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Originally Posted by Noodler

Have to fire a youtube back to you. Listen to the words of this one. It's pretty funny. I listen to it often:

YouTube - Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks You're Dead

Yeah, Junior Brown is great!

I am in trouble Chris. I tried a Gretsch Brian Setzer model today and fell in love. It aint cheap, but my wife's given me the OK to go for it. It's the classic orange Gretsch with the F-holes and I'm so in love. I'm sad because I have to be away from her. The guitar that is, the wife's wonderful! I think I'm going to love that guitar forever, like my first guitar. I wonder if you should sleep on it in case it's just a crush? This is it, anyway:

Brian Setzer Guitars Mine will be second hand, but it's still wow. It's either that or a 2008 Les Paul std.

Edit: As for staying with JB, I'd like that. A LOT of teachers play something and just want you to copy. If you can't keep up they just move on. If they see you struggling they just try a different song or something. Or else, they'll show you how good they can play, which is fun and entertaining, so I'm not complaining, but this guy actually cares whether you are getting better. So he'll stop playing and just listen to you. Not many teachers like that. But my ordinary teacher is also one of my guitar heroes, so I might have 2 lessons a week.

That was a great song Dave, loved that guitar Junior was playing neat idea, he's some player.

Can see why you fell in love, that guitar's a beauty, that's the kind of trouble I'd like to be in, the Les Paul would be cool but I love the look of that Gretsch and I've always been a fan of Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats, if my Wife gave me the green light that Guitar would be on my list, it just looks the business.
You've got lucky with your Teachers but if I remember you had a few bad experiences so it's good to see that you've found someone who doesn't mess you around, would be good to keep in with JB if you can but your Teacher sounds really good too you're spoilt for choice, I've finally found one that I'm hoping to start with, he's a guitarist who's played in a few bands and a lot of well known Artists over here, hadn't heard about him before but I think he's only moved down here recently, he's more into playing than theory so he'll probably suit me as my head does tend to spin a bit with theory, he's also got his own studio which he lets people use and it's well kitted out so I my be able to get some decent recording's done there too so it sounds pretty good and the kind of thing I've been looking for, enjoyed this thread Dave, learnt a lot too, post some Pics when you have the guitar you want which one do you think you'll go for?

All The Best

Chris

Originally Posted by knight46

Great thread ya'll, lots of good information and lessons on Western Swing. Thanks.

Hi Knight, I didn't know much about Western Swing before Dave started this thread, I didn't realize Willie Nelson was so hooked on it, he played a lot of it in the 60's before he went a bit more mainstream, mind you he sounds good whatever he does, I'd never seen Willie Nelson without his beard and long hair so this was a bit of a shock

YouTube - The Texas Troubadours -- Willie Nelson, Leon Rhodes