Struggling to stay interested in electric guitar! Any advice

ChrisMartin

Taking bets on how long before he needs another Telecaster? Once you have found out what they can do, you can't live long without one. I am now 9 months 'Tele free' and the itch is coming back pretty bad...........

fourowls

Chris Martin wrote: »

Taking bets on how long before he needs another Telecaster? Once you have found out what they can do, you can't live long without one. I am now 9 months 'Tele free' and the itch is coming back pretty bad...........

LOL..I just had the best Tele I have ever played (a G & L ASAT..) but seriously though, too much in life going on for me to split time and energy in many directions. I want to be really good at few things, not many and Gypsy Jazz is a worthy pursuit! Sadly money has run out, and if I want to keep my Fender amp and a nice archtop, then my ERG manouche guitar has to go..although I must say my D hole Altamira MO1 antique is a gorgeous guitar for an Asian made,,,stunning really! Sigh...a man in love is a wondrous thing...

Buco

Every time I see another poor head get lost in this addiction I wonder does it happen in other genres too or we're more severely affected (maybe infected is a better word)?

fourowls

Buco wrote: »

Every time I see another poor head get lost in this addiction I wonder does it happen in other genres too or we're more severely affected (maybe infected is a better word)?

I seem to note that Jazz related areas does this, and Gypsy Jazz, possibly being a more 'exotic' and less common place art, may have that special appeal that seems to trap people into its vortex! As a social science PhD I am particularly interested in what it is too, or maybe it is just a unique form of music, with enough minor key magic to keep life and music refreshing?? I am still not sure what it is! I think though perhaps it incorporates a sense of both rebellion and freedom at the same time. Rebellion in that Django refused to take his handicap lying down and rebelled by created a new type of powerful music, freedom in that Gypsy Jazz really comes down to the interpretation of the player, what substitutions, voicings or how they express the melodic structure (within certain boundaries of course). As Debarre states that the Sinti elders didn't want to teach you note for note but for you to watch so that you can develop your own style. Maybe because GJ has that culturally built in, it's more fascinating too. Okay just my ideas that might be getting off the track of course!

Russell Letson

Not to be contentious, but the description of gypsy jazz above applies to jazz in general.

fourowls

Russell Letson wrote: »

Not to be contentious, but the description of gypsy jazz above applies to jazz in general.

No contention taken and I can understand that as Jazz is a very demanding art. The older I get (I am now a well rounded 41!) the more I appreciate Jazz and traditional forms...anyway!