Guitar geekery (and other musical whatnots)

[capitalcrew]

I've been learning a bit about music theory as I think I mentioned I would be when I bumped this, and I really can't believe I didn't learn some of this sooner. It was probably my fault as a punk ass kid who said he didn't want to learn any of it in lessons, but man would it have made such a big difference.

I've also been watching and reading a bunch of "What I wish I knew what I started" things, and surprisingly, I'm already vaguely familiar with a pretty large amount of it. I have seen a lot of things I half learned when I was just younger so that's been kind of rad. I think I'm starting out from scratch, or I've been telling myself that anyway, but I have a bit of a head start so that's good.

The twin reverb is pretty great. I wish I had it when I lived in a rural area with no neighbors. I could have cranked it whenever I wanted. Now I keep it pretty quiet.

[capitalcrew]

Built this to hold all of my guitars. Needs some felt and finishing touches still, but I'm super happy with it so far

[Chippertheripper]

That’s neat.

Theory is the math part of music I’d been missing my whole life too.
The whole what goes with what that your ear doesn’t necessarily tell you is huge.

[capitalcrew]

Yup. We'll see how it goes. I'm expecting to do much better this time than I did when I was younger though. Really I'd say I already am, which is bad, considering the amount of time I have spent in the last month and the amount of time I spent as a kid. I didn't forget everything either though, and my hands could be clumsier.

I also used "neat" to describe the rack lol. It was cheap to build. I think I spent something like 35 bucks on pine boards. I already had most of the tools (I bought a coping saw and wood clamp from harbor freight). I have poly and stain already. I just need some sort of adhesive and felt and that'll be it. Beats spending 200+ for sure.

[gixxer72]

Yup. We'll see how it goes. I'm expecting to do much better this time than I did when I was younger though. Really I'd say I already am, which is bad, considering the amount of time I have spent in the last month and the amount of time I spent as a kid. I didn't forget everything either though, and my hands could be clumsier.

You’ll likely do better this time around, especially with more focused practice.

I started playing in 1985 at age 13. Lessons, learned to read music, etc. In 1988 started playing in bar bands, usually 3 weekends per month. Band practice 9 hours per week, every week. Solo practice anywhere from 20-40 hours per week. I did this until utter burnout around 1995. Didn’t touch a guitar for 12 years! I’ve been playing on and off again since 2007, and have never been happier with my playing. I’ll probably never be as technically proficient as I once was, but I’m totally ok with that.

Good luck to you, try to keep it fun.