Stud_Muffin

I wouldn't advise giving the password out to anyone, because anyone could get in and screw it all up (not that I'm accusing anyone). It'd mean a bit more work for one person, but it'd keep ll the hard work safe.

Maybe a private group could be made, with trusted members and mods, so that it wouldn't be just one persons responsibility?

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racman92

I think a small group of members with the login would be best. That way its not relying on a single person, but people cant just go willy nilly posting random stuff on our youtube.

I'll help out with that if need be.

Jiggzy.UK

I suppose we'd just upload us playing on our own channel, then leave a link in "the acoustic forum youtube channel thread". Little vote for who is featured weekly.

One or two mods have the password to the channel.

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Edory_Gregwards

All the ideas so far sound great.

Recording information would be awesome. Im looking to start recording soon, on a budget. Not sure if I should get a condensor mic for 100 dollars, or a Tascam digital recorder for 100 dollars.

Song of the month/week would be cool too, I think it would be cool knowing that all the people reading this forum would probably look up the tab for it and work on learning it during that week. Kind of a collective we all know how to play this song now type of thing.

ofirariel

I think that what the forum is missing the most is something fresh in the acoustic world. Honestly, with all the respect to Andy Mckee and Sungha Jung nothing really happend in the acoustic world in like... the last decade. so there isn't really anything to discuss about, other than "wut songs shud i play" or "which strings are da best?".
Therefore, assuming that no one in this forum is going to change the whole acoustic world upside down, the only option avialble is creating our own material, "Web 2.0" style.
That's also a favourable option because acoustic guitar forums would naturally attract more... well it's not very politicly correct to say, but acoustic and classic guitar attracts more intelligent people, rather than electric guitar forums atleast.*

Btw, I think this forum is lack of classical theards and information. this is merely an acoustic forum and the "Classical" title is just, well, a title.
If I'll manage to find enough time I'll try to revive a bit the classical section of this forum.*

*this user is new at this forum, inactive, not to mention that he's not sober most of the time, and he doesn't worth being listen to.

captivate

Updated ideas.
- Behind the user bios
- Youtube channel
- Guitar player wiki
- Recording equipment writeups
- Electronic Press Kits(EPK)

I'll try to start a poll thread up sometime this week. I'm absolutely swamped for the next month or so. Most difficult year in university so far.

If you have any other ideas to add, feel free to post. Going to sticky this up for now.

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Dreadnought

OK good! We need a bit more momentum on this.

When can we make the first user bio post/thread? Does anybody in particular want to start? Want to talk about it some more?

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Stud_Muffin

Is the general idea to review your own gear/playing style, in the user bio? Sorry for seeming stupid, but I'd be up for doing one on my gear/playing.

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Dix_Fix

I hate to say it but I think the only way to have the THREAD the way WE would like it is to legislate.
I.E. Need to have been a member for 2 years before you can post in here.
I know that sounds rather harsh but the 2 year deal , seems to be when we have some skills as guitarists & have sorted the "what first guitar" "is this a good deal" threads.
Just a thought !!!!

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Stud_Muffin

I agree with this, even though I'd say a lot of people who joined in '09 onwards are more active than me. I think the regulars will at least give it some structure and control, and mods like cap and roamingbard will keep people in line, if need be. That said, people in here are generally awesome guys, who know trolling should be kept in the pit. Hence why this is my favourite part of the forum.

Just had another idea.....folk instruments. I for one, collect and attempt to learn these with a feverish passion, and I own 3 different sizes of ukulele, a tenor guitar, a mandolin, a 12 string converted into a bouzouki, a 5 string banjo, 2 harmonicas and for fun, a tin whistle.

I'm sure theres guys in here that play some weird folky instruments, and it'd be great to share knowledge on brands, technique, songs etc, while kind of sticking within the guidelines of acoustic guitar.

Another idea I had, is a more detailed thread on open tunings. I've played in nothing but open tunings for about a year, so I could pass on a bit of knowledge on the more common open tunings, such as open G, D, A, E, C and DADGAD, but give more insight to how you go about creating your own tunings, scales and chords. This could spread to a wider listening thread, so directing people to The Rolling Stones for G, Mumford and Sons for open D, Pierre Bensusan for DADGAD etc etc, for people who want to listen to how a tuning can be used.

Thoughts?

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GC Shred Off

I don't like that at all. It discourages newbies from asking questions, which is one of the main functions of the forum, regardless of how bland it might seem to the experienced player. It also assumes that just because someone is new to the forum, they're also new to the instrument, which is way off base.

Natrone

YES. I've been wanting to experiment with open tuning for a while now but have NO IDEA where to start with it.

I don't really agree with the 2 year thing though. I learned everything I know about guitars by posting all the time when I first signed up.

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ethan_hanus

I agree, plus, we do get new members who have more experience than most of the older members on UG, like Cathbard and Catharsis Studios, those two alone have more knowledge of what they do than the entire UG community combined, and they are fairly new members.

Imajustasayen.

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ofirariel

Just saying, a sticky thread with information about buzzy strings might save half of the less necessary threads in this forum.

XianXiuHong

Agreed. This part of the forum is a little dead (especially in the classical guitar department) and I would like to see it livened up a little. Perhaps once a month or something we could feature a classical guitar piece and post good interpretations of it just as a way to promote the music and play it. Then, users could comment on what they did and didn't like about the piece and why they did/didn't like the piece or the player's interpretation.

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slipknot5678

I've only posted here a few times; it has hardly been touched by my stupidity. Maybe if I trolled more often you'd get more people posting.

Just joking.

I could possibly contribute to an acoustic guitar album if you start it up again. I've actually got a mic and audio interface now, and I've been writing songs and playing my acoustic much more over the bast few months.

That's about all I could do though. I'm not a knowledgable guitarist and I'm just not very good. Most people on this site don't like me anyway. I could do more in the future.

Dreadnought

Hey guys, I've gotten super busy with my job and training, so I can't visit here often.

If anyone who is organizing any of this needs/wants me to contribute, please contact me via PM.

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