Ok, so I've been reading through everyone's posts since I joined and it has become obvious that not only does everyone love Joe and his work, but a great many of you also play the guitar or bass. So this seems like a perfect place to ask this question.

As I said in my first post I'm pretty well talentless as far as playing music goes. I haven't really played seriously since Jr. High and then I was playing the trumpet. Since then all I've played is simple beats on a small hand drum for drumming circles. Oh and the pan pipes but I'm so awful at that, that I shouldn't have mentioned it.

I would like to learn how to play the guitar but I'm not real sure where to get started. I have no intentions of playing with a band, it's something I would like to do simply for my own enjoyment and to try and build some dexterity up in my right hand after a surgery I had a few years ago that caused me to lose a lot of it. I figure playing the guitar would be great exercise for it.

So really I was going to see if any of you could maybe give me some advice on where I to start. What types of guitars would be best for my needs and general stuff like that. Thanks.

ooooh..... cant wait for t2j3 1 n 2 are soooo good!

Pancake day....hmmmm why do people in the UK insist on only having them on one day a year....me....I have em whenever I like!

JOE - have you ever tried and English style Pancake?

Well on either count....if you come to my house I will give you both of those....open invitation! LOL

Ibanez_god - WOW cool looking Ibanez guitar you got there! I see you into LOTR...ever been to the stage show...I was dubious but curious how they were going to cut it down any further ....but it was pretty cool...worth going to see...I am still miffed that they cut out Tom Bombadil from the film! grrrrr

Audio only....

slansh

Cube : 6 songs missing for 100677 members.. terrible statement bro.

I'm supposed to get a Firebox Presonus Cubase system next week. I stop with analogic tascam. Too much breath.

Just a thought.. maybe some of us could do a second song for t2jcd3, if this option could help to conclude this trip.

Austin, I got Portnoy's dvd In Constant Motion today. Pure feckin' genius! He is to drums what Joe is to guitar. Absolutely brilliant with their instruments. No time to watch all SEVEN hours of it (lol!) so I started with disk 2. I don't even have time to watch all of that right now, but what I've seen is mind blowing, as always, when I watch him drum and explain the songs.

If he would go on tour with Joe, they could call themselves Blue Beard and Baldy!

:- )

"No I don't wanna battle from beginning to end, I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge, I don't wanna follow death & all of his friends"

hmmm...plus...it's a troll with NO balls, since all other previous posts were just edited and erased. Niiiiiiiice :) Better to have the shite deleted I say, yay!

Hi Joe

My name is Daniel Caruso I'm from South of Brazil

i like your songs very much

well, i'm a singer and i have a metal band and we are recording a full lenght coming in may.

if you have a minute you can see some songs from our two demos on www.myspace.com/aspermetal.

it will be a pleasure...

God bless your hands heheheh you are not this earth

you are part of our lives...since we are just crazy teens learning how to sing and play...your songs was the best influence for us.

So am I the only person who finds it funny that this site has more than 100,000 members, but a troll is able to come here and take the username "Coldplay" because, well, no one else thought it was one worth having? ;-)

One thing to keep in mind is you'll get what you pay for. So don't spend $1,000 on something that's nicer than you know how to play, obviously, but at the same time you don't want to buy something for $50 that isn't a nice enough instrument to keep you interested.

Since you don't have much experience with music I'd also recommend taking a few lessons at the music store, just to get you going.

Other people here will probably have advice that's completely different, but that's the beauty of this site I guess. ;-)

I really love that DVD and then the "making of" DVD that came with Systematic Chaos...it's really cool to see how MIke Portnoy organizes all the little pieces of the band's sound.

While I have you hear I'll say that I have some Pennsylvania-related questions for you...I'll send you an e-mail sometime later today, if I have some free time...thanks. :-)

So am I the only person who finds it funny that this site has more than 100,000 members, but a troll is able to come here and take the username "Coldplay" because, well, no one else thought it was one worth having? ;-)

Thanks Ibenez and Stu. I guess I'll start looking. I had planned on going acoustic initially partially because I love the sound of acoustic guitars. Well when and if I find one I'll be sure to let ya'll know.