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It's really funny, I think to myself... I've got my same guitar and amp, it's just a bigger room now! Some things don't change.
I've just been recording mostly acoustic stuff, drums, and sax, and electric guitar. I'm just still writing songs and what not.
I started getting interested in the notes that I could hear being generated when I hammered on while playing a classical guitar.
I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it.
I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you know.
Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and that was in 1958.
I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.
Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.
I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.
A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top of guitar riffs.
I actually love woodworking. I'm just getting into it. And I love playing guitar, I'm a big movie aficionado, and I like hiking.
Sometimes I feel like nothin,' somethin' throwed away, Somethin' throwed away. And then I get my guitar, play the blues all day.
Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry.
I'd put a lot of work into playing guitar and was thinking I was pretty damn good. But Hendrix came along and destroyed everyone.
Guitar Player Magazine says Dick Dale is the father of Heavy Metal, blowing up 48 amplifiers, creating the first power amplifier.
My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.
I've played guitar for years, and wanted to play guitar, but we got halfway through the last one and realized we hadn't used any.
I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.
I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.
Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.
There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.
I notice guys playing the piano playing a part up here and a part down there, and I wandered why couldn't I do that on the guitar?
I love classical music. Yes, I was in a conservatory when I was younger and played guitar and all that stuff, so I also love rock.
A horn has that voice quality, and an electric guitar can emulate that. But playing an acoustic, the notes don't sustain like that.
I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
There are other tracks that are more reliant upon the beat. Like nobody's going to sit there and play "Harlem Shake" on the guitar!
When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.
Im a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the guitar I learned from listening to him.
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer?
One day, I just decided I'm ready to go. So I went down with my guitar and sat on the front steps of Sam Phillips recording studio.
Television was the only band of its ilk that treated the guitar with delicacy, not as simple rhythm support for teenage aggression.
You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
But I also think that once you've found stuff that works, stop reading forums, stop reading reviews and just get out there and play.
I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.
The hole on the face of an acoustic guitar is called the sound hole. The one of the face of its player is called the sincerity hole.
But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye.
As far as guitar goes, it's weird to have such a challenging activity in my life for so long - I love it. It kicks my ass every day.
I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer.
I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.
I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing till I was seven.
This PRS is perfect for anyone who wants an awesome quality, versatile, rockin' guitar at an affordable price. I love it; try it out!
Psy Free was a trio consisting of guitar, organ and drums. I was the drummer. We did what the name suggests: psychedelic, free music.
That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.
I think the singer in Pearl Jam should eat some Pearl Jam! He cannot sing to save his life! And the guitar player needs to seek help.
One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
Everything that I do I hear and then I go with my hands, and since I use my hands for both piano and guitar that is kind of hands-on.
Steve Morse is a very good guitar player, but he's American, and he's using humbucker pickups. If you ask me, those two are not good.