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  • 23-06-2007 4:28pm
    #1
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭


    hey i absolutely love music,but listening to it rather than playing it. i have very little experience of actually playing music:i have a bass and am trying to teach myself,but its a very very slow process.i briefly flirted with acoustic guitar and might someday try learning it again.
    what i was wondering is this: where is the best place to learn about different types of instruments and stuff? i mean like whats the difference between a fender guitar and a les paul guitar and all other types of guitar? what kinds of effects pedals are there for guitar and bass,and how much (roughly) do they cost? what exactly are synths and how do they work?
    im not expectingsomeone to answer all these questions for me (these are only a few:iive a lot more!) im just looking for a recommendation as to a magazine/book/website/anything where i can discover this and more.im a total novice when it comes to instruments and id like to be a bit more knowledgable.
    any help is greatly appreciated.thank you.


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  • #2
    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,573 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    You've hot the "Information Superhighway" at your fingertips...why don't you use it?????:D


  • #3
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    you can find some info on this on wikipedia.org

    i'd also recommending buying a guitar magazine, you can pick up things from reading those. A good "easier" to understand magazine is Guitar & Bass Magazine, it might be good for you seeing as you're interested in both.

    Other than that, if you're serious about learning it might be a good idea to get a teacher. There's a thread in the Playing & Technique forum about this.


  • #4
    Fad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    Wikipedia is seriously the most useful thing ever in regards to subjects like that, i should know, (now i can have guitar conversations and SOUND like i know what im talking about :D)


  • #5
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    www.talkbass.com - EVERYTHING you could need.


  • #6
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Parsley wrote:
    www.talkbass.com - EVERYTHING you could need, with an attitude.


    I fixed your post for you.


    I recommend you check out Harmony Central.

    http://acapella.harmony-central.com


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  • #7
    Ger the man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Ger the man


    A lot of the magazines are just full of adverts, Id recommend the www.


  • #8
    Don1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,172 ✭✭✭Don1


    I found Total Guitar was deadly. Subscribed to it for two years. Learned loads about gear, players, new music etc. Improved my ability by a mile too. Might start getting it again when I get moola. Think my financial woes were why I stopped in the first place.
    And +1 for wikki. Very useful, but you need to know what you want to look up.


  • #9
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    ok great.thank you for all the replies.:cool:


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