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MrSandMan 03-22-2010 03:41 PM

Your biggest guitar mistake(s) ?
 
Mine would be not mastering 'timing'. Some people are gifted with perfect timing, mine... not so much. I should have put more effort into playing with tapes/CDs and/or a metronome. Then again, when I took guitar lessons back when I was 11, the instructor didn't elaborate the importance of timing, instead he was more interested in teaching me to shred. Guess I really didn't know better and didn't have the opportunity to be in a band as I lived out in the country and was too young to drive to the city.

2nd mistake was selling my first guitar. Little did I know, that guitar will always hold a special piece inside my heart. Sounds cheesy, I know.. but if I know then what I know now, I'd have kept that axe, it was really cool USA made Peavey T-15 .. Oh, and my USA Peavey Tracer too. I miss both of those axes. !!!

What is your biggest mistake(s)?

schoolie 04-09-2010 04:14 PM

I wish that I had practiced more with a metronome too. I'm trying to be more disciplined about practice now, but it's hard to find time. I'd say my biggest guitar mistake is focusing too much on building or buying the next one, rather than enjoying what I have.

MrSandMan 04-09-2010 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schoolie (Post 6561)
I wish that I had practiced more with a metronome too. I'm trying to be more disciplined about practice now, but it's hard to find time. I'd say my biggest guitar mistake is focusing too much on building or buying the next one, rather than enjoying what I have.

Haha, aint' that the truth :o

teh fail 04-10-2010 09:21 PM

I wish I would have never sold 2 Les Paul Standards and a Les Paul Custom.:wallbash:

smorgdonkey 04-16-2010 03:20 PM

My biggest guitar mistake was trading away my Takamine 400G 12 string acoustic for a 4 track cassette recorder.

speakerjones 04-16-2010 03:44 PM

My biggest mistake playing wise was to not continue to practice playing guitar when I took up playing drums. While it did improve my timing significantly, it set me back aways with regards to my other abilities.

Gear wise, it'd have to be getting rid of my '65 ES335 12 string.

Brian Krashpad 04-16-2010 04:09 PM

Mine was selling my Ric 430. It had some issues, but had I known anything about guitar (besides how to try to play), they probably could've been resolved. One almost never sees 400-series Rics around any more.

http://www.rickbeat.com/modelslibrar...-frontfull.jpg

:(

TheLivingDead 04-16-2010 04:14 PM

Hmmm... I'd say I stunted my creative growth early on by being a tab whore. I've definitely worked my way out of it though.

TheSoad25 04-16-2010 06:36 PM

i don'y know,does this question count for beginners:)

Brian Krashpad 04-16-2010 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSoad25 (Post 6729)
i don'y know,does this question count for beginners:)

Beginners have been known to make mistakes...

nomadh 04-29-2010 12:39 PM

Not getting good when I was young and learning was easy. Trying to get good now is brutal. Oh and that includes good timing.

bleachpunk87 02-03-2011 02:41 PM

I sold a 1983 mij fender strat with a system one trem on it when I was 16. lucky bastard got it for 400.00

next , I sold a 1970's LP copy made by electra. sold it for 225.00 wish i hadn't.

Rufa 09-27-2019 07:19 AM

Selling my first guitar. I wish I had kept it for a souvenir.


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