I am a sucky guitarist because:

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What makes you such a blowy guitarist?

  • I don't know enough theory

    Votes: 37 33.3%

  • My picking hand feels like a brick

    Votes: 20 18.0%

  • My fretting hand is glacially slow

    Votes: 24 21.6%

  • I blame my equipment (piece of shit guitar, amp says "Crate" on it, etc.)

    Votes: 3 2.7%

  • I sound like crap unless I use a boatload of effects

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • Er...because I'm a drummer?

    Votes: 12 10.8%

  • I'm refuse to play anything but "Smoke On The Water" on my Fender So-Cal

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • My name is acidrock

    Votes: 11 9.9%
  • Total voters
    111
I have tried to play but I never took the time to learn it.
 
Im one of those guys that my playing hurts my ability to play Guitar Hero...but its mostly because the programmers dont know how to play real guitars.
 
I am a sucky guitarist because I have not been playing long enough yet. Only like 5 years =[
 
WhiteStrat said:
Yeah, but he obviously can't clean his room.

Wait a minute...neither can I. And I still can't play that.
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I could play that with my hands tied behind my back... Oh sorry, I thought that was smoke on the water.
 
mikeeb said:
I could play that with my hands tied behind my back... Oh sorry, I thought that was smoke on the water.
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You're right it was. It was just in a different key. No biggie...
 
I suck because I'm not a guitarist. It seems like every book I pick up seem to be about learning the pentatonic minor/major scale. All I want to do is play good rhythm guitar -- just a little something to fill out the mix and compliment my synthesizers and drums (and not interfere with the bass.) I wish I could do the guitar I own justice, but it's just not going to happen. :(
 
Stuck in a rut, been playin' the same songs for years so every time I pick up the guitar I end up playing the same old Beatle tunes, Ventures, etc. I bought a book Guitar Scales for Dummies but haven't had time to look at it yet.
 
Purge said:
Well, I can think of a few reasons and all of them involve my equipment...my pickups won't stay in tune, my floating bridge doesn't sound "warm", the strings on the back of the neck are getting rusty, my whammy bar doesn't tremelo pick as fast as I'd like, and my tone knob (whatever the hell THAT thing does...) has a bunch of numbers on it that don't match up to any tablature I've ever seen. The real reason though...is that I was never able to afford your Jackson. :(
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Well, the guy that bought it is now giving lessons to Yngwie and tossin' hoes like flapjacks.
Oh, and he only has one hand and was impotent.

You really missed out.
 
mshilarious said:
OK, from now on, your favorite guitarists are Paul Stanley and Noel Gallagher. Feel better about your playing now? :D
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hope that was a joke....and I don't know who Noel Gallagher is (don't wanna know)..only Rory Gallagher.
 
why is this not multi choice?


I suck because after 25+ years I've come to realise that they're not actually ornaments but they make noise when you strike the strings :(
 
My problem is that I don't devote enough time to playing electric guitar. Between work, the wife, and trying to be good at classical, bass, drums, golf, recording, etc., I just haven't made the time. I'm generally satisfied with my skills, but there is always another level you can take it to.
 
Purge said:
It is. "My name is acidrock" basically means "all of the above". ;)
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hahaha..I hope thats sarcastic coz he's brilliant..he cant be worse than me..Im thinking of selling up and buying Real Strat VST :)
 
My latest and best (?) excuse.

Back on July 17, I shattered my left thumb (crushing injury, at the intra-phalangeal joint) at work, then ended up working like that for three weeks before I found out, thinking I'd just bruised the bone...as had been the case, for several various orthopedic injuries over the past 30 years. I'm currently doing physical therapy for it, both at home and in-clinic, and as of yesterday's visit have managed to get 40 degrees range of motion back into the effected joint. That means, for now, I cannot wrap my thumb around the neck, like I used to, to be able to actually fret the 6th and 5th strings. Granted my fretting style is more of a combination of Django Reinhardt/Keith Richards, and I've managed to adjust to not being able to wrap my thumb around the neck, so I'm not really slowed down too terribly much.

But, I still suck...for not practicing regularly or consistently. That I've been at it for 18 years is the biggest reason I've been able to make the slight adjustment to my fretting; which if I work at it enough, and until I can regain full range of motion, I might be able to at least fret the 6th string with the metacarpal of my thumb...yes, my hands are big enough, depending which guitar I'm playing.

Matt
 
I've played guitar since I was 7 (I'm 33 now) and I'm still rubbish. I never got lessons or tried to learn theory or scales or anything. When I'm recording, I have to jam a bit and work out guitar parts slowly, learn them and then record it. I can't really just play along. I strum a mean acoustic, mind.
 
In my case it is the combination of "My fretting hand is glacially slow" and "My picking hand feels like a brick"

The first is applicable when it comes to some difficult jazzy/pro-technique-demanding solos and the latter is applicable when I am trying to play some funky rhythms.
 
I don't play everyday, and when I do, I pretty much just rock out; I rarely practice, or even do warmups. It's a matter of discipline, or lack thereof. On the other hand, maybe if I never had a social life, or other hobbies/interests/obsessions outside of guitar, I would have devoted more time to it; perhaps I'd even go batshit on it for 10 hours a day like Steve Vai.
 
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