Sean wrote:
Congratulations quicksilver! Gearhead picked it up from my place yesterday I'm really going to miss that guitar :'(

Thanks bud, my hands are burning to play it! ? I'm glad to know you had fun with it. Did you lend it from him?

Thanks for the help everyone. I've already paid for Gearhead's stratacoustic, just waiting for it to be shipped, so I'm sorted.

singemonkey wrote: No comment ?

Actually, that is a comment ? . I like the guitar, I know many other don't, but I do ?

Gearhead wrote: http://www.guitarforum.co.za/classifieds/fender-stratacoustic-mic/
still up for grabs...

Woah! I think I'm in love! That is one awesome guitar and it'd be great to have one! But from what I've read from your side, it's not gonna meet my acoustic needs, no? I'd really like to hear what it souds like when playing acoustically... I'm very interested though... wow...

Thanx for the help so far guys... I just need a little more specifics. I only have up to R2000 to spend, I actually thought that would be enough for a pretty good acoustic. My yamaha looked like this So nope, it didn't have a sticker on it. The neck was just way too thick for me. I also hated the sound of the nylon strings, but that's another story. Is there any specific acoustic you guys could recommend? Something that sounds clear and has a neck similar to an electric... I don't want the BEST guitar available, just something that would be good enough to play with in pubs and such... Thanx in advance!

Hey guys, desperately looking for some good advice... I sold my yamaha c45 acoustic because the neck made playing very uncomfortable. I have a squier fender electric guitar and the neck is perfect, but I miss playing acousticly. What other guitar's have a neck similar to to my electric squier? The squier acoustic? But how's its tune? And where can I find it? Sorry if I sound like a guitar n00b, it's cos I am ?

Not bad guys. Make some more

X-rated Bob wrote:

The C45 is a classical. Thus a pretty wide neck. The Squier will have a less wide neck and, probably, pretty light strings. Though I'm not sure that light electric strings will take a lot more physical effort than nylons. So probably it's the neck dimensions.

Most definitely the neck since I don't have big hands. I wasn't a fan of the nylon strings though, they kept making wierd buzzy sounds every now and then when I really got into playing. I still love playing acoustic, but I think I need to get the right guitar before I move back to it again. Any suggestions on a guitar that would fit me well?

How's your timing? If I started tapping my foot as you started a song would I be able to tap my foot all the way through without having to change anything? Timing is very important. If you play a couple of bum notes but maintain your timing there's a good chance nobody will notice, but if your timing is not constant then people will most certainly notice that.

That's actually a very good point. I do sometimes do way too much of my own thing and mix the speed up a bit, but when I learned how to play Greenday - Time of your life for instance, I listened to the track and then followed the speed of the song to play it exactly the way they did. So yeah, I thinkI do think that might be a small problem for me, but I think if I really concentrate I can keep playing at a constant speed.

Thanx bud!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. Well I have an acoustic guitar : Yamaha C-45 which I have done most of my practising with, but just one month ago I scraped together everything I had and bough t me a Squier electric guitar! So now I mostly play with that (it's so much more comfortable for finger movement/placement) .

I like a little mixture of music - I love almost all greenday songs made before 2003, rise against, blink 182, paramore, 30 seconds to mars, metro station etc. but I also really like slow songs like Hero by Enrique Iglesias, I'm yours by Jason Mraz and so forth. I hate songs with bad/retarded lyrics (e.g Kesha - Tik Tok ) even though I dance to them all the time lol.

I have been to a few people that are experienced guitarists and they don't see anything wrong with the way I'm playing. Some youtube videos might have helped me evade some bad habits. Anyway, I love playing guitar and have learned a mammoth amount in 8 months. I can play and sing about 4 songs from start to finish and it is something I would really want to make a living out of - I've never dreamt of making it big of anything, until I actually discovered my long lost passion for music.

I think that's more of a proper introduction from my side ?

Oh and I will be playing and singing for my very first time in front of people at my sister's wedding, I'm hoping to put a video up here so u guys can give me some tips!

Cheerio!

Hey guys. Just joined this great forum to hopefully pick up some tips to improve my guitar skills. I'm 19 and am a university student and have been playing for about 8 months (I learned by myself (is that a bd thing?))

Hey guys. Newbie to the forum and beginner guitar player here. I'm 19 years old and have been playing for about 8 months now. I've always had a huge passion for music, but I never was much of a player of an instrument until I finally took the plunge and bought me a guitar. At first I got frustrated because it seemed terribly hard to just get past the basics, but I stuck it out and I'm very glad I did. I never really had alot of hobbies, but playing guitar has really taken me by storm! I can just play all day long! Heck, I'm even practising on a saturday night (I'm usually out at this time)! I'm disappointed I didn't start at an earlier age. I'm still a super beginner though, but can play a few songs - I'll be playing "Greenday - Time of your life" on my sister's wedding in May.

So, what I want to know from u guys is how do u actually make it as a guitar player/singer? The thing is, I have no idea if I'm any good. I've played in front of family members and they all think I'm good and all, but honestly, what kind of family actually critisizes another family member about something they love...

Thanx guys. Ciao!