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Monday, September 8, 2008

Epiphone Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar, Alpine White

The classic "tuxedo" look and world famous features that have made the Les Paul Custom a hit since 1954 are now available in a great price range with the Epiphone Les Paul Custom.
Customer Review: Best guitar I have ever played
This is definitely the best, better than a real fender strat, and the white looks amazing.
Customer Review: All White is All Right
The Epiphone Les Paul Custom is one of the most amazing guitars I have ever seen. This Les Paul integrates the sound of Gibson with the affordability of Epiphone. I bought my Epiphone Les Paul Custom used, but it still had a clear, beautiful sound. I highly recommend this guitar for guitar players of any genre. You won't be disappointed!


Being without a teacher or qualified instructor doesn't mean the end of your musical dream. It simply means that you have to find an alternative that will best suit you. This raises the point ofcorrespondence stylelearningvia the internet or learning with software that allows you tostudy at home at your own pace. This is where the dedication of the student can be what makes the time spent either worthwhile or futile.There isa tremendousvalue tostudying witha teacher who can tell you if you're playing correctly or if your technique needs work or who can answer questions you may have. However, if circumstances mean that youmay nothave access to an instructor, learning through software can be an effective, cost saving alternative for any beginner who is looking for an easy method to learn guitar.

The Worst Guitar Lesson Ever

Learn to Play Your Guitar

If you thinkstudying witha teacher in a class setting is a good fit foryou, then you have one more hurdle to jump and that's finding the right teacher. This is where you have to be careful becausebecoming a guitar teacher is as easy as putting an ad online or in the local paper and setting up appointments. There is no accreditation or experience level needed to become a teacher, there is no organization or group that oversees and licenses guitar teachers, and they are pretty muchfree and clear to instruct how they see fit. There also are no regulations onwhat they can orcan't teach.Anyone can claim to be a good teacher and there aremany who do make this claim. The number of competent teachers, however, is limited. Depending on your location, there may not be a variety for you to choose from, so finding yourself the right teachercould prove to be more challenging than actually learning the instrument.

It doesn't matter what is being taught, whether it's guitar,quantum physicsor third grade mathematics, if theteacher isn't making the materialclear orcompelling then they are goingtohave a hard time getting a student to grasp whatthey're teaching. If your ambition is to become agood player and agood musician, you need agood teacher. Maybe your musical goal isn't to become a professional, but more of a weekend warrior, you can reach those goals far more quickly, easily and efficiently with the guidance of a decent teacher.

So Where Is This Teacher?

The ticking of the metronome, it's hypnotic droning sounding very much likethe clockadvancing ever so slowlyat the end of a school or work day. An unmotivated instructor quietly counting out "1..2..3..4..repeat now on a D..2..3..4.." All the while you are thinking to yourself 'When do I get to learn howto play Iron Man?'I believe this willsound very familiar to hundreds, no, thousands ofmusic studentsall over the world.



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