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  • Vivian Campbell
    Head Fluffer
    • Oct 2004
    • 356

    What is the most I should pay for guitar lessons

    I just got a Fender Strat and I am looking foward to taking lessons. Since I know jack shit, and don't want to get ripped off, what is the most that I should dish out for lessons?
    The Fat Lady is singing for Van Hagar.

    http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/attac...&postid=392002
  • scottydabodi
    Crazy Ass Mofo
    • Jun 2004
    • 2514

    #2
    In NYC the going rate is $50/hr. I get $70/hr, but, wait!! You're Vivian Campbell!!! You already KNOW how to play guitar!!!!
    If you listen to fools
    The Mob Rules

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    • Vivian Campbell
      Head Fluffer
      • Oct 2004
      • 356

      #3
      Thanks for the info Scotty.

      Originally posted by scottydabodi
      You're Vivian Campbell!!! You already KNOW how to play guitar!!!!


      If you listened to some recent Def Lep albums, you wouldn't think so.
      The Fat Lady is singing for Van Hagar.

      http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/attac...&postid=392002

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      • Eyes of the Night
        Veteran
        • Jan 2004
        • 1993

        #4
        10 bucks hr ...
        Broken down n' dirty dressed in rags ...

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        • BrownSound1
          ROTH ARMY FOUNDER
          • Mar 2003
          • 3025

          #5
          I never took lessons, so I dunno.

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          • David Van Via
            Sniper
            • Apr 2004
            • 751

            #6
            I didn't take lessons either, good old try it over and over again 'till you get it right!
            Rumour has it that Van Halen have continued in recent years with a new lead signer, but since there 1985 breakup, nobody involved has ever recaptured that spontaneous cheeseburger magic!

            ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE

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            • Eyes of the Night
              Veteran
              • Jan 2004
              • 1993

              #7
              Took em' for 3 months to learn the chords ... that was the going rate 15 years ago ... lmao
              Broken down n' dirty dressed in rags ...

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              • GAR
                Banned
                • Jan 2004
                • 10849

                #8
                I would guerilla-lesson. I'd take a lesson, then take home the diagrams and workbook and work at it for a month before another lesson.

                Also I would take ghost-lesson: my buddies would take lessons, then I'd come over afterwords and have them show me what they were supposed to study, and while going over their papers and book diagrams would then try to take mental snapshots of this then go home and practice it.

                REMEMBER I was a fucking welfare latchkey paperboy for Pasadena Star-News.. I didn't have shit to spend. I made like $25 per month, on a good month I swear that route sucked. I had to pass the tracks to get between streets and was always catching flats from thorns.

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                • GAR
                  Banned
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 10849

                  #9
                  OH My buddies were spending $15-20 back in the day for a half-hour, so double that at least these days to adjust for inflation.

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                  • Panamark
                    DIAMOND STATUS
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 17113

                    #10
                    Free.

                    Listen with your ears, play with your fingers.

                    Buy a good chord book.
                    BABY PANA 2 IS Coming !! All across the land, let the love and beer flow !
                    Love ya Mary Frances!

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                    • Cathedral
                      ROTH ARMY ELITE
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 6618

                      #11
                      $20 a half hour here in Cinci, and you can take them once a week.
                      I hated lessons because just as soon as i got comfortable, it was over.

                      By the way, there are countless offerings in instructional software out there that can do every bit as well as a live teacher can for you.
                      There was no internet when i began learning *cough* years ago.

                      Besides, the moment you hear your teacher ask "Hey, what was that, and how did you do it?"....It's time to leave.

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                      • GAR
                        Banned
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 10849

                        #12
                        If your teacher asks you during your lesson time how you did a trick, I believe the proper answer would be, "sure for an extra 15 minutes"

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                        • GAR
                          Banned
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 10849

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Cathedral
                          there are countless offerings in instructional software out there that can do every bit as well as a live teacher can for you.
                          I've planned to get the "How I Play Guitar" 3-DVD lessons set by John McGlaughlin. It looks awesome but it's $150 bux.

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