The Guitar (and Other Musical Instruments) Thread | Page 23 | Fab Forum | The Beatles Bible

I learned basic music theory before I ever picked up guitar, and although I’m not too bright at reading sheet music (I feel heavily dyslexic every time I look at the stuff ), I know chords, keys, intervals, and relative minors inside out and upside down, though in a very instinctual way (I’d be hard-pressed to explain it to a newbie in any kind of way that made sense), so I’m not sure how much use I can be here, but…

I think it’s better for most people to learn it in a hands-on way, like through learning songs they care about. It’s important to balance learning what you need to know with having fun and retaining your interest in the process, especially in the beginning.

Tl;dr what you’re doing sounds good, Qman — you can always get into theory later, there’s plenty of time. You can’t overload people with too much information at once.

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You’ve got quite the collection going on now, ewe2. Not jealous at all…

I’d say get an electric and you can play fake bass on that as well as groovy bendy riffage. It’s also much better for impressing your friends. OR don’t do what I did and get a bass because your priorities straight. Never let a Libra rising give you advice on making a decision, both of you will just end up confused

^Listen to what the (Quarry)Man said

My fingers would just like to say: having not played guitar much in the last month, all of a sudden playing for 3 hours causes serious pain!

Ah well, all in the name of music

@The Hole Got Fixed I went about a week playing no guitar and my fingers were killing me, can’t imagine a month Build dem calluses!

That strap is groovy af*! I approve

*How’s that for pimply teenage hyperboles from across eras

My dad, my friend, and I went to the guitar shop to try out bass guitars today and it was worth having to wear a mask (I DESPISE masks and avoid them like the plague/other people/touching my face/coofing, unless absolutely required to wear one). Though I really love the way the guitar shop smells and I really missed smelling that lovely expensive-wood smell. But anyway, we looked at and tried out a few different ones and my friend gravitated toward the Ernie Ball Stingray (she liked the way the body shape felt) while my dad and I are split between the Fender Precision and Jazz basses (although I liked the Stingray too).

Apologies to be vulgar but I can’t think of a better way to describe it

My observations:

The Stingray and Jazz basses kind of have more swagger than the P bass, you kind of have to have a bit of swagger (and therefore at least a modicum of technical ability), yourself, to play them and sound decent, whereas the P bass is very easy to play and very forgiving and makes you sound pretty good. I like the spunk and small neck of the Jazz, personally – my friend didn’t like it because she said it felt really heavy in her lap (I think it’s the body shape, it’s kind of awkward to play sitting down, I guess, or at least moreso than the others). Considering I do like the body of the P bass and my dad and I are both rather indecisive, I’m thinking a Precision Jazz might be the ticket.