welcome me!

edit: oops please move to 'open discussion'

hey guys i've been on guitartricks for about 4 days. anyways i've been teaching myself to play the guitar for about 8 years now. sure, i could play a few things by metallica (ie, nothing else matters, fade to black), a bunch of power chord songs (ie from greenday), a bunch of other regular chord songs (ie from oasis and smashing pumpkins), and other stuff you hear on the radio.

but i never got to a point where i was really "good" technical-wise (ie playing kirk hammet stuff and the solos from hotel california). i figured that to get to this point, i should treat myself as a relatively 'new beginner' cause i know i didn't teach myself all the small things i need to know. so i'm depending on this site to fill the gaps and more.

i've had the same gear for about 7 years now: a fender strat with a fender frontman reverb amp. this is my first guitar, and i believe this stuff is considered for beginners. hopefully i'll upgrade soon, but i don't know what is considered a 'non beginner' guitar--they all seem the same to me. i'm pretty sure i just never handled a bunch of guitars to know. so i'm looking for advice from this site on some gear too.

so far this site has been pretty good-- i don't get bored and i'm anticipating the new stuff i'll get to... my calluses are forming once again!

thanks for any help in advance!

Welcome to GT! Glad to see you signed up for Full Access, I've had it for a good year now and its great. If you want to start to get technical, I reccommend to start learning theory (if you haven't already), and I also reccommened getting a metronome and playing scales and other runs with that (if you don't already :D .)

Welcome! You will have a great time here, and it'll improve your playing out of sight :cool:.

thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by: elklanderccWelcome to GT! Glad to see you signed up for Full Access, I've had it for a good year now and its great. If you want to start to get technical, I reccommend to start learning theory (if you haven't already), and I also reccommened getting a metronome and playing scales and other runs with that (if you don't already :D .)

what is a metronome? and what is music theory?

see?... there are alot of things i need to learn!

Gt has a metronome so you don't have to buy one. While looking at a lesson, in the upper left hand part of the page, there should be a button that says metronome.

welcome on board!! ask us anything and we'll help out!

Welcome to GT, you've made a wise decision. As stated before ask anythin and you will get an honest reply.

Welcome! :)

Welcome to GT!

oh man, i didn't expect that many replies. thanks everyone. since i've been on guitartricks, i've been accelaterating in progress bigtime. so now know i know what a metronome is and what music theory is...i understand it's very important to know music theory and i'll check it out in the nearby future.

i've been doing some lead practice with metallica's 'one' aside from the beginner's lessons on GT. this gave my pinky a workout... my pinky feels, well, weird. after practicing the same lead over and over, the fluidity became lost a little bit, and i couldn't do the same pinky moves with other leads i've practiced previously. i want to play some more, however, i'm afraid i'll overwork my pinky (or my hand) and give myself joint problems or something. should i lay off for a bit until it goes away? discuss here...

A belated welcome i extend to you.

Haha Yoda? :p

Yellow Welcome

Welcome to the boards!

Good afternoon everyone...i recently just joined ..sounded like a quite interesting site and the price was right....im in the process of buying a guitar, still doing my homework on whick one to get....iv'e narrowed it down to a ibanez af75 or afs75t....im am a totally new aty playing.. i have always loved the blues..im 46 and thought this would be a great a great winter hobby...so any thoughts or comments on my choice of guitar ?...ive have a couple of weeks before i buy...thanks AJ

Originally Posted by: coolblues1960Good afternoon everyone...i recently just joined ..sounded like a quite interesting site and the price was right....im in the process of buying a guitar, still doing my homework on whick one to get....iv'e narrowed it down to a ibanez af75 or afs75t....im am a totally new aty playing.. i have always loved the blues..im 46 and thought this would be a great a great winter hobby...so any thoughts or comments on my choice of guitar ?...ive have a couple of weeks before i buy...thanks AJ

Welcome to GT...

I'm pretty much a beginner myself when it comes to guitar.. and I know nothing of electrics.. so i did a quick search in the gear review forum and found this... Ibanez af75 Hope it helps... I'm sure you will find lots of opinions about guitars here... :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by: coolblues1960Good afternoon everyone...i recently just joined ..sounded like a quite interesting site and the price was right....im in the process of buying a guitar, still doing my homework on whick one to get....iv'e narrowed it down to a ibanez af75 or afs75t....im am a totally new aty playing.. i have always loved the blues..im 46 and thought this would be a great a great winter hobby...so any thoughts or comments on my choice of guitar ?...ive have a couple of weeks before i buy...thanks AJ

Welcome. I've only been playing for about a year myself and I find that GT is wonderful place. Lots and lots of expertise and opinions here. You'll find everyone very friendly and knowledgable. Apparently you and I are very similar! I am 45 and, as noted, just really started playing. Like you, I LOVE the blues and I also bought an Ibanez AF-75. Wonderful axe. Great tone. Easy to play. You'll love it.

Anyway, good luck and enjoy! To quote Eric Stratton- Rush Chairman (From Animal House) "Try not to think of it as work, the whole idea is simply to enjoy yourself." :)

welcome welcome.

hi guys and thanks for the welcome responses....:)....going down to pick up my guitar this afternoon..:):)...the new "old " kid on the block...lmao...iv'e found a lot of kool stuff to help learn off the net...check out this site for $28.. www.fret2fret just what i needed for the basics...let me know what you think..take care guys..

Hey man, welcome first of all. I was thinking you probably would have been better off going to this link http://www.guitartricks.com/guide.php and saving a few dollars. :)