| Author | Topic: need help on getting new instrument |
Anonymous
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| posted: 7/4/2004 at 1:34:57 AM ET
hey everybody!
I started playing the mandolin a few months ago (to let my parents know that I'm doing something productive) and I'm already getting sick of it, how do I get my parents to buy me an electric guitar (with amp)? They really don't want me to play the electric guitar because they think it'd be too loud, but being the stupid teen that I am, I want to play some GOOD SOUNDING blues with an instrument that actually makes some long lasting sound. My parents are planning on getting me mandolin lessons, so I have to get the guitar quick.
Any ideas?
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Anonymous
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| posted: 7/4/2004 at 1:41:31 AM ET
oh, by the way, the mandolin didn't cost anything, its an old one that was my great grandfathers, that I spruced up.
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viola_babs
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7/5/2004 | posted: 7/5/2004 at 5:36:13 PM ET
well...i am a teenager as well. i have never found myself in the predicament you are currently in but i suggest that you talk to your parents. try to negotiate or something along those lines. sometimes it works...and sometimes it doesn't. i realize you may consider it difficult to talk to them but just do your best to convince them otherwise! it's worth a shot. besides, what could it hurt? i mean, they've already said no. the worst thing that could happen is that they say no once more. good luck with that. that's the best information a teen can give you.
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fiddlebo
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6/15/2004 | posted: 7/7/2004 at 12:10:43 PM ET
Hey Anon,
How did you spruce the mandalin up?
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crystalball8
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4/30/2004 | posted: 7/8/2004 at 12:42:28 AM ET
I think I would suggest that you could tell them "I have the passion to play some blues and the mandolin isn't bad but what you want to express can only be done on a guitar." You could compromise with the loud amp by getting one with a head phone outlet! Plus the blues don't need to be played with the amp cranked. I would start with that. And later you could upgrade your amp for when you gig. I would also recommend a Mexican or japan made Fender Tele they are fairly inexpensive and sound decent for blues and funk. A small amp would do fine. most early blues players used them just remember get one with a head phone output and some head phones!!
Peace!!!!!
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Anonymous
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| posted: 7/9/2004 at 1:49:09 AM ET
thanks guys, really useful advice.
To Fiddlebo, I put new strings on the mandolin and tuned it.
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amouse
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7/22/2004 | posted: 7/23/2004 at 12:18:21 AM ET
Hey, I was in the same predicament. But I got thinking about a guitar. Then I met a man at a garage sale and showed me how to get the sounds of an elec. guitar and 100 more instruments. look into a keyboard. there awsome 
Later
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Anonymous
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| posted: 8/21/2004 at 11:36:04 PM ET
Get a job
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