On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 06:24:26 +0000, "Joe Bruchis"
 wrote:


>For a beginner those are fine. Check out the YouTube videos that compare 
>Stratocaster to Squires. The main difference is the quality of the parts, but 
>the sound and playability appear to be acceptable in the Squire. I have never 
>played one and don't intend to. (-:

I was talking to a guy at the local Guitar Center about the $99 Squire
+ amp deal and he was saying a beginner would outgrow it in about a
year. I can believe that. 


>Remember the Sears Silvertone guitar and amp? Those are worth a ton now. (-: 

No, I can't say I do actually.


>Yes. There are certain things our fingers have a hard time doing. When I was 
>young, I lost the very tip of my little finger after slamming it in a car
door. 
>So the bone is just under the skin, and it feels weird pressing on steel 
>strings. I use it fine playing chords, but it gets difficult when playing 
>scales, and especially walking octaves up and down the neck. Subconciously, I 
>suppose, I'm trying to protect it and it adds to the difficulty with
dexterity. 
>But then I look at some of these guys like Keith Richards, whose finger joints

>are bent from arthritis, being able to overcome that and still play great 
>music.. amazing.

Ouch, sounds painful. My fingers get so sore if I've not played for a
while so I hate to think what it would be like for you. You definitely
need the little finger for Sultans :)

>You've got me wanting to learn "Wishing You Were Here".
>
>I am just now learning acoustic picking techniques (mainly Travis picking). I 
>can't play electric without a pick either. If I did, it wouldn't sound
anywhere 
>close to the same. Also I would lose a lot of speed. So, I can understand
where 
>Slash was coming from. What I don't understand is how he didn't have picks in 
>his pockets, wallet, and guitar case like any other professional. (-: I could 
>do without a capo, but I'd always be in the wrong key unless I re-learned
whole 
>songs in other keys.

Even professionals can get caught short. Like I say, anther reason not
to depend on it. If you watch some of Knopfler's stuff, you'll see you
can get really quick using just fingers, but the sound is definitely
different and it's more difficult to put off a 3 string "pluck" for
want of a better word and get the same sound, it's different if you
strum it rather than get the same attack on all 3 strings.

>
> N> Talking of, try listening to Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd with
>> N> the stereo panned to one side or the other so you can barely hear
>> N> the 12 string guitar...interesting listening.
>>
>>I will have to listen to that. I'm not sure I've listened close
>>enough to it to
>>remember there being a 12 string guitar in the song. (-: 
>
> N> "[Gilmour] performed the intro on a twelve-string guitar, processed
> N> to sound like it was playing through an AM radio, and then
> N> overdubbed a fuller-sounding acoustic guitar solo." - Wikipedia.
>
>I will give that a listen. I like David Gilmour's style also. He really knows 
>how to use a tremolo bar.  

Now, you want to talk tremolo, then we need to talk Hank Marvin...
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