Anyone play guitar?

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Just picked up a Guild D-55 made in New Hatford, CT. Unreal guitar, love it just as much as my Collins dreadnought which is saying alot.
 
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PoochPunt3rdDown said:
Best song of the one of the best albums in a decade! Well done!
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its actually the song that I got my girlfriend with. I was talking about his album "Come feel the Illinoise" and was about to play it on my laptop but my battery died, so I played Casimir Pulaski Day on the guitar as best as I could and she cried and kissed me. And I took her out three days later. Thank you Mr. Stevens.
 
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I also played "Murdered in the City" by the Avett Brothers for my mother a few days before my first day of college. That song really hit her hard.
 
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VolBalla2014 said:
a good song to learn to play is "Casmir Pulaski Day" by Sufjan Stevens. i love playing it
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Thanks ! I lost track of him since his self imposed exile, so I'll have to put it on my iPod and get a tab. Working my way through Uncreated One by Chris Tomlin now.

This guitar playing is easy for me.

Play a song over and over again 1,000 times and it's a piece of cake ! :)
 
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Hey why don't we start posting some pics. I love the way guitars look. Especially the backs.

I'll go first - Here's my Taylor 814
 

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I have a guitar I bought for myself for graduation last year, I played around with it for a little while but it's been collecting dust every since. I really admire those who learned it but I don't think I can. Heck I'm not sure if mine is even in tune. I want to take lessons but I don't have $70 bucks to blow every month.
 
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Burhead said:
I have a guitar I bought for myself for graduation last year, I played around with it for a little while but it's been collecting dust every since. I really admire those who learned it but I don't think I can. Heck I'm not sure if mine is even in tune. I want to take lessons but I don't have $70 bucks to blow every month.
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Get a tuner and use the internet to teach yourself. It is a lot of fun. My dad made me take lessons when I was a kid and I always dreaded the hour of practice each day while everyone was playing outside. I wish I had really put more effort in because those lessons and practice never really leave you. I like to play and though now I mostly strum the acoustic and use every shortcut I am not supposed to it is still a lot of fun.
 
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81Bubbavol said:
Hey why don't we start posting some pics. I love the way guitars look. Especially the backs.
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Here is mine, its just a cheap Crescent guitar I got for $60 bucks.

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thebjd said:
Get a tuner and use the internet to teach yourself. It is a lot of fun. My dad made me take lessons when I was a kid and I always dreaded the hour of practice each day while everyone was playing outside. I wish I had really put more effort in because those lessons and practice never really leave you. I like to play and though now I mostly strum the acoustic and use every shortcut I am not supposed to it is still a lot of fun.
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This morning I spent some time listening to a YouTube video on tuning a guitar. Mine sounds pretty close to the video but I can never be sure. I really wish I invested in a better guitar to learn on though.
 
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Burhead said:
Here is mine, its just a cheap Crescent guitar I got for $60 bucks.

This morning I spent some time listening to a YouTube video on tuning a guitar. Mine sounds pretty close to the video but I can never be sure. I really wish I invested in a better guitar to learn on though.
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Don't worry man, you actually did it the right way. You wouldn't believe the guys that go drop a couple hundred or thousand on something they know nothing about, and they either find out that paid way too much, got the wrong kind, or that they don't like it anyway. (That's also why the used guitar market is the place to be, but that's a story for another time.)

That is probably as fine a guitar as you need right now. Another good thing about the guitar you bought is that it seems to have nylon strings (hard to tell), which are easier to fret (left hand) and fingerpick if you so choose (right hand). For now I would make sure that you have a pick and get used to it. Thicker is for pickin', thinner is for strummin' , but for now don't worry about that.

As was said above, the internet is your friend. One site I used a lot early was Dansm's Guitar Page. It has a lot of acoustic stuff on care and feeding, lessons, etc.

For me the biggest thing was that I loved to listen to music, and there were a lot of songs that had acoustic guitars in them. Find a bunch of those songs, get the chords off the internet, and learn how to play them. If you don't already have the songs in your head, then you can try to play along, but that can be frustrating early on, as it is hard to play at tempo while you're learning. If you try a bunch of songs, then you will find a couple that are easy enough for you to play at this point, and then it starts to get fun. For me in the 70's it was Neil Young, Grateful Dead, and some others. Nowadays Country Music is usually pretty simple as well as Praise & Worship.

After that you can start to learn tabs and throw in a couple of licks here and there, and it's off to the races from there.

Stuff you want to get eventually:
- A cheap guitar tuner (If you want to play along with a record then this becomes more important. If not it doesn't matter as much - you just have to be able to tune the guitar to itself, which is pretty simple and can be found on the internet anywhere)
- Some strings (If they didn't put new ones on when you bought it.) this isn't critical, as changing them is usually better done with someone experienced, especially with a slotted headstock like you have. If you use Steel strings, then Elixir Custom Lights are what I use. They are expensive ($17 or so off the internet) but last forever. I have no experience with Nylon Strings.
- If you have a favorite band or album don't be afraid to go to a Music Store and buy a Guitar Book for that CD. It will have chord pictures and/or tabs to help you play. Back in the old days before the internet that was how I had to learn.

But mostly, just play. And don't worry if you don't seem to get any better for a while. Learning is hard, and I usually have to play something hundreds of times before I get it. Stick with chords you know until you need another one.

Anyway - I've rambled on long enough. Enjoy your new toy - If you're really got the bug you'll be hankerin' for another one before too long!
 
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Thanks for the advice guys, reason why I got mine was because of guys like Lennon, George Harrison, Chuck Berry, etc. I'm real into 60s rock and roll and figured I should try my hand at it, I thought I could master it in no time and it got the best of me. My problem is I always get frustrated and just quit and let it collect dust for weeks at a time before picking it up again.
 
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Nice guitar govols, what are some of ya'lls favorites?

Personally my dream collection would consist of the following even if I couldn't play them haha;

Rickenbacker 325 in Jetglo (My favorite looking guitar of all time)
Gibson J45 and Gibson J-160E
Epiphone Casino
Gretsch Country Gentleman
Fender Stratocaster
Les Paul & Les Paul Junior
 
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Burhead said:
This morning I spent some time listening to a YouTube video on tuning a guitar. Mine sounds pretty close to the video but I can never be sure. I really wish I invested in a better guitar to learn on though.
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FYI: you can get a free guitar tuner app if you have a newer phone. I use GStrings, and it works great.
 
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