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For me, it was also the first guitar song I learned...Peter Gunn. Howbout the rest of ya?

Either "Walk Don't Run" or "Pipeline", I'm not sure which was first.

teb wrote:Either "Walk Don't Run" or "Pipeline", I'm not sure which was first.

Ahh Walk Don't Run..the song that started 100,000 guitarists

teb wrote:Either "Walk Don't Run" or "Pipeline", I'm not sure which was first.

Same here. Either that, or something by the Jam. Probably all three.

Yep, learning a couple of those old parts was probably the first time I really felt like a real guitar player. They were little milestones to build on. Another good one was learning to pick through the chord progression for "House of the Rising Sun". That realization that you're actually making real music (even if it's not perfect) is a great motivator. The first break-throughs on bass were the bass lines for "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "She's Not There". Those two songs had more influence on me wanting to become a bass player than any others. A few months later I figured out the fancy bass breaks for "My Generation" and I remember some of the older guys in local bands couldn't believe that some 13-year-old kid with a cheap Hagstrom and a Sears amp could play them - until I showed them. I was still in a terrible band after that, but at least I got some respect.

Oops! Misread the title and forgot what section this is in!

Anyway, I think that Wipeout was maybe the first instrumental that I learned, but Walk Don't Run was a close second.

Not exactly your type of instrumental I'm sure, George, but this was it for me - one of the first things I picked up the first day I had my bass:

i think it was the jam butterfly collector.I think also i learned the riff to Martur and the muffins Echo beach,still working on it
suppose Peter Gunn was up there too!

Wait, isn't this thread specifically about instrumental songs? Not sure The Jam has any of those (could easily be wrong, though).

sloop_john_b wrote:Wait, isn't this thread specifically about instrumental songs? Not sure The Jam has any of those (could easily be wrong, though).

im blaming it on Paul he started it. Jam had one instrumental `Circus` from the gift.Anyway whoops again.

sloop_john_b wrote:Not exactly your type of instrumental I'm sure, George, but this was it for me - one of the first things I picked up the first day I had my bass:

Funny thing is John,,if you bring down the od a little and add some reverb, the structure of this song could be a 3rd wave surf instro ala Slacktone or leave the od up could be an more like Agent Orange number. Actually Kill Em All and Ride The Lightning are sometimes on the cd changer rotation around here.....

I think, technically, it was the Blue Danube Waltz from page 3 of the 1966 Mel Bay Guitar level 1...
Rock wise, it was Telstar in 1968, followed by Perfidia shortly after. Then I got into Mashed Potatoes for a while...

bitzerguy wrote:I think, technically, it was the Blue Danube Waltz from page 3 of the 1966 Mel Bay Guitar level 1...
Rock wise, it was Telstar in 1968, followed by Perfidia shortly after. Then I got into Mashed Potatoes for a while...

Cool tunes but that darn Mel Bay! Any of us that took piano lessons as kids can relate to having teachers wanting to work their agenda...I went in wanting to learn Jerry Lee and Little Richard but instead had to study classical...I did learn how to read music though...

Yeah, the classical portion of learning did teach reading. At the time I didn't think much of Mel, but now I am happy I had a teacher who insisted on learning basics with his books.

I still have a hard time listening to the BDW though. Mom & Dad coughed up a lot of dough in those days for me to learn, and thus enforced a practice regimen that I still follow today. Although they could be arrested these days for the discipline methods of that regimen. God bless them, I wouldn't change a thing...

Spare the rod spoil the musician hey Dean