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Seriously I reckon you should be thinking about tone from day one - but not in terms of gear. The most important things are to do with your playing: your intonation, the way you hold the strings, the way you pick (and what with), your vibrato. You also want to ensure whatever gear you have is set u...

Tone is subjective, and the only people that ever care are other guitarists :mrgreen: +1 to that. :P Seriously I reckon you should be thinking about tone from day one - but not in terms of gear. The most important things are to do with your playing: your intonation, the way you hold the strings, th...

Well duh. I'm keen

Yeah, tried that. It started streaming, then disappeared - which is weird.

Hehe - listening now. Most excellent, mang

I has a sad that the clip doesn't want to play on tapatalk/my iPad.

very cool

love the vocals, Dave Real good grit

This:

Capt. Black wrote:... most of my dumb novice mistakes are now ongoing parts of my basic repertoire.

I've never stopped making mistakes. In a way I hope I never do

I really don't need to add anything (other than my complete agreement) to this: In a world of disposable consumerism and instant gratification, a fine guitar is something of an Anti statement. You have to play a new one for years before it reveals its full potential. You may have been fortunate and ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnr9xkJbfhY[/youtube]

He's damn good alright. That first vid was especially interesting, thanks for posting

dayl wrote:Oh.. cool. Havn't seen much Stevie just rockin up to Namm and jammin on new toys.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlKaY19 ... re=related[/youtube]

Very cool indeed

sonicfantom wrote:It seems that most people use Tortex, followed closely by Nylon, then celluloid in general.

And I'm the only polycarbonate user

Oh yeah - playing with my fingers a lot more, lately. As for Ash's question about the wrong picks, for me the most important thing is the big triangle shape; a normal pick shape I find hard to use, and have to turn it around backwards. Otherwise I have too much sticking out, and get fewer pick harmo...