How many of you play guitar?

[gixer1]

I still have a number of guitars but they tend to spend most of their time gathering dust now...I’ll pick one up and make a noise now and the.

I kept one electro acoustic (a Fender Montara) an electric (a Ibanez G10) and a 12 string (an old echo from Australia)

I completely regret selling an old Fender Tele I had and a 1980’s Kramer (sorry EVH!)

I also played the drums At school and secretly enjoy it when I find a kit and get the chance to have a bash now and again.

I’ll always keep my guitars as I know I’ll get back into them again.

regards,
Gixer

 

[biffo]

Taylor GS mini, and baby Taylor. Great guitars. Used to have an American stratocaster made in the early 1990s, but I sold that years ago!

 

[Limpet]

I am just restringing a Stagg left handed electric jazz bass guitar but I will need to sell mine on now along with a Peavey Micro Bass Amp and immaculate Big Muff.

I will keep the classical guitar

 

[Old-YOP]

It's great (but not that surprising) to see so many players on here.

I was a drummer - session work in the 60s & 70s, latterly with Hertfordshire's crappest show band The Boring Old F&rts - but I keep guitars around the house for visiting offspring.



Of my two youngest boys, one's an MD and guitarist (Jungle, Bombay Bicycle Club, etc.) and the other is a drummer who is supposed to be out on a long tour right now with David Gray.

Of course, with all live gigs flat-lined none of that is happening and they're sitting at home trying to writes hit songs and going slowly skint.

 

[stubear]

Yep - definitely a rock and metal guy. Started out with Nirvana and Metallica riffs and then discovered players like Vai, Satriani, Petrucci, Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert etc. and turned into a total wood shedder.

Had piano lessons for years but it was all about repertoire and learning pieces to perform - when I got into the guitar it was completely the other way. I've never really had lessons (in fact one I did have with a jazz guy he was asking me how to sweep pick... I was like "hang on you should be paying ME here".

I was a lead guitarist for a heavy metal band in Oz for a year which I really enjoyed but then when I got back I decided I should probably get a proper job haha!

First clip is from about 10 years ago when I was practicing a lot and really had some chops. Then the second is from more recently where I'd written a little classical etude. Theres a couple of small mistakes in there but its not too bad.

 

[Pedro]

I used to play air guitar regularly. Led Zep, Clapton, Beatles, Stones, I used to play with them all. Then marriage, children, job, grandchildren. The usual thing.

I wanted to get back into it again a while back, so I dug out the old air guitar. But it needed re-stringing. Couldn't find strings anywhere. But I have now. Let the good times roll!

 

[Stalker62]

This thread has just highlighted one (of many) life regrets.
I never learned to play any musical instrument and now I fear it really is a case of "old dog".

Long ago I worked in a Station at the bottom of the M1 (West Hendon) - it was night shift and I thought I was hearing things.
The haunting sound of the bagpipes seemed to be drifting across the sky. I went to investigate and found a colleague on the roof of the Nick playing the bagpipes.

A moment so moving I can hear it still...

 

[Broadarrow]

I remember my granny buying me an acoustic guitar and a copy of Bert Weedons “play in a day book” ( or was it play with yourself in a day ?)
Despite many lessons I never attained the skill and the guitar is still sitting in a corner of my attic gathering dust

 

[Waz77]

I've got a few, just in the process of selling a couple, a rare sonic blue 65 jag and a 57avri ocean turquoise

 

[Kjf]

Always loved the proper music , and should learn guitar ...........

One day . When I have time ......maybe

Nowt better than a great rift

Rock on brothers

Kjf

 

[kip270]

Have a look at Andy Guitar on YouTube. I find that he puts out some very good tutorials. I like his Fortunate Son one in particular, in that he shows the correct fingering. You’ll never get the intro or solos just from the tab.

Yeh I’m practicing fortunate son after nailing happy birthday using Andy & Justin at the moment did sign up with the Fender app too for the free trial

 

[FrenchieBoy]

Have a look at Andy Guitar on YouTube. I find that he puts out some very good tutorials. I like his Fortunate Son one in particular, in that he shows the correct fingering. You’ll never get the intro or solos just from the tab.

Have to agree with this post, specially for beginners, novices and improvers. He really does put out some very good tutorial videos!

 

[FrenchieBoy]

Another good one to follow on youtube for either novice and improver guitar players is JustinGuitar!

 

[Sonicdmb73]

Have to agree with this post, specially for beginners, novices and improvers. He really does put out some very good tutorial videos!

I found Andy Guitar, Guitar Jamz (iirc) are well explained with technique and fingerings explained.
There’s an awful lot of so called tutorials that are little more than a close up of someone doing a cover of the song.
Mind you if you think finding a decent guitar tutorial is hard try finding anything other than folk/bluegrass type ones for Mandolin (my instrument of choice). Now that is even worse.

 

[FrenchieBoy]

I found Andy Guitar, Guitar Jamz (iirc) are well explained with technique and fingerings explained.
There’s an awful lot of so called tutorials that are little more than a close up of someone doing a cover of the song.
Mind you if you think finding a decent guitar tutorial is hard try finding anything other than folk/bluegrass type ones for Mandolin (my instrument of choice). Now that is even worse.

Now that's an instrument that I really would love to learn to play. A Mandolin!

 

[Sonicdmb73]

Now that's an instrument that I really would love to learn to play. A Mandolin!

Me too

But seriously I can noodle around and play bits of songs. But I am not going to claim to be a good player. But I can build them.

 

[Old-YOP]

>> But I can build them. <<

That is one pretty instrument !!

I must admit I'm waiting for the banjo players to own up. There's a load of people on here who may have once worked as extras for 'Deliverance' so they must be about

 

[kenbro]

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I am just restringing a Stagg left handed electric jazz bass guitar but I will need to sell mine on now along with a Peavey Micro Bass Amp and immaculate Big Muff.

I will keep the classical guitar

I am just restringing a Stagg left handed electric jazz bass guitar but I will need to sell mine on now along with a Peavey Micro Bass Amp and immaculate Big Muff.

I will keep the classical guitar

I would never get rid of a Muff whatever the size.
Ken.

 

[User00035]

Just stumbled on this video on a biking forum I'm on. Never heard of her before. French guitarist Tina Setkic, just 23 years old, playing a note-for-note faithful transcription of the third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. This was recorded seven years ago when she was just 16.
And it's hard enough to play on the piano...

 

[vizslamad]

Yep and it’s got to rock