Originally Posted by: panu.rantanen[p]
...Les Paul type guitar with humbuckers and I like the sound it much more.
Also planning to put guitars on wall mounts, so I don't have to worry about the kids so much. So I can just grab the guitar when I feel like it,
"House of the Rising Sun" is a perennial classic. I was playing it, or trying to, back in '73 on my nylon stringed acoustic the month I started, possibly the first song I actually learnt, everyone (?) learnt back then, to play through entire. I also revisited it 44 years later on my restart. I still like it too even though I've moved on a ways since then, and you can do so much playing around with it. All useful chord changes starting out, especially the D to (dreaded) F to Am transition challenge so early in the learning journey. [br][br]Re tones. [u]Which amp do you currently have[/u], and although a difficult question at this juncture, do you know what tone you would like or the kind of sound (example soft rock, rock, etc) you are after? Or is it a case of just hearing a tone and either liking or not liking it? I've observed in my journey thus far that there are so many factors that come into play in determining what sound actually comes out when you play electric. In my experience, when we start out [u]we are simply overwhelmed[/u]. No matter how many manuals we read or how smart or diligent in applying ourselves we might be, time and exposure are necessary to assimilate it all to a point of even developing a modicum of competency familiarising what sounds terms like clean, warm, crunch, OD, or different effect actually sound like and how they cross relate to one another all exacerbated by the impact of pickup type and selection and so much more etc. Only now after 18 months of immersive hands on experience with multiple guitars, amps and pedals learning by curiosity, experiment, trial and error have I finally come to a level of confidence and comfort in confuguring those dials I am not intimidated by it all. As you have with your second guitar, the experimental doing is not only fun, but anchors the experience and builds a comparitive library in memory.
[br]You idea to use wall mounts is a great idea to keep them from the immediate reach of inquisitive 'just like dad' immitators. Just remember to I keep any 'junior assault commando' climbing benches, chairs or stools under lock and key too. Haha. I use wall hangers too, for both storage and display in our HT room cum recently my ersatz music studio near ending the current state of flux being repainted, redocorated and modified. Depending upon which I'm playing, the guitars share rotation from MS wall hanger => floor stand in the family room => MS wall hanger. I also have a wall hanger in one of the spare bedrooms to keep the domestic peace in the family room in case the Mrs is otherwise occupying it. None in the PC room/study yet. I am trying hard to keep that a seperate space so I don't get tempted to diverge from tasks when I'm there.
If you haven't got one already, IMO&E, today a digital modelling amp of an output capability suited to your circumstances is the direction to go. Now very affordable and versatile, they render [u]most[/u] pedals essentially redundant for home use, at least until later when different technical or extra operational features might be a practical want.
Have fun with it all. It sounds like you are, which is definitely on the right track. Cheers.