How's it going? I'm a college student who was forced to go out on a one year medical deferment. I won't get into too many details, but the worst of it is behind me now, and I have
8 MONTHS to practice the guitar for
at least 10 hours a day. I know that's not that much practice time compared to most people here, but I began playing the guitar after I started college, not before.
I've been playing acoustic guitar for about 1 year now, but I really want to start playing electric blues and classic rock. I made the mistake of assuming most of the tone comes from the electric guitar and not the amp (I played acoustic guitar first, remember?)... so uh... I sold my car (couldn't use it for 8 months anyway), bought a used Gibson SG Standard, and spent about $50 on a Crate amp. Big Mistake! Oh well... I'd rather practice on a guitar I feel comfortable with and upgrade the amp later.
I'm not a complete beginner at playing the guitar, but I know almost nothing about
electric guitar. My speed goals aren't set very high, mainly because I like bands along the lines of ZZ Top, George Thorogood, Led Zeppelin, BB King, Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy, and AC/DC. That's some pretty good blues rock, but it's nowhere close to "shred guitar". I respect players like Malmsteen and Vai, but I have no desire to play like that.
Anyway, I'll be hanging around here a lot for the next 8 months. These lessons are great! The backing tracks by themselves are just as good as the licks played over them. Great work and Rock on!
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