don't think I've ever heard of someone so passionate about guitars and yet doesn't play. you should give yourself the time to learn, the payoff would be huge imho since you already appreciate the instrument that much. my 2 cents anyway lol.
- Pat1993

i agree with you and i don't know why i don't just try it. i've looked at the lessons on youtube and everything. i think i even have some saved and ready to go.

i lack motivation!

i have to start copy and pasting some of these things into a word document
- kicksave856

Well Frank Serriveelli! Am I word puking??

The fretboard is just a mere covering, a veneer as it's such a slim topping. As always...it comes down to the strength of foundation. Which is why multi-pieced necks are used (unroasted) and maple is now being roasted because the hardwood properties are always an undisclosed variable.

The box of chocolates...if you will...
- Snots33_77

i see. i always thought you just had to worry about the thickness of the neck and if it was sort of C shaped or whatever (that part's hard to explain. like, how your hand fits around it comfortably or not).

i always thought they mentioned the wood because people preferred different kinds of wood for the fretboard. i thought that was why sometimes the fretboard is light wood and sometimes it's dark wood.

i agree with you and i don't know why i don't just try it. i've looked at the lessons on youtube and everything. i think i even have some saved and ready to go.

i lack motivation!
- kicksave856

it can look like a lot of work at first, but that's because the learning curve is kinda steep at the beginning, once you start getting some of the basics and start playing rhythm you can have a poopload of fun without getting into super technical stuff. at least that's where I'm at lol..

Well Frank Serriveelli! Am I word puking??
- Snots33_77

no no, i just need to absorb it all.

i don't understand a lot of it because i have no reference point. i've never used any of the concepts in practice. so i might write some down and go back to it when i can.

it can look like a lot of work at first, but that's because the learning curve is kinda steep at the beginning, once you start getting some of the basics and start playing rhythm you can have a poopload of fun without getting into super technical stuff. at least that's where I'm at lol..
- Pat1993

i'm gonna be like 70 when i finally learn it and it'll be so fun and then i'll die. that part's gonna suck.

i'm gonna be like 70 when i finally learn it and it'll be so fun and then i'll die. that part's gonna suck.
- kicksave856

jebus

jebus

- Pat1993

avenge me when i'm gone!

i see. i always thought you just had to worry about the thickness of the neck and if it was sort of C shaped or whatever (that part's hard to explain. like, how your hand fits around it comfortably or not).

i always thought they mentioned the wood because people preferred different kinds of wood for the fretboard. i thought that was why sometimes the fretboard is light wood and sometimes it's dark wood.
- kicksave856

That's what she said....

it can look like a lot of work at first, but that's because the learning curve is kinda steep at the beginning, once you start getting some of the basics and start playing rhythm you can have a poopload of fun without getting into super technical stuff. at least that's where I'm at lol..
- Pat1993

Never a truer statement...

avenge me when i'm gone!
- kicksave856

my advice is give yourself a specific timeframe, let's say 3 or 6 months, practice regularly, and see where it brings you.

after a few weeks you just might be pleasantly surprised about the progress you're making, and the motivation will be there way more easily at that point.

That's what she said....
- Snots33_77

- kicksave856

my advice is give yourself a specific timeframe, let's say 3 or 6 months, practice regularly, and see where it brings you.

after a few weeks you just might be pleasantly surprised about the progress you're making, and the motivation will be there way more easily at that point.
- Pat1993

and then once i know basic chords i can actually make real music instead of just bleeps and blips like i do when i pick it up now. i just make patterns of sounds like a kid sitting at a piano.

i did learn to hammer on from that video game!

i'm gonna be like 70 when i finally learn it and it'll be so fun and then i'll die. that part's gonna suck.
- kicksave856

So you better start learning the "Swan Song" by Led Zeppelin then is what i'm gathering here......

i did learn to hammer on from that video game!
- kicksave856

Hopefully NOT a hammer-on your tongue....that would be counter productive..

So you better start learning the "Swan Song" by Led Zeppelin then is what i'm gathering here......
- Snots33_77

the end by the doors might be easier

Hopefully NOT a hammer-on your tongue....that would be counter productive..
- Snots33_77

i learned that the hard way

and then once i know basic chords i can actually make real music instead of just bleeps and blips like i do when i pick it up now. i just make patters of sounds like a kid sitting at a piano.
- kicksave856

well it's nice to improvise poop and do whatever you feel like, but knowing the basic chords and some rythm picking does give you structure.

personally I started with Nirvana, once I started playing power chords I didn't want to stop lol... I never really got into solos but did enjoy learning a bit more "complex" and fast rythms from punk and metal bands.

i learned that the hard way
- kicksave856

#PrisonGuitarLessons

well it's nice to improvise poop and do whatever you feel like, but knowing the basic chords and some rythm picking does give you structure.

personally I started with Nirvana, once I started playing power chords I didn't want to stop lol... I never really got into solos but did enjoy learning a bit more "complex" and fast rythms from punk and metal bands.
- Pat1993

What guitar and amp are you playing through?

What guitar and amp are you playing through?
- Snots33_77

oh I'm 99% of the time playing with my Norman acoustic guitar in my apartment... I plan on buying a house in a not-so-distant future and when I get there I'll definitely switch back to electric.

I've been playing Bad Religion and poop like that with my acoustic all this time so when I make the switch it's gonna feel so easy

well it's nice to improvise poop and do whatever you feel like, but knowing the basic chords and some rythm picking does give you structure.

personally I started with Nirvana, once I started playing power chords I didn't want to stop lol... I never really got into solos but did enjoy learning a bit more "complex" and fast rythms from punk and metal bands.
- Pat1993

i can't wait to even be able to say i play power chords.

#PrisonGuitarLessons
- Snots33_77