Hi Onei. Was there a particular reason you didn't continue lessons when you were a kid?
The type of guitar, perhaps, or the way the lessons were presented?
76 03-07-10 21:19:27
Re: not gonna bore ya (7 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)
77 03-07-10 04:50:53
Re: Open Tunings... (2 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)
No, it's much the same, although the usual open chord shapes don't apply..for instance, in open D ( DADF#AD, just drop the 1st and 6th to a D, tune the 3rd to the 4th on the 4th fret and the 2nd to the now F# 3rd on the 3rd fret) only a flat bar ie: only the index finger, is needed to produce a major chord anywhere up the fretboard. The 5th fret barred is then G Maj and the 7th fret A Maj..the open strings are playing a six-note D chord so the shape is already there, you just have to bar it. A good example if you would like to hear open tunings like this working in a mainstream piece of music rather than blues and bottleneck slide where it is more common is Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers "'Something In The Air""- the original Thunderclap Newman version is in Open E ( EBEG#BE).
Applies a lot to Resonators and anything with slide like one or two WhiteStripes pieces - Dobro tuning is another, as is open G, Keith Richard's favourite.
The effect, if you play blues, is of two guitars.
78 02-07-10 15:30:16
Topic: Open Tunings... (2 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)
Open C, D, E and the rest, not just Drop D, etc..Are there any fellow fans here?
79 02-07-10 15:26:32
Re: Great backing tracks for practice (5 replies, posted in Guitars)
Wow- what a find. Thanks, Olly!
80 02-07-10 15:19:37
Re: Soundproofing (8 replies, posted in Recording / Studio)
Olly wrote:
I am in the process of converting a cellar into a recording studio where I can play guitar as loud as I like without disturbing anyone.
With just floorboards above to the lounge this has not been an easy process.
So far with lots of loft insulation, soundshield plasterboard with polystyrene sheeting between layers I have managed to get it pretty good however there is still considerable sound leakage.
So what else can I do about this? Anyone have any experience with DIY sound proofing?
Egg cartons used to be the main thing here, with the egg holding sections pointing out from the wall as baffles- may bump up your colesterol reading, though, Olly. 
81 02-07-10 15:14:27
Re: Elixer Strings and Freedom guitars: (8 replies, posted in Guitars)
Olly wrote:
aussieteacherPMMD wrote:In the process of teaching I can be playing around 5 hours per day, and I still get a couple of months from a set
This certainly tempts me, as when I was playing even three hours a day it would be a change of strings once every week. I couldn't seem to stop this even with the more expensive strings so I just went cheap and stayed there ever since.
Perhaps I will give the Elixers a go
I used to use D'Addario as well, and Martins. Elixers are worth a try, for sure.
Before I started using Elixers I used DR's or Plectrum /Dr Tomastic's.
82 02-07-10 04:52:56
Re: Competition Winner (8 replies, posted in Announcements)
mikeyBoab wrote:
aussieteacherPMMD wrote:mikeyBoab wrote:Money has arrived safely, thank you very much indeed.
The question is, what to do with it??? The possibilities seem endless.
My wife bought me a new guitar for my birthday (acoustic-electric, an absolute peach, never had one before) so I'm sorted in that respect.
Any suggestions?
I could conform to racial sterotype and suggest beer, of course....
Maybe a nice meal out, and a good bottle of aussie red to wash it down with?Hmmm, good suggestions . . . but I don't drink so it'll have to be a nice meal washed down with a glass of water or perhaps, if I'm feeling REALLY extravagent, SODA water! Oooh the temptation . . . .
..well, some Elixer strings for the accoustic-electric, then..
83 02-07-10 01:43:16
Re: Great backing tracks for practice (5 replies, posted in Guitars)
luvvvvvit wrote:
A great website for guitarists to practice playing with guitar backing tracks there are a few out there but i do like this one www.rockbackingtracks.co.uk see what you think, do you know of any other good sites for backing track music.
Pity you have to pay for the tracks- Bluesblast has heaps of slow and fast blues backing tracks for free if blues is your thing.
84 02-07-10 01:31:25
Re: music feel (3 replies, posted in Newbie Section)
Jumper, Apa Kahbar? Great advice about recording practise sessions- I use a site called Bluesblast which has hundreds of backing tracks, mostly 12 bars, to fine-tune student counting and beat sense.
If you can play a simple 12 chord progression, then chosing a few tracks in the key of your choice and playing with them is an ideal way to correct any beat sense problems.
Of course, satu largi..satu largi...and satu largi some more is the key to solving the counting problem.
85 02-07-10 01:19:30
Re: Elixer Strings and Freedom guitars: (8 replies, posted in Guitars)
Olly wrote:
Aren't they the ones with the little coloured ends. Make it nice and simple for those simple ones to see which string is which!
I'm on 9s on electric too though I fancy changing to 10s and dropping down a step on one of my guitars.
Hi fellas- Elixers are an expensive string here- $AUD35.00, and have a polymer coating. They have exceptional tone, the accoustics in particular, and the coating reduces finger-scrape to almost nothing and extends the string life. In the process of teaching I can be playing around 5 hours per day, and I still get a couple of months from a set. I use .011 sets on my accoustic, and .010 sets on the electrics.
They have a distinctive sound- have a listen to Hey Hey frpm Clapton's Unplugged album..that crisp sound and slide up to the 7th and 12th fret without scrape is Elixers.
Freedom guitars- are they sold up there?
86 01-07-10 00:36:03
Topic: Elixer Strings and Freedom guitars: (8 replies, posted in Guitars)
Anyone use 'em? I love Elixers- pricey but remarkable strings.
87 01-07-10 00:31:34
Re: Competition Winner (8 replies, posted in Announcements)
mikeyBoab wrote:
Money has arrived safely, thank you very much indeed.
The question is, what to do with it??? The possibilities seem endless.
My wife bought me a new guitar for my birthday (acoustic-electric, an absolute peach, never had one before) so I'm sorted in that respect.
Any suggestions?
I could conform to racial sterotype and suggest beer, of course....
Maybe a nice meal out, and a good bottle of aussie red to wash it down with?
88 29-06-10 11:03:04
Re: what kind of guitar to buy for a beginner (6 replies, posted in Newbie Section)
forumovec wrote:
It doesnt matter what kind of guitar you have if you are a beginner, you need to sound good on any guitar...you cant buy a rally car and drive like a pro right away...
.....and rally car or not, driving on four flat tyres, which, unless you are a dyed-in-the-wool classical guitar fan, is what learning on a nylon string is like, is bound to be a far harder trip- in fact, 8 out of 10 students learning on a classical guitar pull the plug in the first six months. The Reasons? As mentioned above, the neck is much wider and thicker which requires far for pressure to get the chords and notes working for beginners, and unless you are a classical guitar fan, nothing at all you wish to play is played on a nylon string-it's played on an accoustic steel string or an electric, meaning that you can't reproduce the sounds you are hearing..which equales an increasing lack of motivation and practice.
A good reasonably priced accoustic steel string, with a cut-away if possible, with the neck set up and fitted with extra-light strings is my suggestion.
89 28-06-10 21:42:22
Re: Hi all... (6 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)
Hey, mikeyBoab, Dyslexia Lures..:)
90 28-06-10 21:34:43
Re: Hi all... (6 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)
polyal wrote:
when the aussies relieved the pommies in the trenches in the first world war this pommie said to this
aussie....'have you come here to die' the aussie replied ' no i came here yesterdieim sorry aswell
wecome aussieteacher
yeah, I remember that Dad's Army episode
91 28-06-10 07:55:41
Topic: Hi all... (6 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)
PMMD..It's added it's self to my username...weird.
Sounds like something my wife would get once a month if she was dyslexic.
Anyway, Hi to all
92 28-06-10 07:45:32
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
polyal wrote:
good points about the tabs and chord grids etc....but whats the motivation that
causes somebody to start left handed ( before he even thinks about guitar lessons )
have you got any left handed pupils?
there shouldn't be left handed guitarists..what started it?
I have left-handed pupils, but they all play right-handed, polyal, aside from the occasional person in their 50's who has always played backwards. There are left-handed banjos and mandolins, so perhaps it's something that grew out of country and western in the 40's and 50's?
Either way, it's a gimmick, and a curse to budding guitarists.
93 27-06-10 06:38:55
Re: left handed (40 replies, posted in Guitars)
mikeyBoab wrote:
Hmm, that is an interesting point.
What about a left-handed guitarist playing in an insane asylum in the southern hemisphere?
..I'm sure there are one or two around, playing ABBA perhaps?
I think any guitar teacher- and I've been teaching guitar since dinosours roamed the Earth- who starts a left-handed kid off playing left-handed needs his or her arse kicked, and kicked hard. No only do TABS have to be reversed, but all chord grids as well, to say nothing of the average extra 20% a LH guitar costs, the loss of choice in models and the loss of the extra strength in the left hand as pointed out above- and all this extra work for, in most cases, decades of playing.
A quick web search will reveal a raft of great left-handed guitarists who play right way round.
94 27-06-10 01:41:18
Re: Where do you find your guitar tabs? (8 replies, posted in Guitar Tab Requests)
...not a chance, at the prices books are now. I use Ultimate Guitar for most TABS as well, Heartwood Guitar for lyrics and chords, and Pianotte for sheet music.
