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Quiet Em

(1,941 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 10:19 PM Feb 2025

Learned and worked on three new songs this week.

Adele - Rolling In The Deep, Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said, and Led Zeppelin - Thank You.

I am having so much fun and it's such a great distraction from following most of the news.

I am mostly an acoustic guitar player but my husband surprised me on Valentine's Day with a beautiful Fender American Pro II Strat and it plays like a dream. I have never played anything like it. The feel, the sound, it's all so perfect.

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Learned and worked on three new songs this week. (Original Post) Quiet Em Feb 2025 OP
Nice! Eko Feb 2025 #1
Thanks. Quiet Em Feb 2025 #2
Nothing quite like a good-playing Strat. ZZenith Feb 2025 #3
It's perfect. It really is. Quiet Em Feb 2025 #4
Good For You ProfessorGAC Feb 27 #5

ZZenith

(4,364 posts)
3. Nothing quite like a good-playing Strat.
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 10:48 PM
Feb 2025

That bell-like sound and the easy action, the way it balances itself on your shoulder or your lap.

Yumm. Glad you’re enjoying it!

ProfessorGAC

(72,763 posts)
5. Good For You
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 06:28 PM
Feb 27

I've finished a solo jazz guitar version of the old Billie Holiday song "Am I Blue?"
Going to play it at an open mic thing this Sunday. 27 distinct chords on this one!
Most of the songs I play are on 12 string, but there a few I need a 6 string. I've got 14 guitars, so I have options!
Keep at it & my one piece of advice is to only do it when it's fun. Don't let it be a chore.

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