nice guitar mate.have to let us know how she plays.although i can't imagine it sounding anything other than gorgeous. 8)

really great answer by scrybe, and i would just like to assert the importance of learning to tune your guitar without a tuner. sure, use a tuner to st...

you could even find a song you like, and just learn the chords contained in that song. you will learn new songs as well as chords!

thats the book i use.it's pretty comprehensive, comes with a cd and contains a few good appendixes.mainly geared towards blues rock leads, if you were...

the strings on my mates guitar are pretty much brown from oxidization.disgusting. :evil: :o i try to change mine before they get like that :D

haha thanks for clearing that up...i was trying to find the words to explain that but didn't quite know how! :twisted: :lol:

i can answer your first question:Yes, the pentatonic scale 'shape' can be moved around the fretboard, with the top note determining which key the song...

i can barely remember the first whole song i learnt!it was probably something like holy grail by hunters and collectors 8)

^^ Exactly. I even found with my old teacher that i would learn just by watching him, and not even playing myself!

it would take soo long to get control over your toes like that. respect.

this isn't exactly a horror story but when i look back on it a cringe and laughplaying at high school assembly one day, our band only knew two songs, ...

agreed. my first guitar is an old samick that's been round the block a few times and with a few mod's i turned it into a very nice little guitar which...

not really a trick, but you could always try the ol' cigarette in the headstock a la eddie van halen. :twisted: or using a violin bow, page style :lol...

it would be abnormal NOT to want it!

i don't know if i've ever seen a les paul with a maple fretboard....