Learning electric guitar - your thoughts please...

Thanks!

[ophic]

The advice on this thread is all good, but primarily you've just got to get a guitar and play it. The amp isn't gonna make you a better or worse player. I spent the first 6 months with a home-made guitar plugged into the back of my hifi. It sounded shockingly bad, but having spent the last 12 months building it, I wasn't gonna let it put me off.

I eventually sold my motorbike and bought an amp. Twas a tough choice.

Originally Posted by ophic

I eventually sold my motorbike and bought an amp. Twas a tough choice.

Blady expensive amp....what was it?

[ophic]

Originally Posted by blueto

Blady expensive amp....what was it?

The important bit was the somewhat worse-for-wear AR125 I was riding. The amp is a Marshall Valvestate 8240 and I've still got it

Originally Posted by ophic

The important bit was the somewhat worse-for-wear AR125 I was riding. The amp is a Marshall Valvestate 8240 and I've still got it

nice...been considering going valave for a while. But as i run a pod x3 live didnt see the point..maybe persuded tho.

Had a go on a larivee today.

OMG.............I want this one

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/79365

the tone is something to be desired.................

What can i sell to buy it?

[ophic]

It's Marshall's hybrid. It has one valve in the pre-amp. The rest is all solid state. Bloody loud though.

Find yourself a good music shop that will let you sit down and mess with a few guitars to see which one feels right, if you,re down this way some time we,ve a couple of good ones round here that,ll let you pick and guitar and just have a play, good luck with it.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by El Saxo

I'm hoping my mate will teach me how to tune it, but in the meantime I was going to go buy a tuner to use until I learn to do it by ear.

Setup is more than just tuning it. Getting the action right and ensuring the neck is in line makes a huge difference. If you've bought by mail you never know how badly clonked it may have been on the way and it may not be right. You pay a bit more through a shop but they will set it up properly for you.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by blueto

nice...been considering going valve for a while.

Are valve amps in vogue at the moment or something? As I said previously years ago I had a Vox valve amp. AC30 IIRC. Great big lumoxing heavy thing apparently very sought after (not sure on that one) but my god it blew the house down
Remember connecting it up some how, to use as speakers on the hifi one xmas (as I lived in a maaahhooooosive old victorian flat)
We'd got rather peed off with one of the neighbours taste in dance music on boxing day, so cranked it right up, not only did it scare our cat, but the guy upstairs said he was happily shaving and dancing away to the neighbours music, when he nearly cut his neck....lets just say dance music wasn't heard of again

[ophic]

Valve amps have always been in vogue. Inferior technology, superior tone. Especially on the overdrive.