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[-] klemptor@startrek.website 12 points 7 months ago

My Les Paul. I go in fits and spurts with learning to play the guitar, and haven't gotten around to figuring out the effects of all combinations of the volume & control knobs.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 11 points 7 months ago

Just play it, my dude. I bought a fancy PRS because it fit my hands right, and it had a ding on the neck so the guy didn’t want it.

I straight up suck at guitar and can only play shitty 90’s alt and some pentatonic stuff, but it’s still fun.

If you want to get better at just making stuff up on the guitar, learn the pentatonic scale, pick four to six notes, and just jam with those notes. I like (2) 4-6, (3) 4-6, and (4) 4-6. You can bounce around between those and sound pretty cool.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago

This is helpful, thanks! I've been using Justin Guitar to learn, and have only learned one pentatonic so far, but I'm interested to learn others. Cheers!

[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 2 points 7 months ago

I would 100% recommend taking lessons. I waited 25 years to start lessons and wish I'd done it much sooner. It's amazing how much you can improve in 6 months. And even professional touring musicians in really big bands still take lessons. It's only theoretically possible to self teach yourself, but practically very hard, especially if you have no musical background. If nothing else it gives you a motivation to practice whatever you've been set the previous 1 or 2 weeks.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago

I agree, but I'm retired, so to save money I'm learning via Justin Guitar, which is actually pretty awesome :)

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Why buy a Les Paul of all things if you're still learning?

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago

It was on sale, and prior to that I had a shitty acoustic which was zero fun to play, so I wanted something nicer that would last me a long time.

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