Leaderboard

So picking the guitar up again has broadened my horizons music wise. I pop into charity shops every so often and pick up guitar tab books, usually for about 50p or so, there may only be a couple of songs in each book for the time being but my logic is 50p for a couple of songs is pretty good. However there is a bonus in that when looking for easy chord progressions ( I am learning again after an extended absence from playing the guitar), I come across the occasional gem. The latest one is Fishermans Blues by the Waterboys, I remember the whole of the moon by The Waterboys but other than that they passed me by. Picking up the guitar has led me to a great song (both to listen and to learn to play) and a band that i need to listen to. Thank goodness for on line streaming!

I've owned and played a few Vintage branded guitars and they've all been rather good, they tend to get a bit overlooked compared to Squier and epiphone but the les paul copy i had was an absolute peach (i only sold it as i needded to make room for another bass.) I've played through some of the small Marshall amps as well and have always been impressed, this setup should sound excellent. as for strings, i started out on 9's on a Fender scale guitar and went over to 10's soon after, i just found the 9's a bit to light. for Gibson scale instruments i sometimes go to 11's especially if i'm playing lead. Matt