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Post by licoricepete on Apr 5, 2014 19:57:54 GMT -6
Hello everyone,
I am back after a long hiatus and have recovered well and am going to get back at BYCU. Unfortunately I have been out for so long that I will have to start all over again but hey it will all be good. Looking forward to meeting some new friends and fellow guitarist. Starting lesson 1 tomorrow, How many hours a week are you guys spending on practicing? I plan on about 2 hrs a day if I can handle it.
Licorice Pete
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Post by bluesbruce on Apr 6, 2014 7:29:28 GMT -6
Welcome, Pete. Two hours a day is pretty ambitious if you're just starting back after a layoff. Good luck, and share some recordings with us.
Bruce
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Post by Phil on Apr 6, 2014 9:39:35 GMT -6
Welcome back, LP, I guess I came in while you were gone. As Bluesbruce said, 2 hrs. a day is pretty ambitious. Goals should be realistic and attainable, otherwise you set yourself up for failure right from the start. Having said that, 2 hours a day may be realistic and attainable for you. Each person has different obligations and free time.
Personally, I set a minimum goal of 4 hours per week dedicated solely to BYCU. That's realistic for me and my individual situation and allows me time to learn other things on the guitar or just goof around. So far I've far exceeded that minimum every week since I've been tracking it. I've been keeping a practice log since 20 Feb 2014 and that helps me stay on track and makes my practice time more productive.
I hope you join in by uploading recordings of yourself and help this forum get a little more activity. Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Phil
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Post by licoricepete on Apr 6, 2014 18:41:50 GMT -6
Hey thanks for the warm welcome. Maybe 2 hours a day may be too much, I don't know. I am not new to playing guitar. I have been playing for about 40 years and played in bands most of those years. I don't know much theory, I play mostly by ear. All these years that I have been playing and I don't know scales hardly at all, can't read music, and not real good on all the technical stuff. But put a song on and give me an hour or so and I will know how to play it. I just picked a song and learned by playing with the cd. So now that I have given up the band scene I thought that I would really like to learn something new so I bought BYCU and am going to learn the correct way now. I dont have too much equipment to record with, so it may be a while before I get anything up loaded but I will see what I can come up with. I have my amp but I don't have a direct box or a line out on it. I built the amp back when I was actively playing out and never need anything like that so I did not incorporate it in the amp when I built it. It better without a direct box to record. In the band I used to mic it and that was it. The amp is a exact clone of the Fender Tweed. I found a schematic and searched for all the parts and started soldering, what a blast to build and play. I hope I can get BYCU down as good as I have building amps and guitars over the years. Time will tell !
Licorice Pete
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Post by Phil on Apr 7, 2014 10:10:10 GMT -6
I recently started to learn some basic music theory and I'm finding that it's not to difficult. It's really answered questions that I've had for years like - How do you know what chords to use to play a scale using chords? The answer was so simple I felt like kicking myself for not knowing it before. Anyway, if you want to learn some basic theory I recommend "Edly's Music Theory for Practical People". I bought the Kindle version, but wish I'd bought the paper edition because it contains some work sheets that you test yourself with. I think it's pretty interesting to discover how music works even though it's not essential (as you well know) and you can play a guitar without knowing it.
I bought a $49 Berhringer Guitar Link that plugs into a USB port. Once I got through the frustration of getting it to work, I like it. Makes recording myself very easy.
It looks like you are the man to go to with any amp questions.
There are several people here in your age group and older, but most of us are just getting back into playing after many years of being away from the guitar.
Phil
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Post by licoricepete on Apr 7, 2014 13:19:11 GMT -6
Hi Phil,
Thanks for the heads up on the book, I will look it up. Ya I don't know much theory, just what little I have picked up over the years. I would just like to be able to play the right way and get rid of some bad habits that I have acquired over the years. So I figured the best way of doing that is starting out with something new, like the blues. I have played some blues over the years but not as much as I would have liked. We were mainly a classic rock band but did play some Hip, Nickel Back, Saving Abel, etc..... depending what our followers wanted. I think about the bluesy-ist songs that I have ever played was House is a Rockin (SRV), Pride and Joy(SRV), and Matchbox (Blind Lemon Jefferson). Ya ya, I know..... what a combination. Well like I said, whatever the crowd wanted. Thanks again for tip on the book.
Licorice Pete
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