Blame it on the guitar...?

[pearsonrj]

Whenever I watch and listen to another guitarist who is better than me (not difficult), I instinctively check out the equipment they are using and GAS for it. Case in point - I jammed with somebody who I had never met before a couple of nights ago. He's a great blues/country guitarist, been playing for 40 years. He had some really nice licks and I was impressed. He was playing an Eric Clapton Signature Strat through the same amp (Vox VT15) I was using, but somehow it just all sounded better. So naturally I get to thinking 'those Eric Clapton Signatures sound great - maybe I should trade in my American Standard Strat for something like that'.

 

I think I finally have seen the light - all the equipment in the world won't make up for hard work, practice, dedication and hard-won skills. I have fantastic equipment but don't invest nearly enough effort into practice. Too busy listening to my guitar heroes, reading guitar porn and reading equipment reviews on forums like this. Human nature I suppose.

[charlie brown]

Yeah, LOL...the guitar, or the pickups, the country of origin, the day it was built,

the amp, stompboxes, biorhythms being "off," you name it, we blame it! ;>)

 

But, once you get over that stage (hopefully), and really LEARN...you soon

discover, that you CAN play, and get decent to outstanding tone, on almost

anything "decent," with little or no effort...save maybe getting used to the

neck configuation. But, even that is no big deal, IMHO. All "preferences" aside.

 

Cheers,

CB

[GIANTRobOT420]

yeah