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Stars & Their Guitars

I watched a cool documentary last night called ¡°Stars & Their Guitars.¡± It¡¯s a great look at the history of the guitar and the guitarists who play them. The focus was on Gibson, Fender, Rickenbacker and Gretsch. The documentary wasn¡¯t just about the guitars, there was a lot of great insight into playing buy some impressive players as well. Check it out if you haven¡¯t already.

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Finding An Instructor

I¡¯ve been looking for a good guitar teacher to being taking lessons. I¡¯m primarily interested in playing rock, rockabilly, blues, and jazz. There are quite a few choices here in San Francisco, but I was able weed out quite a few based on their style. I was leaning towards taking lessons from a jazz player because my assumption is they have a better foundation in music theory and fundamentals, which is important to me. Not that ¡°rock guitarists¡± don¡¯t know music theory, but it seems like jazz players are more rooted in the fundamentals. I feel like if I have a better understanding of the theory, it will make things easier down the road. For some, grabbing some tabs and learning as you go is fine. But I want a little more structure.

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My Three Guitars

Rickenbacker 330

Gibson ES-175SP

Gretsch 5120

Update:

I added a new guitar to the collection, a Gibson Les Paul 1957 Goldtop Reissue:

Welcome - It¡¯s Never Too Late To Learn The Guitar

I decided to start this blog because I¡¯m a late comer to learning the guitar. I¡¯m not sure where I¡¯m going to go with it, but for now I¡¯ll just post about my experiences with taking up the guitar at a later than normal time in life.

I¡¯m a 36 year old photographer in San Francisco California. I¡¯ve always loved guitars. If I had my way I¡¯d have a room full of guitars of all types. To be honest, I¡¯m not 100% new to the guitar. I¡¯ve actually been playing here and there most of my life. I first took lessons when I was about 11 years old. But, as with most things kids do, I didn¡¯t stick with it¡­ I was much more interested in going out causing trouble around town on my skateboard. The requisite practicing never took place and the lessons didn¡¯t last long¡­ I think I expected to instantly be good at the guitar and when that didn¡¯t happen I lost interest.

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