Guitar-fi: help me pick a guitar/headphone amp - Page 5 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

WiredMonk · 10-18-2007, 01:58 AM

I'm also interested in learning, but I have no real idea how to start and what level of dedication and time it might take out of me. I browsed through but this quickly turned into a show off your gear thread and it WAS more about gear, anyway... but any suggestions you have for starting to learn would be awesome.

Hermitt · 10-18-2007, 02:51 AM

well to be bluntly honest, learning the guitar 'is' about gear, for without any, you will never learn to play

It will also take a lot of dedication. First you have to ask yourself what level of player do you want to be. Then you need to look into the requirements of that level of achievement. Then if you are going to try and teach yourself or take professional lessons. Usually it will take years or many more years. It is definately not something that is learned overnight.

Me personally, I have been teaching myself since April this year and I've bought several instructional DVDs and both the "Principles" and the "Path" from Jamie Andreas' site -> The Principles of Correct Practice For Guitar -> http://www.guitarprinciples.com/ which have helped emmencely

nothing101 · 10-18-2007, 12:34 PM

i agree with hermitt, learning guitar takes a lot of dedication. It also takes a lot of patience. i know this because i have been playing guitar seriously for bout 6 months and i still really suck.

btw i am probalby gonna get the valveking. it ran circles around the all of the other amps in the shop. of a similar price.

WiredMonk · 10-18-2007, 10:06 PM

I want to be the level of player that instantly makes girls fall on you naked. It seems to work for most of my friends that play, sooo...

Chu · 10-18-2007, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by WiredMonk

I want to be the level of player that instantly makes girls fall on you naked. It seems to work for most of my friends that play, sooo...

That takes about a week if the girl likes punk.

I'm not even kiddding. Look at some of the tabs for bands like Against Me!

GAD · 10-18-2007, 10:30 PM

One chord is all you need. You can slide it up and down the neck and be a rock star! Learn a minor chord and you can court the emo crowd too!

I keed. I keed...

GAD

Hermitt · 10-27-2007, 09:59 PM

Man... guitars are more addictive than headphones!!!

I got my tobacco sunburst Squire yesterday that is autographed by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, then just scored a killer deal (less than BIN price ;p ) on this Natural finished with maple fingerboard JT-300M

now i'm up to 6 guitars and 2 amps

"i am NOT addicted.... i am NOT addicted....."

Jahn · 12-01-2007, 12:25 AM

Hermitt you are soooo addicted! When the dust settles put all your gear in a pile and take a pic for posterity! I'd do that but it seems I always have one or two in the shop being tinkered with...in fact I'm waiting for tuners for a third to put that in the shop too for a swap and maybe a bridge replacement. Fun stuff!