Meet my new Girlfriend!

[Guava Jelly]

Isn't she a Beauty.
I have no idea how to play her yet but I figure it may be a great way to calm me down and help deal with the stress of everyday Life.
I have no ambitions of playing for anyone but myself.
I just lately have found myself in love with if not deeply moved by live acoustic performances.
I purchased a how to dvd and a cord book.
It's a solid Black Fender Acoustic Guitar.
I got this Brand new Fender w/case how to dvd, book of cords, guitar stand , and a strap.
For get this $250.00
I think i did ok.

I think i am in love :)

[LadyoftheRabbits]

1. As someone once told me...

"The only girl who'll never let me down." I don't know about that, but she's gorgeous! :D :hi:

[Guava Jelly]

3. Why thank you.

Now all i need to do is learn how to make her speak!
:)

[AutumnMist]

2. You Did Great!

I am still learning as well. I have always been entranced by acoustic performances. Mine sounds nothing like the ones I hear, but I am trying. :)

[Guava Jelly]

5. It was the first guitar i saw..I was sort of drawn to it

I feel now i have to name her :)

[AutumnMist]

8. A Suggestion?

You can take it or leave it. :)It just sounds like a guitar name to me.

Athena: Goddess of wisdom, war, art, industry, justice, and skill.

[Guava Jelly]

10. I like that.

I was also thinking about calling her Ana (not a typo)
After a lady that was very kind to me.

[AutumnMist]

12. Well You

could name her Athena and call her Ana for short? Sounds good either way. Have fun and express yourself. Thats what its all about.

[Deja Q]

4. Cool guitar!

:thumbsup:

(I'll refrain from poking fun at your subject line, though I can think of not one, but two naughty things to say. :evilgrin: )

[Guava Jelly]

6. I would be disapointed in you hypno if you didnt

Please never change :)

[Deja Q]

7. Oh. Okay then, here they are! Heh...

1. "Oh, so THAT is what the hole is for!"

2. "Wow, that's the best looking left hand I've ever seen!"

:rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

9. touche

:)

[yurbud]

11. you should tell her to stop getting guy haircuts. That's a little beyond

androgynous

[Guava Jelly]

13. ahhhh ok

(psst the guitar is the girlfriend)
just fyi

[yurbud]

18. if you use it for a girlfriend, do you take strings off or just squeeze

between?

[Guava Jelly]

19. Actually i hope when i make love to her her strings will still be

on and the sound coming out won't sound like a screaming cat.
As far as having sex w/an in animate object I don't see that happening.
Have you ever had sex with a man made object?

[Callalily]

14. Did you name her yet?

Good luck with your new "girl". I'm sure she'll treat you well. Look how wonderful she fits in your arms already?

[Guava Jelly]

20. Thank you for that

I hope i do right by her.
(I should be practicing right now actually)
but Du can be addictive!

[petronius]

15. Your girlfriend looks like a man holding a guitar...

It is a nice guitar, however.

[Guava Jelly]

21. psst (i am the man the guitar is the girlfriend)

:)

[Richard Steele]

25. Hey! the heart wants what it wants, ok?

:rofl:

[johnnie]

16. They aren't shaped like that for nothing

One of the best ways to learn is to get yourself a songbook of music you know well. The ones with the chords shown to you. Then just practice those songs over and over.

And yes, my guitars have kept me semi-sane for as long as I remember. Writing songs is much easier than yappin with some idiot who doesn't give a crap. LOL

Good luck and have fun!

[Guava Jelly]

17. thank you

And i am sure it will help keep me sane.
Now if i can only play this dang thing.

[gmoney]

55. Watch the songbooks...

A lot of the songbooks are transcribed by someone other than the musician, and they sometimes do strange things to accomodate making the chords match the recording. Or they transcribe it into piano chords, then use that to make the guitar chords, which is a bit like translating from English to Spanish and Back again -- you may get unintended results. For instance, on a recording a performer may be tuned a little higher than "normal" (piano tuning) which will change a simple A-D-E progression into some batch of sharps and diminished 7ths and such. So, look for simple solutions first. It's amazing what a huge percentage off songs that are built on a simple I-IV-V chord progression. So if the song is in the key of C and that's the I, then skip II and III (D and E) and F is the IV and G is the V, so it's C-F-G. That structure works for loads of rock songs and almost every country song.

If you have the patience for it, learn some music theory and know what sharps and flats and 5th and 7ths and such, and learn your scales. It's definitely eating ones "musical vegetables" rather than the immediate gratification of banging out "Wild Thing" with great gusto, but it'll pay off in the long run when you can pluck out a passable solo because you know which notes are in the key of the song. And don't forget the words of Chet Atkins, who said "if you hit a wrong note, just slide it into the right one."

Good luck, have fun, and if you can afford it, take lessons. Having someone place expectations on you each week will help you stick with it.

[Monk06]

22. Do you get jealous when she goes out with other guitars ?

[Guava Jelly]

23. My Ana would never do that!

Besides we have an open relationship.
I like to pluck other girls strings so what kind of jerk would I be if I got pissed at her for doing the same ?
:rofl:

[u4ic]

24. Well, she's cute

If not a bit masculine looking...;)

Good for you! My father has an acoustic guitar he's not using, and I've often thought about asking for it and learning, too.

Won't the ladies love you even more when you can serenade them? :D


Have you ever listened to Jesse Cook? I have a few of his CDs. He's fabulous...

[Guava Jelly]

27. Never heard of him But I surly will look him up

And I think you should learn the guitar.
:)
I think it really may help me with certain stresses that you are quite aware of :)

[Guava Jelly]

36. just found this on youtube Jesse Cook

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TOCUrN7LUZQ

Man he's good..I am so many light years away from that.

[u4ic]

59. Isn't he fabulous?

Robert Michaels is another fantastic guitarist (nothing on youtube, unfortunately). :hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

26. She's a beauty! A one-in-a-million guitar...

:hi: Cool!

[Guava Jelly]

28. She's not very soft..But she sure is pretty

And thank you for checking in :hi:

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

29. You won't regret it. Picking up a guitar was one of my best desicons

I'm suck at shredding and what not, beut I'm capable of doing alot of songs, and almost any chord based song. It's a great hobby though, and can really make you feel great

[Guava Jelly]

30. Thank you for that

I Have such a love for live acoustic music.
And when my fingers learn to dance with my heart..I should be in like flint.
(I am sure you fully understand what i mean by that)

[RetroLounge]

31. Dude!

That is one nice guitar. I've been jonesing for another acoustic, myself.

I haven't had one since i sold my vintage 1945 Gibson J45 a few years ago...

Looks good!

RL

[Guava Jelly]

33. thank you

I bet that gibson was worth some bucu bucks!

[RetroLounge]

35. Oh yeah, it definitely increased in value

but i miss it...

RL

[benny05]

32. I took Guitar lessons once in college

I only got as far as the "Red River Valley"..

But I admire those who can play.

[Guava Jelly]

34. I hope i can actually learn to play it myself

It's going to be a slow process
But I need a way to vent my emotions.
And this just feels right!

[MissHoneychurch]

37. I thought you ment me

:cry:

[Guava Jelly]

38. I couldn't post those pictures

the thread would get locked :)

[MissHoneychurch]

39. That is just a lame excuse

and I thought we were engaged. That shows how much you love me. *SNIFF* One day me, the next day her .... how am I going to compete with her?? I have no chance whatsoever :yoiks:

[Guava Jelly]

40. but honey wait !! she means nothing to me

She seduced me w/her long neck and shiney surface..
Come back I'll buy you a big rock...
sniff sniff always the groomsman never the groom :(

[MissHoneychurch]

41. See

it is all about the looks ... I never had a chance ....

[Guava Jelly]

42. no baby I ..I .. didn't mean for anything to happen

She sat in my lap and put a strap around me.
I mean i am only human.
Ok..we had S_x...But I make love to you (old Eddie Murphy joke)
:rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

44. If you are that easy to be captures

I just go back in my bed with my bottom all by myself. You know where to find me to apologize :rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

46. Be right in my queen

Keep your bottom warm for me
I am sorry for falling in lust with another Woman sniff sniff
:evilgrin:

[Jamastiene]

43. Looks like a DG6.

I've played one of those before but ended up buying an Alvarez. I like my Alvarez and bought it despite the fact that at one time I said I had no interest in an acoustic. I fell in love with mine though and just had to have it.

Btw, don't forget to name her. Mine is a boy. Usually I don't give them boy names unless they have a tremolo/whammy bar, but this one just made me think of Kurt Cobain so much that I named it Kurt.

[Guava Jelly]

45. Thank you

It's listed as a fender Dreadnaught cd-60
and I think i have a name picked out forher

[buddhamama]

47. she is perty

have fun ! :hi:

[Guava Jelly]

50. Why thank you and how are you today

:)

[buddhamama]

51. i am well

thanks !!! and you? :hi:

[Guava Jelly]

52. Doing good

Can't wait until it gets a little later so i can get frustrated trying to play this new toy.
I figure all i have to do is sell my soul to satan and i should master it in no time
:) :hi:

[buddhamama]

53. i'd prefer

you kept your soul and just had fun with it! no need to get all crazy now! we might enjoy your music but, it'd be a bummer if it wasn't "you" playing it. :hug: have a great day!

[Guava Jelly]

54. you too

and thanks

[alcibiades_mystery]

48. Dude, that's a guy...

:-)

[Guava Jelly]

49. He is a guy but check out the babe in his arms

:)

[lizziegrace]

56. She's beautiful

may the two of you make beautiful music for a long, long time. :)

Remember, she's the only girl who'll never break your heart (except for your mom, of course!)

Enjoy!

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

57. thank you

I may break her heart until i learn to play her.Or at least make my cats ears bleed
"Remember, she's the only girl who'll never break your heart"
truer words have never been spoken

[lizziegrace]

58. She won't mind.

Always the patient teacher.

Google Neil Young's lyrics to "This Old Guitar". Also look at John Denver's song of the same name. :)

I'd do it for you but have to get Lelapin moving and get her to work.

:)

Have a wonderful day!

[ForrestGump]

60. Nice curves, dude!

Does that neck go all the way up? :P

Excellent purchase (and, yeah, guit-ars tend to be very expensive, and I'd imagine that's a great price for a Fender). I hope you have a lot of good times with her...I've got a guitar sitting here (a prop for the Elvis thing, basically) but haven't played it yet and have barely played any guitar in 20 years, but I can vouch for the value of a guitar as excellent therapy, of the Zen kind and as a more directly focused way through which to ameliorate the stresses of life (and, sure, back then -- and too often now, too -- that'd be synonymous with relationships with females, or the lack thereof).

Play it, baby!