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Guitar guys. General discussion. Your ability and length of time playing?
Posted on 5/8/16 at 9:28 am
Posted on 5/8/16 at 9:28 am
I started playing at 39 
So I suck. I only have 2 acoustics. One of which is a better guitar than I EVER hope to be player. But I got CAGED down fairly well.
Just wanted to discuss...
Scale of 1-10 and honest with yourself, how good are you.
"1" is holding a guitar like it is from another planet.
"10" is pretty much play anything you damned well please with a couple minute glance at a video.
"Higher than 10" would mean you could pick up The Rain Song and play it by ear. Or you are good enough to play in front of a crowd and earn a living. Or you are Mark Knopfler and secretly lurk these boards.
Just curious over the last 3-4 years of chiming into all of these discussions. Seeing some of the guitars posted and discussed or the music played being discussed. Or the brave few on here who may say "Knopfler is overrated. I can do that shite." Hell, maybe you aren't lying.
Discuss...
So I suck. I only have 2 acoustics. One of which is a better guitar than I EVER hope to be player. But I got CAGED down fairly well. Just wanted to discuss...
Scale of 1-10 and honest with yourself, how good are you.
"1" is holding a guitar like it is from another planet.
"10" is pretty much play anything you damned well please with a couple minute glance at a video.
"Higher than 10" would mean you could pick up The Rain Song and play it by ear. Or you are good enough to play in front of a crowd and earn a living. Or you are Mark Knopfler and secretly lurk these boards.
Just curious over the last 3-4 years of chiming into all of these discussions. Seeing some of the guitars posted and discussed or the music played being discussed. Or the brave few on here who may say "Knopfler is overrated. I can do that shite." Hell, maybe you aren't lying.
Discuss...
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Posted on 5/8/16 at 9:47 am to LSU alum wannabe
I got my first guitar at 8. I'be taken lessons on off, but mostly self taught. I'm 30 now and would consider myself a 4-5..... Haven't picked it up in quite a while now.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 10:30 am to LSU alum wannabe
I've been playing for about 12 years now and would consider myself a pretty talented guitarist. Maybe about a 6-7 on your scale. I mostly just try to play along with whatever/whoever I'm listening to and pick it up by ear. It's a very satisfying feeling when you can learn a riff or entire song by ear, whether it's actually the way the artist plays it or not.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 11:01 am to LSU alum wannabe
I dunno and don't like rating myself. There are so many different styles as well that it's hard to really rate anyone without it being subjective.
Started playing at the age of 10, so it's been 16 years. No idea what my skill level is just glad I play music.
Started playing at the age of 10, so it's been 16 years. No idea what my skill level is just glad I play music.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 11:11 am to CocoLoco
better rating system would be
1) people want to pay to see you play
2) good enough to get paid to play
3) shouldn't be on stage, good around the camp fire
4) should just play with buddies
5) sell your instrument
1) people want to pay to see you play
2) good enough to get paid to play
3) shouldn't be on stage, good around the camp fire
4) should just play with buddies
5) sell your instrument
This post was edited on 5/8/16 at 11:20 am
Posted on 5/8/16 at 11:20 am to McGregor
quote:
3) shouldn't be on stage, good around the camp fire
Probably somewhere in this realm. Been playing since I was 16, but I haven't really made any progress since I was in college. As an adult/parent with a full-time job, it's hard to find enough time to do anything other than maintain.
Still need to properly learn a certain part of Classical Gas that I've been putting off for a decade.
This post was edited on 5/8/16 at 11:21 am
Posted on 5/8/16 at 11:26 am to kmcmah1
quote:
It's a very satisfying feeling when you can learn a riff or entire song by ear, whether it's actually the way the artist plays it or not.
Indeed it is, even if it is something simple.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 12:27 pm to McGregor
quote:
5) sell your instrument
This is me.
And FAHH-Q
Posted on 5/8/16 at 12:31 pm to urinetrouble
quote:
Indeed it is, even if it is something simple.
Just slowly strumming a chord and realizing when you slow it to note by note there is a "that's all that was?" moment.
Or just and added pull off or hammer on.
That's about all I am capable of picking up at this point. Chord changes are still cumbersome for me. Which is sad, because all it takes is dedication and practice to smoothly transition chords. But it gets boring.
If I would have put as much time into a guitar when young as I did in Defender and Tecmo Bowl???
Posted on 5/8/16 at 12:34 pm to McGregor
quote:
1) people want to pay to see you play
2) good enough to get paid to play
i think I'm somewhere between 1 and 2. I've been playing for 40 years.
The Rain Song is not hard at all. It's that Brad Paisley stuff that makes me scratch my head.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 1:03 pm to MondayMorningMarch
quote:
Rain Song is not hard at all. It's that Brad Paisley stuff that makes me scratch my head.
And Fahh-q too.
Lol
Posted on 5/8/16 at 1:21 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I've been playing for about 8 years. I'd say i'm about a 6.5
I can play by ear, but I lack the technical competancy to do any kind of complicated soloing.
I can play by ear, but I lack the technical competancy to do any kind of complicated soloing.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 1:54 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I bought a yellow/red sunburst Washburn Maverick, a country electric guitar, with my own money when I was 16. It was the guitar the salesman recommended for me, so I trusted him because wtf did I know?, right? And it's my favorite guitar I've ever owned because it's the guitar on which I learned the basics. There's nothing like learning your first lick and being able to play it without looking at your left hand. It's the coolest thing in the world.
For all intents and purposes, 39 = 16.
To answer your question, I'm a 9, but when I was a 3, it was all just as good.
Rock on, you motherfricker.
For all intents and purposes, 39 = 16.
To answer your question, I'm a 9, but when I was a 3, it was all just as good.
Rock on, you motherfricker.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 1:59 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Rock Rhythm guitar I'd say I'm a solid 7.
It's my favorite thing to do. I'm a born rhythm guitarist. And I practice that craft.
Lead guitar I'm probably like a 1 or 2. I could get better, but I prefer to spend my time playing and writing rhythm lines and riffs and
Luckily, my lead guitarists is fantastic and we've been playing together for about 8 years now.
It's my favorite thing to do. I'm a born rhythm guitarist. And I practice that craft.
Lead guitar I'm probably like a 1 or 2. I could get better, but I prefer to spend my time playing and writing rhythm lines and riffs and
Luckily, my lead guitarists is fantastic and we've been playing together for about 8 years now.
This post was edited on 5/8/16 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 5/8/16 at 2:09 pm to Breesus
And I'm a natural lead player
A buddy I grew up playing with plays lead as well, and we'd get this really cool stuff going on with us both playing lead. The bass would work as the rhythm.
This is from when we were around 18ish LINK
I'm doing a lot of the wailing like at 1:46
Whole lot of delay going on haha. Can hear the Pink Floyd influence for sure. shite I might bring this song back and record it, finally throw vocals on it.
A buddy I grew up playing with plays lead as well, and we'd get this really cool stuff going on with us both playing lead. The bass would work as the rhythm.
This is from when we were around 18ish LINK
I'm doing a lot of the wailing like at 1:46
Whole lot of delay going on haha. Can hear the Pink Floyd influence for sure. shite I might bring this song back and record it, finally throw vocals on it.
This post was edited on 5/8/16 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 5/8/16 at 4:09 pm to LSU alum wannabe
quote:
Higher than 10" would mean you could pick up The Rain Song and play it by ear. Or you are good enough to play in front of a crowd and earn a living. Or you are Mark Knopfler and secretly lurk these boards.
61 years old,startedhen I was 12 and did learn the "rain Song", Sultans of Swing, countless Cream, and Allman Brothers songs by ear just listening to the records including the solos, But, Idon't consider myself a 10, it was the only way we had to learn when I was in my teens, there was no Youtube, or online resources, video tape lessons were rare and tab in magazines was just making and appeareance.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 5:04 pm to LSU alum wannabe
quote:
Chord changes are still cumbersome for me. Which is sad, because all it takes is dedication and practice to smoothly transition chords. But it gets boring.
Develop a goal. Like learning a specific song or songs. Or writing your own.
I started playing in my mid-50's and now, 9 years later, I'm a decent rhythm guitarist. What really motivated me is writing--I have about 70 songs I've written and I'm always working on new stuff.
There's nothing better than writing and playing your own stuff.
Keep at it.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 5:33 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I've been playing since high school on and off...mostly off. I have gone through long periods (years) where I didn't play at all but I've started taking it more seriously over the last 10-15 years. I don't know where I fit on your scale. I'm a competent rhythm guitarist on electric (I can play the rhythm part to Sultans of Swing for example) but don't do much soloing. For the last year and a half I have focused mostly on fingerstyle and I can play such things as Little Martha, Echoing Gilewitz and Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter. On electric some of the songs I know are Funk #49, Banditos, Born to Run and Whipping Post.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 7:09 pm to CocoLoco
nice dude. I'll have to post some of my stuff later. I've been playing for 14 years now. Rhythm guitar and keyboard.
Me and my lead guitarist have been playing together for about 8. We added a bassist about 6 years ago. And a drummer 4 years ago.
There's nothing more fun that jamming with buddies you've been playing with long enough that you all riff off each other without thinking about it.
Posted on 5/8/16 at 10:48 pm to Breesus
I learned basic chords when I was 12 but then stopped playing. Started back 20 years ago in my late 20s. I'm about a 6 as an acoustic rhythm guy and I sing....I'm a 4 singer so I'm a solid 10! I play and write songs with a buddy who is a really good electric lead guy and have another friend who is a good drummer we have been trying to get together with. Tough to make schedules work when you're old and semi-responsible.
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