Guitar players...and music people in general (1 Viewer)

[Utah Saints]

 

[Utah Saints]

 

[Zack Lee]

I posted this in that Country music thread, but check this kid out.

I watched a good bit just to try and figure out what barefoot bag strap guy was adding.

with the old tv and green walls I kept expecting Ol Doyle to walk in and announce the band was getting back together.

 

[Utah Saints]

I watched a good bit just to try and figure out what barefoot bag strap guy was adding.

with the old tv and green walls I kept expecting Ol Doyle to walk in and announce the band was getting back together.

I attended Louisiana Tech. Plenty of parties in trailers and old houses just like that. All of the good stuff happens in side rooms, away from the main party.

And barefoot guy is so high, all he can do is stand there and smile.

 

[Utah Saints]

I was researching this guitar and stumbled upon this. I still listen to it frequently.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I know nothing but my dad is a musician. Lifelong. He loves guitars and is so ecstatic he just bought a Jumbo Gibson SJ 200 whatever all that means lol. And a top of the line Martin but I can’t remember the model of that. Getting a Taylor tomorrow lol. I’ll show him this. He will enjoy I’m sure.

Wow, your dad has great (and expensive!) tastes in guitars.. i have an Epiphone SJ200 Jumbo, which is basically a cheap knockoff of the one you mentioned your father recently bought.. Epiphone and Gibson are the same company, but the one i have retails for about 1/10th the cost of the Gibson model; i think i paid about $350 or $400.. still, it sounds good to my amateur ears.. before that, my first guitar was a $200 Yamaha and it sounded really good for that price point.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Wow, your dad has great (and expensive!) tastes in guitars.. i have an Epiphone SJ200 Jumbo, which is basically a cheap knockoff of the one you mentioned your father recently bought.. Epiphone and Gibson are the same company, but the one i have retails for about 1/10th the cost of the Gibson model; i think i paid about $350 or $400.. still, it sounds good to my amateur ears.. before that, my first guitar was a $200 Yamaha and it sounded really good for that price point.

I just asked him about that one. He also has many very cheap guitars....and loves them too. But he is utterly infatuated with these last two lol. Guitar isn’t even his strong suit (lifelong excellent drummer, songwriter and vocalist) but he loves to play the guitar as he’s gotten old. ?

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

I don't play guitar but if I won the lottery I would buy a John Petrucci Majesty guitar. https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/the-majesty

 

[0rion]

I don't play guitar but if I won the lottery I would buy a John Petrucci Majesty guitar. https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/the-majesty

Know what's funny? Everyone always lists these dream guitars but the guitar I've always wanted the most is very easily attainable but yet in the 20 years of me wanting one I've never bought one.....a Jackson dinky reverse headstock haha....it's like $400 or less and yet I still don't own one. I have 2 electrics now (Ibanez and bc rich) so I just don't need another and can never justify buying one.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Know what's funny? Everyone always lists these dream guitars but the guitar I've always wanted the most is very easily attainable but yet in the 20 years of me wanting one I've never bought one.....a Jackson dinky reverse headstock haha....it's like $400 or less and yet I still don't own one. I have 2 electrics now (Ibanez and bc rich) so I just don't need another and can never justify buying one.

I couldn't afford a 100 dollar one let alone the 3-5 thousand one I mentioned.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

So Dad excitedly called me he now has completed his guitar experiment. He’s got the Martin the Gibson SJ-200 and just bought a Taylor 414CE. He says those are the top three acoustic guitar makers and his guitar set is now complete lol.

 

[0rion]

Funny you bumped this....few nights ago me and my son rocked the garage out. I go out tonight and have a speaker rattling in my cabinet so I'm done until I can get a speaker or whole new cabinet. Bummed out for sure. I think until I can get something I'm going to unhook 2 of the speakers and just run 2x10's.

 

[woohoosaint]

Update on Jake E Lee after getting shot...

 

[sfidc3]

two youngsters on the move........

16 y/o Christone "Kingfish" Ingram will be at the Hogs for a Cause rally.




and Jacye Guerin from Plaquemine will be Jazzfest and probably worth checking out.

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I've been trying to catch a Kingfish show for a few years now.....one day, he is amazing.....as is Billy Strings who was mentioned earlier.....I was lucky enough to see Derek Trucks when he was like 19 the first time back in the late 90's.....he played a small club in Bethesda MD which is long gone now....

I've been playing guitar since I was 14. I own three guitars and play a couple of times a week - it's very therapeutic. But despite that, I'm not really that "good". I don't really know music so while over the years I have developed some ability play the guitar and my ear is pretty good so I can learn to play most songs I want to play (not including solos of course - I'm not a shredder, but riffs and chords progressions). But basically if I go more than a couple of weeks without playing it, it's gone forever and I would have to relearn the song.

If you can play chords and basic tabs, and just want to play (e.g. strum) and sing a song (mostly what I do), I like the (Edit - Ultimate Guitar) app. Set up and account an you get some good features and the ability to save favorites. They have formats ranging from basic chords over lyrics to full pro-tablature. Most songs have multiple postings in various formats but it displays which ones have the highest ratings - usually if you see five versions and the third one has five times as many approval ratings, it's the one to go with. It will also transpose or scroll (while playing) - which is cool, though those might be on the paid version only, not sure.

Wow, very similar path with guitar for me as well....I've never learned to read music, just play by ear (or now, just go to Youtube to discover you've been playing it wrong all these years!!!!

Hats off to Rush, most of my early learning was Rush stuff.....Lifeson was not only a great player but much of his stuff was playable.....

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

So Dad excitedly called me he now has completed his guitar experiment. He’s got the Martin the Gibson SJ-200 and just bought a Taylor 414CE. He says those are the top three acoustic guitar makers and his guitar set is now complete lol.

Incidentally, it seems that a veritable who’s who of music has rocked with that SJ-200.. im talking everyone from John Lennon to Elvis to Justin friggin Timberlake.. plenty of pics online of them with their SJ-200s if u r so inclined .