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                        <title>Re: An old new guy, kinda.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/meet-and-greet/an-old-new-guy-kinda/#post-387566</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the forum!!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to the forum!!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/meet-and-greet/">Meet and Greet</category>                        <dc:creator>Bish</dc:creator>
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                        <title>An old new guy, kinda.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/meet-and-greet/an-old-new-guy-kinda/#post-47219</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2017 20:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi from the Great State of Oklahoma. No, I&#039;m not from Muskogee darn it. I am a very young looking and feeling 43 years old. I did not start playing guitar till after I was 41.  I had not eve...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi from the Great State of Oklahoma. No, I'm not from Muskogee darn it. I am a very young looking and feeling 43 years old. I did not start playing guitar till after I was 41.  I had not ever played an instrument before either. I started off buying an Ibánez Gio from Guitar Center. It came strung with 9's. I bought a spider iv 15 watt amp at the same time and mainly practiced/played with headphones. I downloaded several different softwares to learn from, finally settleing on yousician. I bought a Scarlett i2 midi device to facilitate this. I dedicated at least 30 minutes on weekdays and the 60 minutes on weekends of practice time barely missing (I have noticed I don't fall asleep as well when I don't practice or play at night now) any days. <br>When I started yousician, level 3 was hard for me mainly on the rythym side. Mainly because it was learning the chords and transitions. I have worked up to level 7, having just paid my second year fees about 2 weeks ago. The software has filled the void of having a real teacher, but I feel it has not adaqutely replaced one. <br>Last year I bought an American Design Experience Strat. I love my kids almost as much as this machine. It sounds so much clearer and feels sturdier and stronger then the $200 Ibánez. It is also harder to play, more challenging. I made it more challenging by ordering it with 10's strung on it. <br>Now I just play for fun, so I am wondering if I am just making things harder by keeping the 10's on, or if I would like my playing better if I switched to 9's on the Strat. Playing the Ibánez is easier, especially with the 9's. <br>What does the forum think? Would you switch to 9's and why? Or would you tough out the 10's and why. Thank you for reading this.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/meet-and-greet/">Meet and Greet</category>                        <dc:creator>Antwalk33</dc:creator>
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