Purge
Traitorous Usurper
Just curious...what's holding you back? Poll comin' right up...
Dogbreath
Im an ex-spurt
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legionserial
New member
Can't synchronize both hands at extreme speeds and I often suffer from lack of stamina when playing complex palm muted rhythms for a long time. I voted for 'my name is acidrock'.
I'm an incredibly inconsistant player. Some days I'm noticably more accurate than others. Some days I totally can't even play my own tunes.
I'm an incredibly inconsistant player. Some days I'm noticably more accurate than others. Some days I totally can't even play my own tunes.
mikemorgan
panned out
My brain is way slower than my hands. If I could only think four measures ahead of my hands, life would be better. So I guess that means I need to master more theory.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
You forgot an "all of the above" option. 
DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
Lack of time to practice is the biggie for me. I'm, by and large, ok with my phrasing, and I've been playing long enough to get to the point where the technique limits I have I look at as part of my style as much as anything else.
But, the whole graduating from college and getting a real job is what's doing me in. When I have time to get in a couple hours of practice a night, I'm generally pretty happy with my playing, but these days that's rarely a sure thing, so more often than not when I pick up the guitar to record, my technique is rusty so I'm fighting to do things that should be easier for me, and my calluses are shot after only a few takes. It sucks. :/
Aside from that, my picking hand has always been my weak link.
But, the whole graduating from college and getting a real job is what's doing me in. When I have time to get in a couple hours of practice a night, I'm generally pretty happy with my playing, but these days that's rarely a sure thing, so more often than not when I pick up the guitar to record, my technique is rusty so I'm fighting to do things that should be easier for me, and my calluses are shot after only a few takes. It sucks. :/
Aside from that, my picking hand has always been my weak link.
Purge
Traitorous Usurper
You forgot an "all of the above" option.
Unpossible! Acidrock may be a freelance horse fellater, but even he would never stoop so low as to play a So-Cal.
My problem seems to come from something that I didn't bother including as a poll option: I do have a decent level of skill, knowledge of theory, good equipment, etc...but sometimes I seem to freeze up right when I really need to pull off a solo. I've got it stuck in my head that whatever I do had better be damn near perfect, and a lot of times this causes me to just take a gigantic artistic shit.
HD_Dude
New member
....because I never learned to read music.
Of course, that could be a plus.
Of course, that could be a plus.
darrin_h2000
Banned
I had a stroke in 2002 and it effected my left side...I recovered but I cant play the VanHalen stuff near as fast as I used to...but I can do some things.
Mike_J
New member
Theory, reading music?? Fuck that. I started all that shit when i was 6 years old and got 5 grades of classical music under my belt. After 30+ years of playing I'm still an incredibly mundane, unimaginative and below average guitarist.
IMO Its all about practice, technique, practice, the fingers, practice, the brain, practice etc etc
And as previously stated "a real job is what's doing me in" - the true killer of valuable practice time.
IMO Its all about practice, technique, practice, the fingers, practice, the brain, practice etc etc
And as previously stated "a real job is what's doing me in" - the true killer of valuable practice time.
Purge
Traitorous Usurper
Too true. As much as I still love playing guitar, I'm just not motivated after a work shift. If I could bring myself to practice more, I'm sure I could eventually become something other than an improvisational deer in headlights...
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solaris1982
New member
You forgot an "all of the above" option.
+1...I suffer from multiple problems on this list. I chose slow fretting hand, but I need to learn more theory and speed up my pick hand too. So basically, that about covers everything guitar related, doesn't it?
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GuitarsFromMars
New member
Um, I had a stroke, July 5th, 2006, which took out every motor neuron on the right side of my body.
darrin_h2000
Banned
How has the recovery been going?
Roguetitan
New member
Because.....
I am a Bass player
I am a Bass player
Milnoque
Resident Curmudgeon
My worst problems are a lack of sustained concentration and laziness. I do Ok 'till my brain farts and my brain farts because I don't practice enough to stay sharp.
mshilarious
Banned
I suffer from a lack of strings on my So-Cal along with the body and neck of my Airscreamer not being bolted together 
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stevieb
Just another guy, really.
With me, it's a combo of not enough time spent practicing, and not enough cajones to take big risks when I am playing in rehersal. I do find, however, that when I DO risk sounding like crap during a rehersal lead break opportunity, sometimes I sould pretty good.
legionserial
New member
I suffer from a lack of strings on my So-Cal along with the body and neck of my Airscreamer not being bolted together
You suffer from a So-Cal, period.
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soundchaser59
Reluctant Commander
My guitar playing sucks because I work a real job by day and have a social life at night. Without those trivial hindrances, my guitar would rule the world!
