SixStringSurfer
Joined: Sep 23, 2014
Posts: 1428
Memphis, TN
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Posted on Apr 24 2025 09:57 PM
I just wanted to say that since I started taking lessons about a month and a half ago, I have drastically improved. My guitar instructor is Jimmy Dale, and he is a fantastic teacher.
The biggest improvement so far has been my timing, which has always been my weakness. I am also learning the “correct” way to play these songs that I have been playing for years.
Anyway, I just wanted to encourage anyone who is wanting to improve to take lessons, it makes a massive difference. Here is a short clip of me playing “The Wedge.”
https://youtu.be/mCDnpQSb2Sc?feature=shared
— MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New EP Louder Than Life available on bandcamp and website.
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2283
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Apr 25 2025 12:32 AM
Personal guitar lessons from a good teacher are drastically different from the best online courses or books.
I had some lessons with Martin Schmidt and it pushed me more forward than previous 10 years of practice.
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
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SixStringSurfer
Joined: Sep 23, 2014
Posts: 1428
Memphis, TN
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Posted on Apr 25 2025 08:59 AM
I agree 100% with you. I have learned more from Jimmy in six weeks than I have learned on my own in the last six years! I’ve been playing guitar seriously since Oct of 2014 (after a long hiatus). I should have started taking lessons years ago!
— MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New EP Louder Than Life available on bandcamp and website.
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AgentClaret
Joined: Jan 30, 2024
Posts: 159
Detroit, MI
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 05:20 PM
Ive been thinking about lessons lately but i think it'd be hard to find the right instructor for me.
Ive played almost 25 years and am no beginner, but I could really use help with some specific stuff. My picking hand motion has always been horrible and as a result I have a hard time tremolo picking. I'd also just like to learn a bunch of general 50s and 60s lead guitar licks and turnarounds and stuff to increase my musical vocabulary. I was always into indie or proggy stuff growing up and never really learned the classics!
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11075
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 05:30 PM
Tell us where you're located, you never know....
AgentClaret wrote:
Ive been thinking about lessons lately but i think it'd be hard to find the right instructor for me.
Ive played almost 25 years and am no beginner, but I could really use help with some specific stuff. My picking hand motion has always been horrible and as a result I have a hard time tremolo picking. I'd also just like to learn a bunch of general 50s and 60s lead guitar licks and turnarounds and stuff to increase my musical vocabulary. I was always into indie or proggy stuff growing up and never really learned the classics!
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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AgentClaret
Joined: Jan 30, 2024
Posts: 159
Detroit, MI
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 05:48 PM
Just outside of Detroit!
Sorry, I thought my location was in my avatar, I'll fix that...
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11075
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 06:35 PM
hit up Rick from the Volcanos. I don't know if he gives lessons, but he's a great guitarist in your area.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
Last edited: Apr 28, 2025 18:41:03
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AgentClaret
Joined: Jan 30, 2024
Posts: 159
Detroit, MI
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 06:38 PM
Ivan P. lives about an hour and half away, too...
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11075
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 06:41 PM
AgentClaret wrote:
Ivan P. lives about an hour and half away, too...
I know Ivan very well, I would say he's not a candidate for guitar teacher.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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AgentClaret
Joined: Jan 30, 2024
Posts: 159
Detroit, MI
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 06:44 PM
I'm not worthy, anyway!
I used to deliver stuff everyday to this place in the town he lives in... I was always on the lookout for him!
Last edited: Apr 28, 2025 18:47:19
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11075
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 06:46 PM
AgentClaret wrote:
I'm not worthy, anyway!
Anyone looking to improve their skills and pursue something they love is worthy of admiration and support.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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AgentClaret
Joined: Jan 30, 2024
Posts: 159
Detroit, MI
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 06:48 PM
I just meant that in a "Wayne and Garth meeting Alice Cooper" kind of way!
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11075
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 06:54 PM
Haha, that one snuck by me.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4549
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Apr 28 2025 11:35 PM
Ivsn’s a great player, but i suspect that he has bigger fish to fry. I’m a lot farther away from you than Ivan, and I don’t really teach anymore, in any event.
In terms of general suggestions, I’m going to use a word some people don’t like to hear, but learn your scales. I learned two octave Major and harmonic minor scales from the Johnny Smith Approach to Guitar and it made a huge difference. You also need to get your pentatonics down pat, because they come in very useful. Most intermediate students I taught that found themselves stuck in one place were helped by concentrating on technique and playing scales clean.
Beyond that, use the Amazing Slow Downer and copy,mpayimg special attention to copying not just the notes played, but also listening to the subtle hints of what fingerings the original artist used. There are multitude ways of playing the same pitches on a guitar, and if you can figure out the original artist’s fingerings, it makes life easier. YouTube helps with this, if you can find concert/TV clips of the original artist.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
Last edited: Apr 28, 2025 23:36:03
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rockndawg
Joined: Aug 06, 2018
Posts: 63
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Posted on Apr 30 2025 08:25 AM
I live in Kingman Arizona, I'm not sure there are any guitar teachers here period, no less surf guitar teachers.
Might check if Jimmy Dale will do zoom lessons. Be cool taking some lessons from him just because who he is.
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