Also what about playing the guitar/music are you finding hard? I might be able to help or at lest give you some info that might point you in the right direction.
It's not the playing bit. I can sort of do all the technical stuff, chords finger picking etc, but I have no sense of rhythm and am tone deaf. I am also word blind: to me thsi looks just like this. Thanks for the offer though. I'm happy with the odd twang now and then and I also just like guitars- they are nice to have around. I would get about ten given a free hand. I have a Yamaha steel string acoustic and a Crafter Strat copy, also a 10W practice combo. The Yamaha is now 36 years old and has melowed into a nice tone, especially with new strings, but not in the Martin D28 class. The Crafter, was only £120UK, and is the best Strat copy I have found, no where near an original Strat though. The next moves are, Tele, Ovation, Gibson ES355, all copies.
A friend, who has half an acre in the country, has guitars all over the place. He plays bass in a couple of bands and is nothing short of a genius- writes music, plays acoustic, electric, keyboards, violin. He also makes guitars and builds amps and pedals. And to cap it all, in his spare time, he repairs amps etc as a side-line. Just like with hifi, there was a gang of us who had interests in music. I was the only one who could not play.
In Bristol, 20 miles away, there is a fantastic pub called the Old Duke which has a stage. Most nights they have a jazz/ blues band and, if not, passing musicians drop in and do a turn- some famous names. The music is loud, loud. The Duke is very basic, and is heaving with all types: students, solicitors, couples, even old dodgers like me- you literally cannot move. It’s dead handy when you have had a few, especially their Old Rosie cider which is 7.3%, because there is no chance of falling over. Better not go alone to the Duke though, because there are many women who may take advantage- a chap can never be too careful!
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The Landogger Trow, across the courtyard, is the same except heavy metal, rock, punk etc.
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