woolyshambler

Are there any guitar players on this forum? Perhaps we should discuss hot riffs or something.

Booray

I've got the opening bars of Smoke on the Water nailed down

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Derwood

I've been playing for 11 years, but am really still an "amateur". I never get to play with other people, so knowing 1000's of songs isn't of much use

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BoomTruck

I have a bass. I can't play it to save myself.

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kl0pper

ive been playing for little over a year, for probably 3 - 5 hours a day...
fell in love with it
besides my own songs i like to play sabbath, melvins, sonic youth, kyuss/queens of the stone age, butthole surfers and pink floyd songs...

zer010gic

I play in fact I found this thread looking for info on a purchase of my next guitar :-)

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woolyshambler

kl0pper: Kyuss is a seriously hot band. If you haveb't already, you should hear their cover of "Into The Void" by Black Sabbath, the riff just kicks my ass all day.

zer010gic: What kind of guitar are you looking at getting? What do you have now?

kl0pper

they do it better than sabbath imo

jvwgtr

Yep, I've been playing for 13 years now, but still suck.
But I keep buying more instruments & gear in hopes that I'll play better.

Derwood

I've been thinking of selling my electric guitar and getting an acoustic. We'll see. It would be said to see her go.

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CinnamonGirl

I used to play a little...I didn't really work at it, though, so all I really knew were a few chords and the first part of "Fur Elise."

My father-in-law said he'd give me his old acoustic, though, so I'm going to start practicing again

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evilbeefchan

Been playing for about 4 years now. Not very good, but good enough to impress random people with songs by Metallica, Weezer, J.E.W, and the beginning riffs to "Stairway to Heaven" and "Tears in Heaven." I learned alot of songs in high school, but forgot to right them down so I never practiced them again. =(

Derwood: I'm pretty sure you can find alot of cheap acoustic guitars out there. Personally, I like having both electric and acoustic guitars. There's nothing better than plugging in and turning the amp to 11 and blasting away.

Dant0007

Man, sounds like we all suck together. I've been playing for 3 years and don't practice new stuff nearly enough. That's my problem right htere. I just play the old stuff over and over.

cleanx

im a studio musician
i love to jam though
i just bought a had made acoustic made of brazilian rose wood

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jasonresno

i am learning. not that good yet.

woolyshambler

Cleanx: You're a studio musician? That's amazing! What kind of musical education did you have to go through?

woolley bear

Ive been playing for almost twenty years, had two cd's I played on one guitar one bass I also have 19 guitars 3 bass's 3 mandolins and a industrial steel lap slide guitar so I guess i'm hooked pretty bad. I play just about everything mostly jazz/rock style and I have a home recoding studio, I recorded a song for a demo and I had to play it live to prove it wasn't Satriani so stick with it new players it just takes time and practice till your fingers bleed

thespian86

I play guitar in a band and I've been playing for about four years. I write also so I write all the lyrics and second or "Rhythm" guitar for all the songs.

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Untitled

I've got an acoustic that I play around on occasionally. I'll admit, I'm pretty bad, but finding time to play between studying and assignments is a task that's beyond me.

This summer shall be the summer of the guitar :P

soopafreek

i play. i consider myself to be pretty good playing rhythm. i can't really shred. but i've played in bands and stuff. i still write and record too.

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supafly

I just started playing electric guitar, can't play much. But i made my own stompbox. It's a Big Muff Pi replica and i love it.

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jbuffett

All I can do is a few Buffett songs on the guitar. Trumpet and piano I'm pretty good at.

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hfw01

I own a couple of guitars, and am in the process of building an electric. Unfortunately I suck when I try to play...

nazz

I've been trying to teach myself for about twenty years now.

I'm still needing to keep trying.

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iamtheone

ok, here goes. Name the most UNDERATED guitar player today.....

"i gets no respect"

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warrrreagl

Okay, but NO "Stairway To Heaven" allowed!

(guitar player since 1971)

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evilbeefchan

Where do some of you get your tabs? Do you get them online or purchase the music sheets/books from stores? I mostly go to <a href="http://www.mxtabs.net/guitartabs.php" target="_new">Mxtabs.net</a>. I like the rating feature, but sometimes people get their friends to bloat it. Still some good stuff, though.

holymoly

I play guitar, if you have a generous description of "playing."

I've played for a couple years, and I suck, but I can play what I want to play (Ramones-inspired rock stuff) and I have little desire to play anything else, so I'm okay with my lack of skill.

Ballzor

Ive been playing for about 5 years. Self taught, Im working on my first cd, but the lack of talent in the surrounding area has caused me to do the whole thing myself. Ive got 2 electrics (Gibson Voodoo Sg, Fender Strat), 2 Acoustics, a bass, a ghetto drumset and a PA system. My play style goes from distorted rock songs to flamingo classical songs.

Best song I know - Classical Gas maybe?! Nothing Else Matters, the dreaded Stairway to Heaven.

rideough

I've been playing for a loong time and have a Strat, a Les Paul, a Frettless bass and a Takamine acoustic. Played in every kind of band from Megadeth covers to Elton John and John Prine.

Now I play in a traditional blues band(my first love) and am very happy about playing again and not being a musical "whore".

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grumpyolddude

Been a player for over 35 years, a bassist for 31. Never good enough to pay the bills, but lots of fun.

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Paradise Lost

Guitar player for a whole 3 days. (I decided to finally sit my
ass down over our short April break and start learning some stuff)

I'd be a bassist for 2 years if I had practiced more than 5 times
in those 2 years.... I'm so lazy. =(

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blankstare

I've played bass for about 10 years now, and a little acoustic guitar for about 2. So I'm getting there, but I still think I have a lot to learn. I need to practice more...

j8ear

http://www.olga.net/

That's my choice.

-bear

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sherpahigh

I've played guitar for about 20 years now. I'm not all that good really. I'm kinda on again off again depending on how much free time I have.

One thing I'd like to do more often is jam with some people. Whenever I get together with other players we have trouble finding a common ground to get going on. When we do though it's a lotta fun.

The best song I know would probably be "winter solstice" by the Tea Party. Spent a lot of time learning every bit of that one start to finish. Super fun song to play.

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