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Playing guitar
- Thread starter Billy Dean
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I'm gobsmacked
Someone should have told the buyer that he could have bought that from Dawsons for £895.00
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Use the finger shape @Old Blue 2 suggested above for G - that will make for a much easier switch to C. Failing that, depending on what you’re playing, if it’s just the bass strings you’re hitting for a ‘chugging’ effect, just use the bottom two finger positions and ‘drop’ down two strings. Very quick and easy, but like I say, not so much if you need the higher notes on the top strings.
Persevere - there is no easy route, but practice, practice and more practice - unless you're one of those very lucky people who have a natural aptitude for the instrument.
Believe me - very soon muscle memory, hand speed and dexterity will improve and you'll crack it and before you know it you'll be chugging away to 5 fret stretching Andy Summmers 'Sus 2' chords
Barrowjohn
Player Valuation: £950k
Drop the guitar, pick up the bass and get into the groove.
Have you tried planting your 3rd finger first, it makes the rest a lot easier?
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Yes mate it does help, I saw a video of that last night on youtube. Works a lot better
Would love to play the guitar, kudos to you guys who put in the hours and practice.
Old Blue 2
Player Valuation: £35m
This is the B shape. In the pic, it is 5 frets further up - the shape is constant, the name of the chord changes (as you know) as you move up the fretboard.
So, on this E chord, I'm barreing the 7th fret with my first finger, and using my ring finger to fret the 9th fret across the second, third and fourth strings. And yes, I can bend my ring finger so that the top string sounds.
As the shape remains the same, but moves down the fretboard, fret by fret, the chord changes as follows: E - Eflat - D - Dflat - C - B. For those learning, always remember: alphabetic progression as you move the same shape up or down..
This is the B shape. In the pic, it is 5 frets further up - the shape is constant, the name of the chord changes (as you know) as you move up the fretboard.
So, on this E chord, I'm barreing the 7th fret with my first finger, and using my ring finger to fret the 9th fret across the second, third and fourth strings. And yes, I can bend my ring finger so that the top string sounds.
As the shape remains the same, but moves down the fretboard, fret by fret, the chord changes as follows: E - Eflat - D - Dflat - C - B. For those learning, always remember: alphabetic progression as you move the same shape up or down..
It's the barring with the fourth finger that does me in, especially when needing a quick transition. I think I panic and try to plant it down hard too quickly.
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
I can now play a clean G 
Now to change between that and C. It takes me what feels like 5 minutes at the moment
Now to change between that and C. It takes me what feels like 5 minutes at the moment
I can now play a clean G
Now to change between that and C. It takes me what feels like 5 minutes at the moment
Spot on mate, keep at it as you'll be moving between the 2 by tomorrow night
They did the same with the Vintage VSA535 - a little too close to the Gibson ES-335 apparently.
I've had a Vintage VSA535 for about 20-something years now and only saw the lawsuit story when I was trying to see if it was worth anything.
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