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02-09-2010, 05:30 PM
| | | | Who of you are really really crappy guitarist??
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The fate was accurate with me.. Basses suit me perfectly in every way.. i mean.. My hands are large, and I just can't do certain chords at the right time, most of all seventh and ninth chords types, I have to press note by note to assemble the chord   and when I try to do solos in the higher frets, it's almost impossible to put fingers in chromatic phrases or halfstep notes....  i will never be a guitarrist, is just not for me .. i play the drums well, that's my "ability with another instrument" and thank god on the bass, nothing said from the above happens .. is a very different instrument....
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I like that responsibility when people say, "Sounds empty without the bass"
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02-09-2010, 05:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | I have a baritone guitar because of this problem... my mitts feel just too big for a tiny little gee-tar.... | 
02-09-2010, 05:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee, UK | | | I'm awful at guitar compared to how well I can play bass. I can play keyboard a bit.
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02-09-2010, 06:23 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | Yep, I'm pretty bad.
Better than most guitarists are on bass, though. 
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02-10-2010, 11:20 AM
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02-10-2010, 11:24 AM
| | | | I'm probably about equal, which isn't to say that I am excellent at both, but for what I wish to do, I can manage. | 
02-10-2010, 11:26 AM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | I`m a crappy lead, but I think I`m a better rhythm guitarist than most. Thanks to bass playing I actually have some feel when I rock out on guitar, unlike most dedicated guitar players  | 
02-10-2010, 11:29 AM
| | Registered User Endorsing Artist: Dean Markley Strings, Inc. | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Denver, CO | | | I totally blow chunks at guitar. I have to use "The Incredible Chord Finder" when I'm writing songs and do about a million punches in Pro Tools to get the most basic parts down. I'm a bassist to the core.
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02-10-2010, 11:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Belgium | | I suck at guitar. Almost as much as our guitarist suck on bass 
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02-10-2010, 11:40 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | i'm a wannabe guitarist. at least that's what i'm told, all the time, by folks seeing my basses for the first time.
which is sorta funny, since any one of my basses would eat your average electric guitar in one bite without even having to chew. 
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02-10-2010, 02:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | I'm not bad on guitar. I've been playing guitar since 1980. However, I can never play like Steve Howe, George Benson and Carlton. I was determined to play some of their stuff and bought a Gibson semi-hollow body in 2008 and it's been collecting dust:-)
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02-10-2010, 02:13 PM
|  | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | I'm not very good at playing anything  | 
02-10-2010, 02:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Largo, Florida, USA | | I'm a ****** guitar player. Although, I've never been motivated to learn anything more than 'cowboy chords'. I wouldn't even classify myself anywhere near the title of guitarist! LOL!
There are enough guitarists in the world, figure I don't need to join the collective! 
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02-10-2010, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rogue River Oregon | | | slide i bought one since i couldn't stay away?,and set it up for a glass slide;fat strings/high action,,,funny deal tho'> i always end up fingerpicking the E,A strings like a bass then of course it's grab the bass let's get it on!
with the 12/56? strings the thing doesn't sound like a strat(a cheap copy but it def has a dif tone than any other copys or squires i've owned)
but yeah`crappy'? that's me baby
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i'm gonna rock all over you!,or maybe some western swing would fit better?
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02-10-2010, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada, Eh! | | | me + guitar = bass played on guitar or 1 chord and the rest single notes | 
02-10-2010, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by steelhead2 i always end up fingerpicking the E,A strings like a bass then of course it's grab the bass let's get it on | LOL  i do the same exact thing!
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I like that responsibility when people say, "Sounds empty without the bass"
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02-10-2010, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your location can be this long | | Here! 
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I need a new sig, and I'm open to suggestions.
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