Thanks for watching!

Thanks, yeah it is a really enjoyable course, I love the variation it has.🤘

Good idea! There are a lot of tones that can be created and there is Tone Studio where you can download all sorts or tones made by others. I think the Yamaha has something similar though?

It is so much fun! and Paul's beginner course is really interesting and has a good mix within it and not much focus on one thing. I will take note 😉 of the tuning. I did tune it before I started but it must have fallen out and my ear doesn't hear that yet. Thanks for the support.

@@MidlifeGuitar Guitars are strange beasts... they can fall out of tune by heat, or because of tuning a string down, because of bending a particular string too far, or roughness in the nut. And ofcourse they fall out of tune by tuning just once: the changing string tension while tuning affects the other strings. My way of tuning a guitar (with a tuner): * If all strings are flat, I overtighten the bass E string a bit. This will compensate for the added tension of the other strings and will minimize the amount of runs you need. * Always tune a string up: if it's slighly sharp, I make it way flat, then tune up. Overshoot? Tune it flat and try again. This takes the play out of the mechanisms. * I tune in the order of base E to high E: the added/substracted tension diminishes going forward in this order. * On an electric I normally play a piece with quite some bends to get the play out....sometimes a string will shift out of tune very rapidly. * After I complete tuning all strings, I make another run: this will actually tune the guitar. I found there are a lot of bad tuning apps for your phone, which actually lag behind the frequency etc. I found guitartuna to work well for my use. Hardware tuners I don't use as much anymore. I think I used a Sabine PIK which are great tuners, don't know if they make them anymore. Tuning by hand is a different story. I have been tuning with harmonics for much of my life but always found the resulting tuning a bit 'off'. Also the position 5-0 / 4-0 going from string to string gave me mixed results as you add error on error from pressing the string down. What I do now is to first tune the G string on a pitch/note I want to tune to....play A string on 10, play D-string on 5 to tune them to G. Then play G on 4 to tune B, then play G on 9 to tune the high E. Then use 12th harmonic on low E to tune to high E open string. Of course, I then tune G again to the source and repeat when I made significant adjustments. Seems like a lot of work, but your ear will develop rapidly if you always tune your guitar meticulously. "Take note" of the tuning ... you're as corny as I am ;)

Thanks Rich, it is just what you learn on his course and then apply to his backing track sounds cool though and getting the timing right makes it sound so much better. Ooo I would love a 335 I actually like the look of the american made Epiphone Casino too. A trade in a for a new amp might help you, I am really enjoying the Katana but would like to try a Positive Grid Spark also.

@@MidlifeGuitar Yeah, as soon as shops open back up here I might trade it in or sell it on Craigslist. I was looking at the Katana because from what I see it is nice, but yeah, the Spark I think I would like better with the config options & definitely the size. Even thinking of just getting an audio interface & using Bias FX or whatever it is called from Positive Grid with a set of speakers I already have on my desk.

@@nixternal One thing I would say is that the Katana isn't good as an audio interface. You can record from it and I have but you have to really increase the gain on it to get enough volume into a DAW and it still doesn't sound loud enough. I ended up buying a Scarlett Solo so I record the Katana through that. If you are looking to record and mess around with sounds then an audio interface will be great bang for the buck and you can skip the amp altogether.

@@MidlifeGuitar I screwed up, I bought the solo in January but it caused an issue with my machine & I really didn't know what I was doing with it. I wanted to do the computer as an amp & went about it all wrong. So I returned it. I think I'm going to get the new Evo 4 because I wouldn't mind playing with mics on the acoustic guitar too. I will say the Solo is actually good when you finally figure it out. I noticed absolutely no latency with it. If I would have just gotten some TS 2 RCA cables I could have done exactly what I wanted, but I just didn't take my time. Wanted instant gratification, and I lost ;D

You're so welcome! and good question. You are absolutely right in that Paul's course doesn't place emphasis on learning songs. Learning this way gives you more confidence at an earlier stage than say in Justin's classic course. I say this because you are learning melodies and little solos along with a good variance of other things like scales and open chords.This does make it a bit easier and it also feel like you are covering more ground. I don't think you would find this course frustrating and you could supplement it with learning songs when you wanted to.

Thx Luke!

I am loving the Katana and it is a 50W MK2. It is a great practice amp and the tone studio where you can download all sorts of tones created by others with more experience than me can make it sound great. It also has a .5W, 20W and 50W setting so you can play it a low levels, (good for me in the evenings when kids gone to bed) as well as really crank it out it you want to!

Midlife Guitar, I hear you about the kids. Same here...

Thanks for the idea and the offer of help, I just don't have the time to dedicate to it what with family, my blog and making videos.

Nah, he looks like me with a beard 😂