Members HaloJem Posted December 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 She was hitting on you and you missed it.Yeah, cuz you should have heard the things she said after that ... and I didn't even do any sweep arpeggios! Women like the fleet fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NOS68 Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 The most ridiculous things I've heard (or actually read) was actually today on this very forum from people who claim to be guitar players in the responses to this thread...http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2186344Unbelieveable. Same thread came to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pope on a Rope Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 "Isn't there supposed to be hole in the middle?" I had about 3 or 4 family members or co-workers ask me that when showing them an electric guitar I had built and finished. It would catch me off guard each time someone asked that because you just assume that everybody knows the difference between an electric solid body and an acoustic guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BASSDAD Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 I brought my Martin acoustic to my bassist's Xmas party last weekend...and as I'm playing "Over the Hills..." by Zep - this gal says "wow, you play acoustic, too?" Now, this is funny to a guitar player - maybe not a non-player. It shows how much we take for granted our detailed knowledge is on guitars, gear, lingo, etc. Didya score. She ready for you to come to her after she found out your Acoustic skills. Works a fair amount of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 The most ridiculous things I've heard (or actually read) was actually today on this very forum from people who claim to be guitar players in the responses to this thread...http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2186344Unbelieveable. +1Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fw190 Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 A conservatory trained music instructor at the college level informed me that drums do not have pitches.I asked him why drums had tuning keys then. He was VERY upset with meat that point. Do you know the difference between definite and indefinite pitch? I bet your music instructor does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 I do this myself because it's just slang/common lingo, but I'm aware of how incorrect it is. That thing at the bridge/tailpiece of your guitar? It's not a tremolo, it's a vibrato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 It's a wang bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members majorbanjo Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 I actually had a guy ask me while I was playing in Kuwait...... How many octaves does that guitar have??? Same guy told me he was saving to get an Estaban.....I kid you not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 The most ridiculous things I've heard (or actually read) was actually today on this very forum from people who claim to be guitar players in the responses to this thread... http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2186344Unbelieveable. Lol, the funny thing about that is that they were arguing with me, saying I was wrong I have had someone ask if you are supposed to press down inbetween the metal things on the guitar, or right on the metal things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David E H Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 Like one guy said earlier about playing acoustic and electric guitar. I do not know why people think they are different guitars. I play both publicly on a weekly basis and people compliment me on it all the time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlantBoy Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 "Aren't the 5 other strings redundant? Can't you play that on one string?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HaloJem Posted December 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 I actually had a guy ask me while I was playing in Kuwait...... How many octaves does that guitar have??? Same guy told me he was saving to get an Estaban.....I kid you not... ...man, you are keeping me in suspense, bro! How many are there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 ...man, you are keeping me in suspense, bro! How many are there? Dude - it's a six string - it's only got hectaves. For octaves, you need a mandolin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AndrewGG Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 It's a wang bar. Nope, it's a talent lever. We had a bass player audition who insisted the long bit with the frets in it was an 'arm'. He didn't get the gig. 'What do you play; lead or rhythm?' People are surprised that guitarists can actually do both; sometimes at the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackCat Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 I was once tried to teach an old girlfriend a couple of chords and she broke a string. She started to cry because Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 Things my MUSIC TEACHER said about guitars: -"Pickups won't affect tone." -"There's no real difference between Single Coils and Humbuckers." -"Wood that a guitar is made from won't affect tone whatsoever." probably it just doesn't matter to him since he can actually playthat stuff is way more important to shoppers and fetishists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slodge Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 I've told this story, but it's appropriate here: I had a girlfriend once ask me what a lead guitar was, except she pronounced it 'led,' like the metal. I patiently explained that there were two types of guitars. Lead (like the metal) and Bass (like the fish.) She eventually dumped my sarcastic ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slodge Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 This isn't really something stupid, but it does illustrate the myopia of guitarists. I've had a few people tell me over the last couple of weeks that they've bought guitars for their kids/spouses. I ask them what kind of guitar it was and they gave me a blank stare. Which to me is a little like saying you bought a new car and then not knowing the make or model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeBass Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 When I first picked up a guitar, my relative, who had actually played a bit of guitar with his bud's at the time, showed me how to play 'power chords'...it consisted of fretting the string directly over the fret wire, which gave the note the power and chunk. lol How gullible I was back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 Salesman at the shop where I learn: Today it only matters that your amp has a good clean channel, the rest comes from a good distortion pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 ...can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Monk Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 Every time the fact that I play comes up, the first question anyone asks is "do you play acoustic or electric?"I don't get it... ? Unless I'm only playing solo acoustic stuff or classical, which I'm not... Oh, and every time I say I like a guitar I don't have - "Why? You have THREE. That's already two too many. They sound the same anyway." - Mother, chanelling the Confused, Frustrated Grandmother.Oh, and my favorite, seeing somebody in my school post pictures of his new plexiglass flying V copy, a video of him playing the riff to Crazy Train, and starting a nonstop cavalcade of "OMG your guitar is so cool! It sounds so good!"His answer? "I'd better be, I paid $100 for it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Volitan Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 Well the guy is a bass player, and maybe he was thinking about a whammy bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted December 20, 2008 Members Share Posted December 20, 2008 I could quote a lot of crap from this board...but then people would be offended and there would be a bunch of monkey poo thrown around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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