Awesome. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry" <inmadi...@hotmail.com> To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:26 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis re Guitar
>A few years ago (age 52) I decided to learn to play guitar and bought > a China made Guild which looks like and cost about the same as the > Nickle Creek - - I would venture to say that many of these guitars by > name brands are made in the same plants with a similar quality as > these Nickle Creeks and are simply packaged under different names. > > However, when I get a chance to play or hear a mighty fine instrument > - like a higher end Martin, Collins or Martin, etc. - I can really > tell the difference - I don't ever want to put it down. > > But my main point is that after playing a couple weeks and I then knew > about 5 chords, and it was only taking me about 31 seconds to switch > between chords - - a friend mentioned the best way to learn an > instrument was to play with others, and that I should go to some local > bluegrass jams. > > Now, I didn't know exactly what bluegrass was but I (somewhat timidly) > went - and I was tempted to keep my guitar in the car but I walked in > tried to keep up the best I could and I learned a whole bunch that > first night, and I still go about every week. > > and at these BG jams lots of different types of music is played > including country, blues and light rock - the last one I was at we got > into a John Prine 'rant' > > and of course now that I can finally play guitar well enough to hop in > at just about any speed and any tune even if I've never heard it > before - - now I decide to learn a second instrument (mandolin) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote: >> >> Another note from my friend: >> >> >> >> i just took a look at the discussion. about all i'd have to add is i > don't >> think there's a better bargain going anywhere than the silver creek > guitar >> at musicians friend. it's no substitute for a gibson, but for what it is >> it's truly the most amazing value i've ever seen in a guitar. it > reminds me >> of the time consumer reports had connoisseurs test a group of cheap and >> gourmet wines. the pros picked the $30 bottle and $20 bottle over > the $100 >> bottle of dom perignon. i think a blindfold test playing of the > silver creek >> guitars vs martin or taylor would get a similar result. >> >> bob >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
