 2005, 03:34:48 PM
today is the first day my fingers aint hurt too bad...

i had a go with my mates fender clone yesterday.. is so easy when making chords n stuff it doesnt feel like you have shit held down when compared to mine.. it weighs about 3 times what mine does though.. gonna go round n have a bit of a jam one night.. i gotta show him how to record to his laptop.. and he's been lent an effects box which should be fun
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: OpTiCaL on October 11, 2005, 08:19:00 AM
I got an ibanez SA-260 LH http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=66753

a gibson sg special LH http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=1082 (les paul)

 and if i win the lottery i would get one of these http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=1150
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Suga Foot on October 11, 2005, 08:58:48 AM
I stick with keyboards.  There's no tuning, and when you need to play a certain note, you just hit the key.  You cant screw that up.
Title: Re: Anyone (else) on here play the guitar?
Post by: Lincoln on October 11, 2005, 09:03:54 AM
I stick with keyboards.  There's no tuning, and when you need to play a certain note, you just hit the key.  You cant screw that up.

Good call man, I feel the same way. Keyboards are the fucking greatest.