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Posted by: Challisman Jun 14 2008, 03:25 PM

Hi everone,

I stumbled accross GMC by accident looking for some help to on teaching my son play guitar (he's only 8). After looking at things I decided to sign up and boy am I glad.

I'm 35 now and played in various bands over the years & always thought I could shred out a few things or two but I've probably learned more from this site in the last week than I have ever.

I've always played by ear which helped in some respects but never learned even the basics of the theory (too keen to learn the killer shreds from the guitar tabs in mags ). I'm still guilty of this as I need to know the basics to help me know what and why I'm actually playing. But the guys are soo damn good at GMC I can't help going to those advanced sweepig lessons. I could never get it right but in just a week I actally sweeping!!!!!!!! YEEEESSSSS.

Im feeling refreshed again after not playing for 4 years. Is anyone else in the same position as me as I can play some advanced stuff but on the other hand cant play some of the basics (sounds strange?).

I need to be more strict with myself but need to taylor a training regime to learn the basics of theory as well as unleahing some of the more fun stuff. HELP PLEASE.

My guitars I have are a Jackson soloist custom ltd edition lighting (built in 1987) and a garish desert yellow Ibanez Jem from the early 90's. None of them are playable at the moment and in the process of repair so I'm playing on my sons cheap (but reasonable) Yamaha ERG 121C. I play this though my Marshall JCM 2000 Dual Super Lead along with my Zoom GFX 707 effects pedal.

Cheers guys, glad to be a member of the GMC family

Posted by: skennington Jun 14 2008, 03:30 PM

Welcome Challisman, nice gear you got there man. Along with your son, Im sure the both of you will learn loads here.

Posted by: TreyDeschamp Jun 14 2008, 03:41 PM

Welcome to GMC! Nice guitars by the way I also own a Jackson from the 80's

Posted by: Challisman Jun 14 2008, 04:09 PM

Posted by: MickeM Jun 14 2008, 04:14 PM

Welcome, nice guitars! I bet you're the best shredding dad in the world that your son could have now that you got to learn even more skills from GMC.

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jun 14 2008, 04:22 PM

Hey welcome to GMC Challisman!! Awesome gear Have fun , Andrews theory lessons are great start

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Jun 14 2008, 05:08 PM

welcome man! nice guitars team

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 14 2008, 09:06 PM

Welcome aboard man, interesting guitars!

Posted by: Smells Jun 14 2008, 09:22 PM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea Jun 14 2008, 11:10 PM

nice to meet you and welcome to the site

Posted by: Jerry Arcidiacono Jun 15 2008, 09:43 AM

Welcome to GMC Challisman, your gear looks great

Posted by: Joe Kataldo Jun 15 2008, 11:22 AM

Welcome to GMC!

Posted by: Pablo Vazquez Jun 15 2008, 05:35 PM

Welcome to GMC!!!

Posted by: Nick325 Jun 15 2008, 05:37 PM

welcome nice guitars

Posted by: Kosei Kubota Jun 16 2008, 04:33 AM

Welcome to GMC.
Playing with your kid will be a great fun!!

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Jun 16 2008, 11:20 AM

welcome my friend, so happy you join here
And congrats for your gear

Posted by: kyldeee Jun 16 2008, 11:21 AM

Welcome Nice Guitars

Posted by: Nemanja Filipovic Jun 16 2008, 11:24 AM

Welcome to GMC.

Posted by: Trond Vold Jun 16 2008, 12:04 PM

Welcome to GMC .. and damn, thats a nice looking collection of guitars

Posted by: superize Jun 17 2008, 12:31 AM

Welcome to the site

Posted by: Danilo Capezzuto Jun 17 2008, 01:54 PM

Welcome to GMC!

Welcome to GMC!