1,201 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

Welcome to the forum and well done on choosing a super hobby to focus on.

I'm sure you will find the basics easy to get started with but feel free to ask any questions and I'm sure people will be keen to help.

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1,202 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

Hi

you have made a good choice of hobby - the road is tough but there are many many rewards dotted along the way that will keep you motivated and loving it!

Good luck

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1,203 Reply by Olly

(2 replies, posted in Guitars)

If you have played acoustic then you will find electric a breeze to get used to - get down to a shop and try a few out and see which you like best

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1,204 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

Welcome to the forum - Enjoy your stay¬

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1,205 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Guitars)

Interesting! But have no idea myself - someone else may know though!

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1,206 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Your Recordings)

Welcome to the forum - I will check out your site soon

Cheers

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1,207 Reply by Olly

(2 replies, posted in Amplifiers)

This is valvestate so only tupes in the preamp - Marshall has been doing it for years.

If you are looking fo full tube then this is not what you want!

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1,208 Reply by Olly

(3 replies, posted in Newbie Section)

I would go for a cheaper guitar to start with to see if you like the instrument and are able to give the commitment and dedication to learning.

You can always upgrade at a later date to something nicer.

Don't worry about learning sheet music right now, get a simple chord book and maybe a book with songs by your favorite bands and get learning the chords for this.

Musical notation is not required for guitar to begin with - you may decide later on that you want to learn it which is fine but the bonus with guitar is that it's so simple to get started.

Good luck with it all

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1,209 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

Hi and welcome to the forum

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1,210 Reply by Olly

(9 replies, posted in Newbie Section)

As a start I would recommend acoustic guitar as all the knowledge you can learn on acoustic can be transferred to bass later on should you decide.

Whilst bass is a great instrument, often it can be difficult to learn as ultimately will need to be played a part of a band. The acoustic can be the same but also can be used a solo instrument making it much more easy to learn.

Ultimately it is your call - but perhaps go and try both instruments and see which you prefer.

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1,211 Reply by Olly

(2 replies, posted in Music Theory)

I would say yes it is important, especially if you ever intend to play with other musicians.

Learning chord names is not too hard - you may not even need lessons for this. Just try and learn the name of one chord you already know per week. You will never forget them once you have learnt.

Hope this helps

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1,212 Reply by Olly

(3 replies, posted in Guitars)

Nylon strings would normally be a Classical guitar rather than acoustic - so watch out for that. They generally tend to have wider necks and the nylons give a different sound and feel. Very nice though.

If it is just an acoustic then you can always retring anyhow.

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1,213 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Guitars)

Hi welcome.

Usually this is done by lowering the action - this is usually done by loweing the saddles at the bridge end of the guitar.

Genereally some kind of allen key bolt here to adjust it but it varies from guitar to guitar.

Bear in mind that if you go to low you may need to start adjusting hte truss rod to stop fret buzz - so I would advise only making small adjutments until you have it right.

Let us know if you get stuck

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1,214 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

Welcome to the Guitar Forums - Hope you enjoy your stay.

Great to hear you are enjoying the guitar - you have many years ahead of enjoyment from here!

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1,215 Reply by Olly

(5 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

What kind of music are you into? Perhaps people here can suggest some ideas of people you could look into??

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1,216 Reply by Olly

(13 replies, posted in Guitars)

I wouldn't say worse - more different.

You should go to your favourite guitar store and try out a couple.

I have recently been playing a bit on a half size classical nylon string guitar - I think it sounds really nice and great to play.

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1,217 Reply by Olly

(5 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

Firstly welcome to the forum

We would be glad to help you.

Where are you finding that you are getting stuck?

I think after you have played guitar for this long the improvements you make are not as apparent. I find this makes a lot of guitarists demotivated.

Perhaps this is your issue?

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1,218 Reply by Olly

(6 replies, posted in Introduce yourself)

Excellent to hear - Good luck

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1,219 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in General Chat)

That is an interesting point and an issue that confused me a lot when I first started playing.

I think both hands have equal importance and I would think that even as righty, if I trained myself to play a left handed guitar from the beginning I would think that I could play equally well - possibly not though - who knows?

I guess as a right handed player you are relying on your hand a little more to perform better. After all small details like picking hard or softly, how you angle the pick etc - the whammy bar if applicable and controls such as volume tone and pickups selectors all need to be controlled by your strongest hand. ultimately the picking hand only needs to get to the fret on time, albeit quickly at times!

The main point is that it counts a lot on which you have taught yourself to play. It is no good someone who has trained themselves on a left handed guitar, then being passed a right handed guitar and expected to play. I'm certain it would feel like playing your first chord all over again!

Be interested to hear anyone else's comments on this one

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1,220 Topic by Olly

(0 replies, posted in Everything Else)

Any of you guitar teachers have or bother with qualifications?

I know here in the UK you are not obligated to have a qualification although there is the registry of guitar tutors that you can apply to for a certificate.

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1,221 Topic by Olly

(17 replies, posted in Common Student Issues)

Ok so what do you do in this situation?

The conversation goes like this:

You: "anything you struggled with last week?"

Student: "no not really"

You: "Great! so anything you wanted to work on"

Student: "Not really that I can think of"

You: "are there any techniques that you feel could do with some more work?"

Student: "no happy with how I'm progressing with these"

You: "so is there any songs at all you wanted to try and learn"

Student: "not that I can think of"



Ok so where do we go from here - total lack of response from the student!

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1,222 Topic by Olly

(7 replies, posted in Lesson Plans)

I currently have a guy that comes every week. I have a guy that comes fortnightly.

In the past when I had lessons people tended to favour the fortnightly lessons.

What do you do? And what do you think is best and why?

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1,223 Topic by Olly

(15 replies, posted in Common Student Issues)

Ok here is a situation I have recently been faced with -

i have a couple of people I teach. they are really keen and really enthusiastic but couple of weeks ago one didn't turn up for their lesson.

Later that evening I got a call to say very very sorry etc etc - I said no problem and rebooked for following week. Following week didn't turn up again.

Once again I go the call to apologise and rebooked once more.

This time they did turn up. Despite the fact I said on the first occasion to not worry about the money the guy offered me the payment for the last week.

I took it as I was a bit annoyed about skipping dinner etc etc to prepare for the lesson for someone to not turn up.

So what are your experiences? Do you get this all the time and do you charge if they don't turn up?

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1,224 Reply by Olly

(16 replies, posted in How to Start)

It certainly sounds like you know your stuff when it comes to teaching. How long have you been teaching for now?

I must say  - once again - extremely useful post. I have been teaching for a while now and it has give me some really good pointers to give more to my students.

This I think is the great thing about the guitar community - it's not all about the cash when it comes to teaching. It's about bring the power of music to someone which is very satisfying!

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1,225 Reply by Olly

(1 replies, posted in How to Start)

Well what a fantastic Post to kick off this section of the forum.

I have Dugg this post and I would urge others reading to do the same using the links to the left hand side of this screen - really fantastic.

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