starting to play guitar seriously

**Shakey** · 13 Feb 2004, 11:27 PM

update: I had my first lesson with my new teacher today, and he's a badass. I mean, my other teachers have been better than me, but nobody has outright ran laps around me in talent like this guy, and he's the nicest guy too. This also marks the second time inside a week that someone way better than me has told me I have good time, which is kinda cool because I always thought it was a big weakness of mine.

**Shakey** · 13 Feb 2004, 11:28 PM

update: I had my first lesson with my new teacher today, and he's a badass. I mean, my other teachers have been better than me, but nobody has outright ran laps around me in talent like this guy, and he's the nicest guy too. This also marks the second time inside a week that someone way better than me has told me I have good time, which is cool because I always thought it was a big weakness of mine.

**arjue** · 14 Feb 2004, 12:11 AM

cool.

I'm saving for my dream bass at the moment. Should get it in a month or so.

*air guitars*

**Shakey** · 14 Feb 2004, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by arjue

cool.

I'm saving for my dream bass at the moment. Should get it in a month or so.

*air guitars*

The Rick? that looks like a sweet bass.

I'm memorizing tunes now, tough stuff sometimes. I want a new guitar too, but all the good archtops out there are at least a couple grand, and that would take me forever to get.

**Josh** · 15 Feb 2004, 12:14 AM

I just picked up another guitar. Its a Fernandes Nomad. Has a built in amp, and speaker. Got it used for $175.

Looks like this:

**arjue** · 15 Feb 2004, 03:34 AM

fuck me, that is the best guitar ever. I'd gladly pay tripple what you did for that.

**Diff-chan** · 15 Feb 2004, 03:36 AM

Shakey, how much do you pay for lessons?

**Mman** · 15 Feb 2004, 03:42 AM

My roomate recently got a real nice used fender acoustic. Ive played around with it, and I just think the guitar is not for me. The chords seem simple enough, but just the very basics of motion and fingering seem just so unatural to me. With a little practice though I could see myself being a mean keytar player.