Members Scoogs Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 I started learning guitar when i was 8. I started playing when i was 13 or so. what is it that makes some people randomly have a lightbulb go off that makes them want to commit to something they didn't like before? no idea Honestly, it's the weirdest {censored}ing thing ever.I've been "playing" since I was 12. Whatever, I thought, it was just a hobby.I had a black MIM Strat with rosewood fretboard.One day I seen a commercial with a guy playing a red Strat with a maple neck.. And I was so pumped up about guitars from that point on. I actually applied myself to it. I know it seems like a stupid little thing.. But that was my lightbulb.Then it snowballed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rock-lobster Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Honestly, it's the weirdest {censored}ing thing ever. I've been "playing" since I was 12. Whatever, I thought, it was just a hobby. I had a black MIM Strat with rosewood fretboard. One day I seen a commercial with a guy playing a red Strat with a maple neck.. And I was so pumped up about guitars from that point on. I actually applied myself to it. I know it seems like a stupid little thing.. But that was my lightbulb. Then it snowballed. i think it was actually the guitar player on "Whose Line is it Anyway" that got me actually thinking about playing guitar outside of lessons. i saw her playing some sort of HSS blacked out strat, which to me registered as "shiny-black-guitar" and the idea that a bad-ass guitar such as that in my hands would just be the bees-knees inspired me to get a black squier strat. i showed everybody the guitar, and thought it would impress people, but as it turns out, i sucked. but the yearning to impress people was too strong, so i started putting hours into practicing and learning about guitar. it's since become my biggest passion in life and has little to do with public appeal.although, it does help with public appeal for sure. guitar has brought me more women than a WNBA game (note: do not look like WNBA players ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scoogs Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 God dammit I love guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rock-lobster Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 God dammit I love guitars.how unique and iconoclastic, proclaiming your love for guitars on HCEG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 My son acted disinterested for quite some time too. Now he plays as good or better than I do. Kids don't want to emulate what their dads or bigger brothers necessarily do, they want to do what their friends think is cool. Keep it kicking around, he might come around. Nice gift. Sorry for the let down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 I think we give too much to our children. I think that maybe they should get a guitar when the fire in their belly to play is so hot that they would make a guitar from a tree branch and make their own strings out of road-kill gut. Then perhaps we should buy them the worst guitar we can find, and if they still insist on playing, despite bleeding fingers from the "Cheese-cutter action" of said bad guitar, maybe, just maybe they get a decent guitar. Cant agree more with this I learnt to "play" on an old loaner yamaha acoustic with nylon strings that were about 10 yrs old and the thing was only tuned about once a year (not by me, cause i didnt know how )...Really cant believe i stuck with it, but if i ever have kids (god forbid), i would want them to show at least that amount of dedication before i considered buying them something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Backlund Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Threaten to buy him a banjo for his next birthday. He'll be a regular Clapton in six months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 You're an awesome brother. Him...not so much Just kidding. I think you should save it. He may be interested in playing later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pak066 Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Bash him over the head with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajympt Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 How about a good story- The kid that used to baby sit for us got a bullet strat for his birthday from his uncle, but nothing else, so I set it up for him, gave him a cheap practice amp, cables, pics and such and a dano OD pedal and he loves it and continues to thank me for it. I almost wish he would stop because it was all just stuff I was mostly hoarding anyway. So, some of them do appreciate what we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Gilmour the Peavey. Townshend the child. ....oh, crap, uh....in the violent sense...not in the supposed kiddie pr0n...ah god.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acadiafall Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Cheeky. Very Cheeky. I suggest you stamp all over his violin and then hit him around the head with the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tyberious Funk Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 I think we give too much to our children. I think that maybe they should get a guitar when the fire in their belly to play is so hot that they would make a guitar from a tree branch and make their own strings out of road-kill gut. Then perhaps we should buy them the worst guitar we can find, and if they still insist on playing, despite bleeding fingers from the "Cheese-cutter action" of said bad guitar, maybe, just maybe they get a decent guitar. This is pretty much the philosophy they adopt in suzuki teaching. Children start out doing their lessons without any instrument. After a while, they get their first cardboard violin. Then, after they've shown they can handle an instrument with care and respect, they get their first real violin. Depending on the child, it can be a few weeks or several months before they actually get to play a proper instrument. It sounds pretty harsh. But damn, it works. The kids that stick with it, are the ones with a fire in their belly and a real desire to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A-20 Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Great that you care. I have been in similar situations a few times. Come to realize that because I love and enjoy guitar so much, its easy for me to want to share that joy with others. Problem is, most just don't share that joy and so what would mean the world to me [someone giving me a guitar...] means little to them. If on the other hand, they pick that thing out themselves and have the "one" they want, they way they want, its a different story. Even it its crap with strings, its theirs. Come to think of it my dad did give me a guitar once. An older Alvarez 12 string acoustic form an estate sale. I appreciated it more than most gifts I suppose, but it wasn't earth shaking. Then again I was young and just couldn't appreciate a guitar then like I can now. With age comes wisdom... and good taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators The Eristic Posted July 14, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 14, 2009 I tried giving one of those Predators (an earlier "script" logo'd model) to my 15-yr-old nephew because he wanted a guitar without a locking trem, as his only guitar is a floyded Ibanez. He wasn't interested once he saw the name on the headstock, though. :^/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 He`s just a kid...interests can change daily...really at that age I was all over the place too. Give him a break, once he sees he can get a lot more babes with a guitar than a violin he`ll come around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phutilian Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 I'd pretend to sell it to a friend- see if he gets jealous. Or maybe a girl his age wants to take lessons on it- that'll show him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Made of Cones Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 I don't quite buy the "teenagers hate adults" argument, but I guess it's different when you're 26 (like me) than 40+ or whatever. I have my own son and at 2 and a half he carries around my first Harmony acoustic, stopping to put cars and such in the sound hole from time to time. He's going to play like a beast by 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Threaten to buy him a banjo for his next birthday.He'll be a regular Clapton in six months. Mr. Backlund, your wit is as crisp and twisted as your guitar designs. But the "Death Penalty" of musical instruments (for all parties concerned) is the Bagpipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 Bummer. But you got a decent USA-made Strat for next to nothing, so no real loss. I'd just leave it as is and play the heck out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members golias Posted July 14, 2009 Members Share Posted July 14, 2009 When I was a little girl, my mother insisted I take piano lessons. I hated every stinkin' minute of it. Which is exactly why I would never give any kid a guitar unless they specifically asked for it, at which point I would SELL them a guitar (at a very generous deal.) Not because I care about the money, but just to make sure I'm not "casting pearls before swine." Remember those Rogue lipstick guitars? Sold mine to the kid who cuts my lawn. This year, she's mowing my lawn in exchange for half of what I was paying her last year plus a free guitar lesson each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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