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Ron.M -> RE: It's my 3rd birthday today (Apr. 6 2010 10:17:05)
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I will always remember the day I started playing guitar, you guys have that too?
LOL!
When I first got interested, I didn't have a guitar, but played the trumpet in school.
The Beatles came on the scene (1962) when I was 12.
I really liked Paul McCartney's "violin" bass, so I made myself a little bass out of an old draghtsman's T-Square, some screw-style battery terminals and some bought tuning heads.
The strings I nicked from a cello in the school music cupboard. [:D]
My big brother had a tape recorder which also worked like an amp, so I secured the (flat style) mic behind the "bridge" (piece of wood) with an elastic band.
Sounded pretty good!
I even bought a book on bass and learned basic boogie riffs!
No frets of course...just basic fretless T-Square!
Rock on!
cheers,
Ron
PS: My brother then fancied learning guitar himself, so bought a "real" (steel string) guitar for about 2 quid.
Later, we went on holiday to London and to Southend (Seouffend) and stayed at a B&B where their son (15) played drums!
(This was my first venture into "deep" enemy Southern English land, so was quite pleased to find a kindred spirit! [:D])
(Though we had to speak slowly to understand each other)
Great holiday!
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