chongjasmine Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Why are you learning the guitar? What got you started in the first place? What is your guitar learning journey? What is your skill level now? How old are you when you learn the guitar? Do you reget your choice? How much have you spent on guitar related stuffs? For me, I am learning the guitar to praise God. I hope to learn praise and worship songs. I got started on it rather than any other muscial instruments was because I thought it sounded cool. I was choosing between whether to learn guitar or keyboard for worship purpose and the guitar won over. One reason was because King David of the Old Testament play with a stringed instrument and I thought I do the same thing. Besides, guitar sounds much cooler. My guitar journey begins when I was a teenager. I had two months of group guitar instruction and stopped after two months and had not played it since then. Recently, now at age 39, I am picking it up again, and just started a few days ago with Justin site. I am at a beginner skill level, struggling to play between D and A chord and the dduudu strum pattern. I never regretted my choice of playing the guitar. I had spent US$1000++ on guitar related stuffs since when I first touched the guitar. What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyibanez Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I heard joe satrianis surfing with the alien in 1996 aged 12, was hooked straight away. never even thought about guitars before that. Had a strat copy bought and played some Beatles stuff under tuition, obviously I hated it and wanted to be able to play like JS. Decided it was to hard and sacked it off. picked it back up aged 18 and learned some nirvana etc easy and recognisable, I was a rockstar been at it ever since, 38 now, don’t push myself as hard as I used to, don’t have the time I did when I was younger but happy at the level I’m at and spent many, many thousands of pounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col the Plunker Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I started playing guitar at the age of 15 because... My Dad wouldn't allow me to have a bass guitar which I had yearned for. I wasn't a spoiled brat demanding and precocious. I earned the money myself by means of a cleaning job in a local factory after school (I had lied and told them I was 16). So after a few months and furnished with said funds my Dad and I visited one of three local guitar centres in Reading. Problem was that the smallest bass amp available was 30watts (in 1975). Our stereo system at home was also 30w per channel, and flipping LOUD. I watched momentarily as the cogs turned in my Father's head as he weighed this up. "No, you're not having one son". Crestfallen, I fixed the sales assistant with my most beseeching gaze, to which he then softened and replied: "Sir, if your young lad chose a normal six string electric guitar, then we can supply a small battery powered magnifier...cheaper too". You see where this is going? The budding guitar hero was born! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 The son of my parents’ friends’, who was older than me (I must’ve been 11 at the time), had an Eko Ranger 6, dreadnought. It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen or heard. I’d already learnt to play a couple of musical instruments, so I already had a leaning in that direction. Once I’d seen and heard that guitar (he was into CSNY, etc) I wanted to learn. My first guitar was an awful acoustic bought on a holiday, barely playable. Then a Spanish guitar that was OK that I could actually learn properly on. I bought my first electric from a friend with my pocket money, it was an Audition brand from Woolworth’s. My parents bought me another couple of cheap electrics, once it was clear that I was going to stick with it, but my first reasonable quality electric was an Aria Les Paul (one of the famous lawsuit models), which I bought with money earned working a full time summer job. Many guitars followed and then I switched to bass and many more instruments followed. Why do I play? I have to, it’s in my bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankAtari Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Mid-life crisis. I've had an acoustic for years but never really did anything more than strum a few simple tunes on it. Back in March, I saw people talking about Harley Bentons, on Basschat, so had a look. They had a TE-20, amp and accessories for £150 so I thought I'd take a punt. Six months later and I also own an Ibanez AS-73 and am taking lessons, hoping to do the grades. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wylie Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 5 hours ago, Crusoe said: Mid-life crisis. I've had an acoustic for years but never really did anything more than strum a few simple tunes on it. Back in March, I saw people talking about Harley Bentons, on Basschat, so had a look. They had a TE-20, amp and accessories for £150 so I thought I'd take a punt. Six months later and I also own an Ibanez AS-73 and am taking lessons, hoping to do the grades. I also was a strummer/picker for many years, strictly folk-style playing with one or two licks thrown in. Since beginning lessons two years ago (with a Covid-induced break) I have learned to read music; to play while reading, in position; to play riffs and licks in different keys; and scores of chords. In short, I've learned more in two years than in the previous forty. Really learning the guitar makes a big difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col the Plunker Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 17 hours ago, ezbass said: The son of my parents’ friends’, who was older than me (I must’ve been 11 at the time), had an Eko Ranger 6, dreadnought. It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen or heard. I’d already learnt to play a couple of musical instruments, so I already had a leaning in that direction. Once I’d seen and heard that guitar (he was into CSNY, etc) I wanted to learn. My first guitar was an awful acoustic bought on a holiday, barely playable. Then a Spanish guitar that was OK that I could actually learn properly on. I bought my first electric from a friend with my pocket money, it was an Audition brand from Woolworth’s. My parents bought me another couple of cheap electrics, once it was clear that I was going to stick with it, but my first reasonable quality electric was an Aria Les Paul (one of the famous lawsuit models), which I bought with money earned working a full time summer job. Many guitars followed and then I switched to bass and many more instruments followed. Why do I play? I have to, it’s in my bones. Hey Ezbass... Talk about parallel lives!!? My first electric was a twin pup Kay, right on par with an Audition or Teisco. My second ever guitar was a sunburst Aria Les Paul, which was the axe that I started to make real headway on. Man, I wore that poor thing out. I also own an Eko Ranger 12 string. Be interesting to see what bass guitars and other instruments have been through our similar hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Col the Plunker said: Hey Ezbass... Talk about parallel lives!!? My first electric was a twin pup Kay, right on par with an Audition or Teisco. My second ever guitar was a sunburst Aria Les Paul, which was the axe that I started to make real headway on. Man, I wore that poor thing out. I also own an Eko Ranger 12 string. Be interesting to see what bass guitars and other instruments have been through our similar hands. Basses I can list easily: Yamaha BB300 Westone Thunder 3 Yamaha RBX Fender USA Jazz Fender MIM Jazz fretless MM USA SUB (later defretted) Fender USA Precision MM USA Stingray MM USA Stingray 5 Fender Roscoe Beck Signature 4 string Fender 1963 Precision Fender Roadworn (with added P pickup) Sandberg Basic VM MM Sterling Ray34 Fender Victor Bailey Acoustic Lakland 5502 Ibanez GWB35 Ibanez SR505 Ibanez SR1605 Rob Allen MB2 Rickenbacker 4003s Maruszczyk Elwood L custom, fretless (1xMM) Maruszczyk Elwood L custom (JJ) Maruszczyk Jake L Fender JMJ Mustang MM Sterling Stingray SS Guitars I don't have a list already done, but from memory and not necessarily in order: Greenburst, awful steel strung acoustic, make unknown Nylon strung Spanish guitar, make unknown Audition, twin pickup double cutaway Grantson SG Junior Generic Japanese double cutaway, similar to Audition Guyatone Strat type with drum machine built in Aria Les Paul Hofner Fut... something or other, maybe a Galaxy Yamaha SA2000 Ibanez Roadstar Eko Ranger 12 Antoria L5 copy Tokai Love Rock Tokai Breezysound Gordon Smith Gypsy Fender Strat x 2 Fender Tele x2 PRS McCarty PRS Swamp Ash Special Gretsch Streamliner PRS Singlecut SE Yamaha Pacifica Cort double cut Washburn Woodstock Tanglewood Electro Acoustic (Takemine rip off) Starfield Altair (an Ibanez alt brand) Washburn solid body acoustic Ovation Celebrity Bowlback Gibson ES335 Yamaha Super Strat Epiphone Casino Simon & Patrick Rosewood Pro Epiphone J200 Epiphone Casino Coupé Squier Classic Vibe Tele I'm sure there are others, but I can't recall them at the moment. Edited September 30, 2022 by ezbass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col the Plunker Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Hang on, a reply may take some time. I still have about 35 guitars half dozen basses. Still got my Tokai. Off now to pick up a Trace Elliot GP7 300 4x10. May prove a tad difficult sneaking it past Wifey... Have to compare amps too. Catch up later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I have ‘just’ 5 basses and 4 guitars these days, although I’m always open to more 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Originally I took up guitar to try and improve my harmony on bass. However it's opened up a different world entirely which has been a massive distraction away from the original goal. I have five guitars and 6 basses but there are more guitars in the pipeline thanks to a collection of parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
