MIMedGrower said:

Nice post and thread @JWM2

I have played since i was in high school with varying degrees of seriousness.

Im a bit busy now but will post my strat i play now when i get a chance.

I really like that ibanez.

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JWM2 said:

I started out playing with a game called Rocksmith on the PS4. You connect an electric guitar to your console and play it sorta like guitar hero except with real songs and tabs. Didn’t take long before I was jamming on my own. Pretty cool game and a great way to learn how to play.

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Fangthane said:

I've been playing the PC version of Rocksmith 2014 for a few years now. I use a bass, though. Fun game. I can keep up with the simpler songs, as long as the notes are scrolling on a screen in front of me; can't remember or play a damn thing without the game.

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MIMedGrower said:

I have had some nice guitars over the years including an original custom built in New Jersey BC Rich ST-3. It was built for a customer at a music shop and the store cat knocked it over and chipped the paint. I got a killer deal trading a kramer strat i put a warmouth birds eye neck and some emg single pickups. I think i put in $250 to the deal. It was a $1600 custom guitar back then. Had a preamp on board and pearl lightning bolt inlays with a blue metal flake finish. It was late 80’s and we were playing metal. I think i have an old photograph put away.

Today i play a standard fender strat through a vox pathfinder and maybe a boss sd-1 for boost and treble.

I like to jam with my neighbor. He was in the navy band and still has band buddies around. He can play most any classic song. I used to play out in my early 20’s but wasnt a fan of playing cover tunes for drunken bar crowds that much. It was fun a while.

Just been a hobby since then. I like to jam over tracks in my living room mostly. A spur of the moment porch jam across the way is fun too. The neighbor has a nice 58 gibson hollow electric with a single jazz pickup and a little tweed amp he lets me enjoy.

Or i just bring my strat.

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JWM2 said:

Oh damn nice rig bro! I’ve never used a whammy (tremolo) bar oddly enough. Mine are both hardtail. I wouldn’t mind one but have been talked out of them due to some saying they are hard to keep in tune. Which is funny cuz I rarely ever tune my guitars. I don’t play in a band or anything so it’s usually just my ears. I’m a little too shy to play in front of others.

Been playing instruments since about the 5th grade when I played cello in the orchestra and then switched to alto sax in 6th grade and played that through high school. My daughters both play alto sax now.

I picked up the guitar back in 2015 so it hasn’t been all that long. But at times I play for a couple hours a day. I like making up my own songs or riffs using shit borrowed from other songs. Been doing some arpeggio lately. I’d really like to learn fingerstyle more but I don’t have an acoustic yet so it’s a little trickier. But my brother has one I’ve played a bit and a buddy of mine just picked one up. I do need to get one someday.

I’ve never played or even held a fender. I’ve always liked the inline 6 of the Ibanez so that’s what I have but the more I see em the more I want to give one a try. Again that’s a sweet rig you got bro!

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NHWhites said:

I’m a Les Paul guy...and I love 335’s
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JWM2 said:

Are there any guitarists here?

Been playing for a few years now. Nothing soothes the soul like smoking a fatty and jamming on the ole guitar. Just curious if anyone else plays a six string.

If so what are your favorite songs to play?

I like playing:

Sweet Child o Mine
War Pigs
Free Bird
Better Man
Enter Samdman
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Wake Me Up When Sept Ends
1979
Nothing Else Matters
Tennessee Whiskey
Crazy Train

To name a few.

I have an Ibanez S series electric I play most of the time and an ESP LTD Delixe i play on occasion.

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I started out playing with a game called Rocksmith on the PS4. You connect an electric guitar to your console and play it sorta like guitar hero except with real songs and tabs. Didn’t take long before I was jamming on my own. Pretty cool game and a great way to learn how to play.

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jumpincactus said:

Do believe we have several members that jam. 1st that comes to mind is @sixstring maybe he will poke his head in.

Im a avid air guitarist...…………… :p Dude picks it up at 2 mins into video. Old Neil young tune

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dilligaf said:

Just decided last month i wanted to try to learn a little on one.fingers got busted up pretty good in late 70s so i just quit fooling with them before i really got started..but i thought a slide might be the answer.so i built a 3 string fretless(for now) guitar.it is accoustic(for now).made some mistakes..i am a stoner after all..so i will probably start on a new neck this week.also have a piezo pickup and jack to install.
Will start a new one in a couple weeks i think.time will tell.right now i am trying to learn how to pick single strings.i keep hitting wrong one or hit 2 at a time.just something to kill time with

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