To Join or not to Join?

[KRASH]

well, this is supposedly the all music discussion forum.
I've been playing guitar for two years, im feeling comfortable with my abilaties so far, meaning, i've stopped geting abuse and started getting respect as a guitarist, people are starting to look up to me, i am mentoring a beginner to the guitar, and teaching him stuff i learned, he can't be assed getting a teach basically, so cause he's my mate im gonna teach him sum stuff.

Now, however, like i said people are looking up to me, and i need to learn new stuff, friends have been telling me that joining a band teaches you a lot about music, not only your insturment but also others in the band. I don't have great equipment, a micro cube and squire to be precise...but it is what you can play, not what you have that matters. Should i join the band, and buy the stuff latrer, or shoud i leave it totally? am i not ready yet?

[Phototropic]

Don't get ahead of yourself or big headed

try not to think 'Ahh great people are looking up to me, I must be good'

if you're going to join a band you will need some quality gear, but you can always try out and if it doesn't work its not the end of the world

Good luck

[himynameistweek]

you'll need a more powerful amp. but once you get that covered, go for it.

[KRASH]

you'll need a more powerful amp. but once you get that covered, go for it.


yeah, im trying to decide to get one for X-Mas or just have my mum get me one when i join a band

[Aes820]

You don't necessarily need a high powered amp.
The smarter guitarist would opt for a better sound and a higher quality amp over a higher powered amp.

I've got a 30 watt amp. (well, it's really a 2x 15 watt amp) that I gig with regularly. It is more than loud enough for any venue. Even those where we are not running through a PA.

So please, don't just throw your money at the first 100+ watt halfstack you see. Thinking that that is what you need to be in a band.

[KRASH]

You don't necessarily need a high powered amp.
The smarter guitarist would opt for a better sound and a higher quality amp over a higher powered amp.

I've got a 30 watt amp. (well, it's really a 2x 15 watt amp) that I gig with regularly. It is more than loud enough for any venue. Even those where we are not running through a PA.

So please, don't just throw your money at the first 100+ watt halfstack you see. Thinking that that is what you need to be in a band.


no im looking at a 60 Watt amp, it should do me for quite a while, no?

[KRASH]

bump

[Neoteric]

Sound over watts. Get the better sounding amp, it doesn't matterabout the wattage that much (except if it's like a 10 watt one.)

[fuzzyhair]

I have the crate XT120R and you can get many different styles out of it. Maybe check out that line. Or you could check out some line 6 amps. They are pretty good.

[blakey971]

If there is a band that wants you to play with them, go do it. If it works out, great. If not, you'll have some experience.

[Caleb3221]

Yeah, if the band thinks your good enough to play with them, then you are. The worst they can say is "no". You can definatley get your equipment later, especially if the rest of the band is around your level. (Then again, if you are going out for a more serious/established band with more experience musicians, they might not dig the fact that you have a tiny amp, but once again, the worst they can say is "no".)

[KRASH]

thanx for the advice, what if i wanted to start a band?

there are a couple of people above me aswell as beloow me in how good they are, what should i do?

[andysmit]

someone is always going to be above you, nothing you can do about it