My guitar dreams are cursed, cursed I tell you
Overdrive Pedal - MIA, need to wait another 7 days to file a claim
Katana Amp - Took 5 days longer than the purported 2 day shipping
Guitar - Was sent towards the other side of Washington, now it’s back in Seattle, back to where it was on Saturday
Cursed
Now that is weird. Tell Ikebe it happened if it significantly impacted arrival time.
This is my only electric guitar (I have an acoustic someone gave me 20 years ago too)
It is from Donner, not sure how you would describe it- semi hollow tele-clone?
After I swapped my other electric for a bass I thought that maybe I should have kept it so the kids could learn if they wanted to, I also started to think that maybe I should learn a bit as maybe the additional theory and chords could help my bass playing.
This is what I got-I can’t find them on the Donner site anymore.
It is a good solid instrument, nicely finished and put together, great sound from rock n roll to very Bluesy (which I like)
All in all a good budget buy
Oh yes I put DR Pure Blues on it straight out of the box because life is to short to use bad strings (unless there is a reason to)
And I changed the knobs, same reason; life short, ugly knobs bad.
This is a copy of a Fender Telecaster Deluxe Thinline.
I live on a peninsula. There is a single road, one lane, that runs from Seattle to here. FedEx, all the shipping companies, don’t make the drive during the day with peak traffic. They didn’t send it across last night. Chances are very low it will get here today. It’s taking longer to move the last 70 miles than it did to get from Japan to Seattle
WOW that is a lot for 1996.
To me, fortunately, price is the last factor when selecting an instrument.
As long as you are happy with what you paid for what you have to hell with what people may think 
I love Martins, and they have a unique sound. I’ve gigged it so much, played it so much. I never think, Wow, I have an expensive guitar. Rather it’s valuable to me now because it’s a part of my life. I bought a bang around because I couldn’t bear to lose the Martin. It’s a vintage reissue too, already sweet and got sweeter as time passed.
I love FedEx. Sending them good vibes.
I talked to customer support this morning and they explained the snafu and sending my guitar on a walk around. But they assured me they checked and it was safely in Seattle and they would ship it out here soon.
Then 20 minutes later it was delivered. It may be just 70 miles away, but it’s a 3 hour haul if you catch the ferry right and the drawbridge is down.
They’ve no idea where their boxes are is the lesson learned.
Haven’t tuned or played but she’s a beauty
Nice!
After taking off the dubious quality 9s Fender had strung mine with and putting on some Elixir 10s, I am really bonding with my Tele. All it needed was the contour 
Really pretty and musical clean sounds from these. Love it.
This came with EXL120s so will probably play with them a bit. I don’t have any preferences with guitar strings and D’addario is as good as any at this point
It does have a nice belly contour but feels so delicate after basses. Time to put down the bass a spell and start bonding
Yeah strings are a very personal thing. Some people like 9s like yours (or even lighter), others like 10s or heavier. 9s are easier to play if the tension is high enough so not a bad place to start.
Yeah I had BB King in mind after playing Billy Gibbons guitar. “Why do you work so hard?”
I figure it’s a place to start and will likely go through a few sets of strings and picks until it settles in my mind.
Love your telly btw
Thanks! Those Fujigens were very tempting too, I’d own one except for my neck preferences. It otherwise felt awesome and the quality was super high.
Day 1.
My fingers ache and I sound terrible. My guitar doesn’t have good tone. I know from my bass journey the guitar sounds fine, it’s the player that’s the problem.
Played some bass parts I know and practiced a lot of scales. Worked well til I got to the B string. I have more to learn
Will probably start with Justin tomorrow
Yup yup, sounds about right
Good plan!
And so is your view 
Started Justin’s last week. 4x20 minutes into it now and this is still true for me 
But there is progress and I feel those callouses building up. I’ve got the impression that guitar needs more perseverance at the beginning than bass guitar, not talking about progressing beyond beginner level though.
What is interesting with Justin’s course is the practice method. I really should get my mess together and set up a practice for bass as well 
, but more than 20 minutes a day though 
Yeah his Chord Perfect and Fast Changes exercises are great
I’ve been doing Justin Guitar also, just a bit harder to get motivated on the 6 string tho
It’s true. More strings and shorter frets 
