Any Guitar Players Out There?

[Moonbeam22]

So... how many DCers play guitar out there? Bass or ukulele players? Prefer electric or acoustic? Type of guitar owned?

 

Just curious. I have a Yamaha FG700s acoustic guitar and I love it to pieces.

Edited February 27, 2013 by Moonbeam22

[Lola-Deathblossom10]

I'm not going to say I'm terrific at guitar, cuz I'm not. But yes, I do consider myself to play guitar. I started last year, I guess. Never went for any classes so progress has been a bit slow but yeah, it's worth it I'm not terrible either, I can play some decent music but it's just not enough. When I first got my guitar I went out and tried to learn every Hole song that existed. I'm still on it (With some Babes in Toyland, Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins) and when I finish I'll move on to something else. I've made a few songs, but mehh.

 

I currently have some cheap 'Hoffner' guitar. (No, not the real brand - some cheap ripoff over here - like 50 dollars or something). I'm planning on getting myself an electric guitar this summer. (I'm dying for a fender vista venus/squier venus but that's not possible so..) I usually play heavy loud guitar and acoustic just makes it sound weird. Much more in touch, but weird. TBH, if I did get an electric..at the end of the day, I'd prefer an acoustic.

 

Yamaha FG700S? WOW. You are so lucky

 

-goes to weep in corner with wannabe 'Hoffner' guitar-

[happyseagull]

I started trying to teach myself how to play guitar a few months ago with one of those cheap, small guitars that I got when I was six. I learned all of the major chords, then I then I got frustrated because I couldn't switch chords fast, and I forgot about it until two days ago. Then, yesterday I had the strings switched around to be a left-handed guitar, and now I can play the chords to Eyes Open by Taylor Swift fast enough (barely lol). I don't know how to strum properly and I lost my pick so it's kinda hard. I don't have a capo either, but I might get a real guitar for my birthday in a few months if I keep playing...

[SmoothCriminal]

I'm not amazing but I play, I've got an old arias acoustic and an Epiphone Les Paul Special Edition II electric. I'm more of a singer but I do enjoy playing some guitar. I was taking lessons but it kinda entailed me and my instructor bull****pin around. I wanna get more into it but I'm not the most motivated of people in the world.

[dreamtosleep]

I'm not great, I just joined the school's course this year and only know a couple chords, but I own two acoustic steel-string guitars. My main one (Epiphone) is named Jake. The other one (Epi) is named Elwood. Don't question it.

[Jennie]

I've played the guitar for 40 years -- seriously. I'm entirely self-taught, so I'm not fantastic at it, but I'm happy. I never wanted to be a professional musician. I mostly play to accompany myself singing folk songs.

 

I have two nice acoustic guitars and a lovely classical guitar - a La Patrie Etude.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Jennie

[gad786]

ive just started playing the guitar,i got it as a gift over a year ago.It is a classical guitar.its a yamaha c40.i love it!

 

i can play classic songs such as the godfather by nino rota(i can play the whole song from heart(learned it from a tab)) and fur elise(with enough practice)obviously i have messed around with different tabs from my favorite songs such as the theme of super mario and the theme of harry potter.

 

i am able to play songs where you play one string at a time but when it comes to chord i have difficulty

 

i mean,i know where to put my fingers for the chords but i have a bit of difficulty when it comes to strumming chords,i also am not very fast at changing chords but ill get there.i practice a few hours every day.

 

as far as chorded songs go,im trying to learn wonderwall but maybe i should choose a song that doesnt need a capo.

[Woken]

I play acoustic rhythm guitar, and own a Fender CD-60CE All Mahogany. I play basic chords, and us a capo (even if it is a crutch. . . ) I struggle with B chords, and all of the fancy sevens/suspendeds/anything that's not basic. And I definitely can't play melodies, and pretty much only stick to chords. I also struggle with my right hand, and can't do much besides the standard alternating-type pattern.

 

I'll have played for about a year come Christmas, though I don't practice (like at all.)

My main instrument is the mandolin, and I like to sing. c:

Edited November 21, 2016 by Woken

[Wildmoon]

I play bass guitar, mostly. I play a Schecter Omen-4 Bass, in black. I got it quite recently after selling my old bass, which was one I picked up second hand years ago, and just wasn't as good, it was like a cheap starter one.

 

I also actually own a custom made bass, modeled of of Marceline's Axe Bass from Adventure Time, it's playable, but the sound isn't the greatest, but as a cool thing to own, and to display in my home, it's freaking awesome

[Woken]

I also actually own a custom made bass, modeled of of Marceline's Axe Bass from Adventure Time, it's playable, but the sound isn't the greatest, but as a cool thing to own, and to display in my home, it's freaking awesome

That sounds awesome!

[flockof-doves]

i play bass my dudes

 

i have a silver fender jaguar bass and i love it omg

 

it has my most special stickers on it and i just

 

i can sort of play along to the world is ugly, do the beginning part to give em hell kid, and can play along to seven nation army! how about that

[Qwackie]

I prefer classical guitar and I'm in the classical guitar ensemble for my fine arts credit even though I'm an earth science major lol.

I have 4 guitars at the moment, Tomi (my classical), Olli (my electric), Vali (my steel string), and my brother's old craptastic $60 walmart guitar.

My classical is an old Chateau rosewood guitar and I love it

[kryztyn127]

I do! 

I  still have my acoustic guitar , it was  a gift. And that electric guitar that I bought two years after getting that acoustic. 

[Winter_Sky]

I've been playing classical guitar for the last 6 years.(I think)  My guitar's name is Victoria, but I call her Vicky.  I've also been thinking about getting an electric, but I'm having trouble finding one I like.  

[Bootsmann]

I play guitar since I was 12 which makes it more than 28 years by now and makes me look very old. 

I started acoustic of course and still love my old Washburn guitar that my parents gave to me when I graduated from School.

However I do prefer electric over acoustic for quite a few years now. I own a Fender Strat, a Fender Tele and a Duesenberg. The Tele is the one I grab most often, though.

For a couple of years by now I also play the Ukulele. Eddie Vedders Ukulele songs made me pick up one. I do have a Soprano, a Concert and a Tenor, the Tenor is my favorite though. My hands aren‘t even that big but I find the others really hard to play because they are so small. Maybe because I am used more to the guitar.

I love making Music. The best way to relax or to let out any aggression that may have acumulated because too many stupid people crossed my way that day. Love it. 

[heavensin]

I'm not good at it at all, but I've played guitar for over ten years now. The guitar I play most often is a Gretsch Electromatic, but I also have an acoustic Ibanez that I play every once and a while too. And I still have my old Squier from when I was like 15, but I don't play it and it really just sits in a corner of my room.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm reluctant to say that I can actually play ukulele, but I did get a ukulele for my birthday last year, and I can use it to make sounds that vaguely resemble music?