The OS Guitarists thread

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For those of you who learned on an acoustic, what weight strings did you use? I'm using medium weight and am having a little trouble playing A after a couple minutes or so. I don't want to switch down to light, but its just kind of frustrating right now.

Stick with it Tendrils, the heavier the strings the better tone and intonation you will have. Also in the long run you will develop a stronger left hand.

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Bump. Anybody know Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Pretty straight forward song, but I'm having a little trouble with the hammer ons in a couple sections.

Actually played through all of Wish You Were Here tonight (minus the solos). That's a first.

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i just got an Ibanez gax50 2 weeks ago i love it.

im really having fun

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I got my results from my 1st semester recital today (I'm in my final year of a classical guitar degree) and I scored a H1, which is first class honours. I'm quite excited with that, as at the time I thought that the performance was a minor disaster.

Now only one semester to get through and I finally graduate! I have to put my head down and keep practising though, as I need to maintain my average if I want to do post-graduate study at some stage.

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This is probably a stupid question, but I just wanted to make sure before hand. Anyway, when buying an electric guitar, do they all come with a power cable or do you have to buy it separately?

Also, what strings do you guys use on your electric guitars?

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This is probably a stupid question, but I just wanted to make sure before hand. Anyway, when buying an electric guitar, do they all come with a power cable or do you have to buy it separately?

Also, what strings do you guys use on your electric guitars?

Er, the guitar won't come with a power cable. Your electric guitar's amp ought to, though. You'll probably need to buy an instrument input cable, however (I don't know technically what it's called, but the cable you use to connect the guitar to the amp).

I typically bounce back and forth between Blue Steel and Dean Markley strings (I'm cheap), both brands in 9's.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Ah, right - I wasn't thinking lol. But yeah, the cable the goes between the amp and guitar.

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I ordered a couple of slides, should be here early next week. I bought a brass one and a glass one.

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I got my slides today - the glass one is sweet, I haven't played around with the brass one yet. Anybody play with/know how to play with a slide? Just wondering what you guys used to learn and what are some fun/simple songs to play? Working on the intro to In My Time of Dying right now.

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I have a question for all the intermediate/advanced guitar players here. I've been playing for about 3 months now and am developing some good calluses on my index and middle fingers (ring one is coming along ok, don't use my pinky much other than for G). Over the past couple of weeks/month or so, I've noticed that after playing for a little bit my fingers start getting grooves in them which makes the strings fret out and thus makes it frustrating to play anything without having to force grip the neck. Calluses are hard above the grooves, but I don't understand why the grooves aren't hardening like the top part of my finger tips.

Anyway, I just wanted to know if this "grooving" was normal and what I, if anything, I could do to help harden my finger tips.

[NoDakHusker]

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I have a question for all the intermediate/advanced guitar players here. I've been playing for about 3 months now and am developing some good calluses on my index and middle fingers (ring one is coming along ok, don't use my pinky much other than for G). Over the past couple of weeks/month or so, I've noticed that after playing for a little bit my fingers start getting grooves in them which makes the strings fret out and thus makes it frustrating to play anything without having to force grip the neck. Calluses are hard above the grooves, but I don't understand why the grooves aren't hardening like the top part of my finger tips.

Anyway, I just wanted to know if this "grooving" was normal and what I, if anything, I could do to help harden my finger tips.

Hmm I'm not sure I know what you're talking about. But I'll take a guess that if you keep playing, eventually those "grooves" will go away in due time. Maybe someone else has a more concrete answer, but it doesn't sound like something out of the ordinary.

As far as your earlier question regarding strings, I tend to go with D'Addario Nickel Wound strings for both my guitars. I use 10-52 for my standard tuned guitar and the heavier 12-60 gauge for my drop tuned guitar(drop c).

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I've been playing for 15 years and currently practice 3 hours a day. My fingers are beyond calloused at this point and I still get grooves. Its completely normal and you learn to adapt.

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I've been playing for 15 years and currently practice 3 hours a day. My fingers are beyond calloused at this point and I still get grooves. Its completely normal and you learn to adapt.

What do you do? I mean, its not like I expect not to get grooves but when they get too deep to keep the smaller strings down its frustrating.

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You are fretting notes at the furthest point you can, right? Like damn near on the fret metal of the next fret and not in the middle of the fret where it's just wood. Fretting at the furthest point makes it take less effort to get a clean ring and also, if you fret too far back you can make notes go sharp.

I don't know if that's the cause but it's the first thing to pop into my mind besides a guitar related issue.

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I would use the heaviest strings possible. Better sound, intonation and it should help with this issue. Playing near the fret will help but its not always practical.