Are you musical?

[mightyrooster]

That's pretty awesome as you get to listen to a lot of great music without having to play it

I've tried but am simply no good at music. I spend weeks teaching myself jazz tunes (poorly) then turn on a quality recording while sipping a limoncello and am like 'why did I put myself through that when I can just listen to jazz and drink limoncello?'

Except he’s moved into a house with friends. He pops over once a week to give me lessons and to get free dinners regularly too. He also bought himself a digital piano as the main one is still at our place and is now teaching himself the guitar, as well as setting up his own YouTube channel. Anyway I’m learning the basics at the moment with lots of preschool nursery rhymes and the like! Really exciting pieces lol.

[Big Dog]

Guitar for me too Big Dog. Have a Maton Acoustic as well, one of the Road Series versions. Haven't played in bands myself, but my brother and nephew are accomplished musos who do. I tend to play and learn songs I like, mainly from Alt-country or Americana genres. Dabble with some writing and seeing how it sounds. Spend too much time noodling and just playing what I already know, like most lazy casual guitarists.

Trying to force myself to learn some blues and guitar classics...Smoke, Sweet Home and Hotel Cali etc. Then if I get asked to play something at a bash it might do down better! My brother says I should go to an open mike event and have a go, but I fear I may have missed the boat. There could be novelty value in an old bugger having a crack

Question aside...what strings you using for your Maton? I'd been using their standard Elixirs but tried Daddario last time for a change. Happier with them, feel smoother and cleaner and less breaking in.

Not much beats having a good old strum on your guitar. Like you, I now just noodle, usually in front of the idiot box.

I do use Elixers for their longevity. I'm well and truly over changing strings