Peace Lily
Debora Aylett Irrigon, Oregon United states
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My son is wanting me to buy him an acoustic guitar., he has been learning on a borrowed one but he could not take with him to college. I am at a loss as what to get for him. Not anything fancy just decent. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :-)
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Thu Aug 25 '11 10:13:34 am
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ibanezebra
Richard Barnes England Plays: Guitar (20 years)
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u could get him one of the cheaper tanglewood ones...they sell them in my toewn (hexham) for about 1-3 hundred pounds. I mean, if you dont want anything fancy you could even stoop down to squire level...theyre only about 60. i wouldnt recommend them though, theyre cheap for a reason.
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Thu Aug 25 '11 10:16:01 am
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cheese101
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Peace, I've bought a few gits off ebay, all electric, and have been lucky they turned out to be fine. I'm far from being any expert at all, but a couple things I have learned is to look at the neck joint and make sure there's no cracks there or signs of stress, and to check the frets for signs of wear, grooves from the strings, etc. Of course there's always the electronics if it's an acoustic/electric, but I'm thinking you mean for it to be just acoustic.
You might try posting a want ad on Craigslist for your area and see what comes up. That way he could test it out before buying, and examine it closely for problems. I think most guitarists prefer to play before buying, because every guitar feels and sounds different to each person.
Too bad you don't live near here, our guitar guy would fix you up :) Good luck on the hunt and GOOD LUCK on his adventure with college! That's wonderful!
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Thu Aug 25 '11 11:02:03 am
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Peace Lily
Debora Aylett Irrigon, Oregon United states
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Thanks Cheese I did not know what to watch out for that helps.
He just started to play about 3 months ago but he is very serious about it. College is a big adventure for him ...long way from home. He is attending Missouri Valley College in Marshall MO. He received an awesome athletic scholarship because of his wrestling.. Miss him though ...used to having my family close ....:-)
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Thu Aug 25 '11 12:36:56 pm
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Guitarvibes
Frits The T2J heretic. The Netherlands Plays: Guitar (1007 years)
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peace
good guitar for very reasonable price:
http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/el-ac-guitars/apx/apx500/?mode=model
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Thu Aug 25 '11 12:45:40 pm
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Peace Lily
Debora Aylett Irrigon, Oregon United states
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I probably should not get to carried away with cost because he is just learning .......
Flash - Thank you for the link..I probably will take a trip to our nearest store and check out whats available. They do carry the one you linked.
Might end up being an X-mas gift. He is pretty adamant about needing one NOW however lol
JemJVM- not really keen on buying online myself ...just wondered what peeps thought ..y'all kinda confirmed my thoughts on the matter.
Although if I get one here I'll still have to ship it there. sigh ....
Thanks to all for responses .....like I said...I had not a clue. :-)
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Thu Aug 25 '11 2:33:15 pm
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cheese101
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Peace, if he's truly serious, try not to go with the really cheap acoustic. That's what Chris started out on, a $100 Johnson I think it was. Played the snot outta it of course but in 4 months we were looking at electrics because the neck was separating from the body. Cheap, CheaP, CHEAP!! It ended up as rubble :)
Breedlove guitars are really wonderful and are actually made here in Oregon. They have fairly reasonable prices clear up to the not-so-reasonable. It just depends on what u wanna pay...but if you think it's something he's going to stick with, invest in a little better git that can stay with him for many years. Believe me, it pays off in the end.
That's a long way away from home, more power to him!!! Momma's got a new place to go visit, lol!!
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Thu Aug 25 '11 2:50:34 pm
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III Costa Mesa, CA United States Plays: Bass (25 years)
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So, it looks like Kenny Aronoff is our guy for the time being...
I don't know how many people are familiar with his work, but I thought I'd share a video of him from the John Bonham tribute I went to last year. I was right down in front; you can see me in some of the shots here:
Rock And Roll / Black Dog
I'll miss Chad, but Kenny is a great choice to fill in...
Mahavishnu - I did take some pictures at the Cliff Show II; I'll try to make some time this weekend to go through them all and share a few.
...Austin...
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Thu Aug 25 '11 7:12:10 pm
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Blue_Moon
Alan McKenna Dublin Ireland Plays: Guitar (23 years)
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alrite yanke doodles, shove this in your pie hole :)
as for buying guitars online, being a lefty usually its the only way!
but for acoustics, ya have to go and try them out, all sound and feel sooooooooo different, and yeah buying online is ok from reputable places of course
my least fav bug is a slug, yuck
MORE CREAMCORN JIMBO JONES JNR!
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Fri Aug 26 '11 12:01:09 am
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Two Shay
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Do the Burgers / AustIn and Out Lewis
Black Dog and Rock and Roll are of course the first two tracks on what is commonly called Led Zep 4, one of my all time favourite albums.
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Fri Aug 26 '11 3:03:39 am
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028jimihendrix
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hey joe, massive fan of yours. really looking forward to the new chickenfoot album and tour. hoping you'll be coming to ireland. i recently got myself one of your 2400 ibanez's and have one of your js20ths may i say they are 2 of the most amazing guitars ive ever played. would love someday to get them signed. :)
thanks joe for your inspirational music.
cheers
chris
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Fri Aug 26 '11 8:33:08 am
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Peace Lily
Debora Aylett Irrigon, Oregon United states
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Michelle- Congrats to your niece and others on the important milestone for the tribes.
I hate slugs too BUT they are not a bug......
they are a gastropod mollusk......... and are
DISGUSTING slimey critters ;-)
And thanks for continued input on guitar purchase...I think my daughter's boyfriend is gonna help me with choosing. He plays acoustic , & expressed an interest in helping me pick one.
Camping this weekend....& riding my four wheeler ....beautiful weather for it . Should be fun! :-)
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Fri Aug 26 '11 10:33:19 am
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michelle
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I'm over 100 miles inland, but they're saying we're going to get slammed too. It should be down to a cat. 1 by the time it hits here. They're calling for heavy rain & wind sustaining 20 to 40 mph with gusts to 60, and possibly thunder/lightening. That's a lot of wind! Lots of talk about NJ & NY getting hit way hard. If it is that strong this far up the coast, all the beach front places will be obliterated, and Long Island is in deep shit. A lot can change in 2 days. Gotta put away all the outside furniture, plants, and whatnot, make sure the rain spouts & gutters are clear, and along with the rest of the east coast - get some groceries. They're saying to take pictures of yer property so you can have before & after pics for yer insurance company.
God bless those on the coast. It's gonna get ugly.
Should be interesting to say the least.
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Fri Aug 26 '11 1:53:16 pm
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oxley11
Hackensack, NJ United States Plays: Guitar (15 years)
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Listening to the Chickenfoot III preview on iTunes, there are a few songs that jumped out at me as being interestingly good.
First one was Different Devil which I liked a lot, because it was a country-like ballad with some of Joe's nice Hendrix infuenced blues licks in the background.
Second one was Come Closer. It's a soft, almost jazzy piece of music. It almost reminds of something Sting would do. Sting Tommorow We'll See
Third and last one was Something Gone Wrong. It has a nice, acoustic riff which kinda reminds of The Charlie Daniels Band. And what I heard was another classic Joe blues solo which is always nice.
The others didn't jump out at me, but that doesn't mean they're bad. I just have to listen to them in their entirety to get the full effect. And Up Next sounds like the riff to Purple Haze.
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Fri Aug 26 '11 3:26:17 pm
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Peace Lily
Debora Aylett Irrigon, Oregon United states
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RE Chickenfoot III
May not be darker in the traditional sense of the word ............ but bluesier (is that a word ?) and a bit more range for Sams voice on some songs.
I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked the samples.
Can not wait for the cd to drop and be able to listen to the songs in full .
:-)
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Fri Aug 26 '11 3:51:49 pm
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Peace Lily
Debora Aylett Irrigon, Oregon United states
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Not camping this weekend... motor home caught fire and is a total loss no body was injured thank GOD.......jeez that was scary...... it is now a smoldering hunk of metal in my driveway.
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Fri Aug 26 '11 6:26:12 pm
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