Subj : this echo To : Richard Webb From : Joe Bruchis Date : Tue Apr 07 2009 07:05 pm Richard Webb -> JOEBRUCHIS wrote: RW> HI Joe, RW> I"m mainly a folky when it comes to guitar, because that's RW> what my technique allows. PRimarily keyboards and a bass RW> player. RW> My current guitar is a nice Martin, D series, but newer. RW> BOught it in NEw ORleans. They have a nice tone. RW> REdid a friend of mine's strat with DeMarzio for the treble RW> pickup. Man that thing screamed for the blues. Sustain RW> that wouldn't quit, even without the brass nut. I love my Strat. I'd like to have a Telecaster too. I can easily afford it. I just know it'll wind up in the closet with the other two, so it's not really worth doing. My first guitar was an Epiphone Strat with two pick-ups. My Father bought it for me at a pawn shop I had found when I was 13 yrs old. I couldn't make the rent one month in the 70's and sold it for $50. Man, what a mistake! RW> Basses I've owned over the years: RW> Classic 58 precision, left t hat one in a pawnshop in RW> California back in the '70's. A white fEnder jazz, early RW> '70's vintage. My first wife sold that one on me while I RW> was on the road playing keys with acountry band. A few RW> years later I bought an Electra jazz copy. I know you wish you had the Fender back too. (-: RW> At one time, for a short while I had one of the old GIbson RW> LEs Paul recording basses with the low impedance pickups and the regular RW> xlr connector to plug it in. HEavy, man was RW> that thing heavy! Yep. All Les Pauls are heavy. They do have great action and sound great, though. J>> As I mentioned, I go through stages. Sometimes the guitar is out on J>> the sofa for two weeks with me practicing new things, diligently. J>> Then it goes back in the closet for months till I hear a song in my J>> head I want to learn. J>> Out it comes again. RW> FOr me guitar is primarily a writing instrument when I don't have my RW> piano handy. IF I get serious about another RW> recording project of my own music I"ll ahve the guitar RW> sitting on a stand near my office chair and most times when RW> the hands aren't busy it will be in my lap as I work on RW> getting my chops back up. I have never attempted piano. That seems to be an instrument parents introduce kids to through lessons. I don't know anyone that just decided to jump in and learn piano. I'm sure there are some, but nothing like the mobs of guitar players that are self taught. Guitar is not any easy instrument. It's easy to learn chords, and if one sings well, you've got a snappy campfire type combination. I'm not a good singer, though, so I have to concentrate on being a good musician. RW> guitar was a frustrating instrument for me when I was a kid. I knew RW> where all the notes were, knew how to make the RW> chords, but my little short fingers wouldn't go where I RW> wanted them to . I finally decided I was going to get RW> enough technique up on one to be able to play decent rhythm, because as RW> a bassist it frustrated me trying to teach RW> somebody else a song. so, back in '82 I bought a Yamaha RW> acoustic, the neck was straight and the tone wasn't too bad. THat was my RW> work out axe for many years. I think in 1997 I RW> gave it to a friend's son so he could learn to play. I RW> bought an Ovation pos from a pawnshop so that I could plug RW> it in when I played out with some bands occasionally. I had a nice RW> Alvarez 12 string at the time which was my main RW> workout axe, so the Yamaha went to mu buddy's son so he RW> could start learning to play. RW> THat Yammy would give you some technique, because the RW> strings were rather high off the fretboard and you had to RW> have some hand strength to note that guitar clean . That was a beat RW> you up to play it guitar, but if you practiced on him you'd have good Sounds like you've had several nice guitars. I know how to play bass only because I know how to play guitar. I've sat in for bass players, but I've never owned a bass guitar and amp. I prefer the full range of sound of chords with notes. RW> cOme ot think of it I've been pulling out the Martin more RW> again lately. Love the tone of that guitar, but I always RW> did like Martins. Well get it out and play it! I know...it takes some psyching up to get back into it. (-: Regards, Joe --- Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) * Origin: Fidonet Via Newsreader - http://www.easternstar.info (1:123/789.0) .