Hitman's Pontiac Trans Am Forum
General => Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: NWW-79 T/A on January 27, 2012, 10:29:43 PM
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Ive had my guitar for a year now, and was making fast progress at first, but I kinda just put it on the back burner. Think i'll start learning again. I know (or knew a few chord progressions, and could play one song) just wondering if anyone else here can play?
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Yeah man! Here's a video of my old band from last spring. I'm the dude with the white tele...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgaGjg35ew
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Cool man! Maybe ill be good enough to play in public one day lol
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I've played my whole life, but didn't really get serious until I was in my early 20s (I'm 41 now). Play with as many people as you can that are better than you, and listen and learn from the masters, regardless of style. You can't really hear it in this piece, but my influences are (mainly) Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Don Rich, Jerry Reid, and Brad Paisley. Also, when I was an early teen, I learned just about every AC/DC, Eagles, and KISS song. This helps to develop your rhythm playing, because most singers don't want you soloing over their vocals ;)
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Gots ta luv the OLD Fleetwood Mac... Sounds great! I like the band name too.
I'm a hobbyist-level picker. I'm 48, been playing since my 20's - yet I still suck! I have an American Standard Stratocaster and a Jerry Donahue Telecaster. Love both of them.
I'm taking lessons again as of recently. Working on trying to form a classic country band ... cool to see Don Rich and Brad Paisley as some of your influences. And Jerry Reid... The Snowman was a MONSTER picker!
I'm struggling through "Lonesome Fugitive" (Roy Buchannen version) right now with help from the guy I take lessons from.
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I been playing a long time. Been in rock bands in my early years. Now I do acoustic solo stuff. I have 2 Martins (1 is a 12 string) and a nylon string electric/acoustic. (That's for my Zac Brown stuff)
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I wish I would've kept up with it but I've hardly had any free time past school work. Freshman in high school. Busy time
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Somehow I missed you first post NWW... I thought rpguitarrepair was the OP.
Yeah.... learning the guitar is not easy as you know. I personally think lessons make you progress faster as they give you a little push so you don't "suck out loud" for next lesson..
For years I had a guitar and just noodled around on it without really pushing my self. Not recommended. Very little progress in those years.
My two cents would be:
1 - lessons
2 - Keep a guitar out on a stand. When you are just vegging out after a long day, the fact that your guitar
is in the case in the closet is all the adversity you need for an excuse not to practice.
3 - Any practice helps. 15 minutes a day is 100 times better than nothing.
4 - Everybody is busy. Odds are you will never have more free time than you do now.
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Started taking lessons (my choice) in 1st grade and continued lessons on and off through high school while always practicing. Played on and off most of my life after that. A few years ago my house was robbed and they took the guitars and Marshall stuff. Everything in the whole house was stolen (and insurance wouldn't cover) so the instruments weren't high on the priority list compared to things like clothes, furniture, refrigerator, lawnmower, etc.
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Hey Pancho, you're exactly right about practice time. It becomes harder and harder to practice if you don't at least just try to get in 15 minutes/ day. rpguitarrepair is my side business, as I repair/ refret, etc. guitars at night after dinner. In fact, one of my clients is from Austin; his name is Daniel Carson and he plays for Chris Tomlin. Since I'm not playing out, I just don't practice like I should. You're in a wonderful place to hear live music. My favorite band right now is the Mothertruckers; I think they're out of Austin. Josh Zee is the guitarist and he's a monster.
Our band name was Double Clutch and the Downshifters. The singer is an old friend of mine; we just decided to put something to go out and have fun with. It was fun for a couple of years and then we developed other interests. We played everything from Buck Owens to Bon Jovi, and could usually fill a bar with people. Since I bought this TA, all of my spare time seems to go to laying on my back scraping off undercoating, and spitting Ziebart out of my mouth ::)
Sorry to hear about your axes getting robbed John, and a Marshall, too? Ugh. I got with my insurance rep a while back with a detailed list of my gear, just to make sure. Of course a mean-looking dog and an active security sign doesn't hurt ;) Who the heck steals a refrigerator???
Hey oboogie80, Zac's stuff is really big here; he was raised, went to school, and launched his career in the north Atanta area. In fact, he bought my father-n-law's leather shop off of craigslist. My father-n-law answered the phone and the guy said he was Zac Brown, he was like "yeah right". Zac signed an artist named Nic Cowan, and I just refretted his guitar player's guitar about two weeks ago. They're nice people from what I hear.
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I started when I was 8. My Uncle was the purchasing agent for the guitar shop at Kaman Aircraft (Ovation) and he got me a reconditioned 12 string Balladeer for the price of a set of strings. I took classical lessons for three years and folk lessons for a couple more before my instructer moved away. Then in my early teens, my neighbor was putting a group together to play a folk mass at our local church and my mom "volunteered" me (lol). It turned out to be a good experience, learnig new things like playing with others and in front of a crowd (which really grew!...everybody wanted to go to the "folk Mass"). Anywho...that fell apart when I got out of school and into the National Guard and work and stuff and I just put it away.
Three years ago (I'm now 50) I got an old guitar from a freind at work (called a Kent). Turned out to be a rather well made dreadnought and an easy player. then I bought a Squier Standard Strat and a Line6 amp to goof around with, and finally my uncles daughter gave me another ovation her father had left her (turns out to be a "one-of" prototype) Nothing fancy..but an easier player just the same.
This Christmas, my wife got me set up with an instructor...hell of a nice Christmas gift since she's never really known my passion for playing as a kid. So that's were I am now...struggiling through SRV's version of "hideaway"...which I really dig!
Rick C.
PS...rpguitarrepair...nice chops man.... ;D
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Thanks Rick!
and great story!
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I have been playing 37 years now and still enjoying every moment.
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Hey rpguitar...... I have a friend that did some studio work with Zac some time ago. He used to live in the Atlanta area. He said they were all really great guys and yeah man, Zac is really good. I love his stuff. I'm not much of a country fan but i do a couple country songs in my shows. (just to feed the masses,lol)
NWW- ya gotta find time to practice. I used to fall asleep with my guitar in hand. (sometimes I still do) But I play at least 1 -2 hrs. a day. I make time. But then again, I love my Martins....
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I started but stopped, and I want to start up again now that I have alot of spare time.
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I picked it up and played a bit today. Just scales and a few chords I somehow remember. Felt good to do it again. Like I said, I played all the time over the summer and could play pretty much all of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" without any major mistakes. But once school came around I got bogged down. Id post a pic of it but im having trouble with that right now. I know it's a Fender acoustic. My grandpa got it for me last Christmas. Was $275 or around there I believe. Most expensive gift I've gotten lol
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Well, you started a great thread, that's for sure!
Trans Ams and good guitar just go together. I think Einstein said that.
rp
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I started at the age of 13, my uncle traded into a old flying V and hated it because he couldn't play it sitting down :-\ He gave it to me and I've played every since. I played in several bands from my hometown of Boston to San Diego where I was stationed in the Navy to here in Tennessee. I gave up the bar scene about 11 years ago, sold everything but my old Conn acoustic, an Ibanez RG and my longtime friend and first amp, a Peavey Reknown. Killer amp if you can still find a good one. Nowadays, I try to teach my daughters when they're in the mood to learn. It's still the best meditation and quiet time (HA!) to unwind. Oh yeah, played everything from rockabilly to heavy/hard rock. Major influence would be Randy Rhoads, Vai, and yup..Brian May from Queen. Play on buds.
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I don't play, but I really wish I could! But I'm fantastic at Air Guitar! ;D
As a side note, some of You might get a kick out of, especially rpguitarrepairs: I live in the same city in Sweden that they used to make the Hagströms guitars, also amps and accordions. Well know models are Viking (Elvis Presley played one in the "'68 Comeback Special" show) and the Super Swede. The grocery shop where I shop most is located in the old factory of Hagströms, next door is the Hagströms Museeum.
I am looking at getting a new reproduction of the Viking, to have as a home decor, and for my daughter to play, she is 12 and takes guitar lessons at school. The guitar she uses now is an acoustic my dad had, it's banged up and broken.
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Hey rpguitar...... I have a friend that did some studio work with Zac some time ago. He used to live in the Atlanta area. He said they were all really great guys and yeah man, Zac is really good. I love his stuff. I'm not much of a country fan but i do a couple country songs in my shows. (just to feed the masses,lol)
NWW- ya gotta find time to practice. I used to fall asleep with my guitar in hand. (sometimes I still do) But I play at least 1 -2 hrs. a day. I make time. But then again, I love my Martins....
If I hang on and really give it a go this time around...my next guitar will be a Martin D16 Adirondack. I saw a demo on youtube and the tone gave me chills...that's the sound I'm looking for!
Rick C.
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I setup one of the D16s last fall and I really liked it. Here is a video of a D28-style guitar I built for my brother-in-law, I gave it to him at Christmas. It has Zirecote back/sides with a "bear-claw" spruce top. This is him fooling around with it that morning.
http://youtu.be/ck1pyQx7s0A
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Cool. My first ovation has the bear claw spruce top but my brother really ruined it...I loaned it to him for two weeks...FIVE YEARS later I got it back....could've cried...neck pulled away and half a$$ repaired, rossette peeling off...looks like he tried to take off the adhesive pick guard and pulled up the wood with it too...what a mess. I still haven't finished "trying" to fix it up. I even got a new rosette from Charlie Kaman's son but it's not the same. That D28 sounds awesome. I thought I wanted a Songbird untill I heard a few Martins. Still need to get my hands on one for the feel though. I'm holding off untill I have real cash to burn...otherwise the wife's gonna hate me!
Thanks for sharing,
Rick C.
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Hi.
I don't contribute much to this board, but I'm trying! Here's an old vid of my old band. I'm the fat guy with the mop hair and beard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_SRuV-_0vE
Hey RP! I also was a guitar tech for many years. I do it in my spare time now. Between working on the T/A and my 1980 KZ1000.
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Nice, wasn't Black Foot from your town?
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They were from Jacksonville. But not too far away.
Creed is from here... Unfortunately...
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I used to always do the Auto show there in Jacksonville every year.
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That's freakin tight dude! Is that a Hagstrom? I just did a headstock repair on one of those, a kid dropped it in the parking lot walking out of his lesson. It was an ugly break too, so be careful with that thing... If it starts to fall, you should throw your beard under it to break the fall, haha! Sweet playing, man. Camcorders never to bands justice, but I could tell what you were up to.
Hey, post a picture of the KZ1000. I've loved them every since I was a little kid and watched CHiPs!!!
We've been going to Daytona every summer since for the last 35+ years, and the bypass bridge at Jacksonville is part of the traveling story. Now my kids think its the longest bridge in the world, like I did when I was a kid.
Oh, and that band name is over the top. Love it. Blackfoot is legendary in Atlanta, too. 38 Special was from around in there, too, weren't they? Tom Petty, though not a southern rocker I think is from there? Something special in the sulfur water you kids drink down there ;)