Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I will run it by him, how much are you asking?
$300. It's what I paid for it pre rebuilding it. They go for 5-600.
I will run it by him, how much are you asking?
Found this at a flea market for $20. 2001 PRS Santana SE. It was painted with a brush and had expletives carved into it. I just restrung it, tightened the tuners and did some sanding and custom stickering. A nice punk rock machine now. I don't think the pickups are original. Not sure what they are but they sound good. Best flea market deal I ever found.Found this thing for a steal on FB. Neck was off and needed a setup bad. Being my son stole my RG this will do for the days I want oldskool metal.
Anyone here play (gasp) bass? Or should I start a new thread?
I'm a complete beginner. Picked up a Fender P bass from a friend about a week ago and I've been playing around with it. Pretty fun so far, mostly working on basic exercises and trying to get a consistent sound. I've just been using a headphone amp, but I have a small practice amp (Rumble LT25) arriving tomorrow.
I do. Pick up the tab book for Pink Floyds Dark Side Of The Moon. Great songs really easy to play even for a beginner. Not my bass but I have the same one, Warwick Corvette Double Buck:
I'm trying to fight off the effects of aging on the brain and planning on getting an acoustic guitar to learn how to play. Btw I'll be playing lefty.
So after lots of reviews I've narrowed down to the left handed version of Yamaha fs800 or the Ibanez aw 54 opn.
Any pros or cons to either? I'm leaning towards the Ibanez. Both have low action ive read.
From you tube this is what I've gathered:
Better to practice once a day then once every week.
Get a metronome and play slowly
There's a learning curve and my fingers are going to hurt. Speaking of which I have short stubby fingers
.Get a guitar stand.
Any other suggestions?
Yamaha all the way. They make outstanding instruments, and that fs800 sounds great and only a couple hundred bucks. Ibanez acoustics are meh, they look cool, but they sound thin.I'm trying to fight off the effects of aging on the brain and planning on getting an acoustic guitar to learn how to play. Btw I'll be playing lefty.
So after lots of reviews I've narrowed down to the left handed version of Yamaha fs800 or the Ibanez aw 54 opn.
Any pros or cons to either? I'm leaning towards the Ibanez. Both have low action ive read.
From you tube this is what I've gathered:
Better to practice once a day then once every week.
Get a metronome and play slowly
There's a learning curve and my fingers are going to hurt. Speaking of which I have short stubby fingers
.Get a guitar stand.
Any other suggestions?
I play bass as well. Its pretty fun to play, yeah keep those exercises up and get that constant sound. I normally play an Ibanez SR505 - it's a 5 string mahogany bass with bubinga neck, dual humbuckers and bertsomethingorother electronics.Anyone here play (gasp) bass? Or should I start a new thread?
I'm a complete beginner. Picked up a Fender P bass from a friend about a week ago and I've been playing around with it. Pretty fun so far, mostly working on basic exercises and trying to get a consistent sound. I've just been using a headphone amp, but I have a small practice amp (Rumble LT25) arriving tomorrow.
So rack, Yamaha and this exccersizes!! Thanks.Yamaha all the way. They make outstanding instruments, and that fs800 sounds great and only a couple hundred bucks. Ibanez acoustics are meh, they look cool, but they sound thin.
Practice dexterity of your fingers by playing four frets on each string one by one with your four fingers. Do it slow until each note is clean and clear, and then you can work on speeding it up. That'll get your fingers used to moving around and build strength and callous your fingertips. It'll hurt at first, but just push through.
Bassist here. Been playing for decades. Always happy to share tips.
First thing I would do is learn a few of your favorite songs. Have some fun with it first. Exercises can wait. Proper technique I would read up on while learning some songs.Sure. Where the heck do I start?
I've been figuring out some tabs online, followed a few YouTube examples, and I've been doing the "spider" exercise to get the hands working, but I think I'll soon need a bit more structure so that I'm not just half trying something and moving on to a different exercise. Books? At some point I'll probably start some lessons but I usually like to learn a bit before seeking instruction.
First thing I would do is learn a few of your favorite songs. Have some fun with it first. Exercises can wait. Proper technique I would read up on while learning some songs.
I have a ton of books. Do you want TAB or traditional notation, or both?