Exactly
It's more fun than eating croissants on a balcony.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 11:53, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

this is very true
I bought a new (old) board the other day. I'm looking forward to trying it. Been doing well for stuff recently. No3L sent me a boss digital delay pedal which is much fun :-D
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 11:55, Reply)

Oooooo
they are quite pricey bits of gear them. Is it fun?

I have a number of fancy effects pedals, but I very rarely get the chance to plug everything in and rock out, I mainly practise through headphones or just on the acoustic. And even that isn't very often.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 11:59, Reply)

it is fun, especially the hold function which indefinitely repeats the last little thing you played
I'm not big on effects as I find they get in the way of actually playing anything. I use a boss blues driver distortion, which basically sounds exactly like my valve amp turned right up, or for metal I've got a marshall vs amp.

Delay is something I've always wanted though and it adds a nice little something to guitar solos and whatnot.

I basically only play guitar at band practice once a week and at gigs these days. occasionally a bit more if I'm recording side project stuff, or get a few minutes to myself at home, but it's rare that I get to rock out big time at home. it is a crying shame!

we should get together and have a jam sometime
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:02, Reply)

That would be a laugh
you'd have to tell me what you wanted to play in advance though so I can learn it. I only memorise bits of songs.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:08, Reply)

This^
I started guitaring at the end of last year, I've learned to play around a dozen songs (badly), and hundreds of bits of songs, through tab I've got from the internet, or from my little brother who is marginally better than I am.

...but nobody asked me, so I'll just feck off.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:13, Reply)

I can mostly only remember bits these days
there's a few songs I know all of still, but most of my memory is taken up with band stuff, and we all make that up as we go along!

generally, I'm happy to play anything and can learn or make something up pretty speedily, so fun could still be had!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:20, Reply)

Some day
I hope I'll be at that level, where I can just fiddle about with my guitar and create half decent music to almost anything, but at the moment I only have a shoddy guitar and little amp to practice on.

One day I'll be a megastar though, and you'll all be attending Monkeysex gigs, paying three thousand million pounds to get balcony seats, while I piss the world's smoothest blues licks into your ears on my fat Gibson ES-330, or whatever it's called.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:25, Reply)

I found that getting new gear made my play better
also, playing with other people as much as possible is the best way to develop
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:28, Reply)

Exactly that
but I never have time for that kind of thing, so I'll just stick to fiddling with my Squier in my underpants for now.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:31, Reply)

as long as you enjoy it, that's the main thing
I started playing when I was about 12 or 13 I think, can't remember why, but I'm glad I stuck with it, despite being pretty shit for quite a long time
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:39, Reply)

Shitness is all in your mind, Vipros
You've got to believe in yourself, do you believe in yourself Vipros? Because you know you should.

I want to lay you down on my couch and sing you a little song.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:40, Reply)

then that is what you shall do!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:46, Reply)

Ok, just lie down while I stroke your hair
Luh-vin' you, is easy cos you're beautiful...
and everythin' that you doooo, is all about lovin' you...
lalalala, lalalala, lalala-lalalala
mmm-dodoo-do-doo

aaaaAAAAAaaaa...
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 12:48, Reply)