I Play the Guitar Stories of Experiences

I think I spent quite a lot of my teenage years, certainly from '83 to '87, secretly wanting to play the guitar.....

Just a bit nervous of actually buying one....I mean, what did I know about guitars?

I KNEW that I wanted one; weaned...

I picked up a guitar, less than two years ago. Before that, I had never even touched a guitar, didn't know what a plectrum was either. I was brave, people told me you can't just buy a guitar without playing someone else's first.
I had...

I started playing when I was 16 and ever since then, I was hooked to playing the guitar. I love the weight of the instrument on my lap and the feel of the strings as I pluck it with my fingers, I like it's crisp sound that it makes...

Shredding is essential in my kind of music. Before I learned guitar I never realized that certain songs don't call for crazy drumming and too much can ruin a good guitar riff. When I write a song now I have to plan out everything on...

I am a guitarist. I practice about 3 hours a day. I play the songs I love for enjoyment, but I challenge myself with jazz improv. I have been playing for the last 5 years, and have bought every single piece of equipment I own with my...

I tried learning to play the guitar as a kid twice. Both times I failed. I wanted to play the electric guitar, but the music store recommended an acoustical guitar to start. Then my parents signed me up for lessons. Each week was was...

I used to imagine that I play guitar with the use of stick broom when I was a kid. Then i do the rock and roll moves. lol I sang different songs and sometimes just creating my own lyrics (which i don't understand) so funny and always...

Last night joy attempted to elude me & sorrow tried to drown my dreams. I was having difficulty remembering my purpose..
Marley had been on my mind but I believed I lacked the energy to strum him properly. Eventually desire overwhelmed...

Been playing for about 7 years and still suck...

The first year I was in a class in school but didn't get much out of it. The only thing good about it was the small competition there was to play better then the rest of my classmates. I...

For me, playing guitar let me get away from the family problems, the pressure to be perfect in school, living in a small-minded, single faith, single nationality town. But its also a tribute - a thank you - to the music that saved my...

I started playing the drums about 7 years ago. I had always loved music, and I never would have thought I'd some day be a musician myself. I kept playing, and I kept getting better. Next, I picked up the guitar. Which, for a standalone...

Started in high school, but having brothers who decided to take guitar lessons at the same time, I was stuck with an old guitar having bent neck that made it hard to even to hit the chords on the frets. My parents weren't very musical...

i have been playing for about fifteen years, and i love it more than any other hobby of mine. it puts me in a good mood, but only when i play well, and it triggers creative thought. i have a martin acoustic/electric cutaway and two...

Been playing guitar for 11 years. I love acoustic music. Finger picking is my favorite, and I love to write music as well. I was always infatuated with stringed intruments as a child. I begged for a guitar when I was 9 and, after...

I don't play the guitar, i don't even want to learn. I just like people who play the guitar

Hello Everyone Im David , I started playing rythm guitar back in 1996 , and now I play rythm guitar and the steel guitar , I play old time country music . You know its pretty easy to play rythm to now the steel on the other hand can...

There is nothing like being able to write a song and tell a story and get it off your chest. I play bass best but I learned everything else by necesity. You see I started writing songs and the bass is hard to convey whats going on so I...

hi, for the Last three years i have been learning guitar, the first year, was the most fun, but also the most difficult, just getting used to where to put my fingers. and memorising chords. but i got to a wall, where i couldnt learn...

I never knew how to play a guitar. At first, there wasn't anything that seemed to interest me about it. During elementary, I would hear some of my friends play it. Once, I heard one of my friends play "More Than Words" and she just sang...

I started playing in college. I can't remember my first one, but eventually I improved to where it was holding me back.  For $350 (we're talking 1971) I bought a Guild F series acoustic guitar.  I've been to music stores and have seen...