I am twenty-five, I’ve had six years of classical piano training as a young girl, and I’ve been learning guitar on and off (mostly off) on my own since age sixteen. I can sing ok and pretty decently harmonize by ear, but whenever I’m with a group of players, I just really really wish I could pick up an instrument and enjoy playing. I have a cheap classical guitar that I learned chords on. I can at this point play every chord I see the pattern of, and remember most of the commonly used ones. When I want to play a song I look at the chords, practice them for a while, and then I can mostly get it (transitions between unknown chords are of course something I’m practicing on, and will eventually be able to do - I’ve gone back to practicing as much as I can recently). I know a few finger style songs and like playing with simple pull-offs and hammer-ons if I happen to find them fitting by ear, adjusting some chords to get “vibes”, but I’m playing it all by ear and have no idea how to actually know what I’m doing. I still can’t finger-style a song without learning exactly how to from a video. I do not know how to make up or choose strumming patterns at all, and have never really gone past chords (no idea how to play a scale). Because I learned from YouTube, I have almost no link between my piano and classical theoretical background - I play guitar like a person with zero musical experience. I have a practice room in my college and happen to have a ton of fun with the electrics there, and even picked up a bass and had a blast. What would you recommend that I do/learn as a next step towards eventually joining a jam session?

Jesus Christ guys... cut it out.

Hey guys! I would like to ask that if anyone flew with a guitar in cabin from Japan to somewhere abroad? Or do someone have experience in Europe internationally?

I have been playing in drop D, progressed to drop C, and now I am loving CFCFAD. When I tune like this on a les Paul does my intonation HAVE to suck? Saddles have been pushed to the max and I'm still off almost half a step on my high strings doing the "tune open, fret the twelfth - should be an octave" method. Everything is gravy if I play below the tenth fret, but I'm worried about getting in a mix in this tuning. Is being slightly off and wobbly just a part of doomy music? Should I get a baritone - because in my mind the solution to this is scale length.. but I'm no genius - HELP!

I can play all scales and modes freely all over the neck, know chord tones and triad shapes / intervals.

I have no issue targeting chord notes over chord changes.

I also can play all minor and major chords and some variations on all strings and frets.

Is there still use to learn cage or is this pretty much redundant at this point?

Hi all,

Just as a baseline, roughly how long does it take to repair two broken braces on an acoustic guitar? My guitar was recently stamped on by someone and they have broken two (At least I can’t see any more myself) of the back braces. One is cracked, the other is coming off.

I’m just curious as to roughly what it would cost and how long I would be waiting for the repair to be completed.

Thanks in advance.

What are the pros and cons to each one. I can’t decide what one I wanna get. I’m leaning more towards the super Swede.

How can I get a guitar sound like that in Aint That a Kick in the Head by Dean Martin? It’s a style I’ve really wanted to learn but dont know how.

Hey guys, I've just recently started playing the guitar and I have been taking a lot of inspiration from Zach Bryan and learning his songs since they are relatively easy to learn. I also love the sound of his guitar and the strings he uses. I know I do not have any of the same guitars he has nor do the have the same equipment he uses. But I was wondering what guitar strings you guys think would be a good fit for sounding like the way he does in his songs and concerts? Any advice would be great! Thanks!

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I'm looking for a new amp, currently have been using a Spider v-thirty line-six for the past year and a half and want an upgrade but nothing too pricey. I like the sound of this amp but i want to know if its a good pedal platform amp, as i want to start buying more pedals. Im also wanting to play a genre of crunchy rock country music for example something like the band "Treaty Oak Revival" and i want to know if this amp would work good with pedals like they use such as Tube Screamers, Overdrive, Compression, Slapback delay. What do you guys think, is there any other amps i should look out for?