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07-06-2001, 03:07 AM
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List Your Favorite Tip
I find tips a fun and fast way to pick up some knowledge. My 2 are borrowed from somewhere else.
1. To identify your guitar, print your name on a small piece of paper and glue it to the inside lip of the sound hole. If stolen and found, you can identify the guitar by finding the label with a mirror. 2. Spend at least as much time practicing your guitar as you spend messing with the computer and the internet. 
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07-06-2001, 09:20 AM
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Some good tips! I had a print shop make me an ink stanp and it has my SSN on it. Every acoustic I go under the sound hole and stamp in red ink this #. I do it on the first string change. On electrics I remove a cover, or something and stamp the number. On my arhtops I have to stamp the # diret thought the F holes. allthough the serial # is great its on paper and easily removed. That red ink wont come out. JW
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07-06-2001, 01:59 PM
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My favorite tip? Don't try to tune your guitar while sitting under a running ceiling fan. It will drive you insane.
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daj --- Symmetry is the most boring and unimaginative form of balance.
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#4
07-07-2001, 05:51 AM
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How about -
1. Practicing is work, playing is fun, so just play.....all the time. 2. When you put on new strings, don't forget to tug 'em before you tune 'em.
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Steve '96 Taylor 514C '97 Taylor 514CW '99 Taylor K14C '06 Taylor GSMC '03 Gretsch Nashville Classic
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#5
07-07-2001, 12:13 PM
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Yellow in front, brown in back.
Oh. You meant guitar tips? Nevermind.
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07-10-2001, 02:13 AM
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1) The most important thing is the TONE of each note-don't short change that.
2) Play SLOWLY. It will come.
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"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." Henry Van Dyke "It is in the world of slow time that truth and art are found as one" Norman Maclean,
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07-11-2001, 02:04 PM
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Great post idea. My $0.02:
Never underestimate the havoc that sympathetic tension can create during practice or play. Difficult chord changes with your left hand, for example, can cause your right hand to miss notes becuase the right hand fingers are sympathyzing with the left. Similarly, tensions in seemingly unrelated areas of the body (especially left arm and shoulder) can cause notes to be missed. Solution? Spend some time practicing very very slowly, paying extreme attention to what fingers, hands, arms, etc. are doing. Also, practice in a comfortable, quite location for maximal results (not, for example, on the sofa in front of the TV). Sounds boring, but it will pay off later.
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2002 714 Engelmann Florentine 2002 Big Baby If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted business. John D. Rockefeller Uncork New York!
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07-16-2001, 04:58 PM
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Another tip I read somewhere some time ago is "Invest in a good music stand. You will be more comfortable and will tend to practice longer."
SM
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Steve '96 Taylor 514C '97 Taylor 514CW '99 Taylor K14C '06 Taylor GSMC '03 Gretsch Nashville Classic
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07-16-2001, 09:45 PM
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only one thing comes to mind , never put off playing today, what you could play tomarrow
play to love,love to play! 
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07-17-2001, 07:15 AM
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Great idea for a post, Wayne.
1. Play a song you are familiar with the first time you play in front of someone...there is nothing worse than making a fool of yourself with a song you don't know. 2. Play your guitar often for your family. Involve them in the music you play.
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#12
07-18-2001, 12:40 PM
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Quote:
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2002 714 Engelmann Florentine 2002 Big Baby If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted business. John D. Rockefeller Uncork New York!
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#13
08-13-2001, 03:22 PM
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Besides deciding to practice semi-seriously each day, the BEST thing I've done in years is learn to play without looking at the fretboard. At first, it was a GIGANTIC step backwards and very frustrating, but with practice I've gotten the hang of it. In order to do it, it's helpful to: (1) hold/lock the guitar in the same position every time (the classical method of holding the guitar works pretty well) (2) study new songs carefully and structure your fingering so that you keep at least one finger on the fretboard as you move around (also maintains sustain for a richer sound) so that you always know where you are on the fretboard. If you must take all your fingers off the fretboard, be aware of where your thumb is and let this help you find the frets. Seems like a lot of hassle but, I found the benefits of playing this way to be: (1) one can learn new songs MUCH faster as one only looks at the music as one plays (2) one can play with the eyes closed and really hear the quality of the music produced and (3) one can play with the fretboard and guitar face in a more vertical plane (rather than facing the ceiling) which makes left hand and right hand work more natural and easier.
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#14
08-13-2001, 05:20 PM
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a good TAB search engine is
www.robottab.com
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#15
08-13-2001, 10:13 PM
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Always keep a guitar within easy reach. You never know when that perfect song will strike you!JW
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Resident Driver of the Drama Bus. Yes, I can beat a horse to death with just my right wing.
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