> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > knarftheria...@gmail.com > > Congratulations. > > I've always wanted to play but have had a million excuses. >
back in the mid-late 80s I bought a cheap guitar in a junk shop, a copy of Juan Martin's book and taught my self to play flamenco very badly. After a year I started to have lessons from an extremely good flamenco player - who didn't think much of 'little Johnny Martin' - and stuck with him for 2 or 3 years, but I never overcame my ingrained bad habits, and I discovered that I have no talent at all, and no ability to keep time (strict compas, as it's called, is absolutely essential in flamenco). It came as something of a relief when one day my guitar snapped in mid-rasgueado. I interpreted it as a message from Aoede, and have never strummed a fandango since. My advice to would-be guitarists is to take lessons and buy a soundproof room. B > Good on ya! > > Picture of the axe, please. > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> > Sent: December 21, 2012 12/21/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: OT: Bought my first guitar (Old dog, new tricks?) > > Don't know if anybody here plays or not, but I've decided to stop > putting off things I've always wanted to do and decided to learn the > guitar. > > After exercising my Google Fu, talking to a guitar-playing coworker and > asking a couple of questions on the Acoustic Guitar Forum, I decided to > get a Seagull S6 (original). If I bought new, I was going to go with > Cedar but I tripped across a **gorgeous** "20th Anniversary" edition > that is Spruce and Maple with a high gloss finish (semi-gloss being the > usual finish on a Seagull S6). They only made > 2000 of these, apparently and I got it for a LOT less than a new one. > I'm always about bang-for-the-buck. It won't be in my hot little hands > for a week or two yet when I get it from a friend, but I'm looking > forward to trying to learn (Old Dog, New Tricks). > > I've already discovered the aforementioned forum and justinguitar.com > (along with his YouTube channel: > http://www.youtube.com/user/JustinSandercoe ) and I plan to start with > his beginner's course and a book before possibly going to a local > teacher for lessons. > > Anyway, any words of wisdom from The Collective who play would be most > welcome. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
