On 9/25/2013 3:44 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 25/9/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed:
And, yes -- I agree about the pick guard. I guess I view instruments the
way I do my cameras. I try not to obsess over protecting them from
little nicks and dings. They're inevitable if you actually use them. My
old Jasmine acoustic (Takamine's budget badge) had a battle scar within
two weeks of purchase, and after the first "Grrr . . ." I was over it.
It still played and sounded fine, and actually got some use -- unlike my
friend's Martin, which sits in a corner like a showpiece until I come
over to play it.
John mentioned that you don't have to be a pro to have a nice guitar any
more than you need to be a pro to have a good camera and lenses, and he
does have a point. But, something about my friend's Martin just offends
me. I guess it's the sense that you really ought to /earn/ the right to
have a nice instrument like that. As it is, my friend wants me to teach
him how to play. I shouldn't have to teach a Martin owner how to play!
And, frankly, I don't know what the hell I'm doing and wouldn't know
where to begin in teaching someone else how to play. I started by
borrowing a chord book, using another friend's guitar, and a portable
cassette player with "music search" rewind and fast-forward.
here here brother.
Same here except I bought a chord book!!
Ever notice that the older you get, the faster your brain commands your
fingers to pick, biut the slower the fingers actually go? I've got a
damn finger mutiny on my hands ;-)
Have either of you been playing long enough to remember Mel Bay's Guitar
Method & Black Diamond strings?
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