Life is one big circle….. – Page 2 – Meet and Greet

Catsworth · 2006-05-03T20:09:04Z

Well.....I'm new here so I thought I'd introduce myself, say hi, and give you a potted history of me and guitars :)I'm 28 and from the UK (big shout out to all my fellow UK'ers ;) ).I first got interested in learning to play the guitar when I was about 15, I pestered my parents for months (and months, and months) to buy me a guitar. Eventually they relented and agreed to buy me one if I did ok with my GCSEs (Secondary school exams). Needless to say, this was all the motivation that I needed and I was soon the owner of my first guitar. Solid bodied electric, hard-tail, single HB pickup. Also.....just about as cheap as you can get. Nonetheless I was stoked - in my head I was already a rock God and was second only to Hendrix in terms of skill and ability.In reality my playing sucked.....for a long time.....and never got any better.I put some of that down to a lack of real motivation, but I also felt (and in hindsight I think that this is closer to the truth than I knew at the time) that I was largely being hampered by the guitar I was using.I know that there's a saying that "a bad workman always blames his tools", I guess there's an equivelant "a bad musician always blames his instrument" but for me I truely believe this was the case. The sound from this guitar was dreadful, truly dreadful (and not just because of my playing). I guess this was largely due to cheap construction etc. It was also a nightmare to play, the action was way too high (or at least, it seemed to be) and it refused any attempts to get a decent setup.In the end I became totally disillusioned and just abandoned the whole thing as a bad deal.....So, here I am some 12 months later and I'm starting to get that familiar feeling - like I'm missing something. For some reason my mind is telling me that what I'm missing is the feeling that playing a guitar used to give me. No matter what was wrong with the world (and no matter how bad I sounded) I always felt better when I had that cheap six-string in my hand.So, yet again, I'm hankering after a guitar.In the course of my research I found this site, and I'm loving reading through the posts and articles - so a big thanks to everybody that posts/contributes here :)Hopefully it won't be long before I own my new guitar.....until then I'll just read, absorb, and dream.

Catsworth

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Cheers guys :)

Rumour has it that if you play Microsoft CDs backwards you will hear Satanic messages.

Worse still, is that if you play them forwards they will install Windows.

Posted : 06/05/2006 4:22 pm

ricola

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Welcome fellow Newbian and a big shout out from a Mac guy...

Psa. 42:8
By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Posted : 06/05/2006 5:10 pm

biker_jim_uk

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Hello from Nottingham

Posted : 07/05/2006 1:04 am

Catsworth

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:)

Hi Guys, thankc for the welcome 8)

Rumour has it that if you play Microsoft CDs backwards you will hear Satanic messages.

Worse still, is that if you play them forwards they will install Windows.

Posted : 07/05/2006 8:56 am

Saber

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Ahoy, ahoy.

I went to England once, it was very British.

Cheers!!!

"Like the coldest winter chill. Heaven beside you. Hell within." -Jerry Cantrell

Posted : 07/05/2006 4:51 pm

Ginger

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Hi catsworth., welcome to GN. :)

Posted : 07/05/2006 8:57 pm

Catsworth

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LoL @ Saber :D British? Nah, never noticed :)

Cheers Bonzo :)

Rumour has it that if you play Microsoft CDs backwards you will hear Satanic messages.

Worse still, is that if you play them forwards they will install Windows.

Posted : 08/05/2006 6:12 am

Misanthrope

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Mac guys eh? Hmmmmm..... Any chance you could try a program for me? I've made a couple of flash tools, and Flash will optionally kick out a .hqx - but I have no way to test them to see if they even work :)

They're at http://www.ChordsandScales.co.uk/tools/ (along with flash & PC versions). Any help greatly appreciated :)

ChordsAndScales.co.uk - Guitar Chord/Scale Finder/Viewer

Posted : 08/05/2006 8:30 am

ricola

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Mac guys eh? Hmmmmm..... Any chance you could try a program for me? I've made a couple of flash tools, and Flash will optionally kick out a .hqx - but I have no way to test them to see if they even work :)

They're at http://www.ChordsandScales.co.uk/tools/ (along with flash & PC versions). Any help greatly appreciated :)

Certainly, I'd be glad to. PM me and let me know if you need specifics or just a "yes they work" sort of thing.

Psa. 42:8
By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Posted : 08/05/2006 12:43 pm

Misanthrope

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Thanks, "yes they work" is fine. I imagine they would as Macromedia are big enough to know what they're doing, I just can't see it first hand :)

ChordsAndScales.co.uk - Guitar Chord/Scale Finder/Viewer

Posted : 08/05/2006 1:27 pm

ricola

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ChordsandScales,

The Pentatonic Scale and the Key and Transposition Tool work fine on the Mac.

Psa. 42:8
By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Posted : 08/05/2006 1:42 pm

lanzdona

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Welcome to GN!
The folks here are really nice and helpful!
You'll have a great time.

Lance & Donna / Lance Harrison Band
Original American Southern Roots & Blues
http://www.lance-n-donna.com

Check out our CD's at CD Baby
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/lanzdona

Posted : 14/05/2006 12:57 am

Misanthrope

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ChordsandScales,

The Pentatonic Scale and the Key and Transposition Tool work fine on the Mac.Thanks Ricola, and sorry I didn't notice your reply until today (I rely a bit too much on the email notifications I think...:roll:)

ChordsAndScales.co.uk - Guitar Chord/Scale Finder/Viewer

Posted : 14/05/2006 4:04 pm

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