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Title: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 19, 2010, 06:21:20 PM
After my four hand guitar thread I got an irresistible urge to play the guitar!  eeek:

I've ordered the thing from Amazon...

How hard could it be...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 19, 2010, 06:26:35 PM
What sort of guitar?

Bloody hard, prepare for bleeding fingers if my experience over the last 5 years is anything to go by.

I keep going back to mine but I get no better at it  surrender:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 19, 2010, 06:28:46 PM
This one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-F310-Acoustic-Guitar-Pack/dp/B000KLJW3K/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)

Shipped to Cyprus for a tenner!  cloud9:

Give me a couple of weeks and I'll be playing this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_8d0DJpbBI
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 19, 2010, 06:35:11 PM
 happy001

I wish you luck.



The THW can play an electric guitar ........ took 3 years of lessons  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 19, 2010, 06:43:09 PM
happy001

I wish you luck.



The THW can play an electric guitar ........ took 3 years of lessons  whistle:

lessons eh...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Pastis on March 19, 2010, 06:58:19 PM
I used to able to play this  redface:   I could probably only manage the first few bars now  noooo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A&feature=related
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 19, 2010, 07:03:51 PM
As a teen/early twenties my instrument was:
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However not the sort of thing one plays alone so I decided a few years back to try the guitar again ..... not a good move really.

Doubt if I have the energy or ability for Drums any more either.

I can still manage one of these:
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Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Pastis on March 19, 2010, 07:10:24 PM
 lol:

When I was learning the classical guitar as a teenager there was a lad a few houses down the road who was practising the drums...

Seared into my memory is the drum solo from "Wipeout" .... I'll have to find a link  8)

Got it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5D07c0dJuQ
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 19, 2010, 07:35:57 PM
Most excellent  cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 19, 2010, 07:45:57 PM
This was one we used to play .... one of the few that they let me sing. I used to get the really hard on the throat ones whilst the regular vocalist took all the smoochy stuff. Shared drumming duties too .... served drinks when not on stage.

Saturday nights at the Camp (RAF) Dance .......... Most excellent bird puller being one of the band eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEq62iQo0eU
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 19, 2010, 08:20:37 PM
I used to able to play this  redface:   I could probably only manage the first few bars now  noooo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A&feature=related

Awesome!

I'll do that one after I've mastered Cavatina....  cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 20, 2010, 08:06:20 AM
How long will this phase last  noooo:

What mid life crisis  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 08:13:23 AM
How long will this phase last  noooo:

What mid life crisis  whistle:

It lasted 'til I remembered about it this morning...  redface:

Unfortunately, Amazon have already shipped it....   Banghead
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 20, 2010, 08:19:52 AM
Some of us reach our teenage years later than others  whistle:

I look forward to the live streaming of your first concert to the VP lounge  cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: The Moan Ranger on March 20, 2010, 08:53:03 AM
My guitar (except mine is left-handed, like)


(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.postimage.org%2F1XG5r.jpg&hash=d4ef25a441810e4dc67b75e3f1d73bcc7a9078b0) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq1XG5r)


Bought as I always wanted one and it's a bit of an investment (it's doubled in value after 8 years) - still can't play it very well though.
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 08:54:47 AM
My guitar (except mine is left-handed, like)


(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.postimage.org%2F1XG5r.jpg&hash=d4ef25a441810e4dc67b75e3f1d73bcc7a9078b0) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq1XG5r)


Bought as I always wanted one and it's a bit of an investment (it's doubled in value after 8 years) - still can't play it very well though.

We could start a band like...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 20, 2010, 08:59:04 AM
Ooh, can I join?
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: The Moan Ranger on March 20, 2010, 09:06:14 AM
Ooh, can I join?

We don't need a triangle player  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: GROWLER on March 20, 2010, 09:28:37 AM
Ooh, can I join?

Oh yes,naturally.

You could play, mmmmmm, let's think now ey......  rubschin:

Of course, ::)  the village idiot! happy088
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 09:43:23 AM
Ooh, can I join?

We are going to be the Biking Buskers...  whistle:

Do you have a motorbike...?
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Grumpmeister on March 20, 2010, 09:21:33 PM
I look forward to the live streaming of your first concert to the VP lounge  cloud9:

While my guitar gently weeps...  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 09:23:44 PM
I look forward to the live streaming of your first concert to the VP lounge  cloud9:

While my guitar gently weeps...  whistle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qpfGVUd8c

 cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 20, 2010, 09:24:25 PM
and the VP dance troupe gyrate to the rhythm  scared2:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 09:26:31 PM
and the VP dance troupe gyrate to the rhythm  scared2:

get down!  lol:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on March 20, 2010, 09:31:21 PM

and the VP dance troupe gyrate to the rhythm  scared2:

get down!  lol:
Do you need some more dimensions and can we have silver pom poms to shake and wave about? whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 09:32:55 PM

and the VP dance troupe gyrate to the rhythm  scared2:

get down!  lol:
Do you need some more dimensions and can we have silver pom poms to shake and wave about? whistle:

Not pom poms....  noooo:

Tambourines perhaps...  rubschin:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on March 20, 2010, 09:36:51 PM
I can do that!   ;D
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 09:38:13 PM
I can do that!   ;D

You're in the band!  ;)
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on March 20, 2010, 09:45:00 PM
Have I to do the triangle as well, seeing as how Nick can't come, through lack of trousers? whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 20, 2010, 09:47:59 PM
Have I to do the triangle as well, seeing as how Nick can't come, through lack of trousers? whistle:

I think we can manage without the triangle....

Concentrate on your tambourine solo....  ;)
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Pastis on March 25, 2010, 07:30:33 PM
 tunble:

Well?   Has it arrived yet?   Your... (cough)... axe?
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 25, 2010, 07:48:41 PM
 evil:

Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 25, 2010, 08:23:59 PM
No...  evil:

Amazon say it left Staufenberg on Monday morning... since then, no word...  noooo:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Grumpmeister on March 25, 2010, 09:38:46 PM
LL intercepted the shupment...  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Pirate on March 25, 2010, 09:54:16 PM
For beginners...Bert Weedon, play in a day whistle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5RA3iUQMkU
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Pirate on March 25, 2010, 09:57:51 PM
My theme tune  cloud9:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_lAjt-gMw
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Darwins Selection on March 25, 2010, 10:37:03 PM
My theme tune  cloud9:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlYfLwIknXM


 whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Pirate on March 25, 2010, 11:06:47 PM
Ahhhh...those were the days.  cloud9:

1/-9d a pint...1/-10d for 10 No6...tipped

The Sweeney, The Professionals, Z Cars, Fireball XL5...
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 26, 2010, 07:16:54 AM
Oooh I loved  cloud9:The Professionals    cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 07:25:57 AM
Oooh I loved  cloud9: Martin Shaw. Pity he was a poofter    sad24:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 26, 2010, 07:31:43 AM
Only cos he never met me like  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Darwins Selection on March 26, 2010, 09:38:40 AM
Only cos he never met me like  whistle:

You think you would have put him straight?

Surely you were at primary school when the Professionals was on?
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 09:46:37 AM
She was prolly  a Gary Glitter fan  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 26, 2010, 10:03:58 AM
I was a Gary Glitter fan...  redface:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 10:06:35 AM
 point:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 26, 2010, 10:16:54 AM
Only cos he never met me like  whistle:

You think you would have put him straight?

Surely you were at primary school when the Professionals was on?

Biggest crush phase was at age 11 I admit ......those curly locks, that battered brown jacket and ever so tight jeans. the way he threw himself over the Capri bonnet   cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 26, 2010, 10:29:41 AM


Enough of this pre-pubescent damp gusset talk  nonono:



You'll be in no condition to work for the rest of the day.
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 26, 2010, 10:33:23 AM
It's good to reflect  cloud9: cloud9: cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 26, 2010, 10:35:50 AM
Never look back ~ it leads to disappointment.  noooo:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: tel on March 26, 2010, 10:39:21 AM
It also leads to walking into lamp posts
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 11:01:46 AM
I have done that  redface: I have a scar  noooo:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 26, 2010, 11:07:51 AM
I have done that  redface: I have a scar  noooo:

 point:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 11:11:48 AM
1978. Got distracted by some gerls  eyes:. Spent the evening in A&E. Scar still there  noooo:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 26, 2010, 11:12:39 AM
1978. Got distracted by some gerls  eyes:. Spent the evening in A&E. Scar still there  noooo:

Where is it, on yer knob?  point:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 11:13:20 AM
Left eyebrow  redface:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 26, 2010, 11:28:12 AM
Left eyebrow  redface:

Of course....
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: beerhead on March 26, 2010, 11:36:46 AM
Nice bloke Mr Shaw and definitely not gay after three wives and a long term girlfriend.
He gave me a ride in his aeroplane once so I am biased.
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Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Snoopy on March 26, 2010, 11:44:42 AM
He is an actor.

Actors = Poofs

No question


Not that we are prejudiced of course


Just set in our opinions of men who ponce about in tights for a living.
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Darwins Selection on March 26, 2010, 11:48:27 AM
Nice bloke Mr Shaw and definitely not gay after three wives and a long term girlfriend.
He gave me a ride in his aeroplane once so I am biased.
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Took you in the Sopwith eh?  eyes:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 12:19:52 PM
Miss D would have liked that
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 26, 2010, 12:51:22 PM
He can make me fly any time  cloud9:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Darwins Selection on March 26, 2010, 01:18:38 PM
He can make me fly any time  cloud9:

I vaguely remember ladies displaying the kind of 'enthusiasm' you are displaying today.

'Clubbing' tonight may be a bad idea  noooo:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 26, 2010, 01:20:16 PM
Oooh no DS ...I am just in the mood  eyes:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Darwins Selection on March 26, 2010, 01:31:04 PM
Oooh no DS ...I am just in the mood  eyes:
  eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek:
scared:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 02:09:13 PM
20 wimmin in a gang  scared2:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 26, 2010, 02:26:42 PM
Anyhooo.... my guitar like...  cussing:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Nick on March 26, 2010, 02:28:37 PM
Wot?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 26, 2010, 02:30:44 PM
Wot?  rubschin:

This thread... about my guitar like...  ::)

Still 'in transit'...  evil:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Darwins Selection on March 26, 2010, 03:12:23 PM
Wot?  rubschin:

This thread... about my guitar like...  ::)

Still 'in transit'...  evil:

Digestive?
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Pirate on March 26, 2010, 03:28:44 PM
Q - How do you make a guitarist's eyes light up?










A - Shine a flashlight in his ear.
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 26, 2010, 03:32:51 PM
 evil:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Grumpmeister on March 26, 2010, 09:31:42 PM
Wot?  rubschin:

This thread... about my guitar like...  ::)

Still 'in transit'...  evil:

Id Baldymort's new guitar going to be the VP version of the Emperor's new clothes?  whistle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhhMt4H-no (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhhMt4H-no)
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: beerhead on March 26, 2010, 10:35:14 PM
How do you make a guitar player play slowly and quietly ?  Put sheet music in front of him.
How many guitar players does it take to change a lightbulb ?  5. One to do it and 4 to say how much better Steve Vai would do it.
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 27, 2010, 07:57:21 AM
 evil:

I'll lock this bloody thread I will!  cussing:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Grumpmeister on March 28, 2010, 11:58:41 PM
Has anyone pointed out to LL just how dangerous you could be with a guitar if you decide to experiment?  eeek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boC9e2FLqtI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boC9e2FLqtI)

 scared:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Miss Demeanour on March 29, 2010, 09:50:21 AM
Forget experimenting just playing will be bad enough  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Barman on March 29, 2010, 09:51:32 AM
 evil:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: Grumpmeister on March 29, 2010, 05:12:55 PM
Forget experimenting just playing will be bad enough  whistle:

 lol:

Didn't have you pegged as a masochist Miss D, after all you were the one asking about BM's first VP racket concert  whistle:
Title: Re: Guitar
Post by: beerhead on March 29, 2010, 08:38:40 PM
Will you get finger picking lessons from David Crosby ?

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