Winamp is good for that. Used it for years.
Simple clean music player free with full functions like that.
Not sure how much you know, so Iām assuming not muchā¦
Once you have a guitar that is comfortably playable and holds its tune (two essentials), donāt skimp on the amp. After decades of using very ordinary amps (mostly a fender super 60), and thinking it was ok, I finally bought a handwired vox AC15 and fell in love with playing all over again. Assuming youāre going electric Iād also recommend a good headphone amp like a āvox amplugā or similar so you can practice without anoying anyone.
I had a few lessons when i started at 18 and taught myself after that, practicing chords and scales. Learn as many chords up and down the neck as you can, and practice scales (pentatonic is by far the most common in rock, blues etc). I think what I really could have used but never had was a good mentor - try to find one if you can.
I have a few guitars and like them all at different times depending on my mood and desired tone:
- Early 80s Telecaster usa (bought new, needs new frets now)
- Gibson Nighthawk 1994 (very versatile, more than just a āpoor manās Les Paulā, but half the price)
- Maton MS2000 (Maton being Australiaās only large volume producer, often overlooked)
- Fender Catalina steel string acoustic (my first guitar)
- 70s yamaha classical
Also, think about what guage strings suit you best for your guitars - light strings are easier to play but you will lose tone. Heavier strings donāt mean you canāt play fast providing you have strong enough fingers - Iāve read that Stevie Ray Vaughan used 13 to 50-something strings, while most players use much, much lighter ones (I like 11-49s on electrics).
Great thread btw.
Thanks BSD. Site says itās unavailable at the moment unfortunately. Changed ownership or something.
Awesome tips CyberBomber. Yeah, Iām very much in the novice stage. Iāve got an iRig with headphones so I donāt annoy anyone. But, then people get annoyed that I canāt hear them soā¦ Practicing scales is probably one of the next steps for me now. Have plenty of mentors but not anyone I can jam with at the moment unfortunately.
Thanks BSD. Site says it's unavailable at the moment unfortunately. Changed ownership or something.
Really?.. Try here then mate. Clean site, clean app/install.
Just be sure to hit the GREEN button on the top right that says Download Latest Version (16.37 mb), ā¦ and not the adās there that say ādownload nowā etc.
Sorry, was there meant to be another link?
Lol, ā¦ yeah, thought it might be handy ā¦ I just added it.
Personally, I like the āClassicā skin, BTWā¦
What a cool app. Cheers for that.
Have 7 or 8 guitars, currently playing a lot with a '58 les Paul copy modded with slash Seymour-Duncan pick-ups which are poky as all get out.
Recently got my first all valve amp, blown away by the difference in tone compared to the solid state I was using. Not so much when distorted but when playing clean the valve is just in a league of its own.
Got a Maton 325C, Epiphone Sheraton II, a Cort Earth and an Epiphone DR-212 12 string.
Self taught from the Britpop (Oasis), so I basically am a master at open chords and the minor pentatonic scale. LOL.
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93 floyd rose special strat
mid 2000ās les paul standardā¦on permanent loan from a mate, but Ive had it long enough to call it mine.
old Cort accoustic that kicks around the living room
Taylor 414 ceā¦my main squeeze. It truly is a gorgeous guitar in all aspects. Mrs bonz refers to that one as my mistress.
I have many guitars. My first was (is) a 12-string Eko I bought with my first few pays when I was 14. I had been staring at it lovingly and lustingly for a year., walking by it in the window of a music store, for a year prior. I still have it in pristine condition, in it's original brown vinyl cover :)I taught myself guitar as a teen. No internet, no books - just picking out tunes at first, and then doing something I used to call āharmoniesā which I later found out where chords, hahaha.
I dropped guitar for sax in my 20ās and taught myself after a few initial lessons. But when kids came along, I stopped as it was too loud despite literally putting a sock in it, and I became too busy and forgot about making music, instead just listening to it.
I picked up guitar again about 8 years ago and did a fair bit of recording, but have hardly touched a guitar in 2 years. Life is too busy again and Iām building up a business. Iāll get back to it.
Songs that were steps - Creedance, Pink Floyd stuff, etc. There are many simple tunes out there to perfect. What do you like playing/listening to?
Yeah, love Floyd. The Who, Beatles, most 70s and 80s punk, REM, Pixies, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, that kind of stuff.
get used to drop D tuning for 90s grunge. Its a lot of fun too.
Got a Maton 325C, Epiphone Sheraton II, a Cort Earth and an Epiphone DR-212 12 string.Self taught from the Britpop (Oasis), so I basically am a master at open chords and the minor pentatonic scale. LOL.
Donāt knock the 3 chord wonders, . more money made from that type of tune than any other ,ā¦ and by boatloads would be my guess.
Does remind me of when I first started playing though, & heard āShiversā on the car radio, ā¦ & thought, oh fk yeah, I love that song, I canāt wait to get home & work it out and play it!
2 chords!! Fkn TWO!! ā¦ I was so disappoint.
It did however become the 1st song any student walked out able to play after the first lesson. Worked a treat for that.
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Winamp is good for that. Used it for years.Simple clean music player free with full functions like that.
Winamp was awesome. The new owners havenāt done anything yet but I still use the final edition.
A late 70ās Ibanez Artist Ar-100, in Sunburst. Love at first sight. I felt like a northern suburbs Boz Scaggs.
Oh, and a nice Japanese copy short scale bass.
A late 70's Ibanez Artist Ar-100, in Sunburst. Love at first sight. I felt like a northern suburbs Boz Scaggs. Oh, and a nice Japanese copy short scale bass.
Chilly, if ever you want to sell that AR-100, please let me know.
This could become a guitar trade thread. You know itās going to a good home and an Essendon supporter.
This thread has reminded me that Iāve had this Spalted Maple PRS copy kit in the garage for over a year.
Really need to find some time and finish it !
Oh my, ā¦ do love me a PRS.
If you ever get to the point you donāt think youāll find that time, ā¦ I know someone whoād take it off your hands ā¦
