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[omission]

this is for all the musicians in this here forum. what kind of instrument do you play? how long have you been playing? anything you specialize in?

i play a little guitar. i own an acoustic starfield from the mid 70s. its in great shape and sounds awesome (just not when i play it!) ive been playing for about 9 months. i love playing anything by john, jack johnson, modest mouse, and anything else my ears like. i also play a little drums, but i never got very far with them ::) oh yeah i play a mean didgeridoo too, lol it sounds terrible when i play it

[boon]

i play guitar and bass guitar. i have 2 beautiful acoustics, one cheap-ass electric, one vintage SG and a cheap-ass tanglewood bass - which i bought because it was the only yellow one i could find! (my favourite colour is yellow!)

[Damyhanna]

Im a vocalistsongwriter in the duo with my friend fere on geet-ar were called the "Eunuchs Provokers" and i also play drums and have my own kit which is pretty kewl because if ferne does a solo i sometimes jump behind it and do something(or i dance around like cerdirc ;)) before returning to singing

[orangesquirrel]

i play guitar and sing
i've got a shitty electric monterey something (it's an imitation of a squier lolol), and i've got a good tanglewood acou/elec which i love

if anyone want's to hear my music it's at soundclick
i have NO idea why, but everytime i try to put the link to my soundclick page in this post it doesn't work ffs
so if you want the link just pm/email me, i spose that's the only way?

[Leni]

I play guitar, i have a red Fender Stratocaster.

[Silverla]

I play guitar, well I'm learning to play guitar, well hey how do you learn unless you play? ha ha. Sorry, I know I talk rubbish. I always loved the sound of string instruments and when I was 8 and my parents wanted me to take music lessons, I really wanted to learn guitar and/or piano...they made me learn flute and recorder. When I was a student my brother taught himself to play guitar and he taught me all the basics, and then he left home when I was just about learning barre chords and I couldn't get any better and gave up, mainly due to lack of time as well as I started full time work.

I always regretted it, and when I discovered RHCP I regretted it even more, and someone said to me well it's never too late. So last October-ish I started to learn again, I'd remembered all the basics tbh and, inspired and enthused as I was by John's playing, I came on really quick. I'm proud of how well I can play now, although saying that I don't mean I'm great or anything, I have a horrible habit of playing stuff that's way too hard for my current level of skills, but that's how I learn.

I have a blue Yamaha Pacifica (I couldn't afford a strat, so a strat-style had to do for now) and a natural Tanglewood steel-stringed acoustic which I "adopted" from my brother as he had abandoned it with knackered machine heads and a right mix of strings strung really badly, some of which from an old bass.

I can sing, too. Well, I mean I can sing in tune and stuff, but not really high.

But tbh, I prefer listening to music.

[ray_likethefish]

I've got a cream Squire Strat electric guitar. It's really beautiful, a bit battered and bruised though lol. I've only been playing about a year. I'm getting there though.

[Hindenburg]

I've played bass for a little over three years, and I picked up the guitar this may.

[Martman]

My very first instrument was an acoustic guiar when i was about 7, (which made me feel great until i realised i couldn't play like great rock musicians) i then took up bass (self taught, inspiration from the likes of Flea and Les Claypool) when i was 17, not long after that i got a dijeridoo and started to get to grips with that great dirty earthy sound i could create, and last but NOT least the guitar. i love music and good musicians.....(john frusciante)

[taurus82]

I've been learning guitar for 2 years..but have been jumping around from teacher to teacher.
I used to play the clarinet when I was younger...don't know why I quit.

[funkymonk]

I'm a guitarist. My acoustic guitar is a shitty Sunrise guitar, but my electric is a Samick signature edition guitar. It resembles John's guitar in the Fortune Faded video, not exactly but something like that.

[aljian]

i have played cello for 7 years and started guitar and piano at the beginning of this year.

[SiberianKhatru]

I play guitar..I have been playing for umm about 6 years.

My electric guitar just broke, it was a mexian tele and also a piece of shit.

But I just bought a brand new Martin acoustic, so I'm quite happy with that.

I also play some bass.

[Don]

i play guitar.  i own a lefthanded mex strat and a washburn acoustic/electric.  ;D

[simon]

hey there,
i play a maton 425c 12 string, and am about to pick up a fender jaguar in the next couple of weeks to play through my marshall jcm900 100 watt amp - CANT BLOODY WAIT!!! :D

[orangesquirrel]

Don, on Aug 21 2005, 09:47 PM, said:

i play guitar.  i own a lefthanded mex strat and a washburn acoustic/electric. 

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HOORAH FOR LEFTYS!!!
just like jimi hendrix

Edited by aDevilAmongUs, 30 August 2005 - 04:22 PM.

[boon]

i'm a leftie! BUT ... my first ever guitar teacher (back when i was 8, couldn't be arsed to swap my strings around so i had to learn to play right handed. therefore.... i'm a rightly on guitar, and a leftie on air guitar!! (not that i play air guitar ever.... *blushes*)

[orangesquirrel]

lol, thats so harsh of your teacher, to ruin the wonderfulness of left-handedness :(

[taurus82]

I can't even imagine trying to play right-handed!! Well..I did try once..and my playing was enough to make you wish you were deaf.

Left handed all the way. ;D

[aDevilAmongUs]

orangesquirrel, on Aug 22 2005, 12:40 PM, said:

Don, on Aug 21 2005, 09:47 PM, said:

i play guitar.  i own a lefthanded mex strat and a washburn acoustic/electric. 

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HOORAH FOR LEFTYS!!!
just like jimi hendrix

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Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez... the list goes on. There's a whole slew of fabulous left-handed guitarists.

But we all should know who my favorite right-handed guitarist is.. JF himself.

I've been playing guitar for a few years now I own a beautiful green Epiphone Les Paul, and my first guitar a Yamaha acoustic from sears . Once I have enough money back in the bank I need to invest in a nice acoustic-electric, and a decent amplifier.

Edited by aDevilAmongUs, 30 August 2005 - 04:24 PM.