Anyone else out there "play" guitar?

[dbsfgyd1]

View attachment 3308664 Or can you really play guitar? I bought a gretsch a while back with the intention of making the crossover. Well, I can play punk and some reggae. Hahahaha. It seems like a waste of a nice guitar to hold onto it but Its beautiful and I like to noodle a bit.

I play quite a bit when in the studio. Playing live, every entity I’ve played with are quite content to have me play bass. But I’ve been playing guitar since age 10, 4 years before I started playing bass.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I had to go looking for this thread... I started it years ago and had all but forgotten about it.
Bassists Who Double on Mandolin Club

Lol!

 

[craigie]

Ibanez is so undercredited. I feel like thier lower end stuff blows the big name cheapies out of the water

I don’t want to start a fender bashing tangent and am a fender fan, but a good guitar is a good guitar and Ibanez makes some great guitars.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Although I'm much better on bass than I'll ever be on guitar, I own more guitars than I do basses. I find it more satisfying to play guitar solo than bass. And I stopped playing with other musicians about 33 years ago.

Oh, I’d much rather play the bass live. But I’m still gigging quite a bit. On rare occasion, I’ll pick one up and touch it off just to let people know I’m not a one trick pony.

 

[lowplaces]

I own an acoustic I use to write and play with some cowboy chord players at the local dive.

I want a Les Paul Jr so bad I can't stand it

A real one, all mahogany with a fat neck.

 

[Jscriv]

I don’t want to start a fender bashing tangent and am a fender fan, but a good guitar is a good guitar and Ibanez makes some great guitars.

I'm an all around leo fanboy. Fender. Musicman. Tried to buy G&L and it didn't work out. You'll never hear me bash fender. I also like ibanez.

 

[SteveC]

I teach guitar at my school. It’s fun. I’ve gotten better. I don’t own a guitar.

 

[craigie]

I teach guitar at my school. It’s fun. I’ve gotten better. I don’t own a guitar.

So you’re like a driving instructor who’s “gotten better” and takes the bus?

 

[Tom Bomb]

Find a Invalid Link Removed, not too easy, not too hard, and master it.

May take a while. … But it'll be the scaffolding for a million more. Trust me

 

[SteveC]

So you’re like a driving instructor who’s “gotten better” and takes the bus?

Maybe a little more positive than that...

 

[craigie]

Maybe a little more positive than that...

When I lived in Vancouver the neighbourhood had unmarked intersections. People were supposed to know to slow down and look. I saw happy lucky excellent driving school go through at a steady 40-50 km/hr. Didn’t touch the brakes. Happy and lucky to survive! Also saw a tandem dump truck cruise through another time doing at least 50 and from time to time you’d hear the sound of breaking glass...

 

[Billoney]

View attachment 3308664 Or can you really play guitar? I bought a gretsch a while back with the intention of making the crossover. Well, I can play punk and some reggae. Hahahaha. It seems like a waste of a nice guitar to hold onto it but Its beautiful and I like to noodle a bit.

I tried for a long time, but I gave up because the guitar always won. At least the bass lets me win once in awhile.

 

[soulman969]

Oh sure. I mean why not. I've got about 10 of 'em sitting around. Might as well play 'em as look at 'em.

 

[StatesideRambler]

I have a range of guitars to go with my two basses: an Alvarez 000-size steel string acoustic, a nylon string classical that gets nearly all my playing that isn’t bass, a dynamite Allparts Strat that was an experimental lab for a pickup builder who moved away from here and a Galanti that my mother bought for me in 1966 when I asked for a bass. It's nice to have something to offer when friends come over. I only occasionally play any but the classical.

 

[cbnutt]

yes , 99 percent of the time I am a lead player , just do a small gig on bass some times , but enjoy that too .

 

[Jackcrow]

I’ve dabbled with guitars. I had a Gibson Melody Maker for a while. I have a resonator now. Wouldn’t mind having another electric just to have one around but then I think if I buy an electric, then I have to buy an amp...pedals...etc.

 

[The Owl]

Guitar was my first serious instrument, started at age 11 or 12. I write on guitar and bass both.

These days, this stock Squier Strat (HSS) covers the tonal bases for me quite nicely.

You can hear it in action here

 

[rashrader]

I’ve got a Telecaster.... I go through phases, but I’m currently spending about 95% of my music time on bass.

 

[Allatoona Rebel]

View attachment 3308664 Or can you really play guitar? I bought a gretsch a while back with the intention of making the crossover. Well, I can play punk and some reggae. Hahahaha. It seems like a waste of a nice guitar to hold onto it but Its beautiful and I like to noodle a bit.

 

[Allatoona Rebel]

Nothing wrong with that! Nice ax! I've got a bunch of six string electrics and acoustics, but I'm trying to master bass guitar lately, so I haven't played them as much.