Hello from Kansas City

Hello everyone! I'm a long time bass player who used to do weekend gigs in dive bars around KC in the late 90's and early 00's. My old band broke up and I got married (the two events were not related) in '03 and I didn't even touch my bass for about 5 years until I picked it up again in the spring of '08 and joined a band within a month.

My current band, the 7Mysteries, are a great group of folks who get together every Saturday and gig every once in a while at bars, private parties, street festivals, church functions and charity events. We all have kids and day jobs and rarely get paid for gigs so we are truly in it for the love of playing music.

Well it's been a year since I dusted off my bass and I'm very comfortable with the 100-or-so songs our band performs, so it's time for a new challenge. I'm now focusing my efforts on learning the 6-string. I have an old pawn shop electric I acquired in the old band's divorce and a Jasmine acoustic I picked up new. I picked up a couple of guitar basics books and I'm now developing callouses on different parts of my fingers while I develop the ability to switch between open chords.

My short term goal is to be good enough to play some rhythm guitar and some fingerstyle. My long term goal is to be able to pull off a singer-songwriter folk and swamp rock show for friends and family.

I'd be interested to hear from any bass-players turned guitar-players and how they handled the transition.

Anyway...I'm glad I stumbled across this site, I think there is a lot that can be learned here.