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Cool,
The reality is – there is nothing that you “should” get. Reason being – it’s all gifts.

Secondly – because the items are gifts, it totally depends on how much money people have to spend. Maybe you should get a nice computer, or – maybe you should get a used bike to deliver papers to help the family budget.

Third – defining yourself as complex is slightly offputting when other people hear it. It’s like saying “I’m smart. Behold the complex boy”.

I’m only telling you this to help you out. Modesty is a virtue. Confidence is a strong positive and attracts women, if it’s a quiet confidence and if it’s based on reality. It generally needs to be something other people figure out though. It’s ok to believe in yourself deep down, but rarely is it ok to share just how strongly you feel. The reason being, it’s hard to do without lowering the person listening.

So – lecture aside, here are some suggestions:

1. If you aren’t physically active, you need to be. It’s good for you. Cycling is an excellent sport for a 14 year old. If you already have a bike (not the weird ones with pegs that kids diddle around with in grocery store lots), maybe you could get accessories – a mileage computer, gloves, etc. If you don’t have one, money towards it is nice.

2. Sounds like you are thinking of girls now. A decent cologne that’s somewhat age appropriate would be good. Chrome is good. Alot of the younger dudes are wearing Axe and Tag. Cheap colognes smell like cheap colognes. It’s better to get half as much of something good. When you wear it, no more than someone can smell if they lean in towards you is the right amount.

3. Do you play an instrument? Music is good, as are accessories. If you don’t, maybe it’s time to start. You can get decent quality guitars on overstock.com for 1/3 of the retail price on name brands. Ditto w/ a harmonica.

4. You need to start learning about money. You need to read “The Millionaire Next Door” and “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”. These books are so good, and you need them early for so many reasons that this one tidbit of advice may be worth millions of dollars to you. It’s definitely worth hundreds of thousands.

5. Karate lessons. You need to be able to defend yourself and any woman you are with.

6. A good light action fishing rod and reel and a half a dozen decent lures. Rebel crawdads, rattletraps, and rapala minnows are good options.

7. Smoke and Spice. It’s a cookbook that will teach you to grill and smoke meats like a pro. Few things turn on a woman like having a guy cook for her. You’ll save alot of money doing it for yourself later. This isn’t something you need to do alot of immediately, as your parents probably cook most of the time. It doesn’t mean you can’t start learning early.

8. A good durable chess set. Practice playing with software, online computers, or people online, then move on to your friends or family.

9. A nice high end white button down shirt and some good slacks. You are old enough to look grown up sometimes. You can’t do that with what most teenagers wear now.

10. A job.

Happy Birthday dude.

-Kevin

guitarlessons answers:

Fender guitar (and possibly a drum)
Urban Decay/MAC/etc makeup (can’t buy it around here, my parents order online so i don’t get it often)
maybe perfume
gift cards
Phone case/gel nail manicure kit(already know i’m getting those, the nail kit was like 100$ off so my parents bought it when i was there)
some other nail art things, guitar/ nstrument accessories (picks, stands etc) and possibly body jewelry

guitarlessons answers:

You need to face the fact that a Squier Strat is a bottom of the line crappy guitar. Most people who are new at selling stuff expect far too much for their used gear. The rule of thumb is that used gear sells for around half of its original or current selling price, whichever is lower – a little more if it’s really good gear and a little less if it’s low end gear. Find out what they sell for new and list it on craigslist for a little more than half and expect to settle for half.

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Well really it goes back to the quote “Blues are the roots and everything else is the fruits”. I’m not sure who said that but i don’t take take credit for it, just wanna make that clear. But what I’m trying to say is even though Heavy Metal is a very complex style of music its only based off all the other music that came before it. So knowing how to play the blues or jazz really well can help you in a different newer style of music because those two styles are the base and “roots” if u will of, yes, Heavy Metal. My suggestion is learn all older styles of music like jazz and blues first, before u learn a newer style of music like Heavy Metal especially if your a guitarist.

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All these players either straddled the fence separating Jazz & Blues or hopped back & forth over it
.

Eddie Lang

Lonnie Johnson

George Van Epps

T-Bone Walker

Gatemouth Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ40kVRvcdk

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Wes Montgomery

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No sorry the drum set only works for World Tour, you can’t use it on Legends of Rock.

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I wouldn’t recommend it, but that depends on where the drum set is. The tarp roof is a good idea, as long as the drums aren’t left where some stranger could steal/mess around with them. If you’re gonna leave them outside, I’d definitely clean them once in a while. I live in Massachusetts, where the weather varies, so my drums are left in my basement. But for you, it should be fine, just keep an eye on your kit.

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Sorry, but the drum set is only for decoration..

Have fun though anyways!

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The Glaxotryda.

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Look for a bass advertised as a “short scale” bass.

The scale is the distance from the nut to the bridge, or the total vibration length of the strings. A standard long scale bass has a 34 in. Scale, and a short scale has a 30 in scale, making the neck about 3 in. Shorter.

The Ibanez Mikro series is a decent short scale bass for a really good price.

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Have you tried the Sterling? The neck is a lot thinner. I’m not exactly sure what the pickup selector does and how it affects sound, but that has been discussed a few times and can be answered with a search.

The Stingray was noted to me alright for slap too. However the Stingray had good sound but getting around the fretboard takes a bit of effort and to set the sound up from slappy to low and punchy takes a bit of time.

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You can choose from any of these two nice sites

http://www.8notes.com/

http://www.tabcrawler.com/search.php?show=artist-list&letter=a

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Go to Ultimate-Guitar.com

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Sorry, but Tommy is incorrect here.

Music usually says to use a capo because that’s the way the song was originally recorded. For example. You could play “Early Morning Rain” by Gordon Lightfoot with a capo on the second fret, as the music is written. The reason for this is even though the song is actually in the key of E, Gordon chooses to play the song with a capo so the he can play in E while using the voicing of an open D, G and A chord, which the tone of sounds quite different than if you did not use a capo and played E, A and B chords, which are the chord of the song, but the tone sounds completely different.

This is the actual use for a capo, and not just to change the key, as the only people that use capos for that are country singers that only know three or four chords and use a guitar as a stage prop.

Otherwise, using a capo is by no means cheating. It is a tool to used certain voicing in a diffent key.

Since you don’t have one, just go to your local music store. They can sell you a Kyser Capo, which is the best, for under 20 dollars and unless you loose it, it will last you a lifetime.

Xx

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Quick Answer – No. The basics are exactly the same. And a Uke is just the top 4 strings of the guitar basically (tuned up a fifth, but the chord shapes are the same). Now that said – after you get a little more advanced, working with a good player from those other instruments is a good idea..

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I found my private guitar lessons on Craigslist. Yes your instructor will be able to suggest a good guitar for you.

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Take your pick
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rock+guitar+lessons&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

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Fender Strats and Les Pauls are both great for rock and blues. SG’s are also a good choice. It’s about what feels good in your hands. That’s a personal preference. Playing the blues isn’t about what instrument you play. When you get into it more you’ll see it’s about the feeling you convey with your music. If you’ve got the heart and the right chops, it wouldn’t matter if you played a ukelele. People will still be moved by it. Play from the heart, practice hard and the rest will come.

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That’s Hound Dog Taylor.

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Hello there,

You can get a teacher that will teach you on how to play guitar, but if you do not want to get a teacher you can go to youtube and type guitar lesson. This can help you a lot in learning guitar. And also always practice your finger in hitting the notes of your guitar and cut your fingernails. And also if you have friend who knows how to play guitar you can ask them to help you, ot if you don’t want just do self practice, by reading, watching videos, and application.

Hope this will gonna help you, do your best…… If you have some questions to ask just drop me a line..

guitarlessons answers:

Depends on the tour budget and space available, but as you say “underground scene,” I’d bet both are at something of a premium. Here are my suggestions- adjust for tour length:

1 week’s worth of clothes, for traveling, relaxing and sight-seeing.
3 sets of “stage clothes” or costume- 3 shirts, 3 pants, 3 etc. You can get by with 1 pair of shoes and 1 each of accessories that don’t require laundering, here.
1 foot-locker type trunk, so you don’t have to rummage around for clothing so much.
1 bass and 1 backup.
1 set of strings.
1 amp.
1 “Pod” or Sans-amp kind of thing- small, compact, will work if amp fails, just run through house system.
3 or 4 instrument cables.
Copies of set lists, charts, etc- you don’t want to be without if originals get lost, you are hungover, etc.
Copy of passport, in your luggage.
Songwriter’s notebook, if you write music.
Journal.
1 brief-case or laptop bag, for non-clothing items.
Brain-healthy things to do to relieve the tedium- Sudoku, travel games, good books.
A sense of wonder- you can have the time of your life, if you keep your attitude right.

guitarlessons answers:

A beautiful 20 yr. Old woman??? Just kidding. If you buy a game for the PS# would it be more for him or his child? One of the better choices would be a hat. Since the price would not break your credit card. Depends on how picky he is about his appearance. If he likes cars you could get him an accessory for his car. How about an oil change? If you want something more romantic (if you are his significant other) then go for a hat you know he will like.

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Hey I’m 13 too and it was hard to make a list this year :-/ so here we go with a list:
Makeup!!! Anything from nail polish or eye shadow lotion or the new Taylor swift perfume or some perfume from Marc Jacobs
Accessories a little purse for when you go to your friends, a bag for road trips, sunglasses, a necklace a bracelet, earrings, shoes, customized converse,
Clothes!!! Sweaters, pants, a dress, a cute something
Games. A board game or a game system. If you have room get a wii and then just dance if you’re a gamer gamer get a ps3 or an Xbox. Jenga is a fun game with blocks.
A new camera.
An activity like going snowboarding or ice skating with your friend
Undies
Something from Victoria’s Secret
A book
Kindle
iPod
Case for your phone
Slippers. I have really cute ones with monkeys
A new laptop
The sims 2 or 3. I have sims 2 and its so adicting!! Plus since its slightly older it might be cheaper than sims 3
A cat
Hess trucks
Apple
A guitar
A keyboard
Headphones
Um I think that’s it merry Christmas

guitarlessons answers:

Http://www.911tabs.com/link/?3272013

http://www.911tabs.com/link/?4275184

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Listen to emmerson, lake and palmer – Tarkus
greg lake is a rediculus bass player
or the dude from Yes

they both play real interesting and you can learn alot from them

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First of all, learn the pentatonic scale on the 5th position (key of A minor). Learn the blues scale, which is similar to the pentatonic scale, but with some added “blue” notes. That way, you understand the basic shape of the pentatonic scale.

Then learn it in a few different keys, notably A, E, G, and D. Learn the major pentatonic scales. Learn the scales all around the neck. Then learn how the scales are related.

That should give you a basis for soloing. Of course, you can still learn solos as you’re learning the scales.

The Epiphone Dot is a pretty good guitar, but check out the Ibanez Artcores. I personally prefer the Fender Telecaster for every style of music that I play. Of course, go to the store, buy whatever is in your price range, and that you can connect to.

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Martin D-35, Taylor DN7, Takamine TAN45.

Quite reasonably priced for what you get.

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There’s no such thing as a “country guitar.” A guitar is a guitar (with the exception of the “classical guitar,” but I’ve heard Chet Atkins play great country music on a classical guitar) — it’s the person playing it that determines what music is coming out of it.

Wal-Mart sells acoustic guitars for a low price, but I don’t know the quality of them.

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Paul Kramer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Sylpu1XDE