the journey continues

So the die was set, I had my new Jay Jr guitar that I won in a raffle (unlike Bryan Adams who got his at the 5 & Dime).  I now had to start learning to play the thing, so armed with a chord book I got some lessons from a friend of mine who taught me some easy songs like Jimi Hendrix “Hey Joe”. Lo and behold I got better as time went on. Learning songs that I liked was the key. As a big Bob Seger fan I was so pleased to find many of his songs used easy chords. G, D, C, Em, A etc. I was on my way. That Jay Jr proved to be a great starter guitar. 

Vintage SG copy

As time went on I felt I needed something with a bit more oomph so it was time to add to the guitar collection, whilst searching eBay I came across a red SG copy made by Vintage. I did a little research and Vintage seemed to be a half decent guitar, and of course I loved my SG bass all those years ago. The seller wanted the buyer to collect so I figured that it should be all ok if I was collecting it from him. As it turned out it was another good buy. It was in mint condition; it played beautifully and sounded great too. A bargain at £70. I then bought a Leem amp to play it through. I was off and running with the electric guitar. After a while more practicing and I was improving all the time.

Yamaha F310

 Soon the Jay Jr was traded in at my local music shop and replaced by a Yamaha F310 another guitar that was so good to play and great value for money at a little over £100. 

 Practice practice practice. That was the way forward. The only way to get better was to keep going and playing songs you like is the key as it makes the whole thing enjoyable. Having the electric guitar is great but it is so convenient having an acoustic at hand to just pick up and strum and at this point that was what I was doing. I would hear something on the radio or remember a song then off to the internet and find the chords then learn the song. I found www.ultimate-guitar.com to be about the best. They have a terrific amount of songs on their database. Ultimate guitar has many variations of songs and the ability to transpose into a different key, print options and every thing you need.  

More on the journey next time. I will leave you with some easy stuff to learn.