j45nick Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 You know you are completely addicted to guitar playing (and guitars) when: 1) you always have multiple guitar picks in your wallet wherever you go; 2) you get twitchy around people who don't talk about guitars; 3) the most common conversation with your significant other while looking at your computer screen starts: "what do you think of at this really neat guitar?"; 4) you keep thousands of dollars in cash around "just in case something comes up over the weekend"..... etc, etc, etc. More? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struma6 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 You always have a thumbpick on. And don't think it's odd. You slow down and rubber-neck at EVERY yard sale, looking for a case or a glimpse of wood. ps...you keep picks in your wallet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 You know you are completely addicted to guitar playing (and guitars) when: 1) you always have multiple guitar picks in your wallet wherever you go; 2) you get twitchy around people who don't talk about guitars; 3) the most common conversation with your significant other while looking at your computer screen starts: "what do you think of at this really neat guitar?"; 4) you keep thousands of dollars in cash around "just in case something comes up over the weekend"..... etc, etc, etc. More? Is 3 our of 4 a bad indicator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 When playing the guitar is the first you do when getting out of bed .... and last thing before you go to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 ps...you keep picks in your wallet? You got a problem with that? It's got a little zipper pocket which I thought was made for that purpose. It's the older guy's way of always "being prepared...." No snide comments on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 ...you keep picks in your wallet? I'm with you. Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 When You've Played Your guitar naked in bed pretending to be John Lennon XD . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I almost never play with a pick - I'm a fingerstylist - but I do always have one with me. It's good for checking out a new guitar. I know I'm addicted because I haven't been able to stop for the last 49 years and I just don't care to think about not playing. Sometimes I hear them calling out to me to be played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Yes, to all of the above!!! (Substitute "purse" and "pockets" for "wallet," though...) And when: --You are uneasy and restless on those days when your guitar doesn't sound quite up to par (due to daily humidity changes or stuffy ears or Mercury in retrograde or whatever it is that causes this) and you worry--well beyond reason--that it won't "come back." (Your condition causes your family and co-workers to question your attention span and inquire as to the general state of your health.) --You put your ear down on the wood while you're playing and remember the very first time you did that. --You have more memories with your guitar in them than you have of an any one person, place, or thing. --You love to check this forum frequently. And not only because you fantasize that someone wants to give you their cherished late 50s/early 60's slope-shouldered CW, just because it told them it has your name on it, but because there might, just might, be a thread to read or join that will, like this one, delight you because it reminds you that you belong to a tribe. Hello, my name is Anne, and I'm an addict... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 You know you are completely addicted to guitar playing (and guitars) when: * your vacation approaches and you start worrying about which guitar to take . . . * your vacation approaches, you've decided to take a guitar - now you worry about maybe taking an acoustic and an electric guitar "just in case". * you come back from vacation with more guitars than you left with. Really - - - I just got back from a 9 day vacation - left with two guitars, came back with three. The new guy - ES-359 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 * your vacation approaches and you start worrying about which guitar to take . . . * your vacation approaches, you've decided to take a guitar - now you worry about maybe taking an acoustic and an electric guitar "just in case". * you come back from vacation with more guitars than you left with. Really - - - I just got back from a 9 day vacation - left with two guitars, came back with three. The new guy - ES-359 - That's a beauty! And when your vacation approaches but, since you know you can't bring any guitars, you think about maybe not going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 When you take along picks AND a capo to a party just in case the people MIGHT have a guitar in the house. (been there, done that) Also, you carry picks and a capo with you when you are out and your route on your errands takes you by the guitar shop. (I just carry picks all the time... my key fob is a pick case). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 I almost never play with a pick - I'm a fingerstylist - but I do always have one with me. It's good for checking out a new guitar. I know I'm addicted because I haven't been able to stop for the last 49 years and I just don't care to think about not playing. Sometimes I hear them calling out to me to be played. That's not the guitar calling out to you grampa: that's feedback from your hearing aid. (This from a guy who's been playing the same guitar for the last 45 years.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 That's not the guitar calling out to you grampa: that's feedback from your hearing aid. (This from a guy who's been playing the same guitar for the last 45 years.) Funny but not true. I don't have one because when the music started getting too loud - when they started micing drums - I stopped going to them, especially indoors. For a 64 year old I have pretty good ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotTheSilver Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 You know you are completely addicted to guitar playing (and guitars) when: - You can only recite the alphabet from A to G! - You count everything in multiples of 4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 Funny but not true. I don't have one because when the music started getting too loud - when they started micing drums - I stopped going to them, especially indoors. For a 64 year old I have pretty good ears. Same age here. Ears still fine for music, but not always for everything else. My time as a concert engineer--mixing from the middle of the audience, between headphones at full volume and the amps about the same--sort of did in the high frequencies. But it was fun at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 When you get a dry throat in rooms, houses or apartments with no guitars around. "--You put your ear down on the wood while you're playing and remember the very first time you did that." Fine detail there. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 --You put your ear down on the wood while you're playing and remember the very first time you did that. Sort of like the first time you stuck your head under the water with a pair of goggles on: Holy Cow; there's a whole new world inside there! Thanks for the memories on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyseven Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 When playing the guitar is the first you do when getting out of bed .... and last thing before you go to sleep. Exactly, that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisA83 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 ...when your fingers get itchy if you haven't played for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 After more than 40 years, still ain't got any of those symptoms. You just may be an addict when you instinctively turn to a guitar because you know it will make the good times better and help you get through the bad times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Thats a great way of looking at it ! There are some great quotes here, i think Gibson should put in a book or place it on their website under ... why you should play guitar ! :-) You just may be an addict when you instinctively turn to a guitar because you know it will make the good times better and help you get through the bad times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Really - - - I just got back from a 9 day vacation - left with two guitars, came back with three. The new guy - ES-359 - OMG! That's stunning! The tone on a ES is one of my earliest times I envied a guitar player, (Wes Montgomery), and of course BB & Chuck Berry. Beautiful guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 1. I carry the picks, (one in my money clip and one in my wallet). 2. I bring a guitar EVERYWHERE with me. 3. I keep an electric solid body guitar in the motorhome, (with amp and stand). 4. Will play anytime anywhere if asked, (and sometimes when not asked). 5. Take asprin whenever my hands feel "stiff", (still not too often considering my age). 6. Every family gathering includes guitar playing. 7. Just like to be around other players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 You play air guitar seriously when no guitar is around - fretting chords against your left-hand palm and practising right-hand fingerpicking on your thigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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