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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
I'm only 45 and, when I started, it was press play, pause, rewind, play, pause, etc. That's how I had to learn songs. A few times a year the next song I wanted to learn was TAB'ed out in the various guitar mags, and sometimes you could find the TAB books for entire albums, though they were never 100% accurate. Now, you can find everything and it's usually free. Doesn't get any easier. You just have to put in the hours.
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Your generation was spoilt Rick. Mine was lift the needle, drop it back three grooves.....cassettes were luxury!
@5string, you are right ofcourse, but the issue is a beginner. Kiddies banging out A/G/D Greenday songs on their Strat pack never learn to for example, finger pick. Now ofcourse no 14yo wants to learn daggy old Ralph McTell or John Denver songs like I did- but later, that right hand bility translates into all sorts of hybrid picking techniques that the real guitar heros use all the time. Ofcourse they want eletrics early on ( i did too) but the basics all come from a simple box with strings. As they say, its all in the hands.
I also don't think it hurts to learn play around the faults of a cheap instrument as beginner. Was watching my bass players son's band rehearse last week....the kid playing guitar had a $5k Custom Shop Strat. His birthday present. FFS.