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August 11th, 2007
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Newcomer
Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Last Online: August 19th, 2007 02:11 AM
Location: Austin, Texas
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One Last Try...
Hello from Austin, Texas. I would have said, "Howdy y'all", but someone beat me to it! I had tried to learn guitar a couple of times before on very cheap instruments, using the little beginners booklets that came with them. After learning a few chords I always quit, using my sore fingertips as an excuse. Maybe I could also partly blame the poor quality of those guitars themselves, but I'm sure it was mostly just me. Now that I'm older and have more in the way of disposable income, I'm giving it one last try. After doing a lot of online research, I decided upon the Seagull S6 Original and the "Learn and Master Guitar" tutorial. I got both just this week. So if I don't learn to play this time around, I certainly have only myself to blame!
A big part of my decision to take up guitar is my desire to change some very bad personal behaviors...smoking being by far the worst one. I will turn 55 a week from today and have been a smoker since I was 16. I'm going to quit on my birthday, and I realized I would need something besides watching tv and surfing the internet to keep my mind occupied in the evenings and weekends once the cravings really set in. So I decided that totally immersing myself in learning to play the guitar might help a lot...something I could really "lose" myself in and make the time go by much faster once the pangs start and I want to climb the walls. Something I could really enjoy, and get a sense of accomplishment from. And I can keep reminding myself that quitting my habit will quickly pay for the cost of the guitar and tutorial...and I'll live longer to enjoy my new and ever-expanding skill!
So...one last try, to learn one good thing, and rid myself of a very bad thing. Wish me luck!
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August 11th, 2007
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Moderator
Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Last Online: 3 Hours Ago 02:08 AM
Location: Scotland
Posts: 5,267
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Hi Cartwheel, good luck with the playing and the quitting.
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August 11th, 2007
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Grandiose Member
Playing guitar for over 10 years.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Last Online: 4 Days Ago 10:13 AM
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,663
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Welc  me aboard Cartwheel!
Good luck on kicking the smoking habit. I know how difficult it can be (trying to kick the habit myself), but I'm sure if you really dedicate yourself to the guitar, it could provide you with a very worthwhile distraction.
"Good Music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty" Thomas Beecham
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August 11th, 2007
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for what seems like forever.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Last Online: 1 Day Ago 03:14 PM
Location: Alabama
Posts: 4,627
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Hi ya'll and welcome to the forum. Good luck with the playing and the quitting.
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August 11th, 2007
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Last Online: 1 Hour Ago 04:34 AM
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 3,626
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Hi Cartwheel, got a good guitar for the job, Seagulls are a quality instrument, good luck with giving up smoking, every time you want a cigarette you'll have to pick up the guitar, you should get carried away with your playing long enough for the craving to pass, quite a good idea actually. Welcome to the forum.
You don't stop laughing when you grow old; you grow old when you stop laughing.
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August 11th, 2007
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Last Online: 10 Hours Ago 07:41 PM
Location: ont.can
Posts: 14,152
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Hi. We will have you turning cartwheels in no time. Brush up with these mini lessons. Brand new to playing the guitar?...read this first.
Brand new to playing the guitar?...read this first. - Guitar For Beginners & Beyond Forum
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August 11th, 2007
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Full Member
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Last Online: 2 Days Ago 04:46 PM
Location: Colorado
Posts: 393
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Welcome Cartwheel we're all pulling for ya! 
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August 11th, 2007
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for over 5 years.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Last Online: 6 Days Ago 06:28 PM
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
Posts: 1,064
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Best of luck on all fronts, Cartwheel - and welcome to GFB&B.
Ian
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August 11th, 2007
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Newcomer
Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Last Online: November 4th, 2007 08:12 PM
Location: Midwest, USA
Posts: 20
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Cartwheel,
Good luck with quitting and learning the guitar. It sounds like you have a good plan.
Enjoy,
Corey
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August 11th, 2007
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for over 5 years.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Last Online: 3 Hours Ago 02:45 AM
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1,513
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Hi Cartwheel welcome to the forum
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's,
And his hair was perfect.
Ahhwooooo
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August 11th, 2007
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Last Online: June 26th, 2008 08:38 AM
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 1,543
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Welcome and goodluck! This site is pretty addictive also!
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August 11th, 2007
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Last Online: 1 Hour Ago 04:53 AM
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,597
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Best of luck, Cartwheel. with both endevours. Maybe thinking that what you save on cigarettes will get you a truly fine quality guitar next year will help motivate.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
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August 12th, 2007
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Full Member
Playing guitar for less than a year.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Last Online: November 25th, 2007 09:26 PM
Location: Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Posts: 649
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Welcome aboard Cartwheel, just don't give up on playing this time, you'll get a lot of pleasure from it for the rest of your life if you stick with it.
Same with quitting smoking, don't give up trying if your plan doesn't work right away, I hope it does work right away though and wish you good luck.
Skip
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August 12th, 2007
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Newcomer
Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Last Online: August 19th, 2007 02:11 AM
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 6
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Thanks
Thank all of you for the encouragement. There are many online guitar forums, as I've recently learned, but this one seems to stand out from the rest
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