Guitar Lesson Advice

feylya · 22-12-2004 2:07pm

Aye, I was wondering did you mean Petrucci alright.

Man, I want one of his sig guitars. Might even just get an OLP one.

John · 22-12-2004 3:00pm

feylya wrote:

There's a shop up here that does that. Has old tape delay units and stuff like that. Shame they know their stuff too well

Where? And how much?

Doctor J · 22-12-2004 3:01pm

Dundalk. Corrs country.

feylya · 22-12-2004 3:52pm

Outside Dundalk tbh. And not for sale. He collects all these rare guitars and amps, sticks them in a container and ships it off to America every six months.

Doctor J · 22-12-2004 3:56pm

... and then we buy them back from Chris.

Hmmm.... I think I have a plan

feylya · 22-12-2004 3:57pm

A Plan? Does it involve monkeys? Evil Monkeys? That FLY???

/me puts down the beer and steps away

John · 22-12-2004 4:23pm

feylya wrote:

A Plan? Does it involve monkeys? Evil Monkeys? That FLY???

/me puts down the beer and steps away

Don't be so stupid!

Of course it involves monkeys!

feylya · 22-12-2004 5:10pm

But can they fly???

Doctor J · 22-12-2004 5:13pm

Yes, if they know what's good for them

feylya · 22-12-2004 5:15pm

They're monkeys. Of course they don't know what's good for them!!!

So, any more advice on Guitar Lessons???

Doctor J · 22-12-2004 5:15pm

Yes. Be like the sponge. Absorb.

feylya · 22-12-2004 5:17pm

I assume things like new(ish) strings, be in tune, have picks etc are a given?

Doctor J · 22-12-2004 5:22pm

Yeah, just pay attention, if he's good you should be able to pick things up even when he's not teaching. Just watch how he does things, how he gets around the neck, his picking technique, etc.

feylya · 22-12-2004 5:25pm

TBH, the first time I heard him play, I thought I was listening to Garry Moore...

John · 22-12-2004 5:26pm

feylya wrote:

They're monkeys. Of course they don't know what's good for them!!!

So, any more advice on Guitar Lessons???

I've no advice on guitar lessons but your point about monkeys, a lot of monkeys when they are sick eat particular plants that contain medicine. So they do know what's good for them. Next stop Planet of the Apes...

emmet02 · 22-12-2004 7:12pm

Ancient1 wrote:

i was lucky, i found an idiot.
I traded an ancient acoustic guitar which i got as a present for a 1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline and paid some small change on top of that

The deal of a LIFETIME - that's still my main guitar.

original? Sweet. Post a pic?

It wasn't me! · 22-12-2004 8:23pm

There's one in the gear thread iirc. Know excatly what you want to gain from the lessons and tell him, and make sure nobody's wandering off on a tangent.

Ancient1 · 22-12-2004 8:48pm

emmet02 wrote:

original? Sweet. Post a pic?

Sorry to get off topic again, feylya

(we've covered just about everything from flying monkeys to telecasters, cool!)

emmet - here you go, it's the only decent shot i have at the moment. But you'll get the idea (the nice pic not being mine of course).

feylya · 22-12-2004 8:49pm

Meh, don't worry about being on topic. I know I rarely am

Nice guitars

emmet02 · 22-12-2004 8:52pm

sweet, and you just like scammed some old lady out of it you say?

this is the one i'm getting next year,

and Feylya just be sure that you're not comin straight out of the cold into your lesson, stupid tip but is necessary, have your fingers well loosened beforehand.

feylya · 22-12-2004 8:55pm

Yeah, the cold is gonna be the tricky one cos I gotta walk across the town to get to the place. I'll be wrecked by the time I get there!!! At least I'll get some excercise

emmet02 · 22-12-2004 8:55pm

Gloves, and do stupid stretches on the way.

Ancient1 · 22-12-2004 8:55pm

feylya wrote:

TBH, the first time I heard him play, I thought I was listening to Garry Moore...

sounds good - maybe you should stick with this guy if he's that good!

emmet - no i didnt rob an old lady

but it was a sweet deal anyway!

emmet02 · 22-12-2004 8:58pm

Ancient1 wrote:

..........to a car-boot sale and finding a grandmother clearing her attic ........

'Nuf said.

feylya · 22-12-2004 9:00pm

Ancient1 wrote:

sounds good - maybe you should stick with this guy if he's that good!

I would but €20 is a bit steep for me at the moment tbh. Unemployed student and all that.

emmet02 · 22-12-2004 9:02pm

it's pretty much the going rate for a one on one lesson though

Ancient1 · 22-12-2004 9:02pm

emmet02 wrote:

'Nuf said.

Yeah, i'd like something like that to happen to me! The story of my Thinline is a little bit more complicated. I got it about 12 years ago in Iran (yes, Iran) - where you have remnants of the American and Western lifestyle before the revolution - a country where you still drive old 70s Buicks and Cadillacs and where you can still find old Fenders. They're illegal of course, but according to the mullahs, acoustics arent (they dont pose such a severe threat to the regime, apparently :rolleyes: ). I found this Fender in an ancient music store and saw a dismantled Fender. Somehow i managed to convince him that he wouldnt have a chance of selling it, but he'd easily find a buyer for my acoustic. So we traded.

emmet02 · 22-12-2004 9:03pm

ha ha ha

good job

Would do exactly the same myself!

Ancient1 · 22-12-2004 9:04pm

20 yoyos doesnt sound too bad - perhaps once a week or so will do if you find a good teacher.

feylya · 22-12-2004 9:04pm

emmet02 wrote:

it's pretty much the going rate for a one on one lesson though

Aye, I know it is. Still expensive when you don't have the money.

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