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Topic: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

To woo women, of course.
Lesson below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Frja3_ … e=youtu.be

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

Tis true.  It works if you know what you are doing. No matter what us guys say, that is the true reason we learn when we are younger.  I don't know if it is so true at our age or not.  I still like to learn love songs because the girls love it.

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

All the above,but also for the fame and money (if you get far enough ) pride and the great feeling of accompleshiment  inside ourselves.

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

"Fingerpicking sounds impressive but requires little to no talent."

LOL!  Maybe that's why I learned finger picking first.

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

Interesting and quite true..  speaking as a female guitar player I can say I learned to play guitar cause I thought it was really cool - honestly, one of the best things I ever did.  As I tell my  13 year old nephew..  a video game never got anyone a date!  Keep strumming..

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

Same here. If a girl asked what I did for fun,Playing guitar was a  more interesting answer than drinking or getting high.

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When a buddy of mine was 16 years old and in a band that got a contract to tour, they needed his father's signature to get him into the bars and venues for the tour.  His father signed it, but not until telling his son, "Boy, that guitar might get you l**d, but it'll never pay the bills."  At his age, he figured that was good enough.  And by the way, turns out his guitar can pay the bills. 

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

I'm a little different.... I've never really been a big music fan. I didn't learn to play because I wanted to learn a song or perform.  For me it was the challenge of learning... I wanted to see if I could do it! It looked hard and I love a challenge...lol

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

joeyjoeyjoey wrote:

Same here. If a girl asked what I did for fun,Playing guitar was a  more interesting answer than drinking or getting high.

Or, like when I was young, all three!

Hank's prosepctive gutiar player said: "Mr Williams, I'm not sure I can play for you, the onliest chords I know are C D & G"
Hank repleis, after a short pause: "Well, what else is there?"
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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

^ I agree - why limit yourself? Multi-tasking is where its at!

Rule No. 1 - If it sounds good - it is good!

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

^ I did a lot of multitasking. Evena few years after I was married. Up until 1992, been clean and sober since.

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

Referring to acoustic guitars only
1. I love the sound
2. To create something
3. Fun?

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

naolslager wrote:

Referring to acoustic guitars only
1. I love the sound
2. To create something
3. Fun?

Now that I`m old(er).That would hold true. Back then it would have been only electric. 1-love the sound.  2-girls thought it would look cool(hopefully). 3-4-5 -  See 2.   6- Actually,I used to like to write my own so I learned to play to put it to music. I. used to like the bohemian image that I had. Now I`m just an average guy with a normal life and a normal car. A normal house. With a  &@(*&^ awesome music room in my basement. A heated practice space.

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

naolslager wrote:

Referring to acoustic guitars only
1. I love the sound
2. To create something
3. Fun?

Now that I`m old(er).That would hold true. Back then it would have been only electric. 1-love the sound.  2-girls thought it would look cool(hopefully). 3-4-5 -  See 2.   6- Actually,I used to like to write my own so I learned to play to put it to music. I. used to like the bohemian image that I had. Now I`m just an average guy with a normal life and a normal car. A normal house. With a  &@(*&^ awesome music room in my basement. A heated practice space.   I DONT KNOW HOW I POSTED THE SAME THING TWICE, IF I DELETE IT WILL KILL THE WHOLE SUBJECT.MY MISTAKE

Mod edit:  go ahead and delete it - only deleting the first post in the thread will kill the entire thread.  I would delete it for you, but it's good for you to try some things on your own.  wink  MKM

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

So you can tell people, " Yeah, I play guitar"!!!!!

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I learned to play guitar because each and everytime I heard Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, or Jimi Hendrix play, I got goose bumps all over and time stood still.

And by the way, I really like the story Zurf about your buddy ! :J

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

I learned to play guitar when the Beatles hit, so, ya, I learned to play for the girls.

Hank's prosepctive gutiar player said: "Mr Williams, I'm not sure I can play for you, the onliest chords I know are C D & G"
Hank repleis, after a short pause: "Well, what else is there?"
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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

I was a drummer when I was young, which was enough of a female magnet at the time.  I wanted to learn to play a guitar after I went to my first bluegrass festival and was blown away by the acoustic pickin'. 

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

I spent a year at a Benedictine Monastery at age 15-16.
They played music over a sound system constantly- 33 records.
Chet Adkins tunes are the only albums I enjoyed.

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

Well I reckon that Toots learned guitar so he could get proposals for working out song chords. lol

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

tubatooter1940 wrote:

I spent a year at a Benedictine Monastery at age 15-16.
They played music over a sound system constantly- 33 records.
Chet Adkins tunes are the only albums I enjoyed.

Tubatooter: Chet Atkins at a monastery? Really? 33 albums? Did you physically count them or do you know this from the repetition? 24/7 music? Your reason for playing has got to be the most interesting and something ripped right out of a novel, a movie, or life.

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33 RPM

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

Zurf wrote:

"Fingerpicking sounds impressive but requires little to no talent."

LOL!  Maybe that's why I learned finger picking first.

I don't know who said that, but they probably don't finger pick well.  Finger picking is hard.

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The guy in the Youtube video Toots linked.  If you watch it, you'll understand.

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Re: Why Do Guys Learn Guitar?

yes I agree finger picking is hard! I learned guitar becasue I sing. I started out with a karaoke and went from there. So it seems like alot of guys learn guitar to woo the girls LOL.

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