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Online Chat Lessons from Rick

albionfr

Sweet! Now that the guitar is set up and with online guidance from Rick I am learning to read TAB and found some Van Halen Tabs on the Web that now make sense. I am figuring out " Ice Cream Man" and I want to maybe see if I can find D.L.R. "California Girls" looks like it might be fun. some strummin chord changes.

I learnedhow to tune down a 1/2 step, and things are really making sense.

My daughter and I used The &q [...]

$300 Cheese grater (continued)

albionfr

WOW! what a difference. I no longer have to strangle the neck to get the right sounds.

Money well spent.

I am not sure if you can have someone set-up an electric the same way but I would think you can.

I would tell all newbies like me to at least have ther guitars checked and set-up if needed. A lot less frustration and maybe more folks would not give up if it was easier to play.

$300 Cheese Grater

albionfr

After practicing for the last few days my fingers are Raw. I felt something was wrong and I was having pleny of trouble with buzzing and deadened notes. I had a Firefighter friend that plays look at my Guitar and he showed me how high the action was and that the neck bowed in a valley shape. I got home and checked my daughters out and found hers was not bad but did have a hill shape to theneck.

My friend suggested I go see KING BEE GUITARS in Franklin,TN.

WOW! what a g [...]

Yankee Firefighter "Gone Country"

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I quit my corporate job and took my 18 years of Volunteer Firefighting and moved to Nashville to be a paid firefighter at the age of 40. (I should have moved here sooner). Now I love country music and have decided to learn to play guitar. (I did have an electric when i was 15, but i wasn't serious then- I think my dad bought it at a Sam Ash store around 1981.)

My 12 y/o Daughter wantsto play also. I bought 2 acoustics and some picks and books(extra strings and a tuner). I am 2 [...]