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Hi all, i am Nik, a 54 yr old new player from the uk. Ive been using the JG site for about a yr, my practice sessions vary a bit as my job is on the road a lot.
Loving the learning curve, and reading peoples progress. Ive got a baby taylor, great for the road when i can and a lovely prs mccarty 594 SE single cut my partner bought me last Christmas. I prefer acoustic guitar, but love both. Ive an Alverez Laureate Dreadnought on its way, but thats been on order since January.
I so see what people mean when saying singing and guitar together is so much harder. My singing is terrible :weary_face:, but still enjoy myself.

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Welcome to the forum Nik

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Thank you!

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Welcome Nik! You’re in good company here…Lots of folks melding guitar into the rest of life’s demands, a fair number of folks who feel we probably shouldn’t sing in public. :rofl: Hope to see you around!

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Thanks judi

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welcome to the forum :slight_smile:

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Hi Nik, welcome to the community forum.

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Thanks both, so glad ive started playing. Cant put it down when i am home lol

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Hey Nick, welcome to the forum. Great to read about your progress. Keep up the singing and playing, your voice is a form of a muscle, the more you exercise it, the better it gets. And it’s darn good fun

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Thanks Tony, i appreciate that advice.
I recorded myself and noticed my notes sort of warble/ fluctuate so trying to actively concentrate on articulating each word.

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Welcome to the community. Yes it’s difficult to sing and play at the same time. Still struggling with that but having fun !!!

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What I found with playing and singing is choice of song, esp in the beginning really matters. Choose a song where the start of the singing is fairly closely aligned to the chord changes.

When the singing and the chord changes are at different beats / syncopated, it’s a lot harder.

I’ve been playing and singing for 12 or so years and singing a lot. There are still certain new songs that take a fair bit of effort for me. Margaritaville was one of the harder ones. The singing comes in at about the 5th 1/8th note in the 3rd bar. Which meant, if strumming using the old faithful strum pattern, it was on one of the ups.

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nice to meet you Nik cheers HEC also UK

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Thank you, appresiate the welcomes.
Its a funny thing, with singing, guitar and the theory. The frustration and the attraction is how complex it is. Part artist, part engineer i think. Love the fact i can go on learning, well forever really.

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Hi Nik,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Greetings,Rogier

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Welcome Nik, as Tony said, keep on singing, it does become easier the more you practice. A little like playing a musical instrument. :rofl:

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Hello Nik & Welcome!!!

PRS makes some really good guitars! What amp do you use with it?
I hope you enjoy yourself immensely while playing… having fun is the best & most important thing!!! After all, it’s called “Playing Guitar” :guitar: for a reason!!’
Good luck!

Tod from New Mexico USA

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Ive the new katana 50w
But i tend to play without pmugging in or with headphones as neighbours and thin walls!

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My Katana is the 50w Mk II… love this amp!
I also have a tube amp, the Harmony H605… can’t play through it with headphones so I have to wait till the house is empty to jam! Even with the built in attenuation, it can be pretty loud!!! :smiling_face_with_horns:

Tod

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Nice to have the tube as well.
The prs is lovely to play but not the same without a bit of volume on the amp.
Mind you i do love acoustic, and when the Dreadnought arrives it can have a bit of volume unplugged.

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