Guitarists

Me? I've been playing guitar for 9-10 months now. I'm finally getting the hang of it, in terms of my fingers being able to switch between chords fast, and I'm getting much better at pull-offs and slides and hammer-ons and bending notes. Still need a lot of practice though... I'm still nowhere nearer to being able to play 'Ball and Biscuit'...

I mostly learn songs by these bands: The White Stripes (cannon and expecting are particular favourites), The Rapture (although find Rapture tabs is bloody hard), the odd Metallica riff, the odd AC/DC riff (Back in Black! you damn right) and random other songs that appeal to me...

I've been learning guitar for about a year now, started it due to my bassist boyfriend wanting someone to jam with - although we're not particulary good at getting in the habit of jamming regularly, he's been playing for probably about 2 and a half years now, maybe more.

I had a helluva time with the hammer-ons and pull-offs at first but with practise I'm a lot better with those, I can actually get them out at an even volume now. Barre chords I still need to work on along with learning the notes of the fretboard and dampening, I keep shredding the skin of my little finger. Like Chris said, you just have to keep practising.

I don't play any particular songs, apart from a few Prodigy riffs now and again, I'm much more interested in learning techniques and pretty much whatever else will help me in the long run. Although I can play House Of The Rising Sun and a slowed down bit of Metallica's Fade To Black.

Favourite guitarists? It actually depends on what music I'm in the mood for as I don't really have an absolute favourite.

I started off on lead guitar, but moved to bass after about 6 months, I continued to play Guitar a little, but it annoyed me, because the strings were too small... - I started about 6 years ago, and was playing actively for about 3 years, I was having lessons all this time from a very cool guitar teachter. I was in a band for a while with some school friends, but they weren't very serious about it, we only played 2-3 gigs total, almost made an album, but their lack of commitment annoyed me, so I left. Ironically enough, I haven't really played since then!

I still pick it up every now and again though, just to see if I can still do it, surprisingly enough I can - Without meaning to sound big-headed, I am pretty sh*t-hot on a bass.

I didn't believe it until I met up with some other bassists of Zine, who were self-proclaimed rock gods, and they said "OMG, how can you spread your fingers over 6 frets? - how can you use your little finger??!" - it's all down to having proper tuition, so that's my tip - get a teacher, although when you are learning you won't realise how much good it is doing you, it will get you in good habits that will stand you in good stead, and one day you will meet someone who "is good on guitar" - and you can just blow them away

Best Bassist is Jaco Pastorious, Guitarist is difficult, I'll come back to you on that one... Best bass guitar is without a doubt, the Fender Jazz - I always wanted one, but had to make do with a copy

If anyone is interested, you can download one of my band's tracks Coming Up For Air (Highly embarrassing)- And here is My Romance (fairly impressive IMO) - solo on bass - this was the arrangement i was doing for my grade 8's, before I kinda... stopped...

[quote=martin_ link=1090596466/0#6 date=1090610737]That's my dads living. He's a guitarist. Regular teacher and plays in clubs and pubs. Eric Roche, Ken Nicol, Ewan Carruthurs, those are the 'kinda people' he plays with, [as well as local groups, and his own band.] You've probably never heard of them, neither had i til not long ago, they make fortunes in playing guitar, selling albums and stuff.

Nice work if you can get it

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I've heard of Eric Roche - really amazing technique he has.

apparantly so. he seems a decent enough bloke, rates my dad highly which is..nice. saw one of his cds lying around earlier, signed. i wonder how much i'd get on ebay

I have trouble with reading music myself, I can but it takes me ages to decipher it. Tabs are simpler in that sense but it's always good to have the sheet music there beside it to show the rhythm and things.

I'm not a very disciplined guitarist. At jams I just tend to do the average thing of hitting as many notes as i can as fast as i can. So I'm working on my technique at the moment. Eric Bell had a fascinating technique as did George Harrison. I find that when practicing solos throwing a few chords in every so often (like one in every third bar) makes it sound far more professional.

You could be a one girl band!
I am starting to teach myself guitar on my brother's acoustic (and maybe his electric if I can nick it often enough) But saying that, I prefer bass. But I am teaching myself songs by ear, I can play quite a few. I can read music, just not guitar tabs, so this summer, I aim to paractice.

i have a guitar a westbury deluxe ........hehehheheheh "classy"

it actually sounds very very good which amazes everyone as it looks very timid

I tried to play guitar for a month or so. But to be honest im way too lazy to learn it properly and im so not musically talented to teach myself. So i kinda gave it up. My sister has the guitar instead now and shes doing fably.

A Fender Strat for

I used to play it left handed because I found it easier. But then I found out that it's actually easier to play a right-handed guitar the right way up and with your right-hand, so I promptly forgot. So I now play it normally.

"House of Jealous Lovers" by the Rapture would get the hipster vote, and I like having to do hybrid picking, and slides. I quite like playing "Expecting" by the White Stripes. I really do need to learn more songs though...

[quote=Bob_Flapper_ link=1090596466/15#21 date=1090834246]A Fender Strat for