The Beginnings

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This page was established July,6th,1999.
Last update December,20th,2000. All of the photos are available in large size by clicking on them.

That's me as a youngster (cca 1977) playing my first guitar (a jazz hollowbody I have installed a pickup on). The guitar didn't have the sound I wanted, but it was easy to bend strings on. I have learned the songs with three chords: The House of The Rising Sun (nearly all the beginners played that in seventies here) and Beatles of course - first with chords and singing and later I've been playing the melody on flute and guitar.

This picture was made with my second guitar (cca 1979). I wore the pointed shoes - well, that was the fashion then...
In the music magazine I've seen the photo of John Fogerty in the same pose, but my photo has been made well before...?

Well, that's how it was in the beginning. It took me hours and hours of playing to get my skills together; listening to the radio and trying to hit the right notes at the same time. I also managed to get some imported books and read them all to learn the secrets of the trade. I must say there were almost no tablature books available then and even the staff material was hard to get...