what is the longest you have gone without touching your...............guitar

pantophobia · 04.16.2009, 06:27 PM

i picked up the guitar and hooked for the first time in over a month, been since february i think, since i can't remember exactly i know it's been a long time

how long have you gone from playing anything, do you know why?

boredom,
apathy
rest?
aches?

Toilet & Bowels · 04.16.2009, 06:29 PM

i don't know, but on saturday i used my 4 track for the first time in 3 years

Phlegmscope · 04.16.2009, 06:51 PM

No idea, maybe a week or two, after deciding to try to get a hold of it. I fuck around daily, but my potential musicianship is proving to be a failure because the more I play, the more I suck.

samuel · 04.16.2009, 07:34 PM

Right now, it's been 18 days because that's when spring break ended. The longest was about 3 months - from the end of summer to Thanksgiving. The reason for this is I'm at college tryna git smartz... and I had to pack lightly to fly from Maryland to Colorado. So unfortunately, my guitar is not with me here. Only three more weeks and I'll be reunited again!

SuperCreep · 04.16.2009, 07:38 PM

Oh god, nearly all of Sep. '07 - Oct. '08. I was going through so much crap and I hardly ever played it. When I picked it up again, it was almost like I was playing for the first time, and I've been playing since I was ten. It really bummed me out.

I've been giving it a lot more attention these days, usually about 2-3 hours a day.

max · 04.16.2009, 07:40 PM

previous to this evening, 3 days.

that was horrible but sometimes it's also nice to come back to the instrument after a break - propels ideas.

dionysusundone · 04.16.2009, 08:05 PM

I used to go a month or so at a time without playing but for the past year or so I always feel nuts going even a day or so.

joe11121 · 04.16.2009, 08:06 PM

About one week. Maybe a little longer.

Death & the Maiden · 04.16.2009, 08:41 PM

Four days. It was from last Friday until Tuesday. But I suppose tha doesn't really count, since I was still playing my keyboard and my new slide guitar during those four days.

04.16.2009, 09:49 PM

I have played my electric and acoustic guitars last night for the first time since early March.

atsonicpark · 04.17.2009, 02:14 AM

I play every day. The longest I've went was probably a few weeks, when it was at a friend's house.

Danny Himself · 04.17.2009, 07:23 AM

I play every day too. More acoustic than electric now, so I don't have to go through the hassle of plugging everything in, amp, effects etc. I'm concentrating on getting my fingerpicking improved lately, too, as well as more complicated chordage that I should get around to teaching myself.

_slavo_ · 04.17.2009, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pantophobia

i picked up the guitar and hooked for the first time in over a month, been since february i think, since i can't remember exactly i know it's been a long time

how long have you gone from playing anything, do you know why?

boredom,
apathy
rest?
aches?

I haven't touched my electric guitar for over a year now. If I ever need any guitar samples (feedback, etc), I just skim through my harddisk where I'd recorded lots of sounds some time ago.

Derek · 04.17.2009, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Himself

I play every day too. More acoustic than electric now, so I don't have to go through the hassle of plugging everything in, amp, effects etc. I'm concentrating on getting my fingerpicking improved lately, too, as well as more complicated chordage that I should get around to teaching myself.

Same with me. I want to be a really good fingerpicker since I can play anything with a pick and I want to further myself.

atsonicpark · 04.17.2009, 07:57 AM

I've given up on fingerpicking. Everything I played sounded like a shitty Fahey Lite. I'd rather just further develop my own.. uh.. style.

Danny Himself · 04.17.2009, 08:08 AM

That's fair enough, I mean I'm not particularly good at it either and can't hope to ever be as good as Fahey (ha) but I just like the sound, the intertwining melodies at once..

Derek · 04.17.2009, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I've given up on fingerpicking. Everything I played sounded like a shitty Fahey Lite. I'd rather just further develop my own.. uh.. style.

Well I sound like a shitty Six Organs of Admittance lite because I sing while playing it haha.

Rob Instigator · 04.17.2009, 10:07 AM

5-7 days

batreleaser · 04.17.2009, 10:08 AM

i stopped playing from 15 to 17 alltogether, when I started to pick up the sax. I never really got the hang of it though ad went back to guiar, I still go through periods when I get played out on guitar and will mess around with just my contact mic, amps, and pedals. I live in an apartment though and I have gotten to warnings already; one for noise complaint, one for pot smell complaint. Who the fuck would bitch about a pot smell?

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 04.17.2009, 10:23 AM

A couple of weeks. Just didn't feel like playing.

04.16.2009, 06:27 PM	#1
pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	i picked up the guitar and hooked for the first time in over a month, been since february i think, since i can't remember exactly i know it's been a long time how long have you gone from playing anything, do you know why? boredom, apathy rest? aches?
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,226	i don't know, but on saturday i used my 4 track for the first time in 3 years
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04.16.2009, 06:51 PM	#3
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	No idea, maybe a week or two, after deciding to try to get a hold of it. I fuck around daily, but my potential musicianship is proving to be a failure because the more I play, the more I suck.
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04.16.2009, 07:34 PM	#4
samuel the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,173	Right now, it's been 18 days because that's when spring break ended. The longest was about 3 months - from the end of summer to Thanksgiving. The reason for this is I'm at college tryna git smartz... and I had to pack lightly to fly from Maryland to Colorado. So unfortunately, my guitar is not with me here. Only three more weeks and I'll be reunited again!
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04.16.2009, 07:38 PM	#5
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	Oh god, nearly all of Sep. '07 - Oct. '08. I was going through so much crap and I hardly ever played it. When I picked it up again, it was almost like I was playing for the first time, and I've been playing since I was ten. It really bummed me out. I've been giving it a lot more attention these days, usually about 2-3 hours a day. __________________
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04.16.2009, 07:40 PM	#6
max expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: sardinia, italy Posts: 1,263	previous to this evening, 3 days. that was horrible but sometimes it's also nice to come back to the instrument after a break - propels ideas. __________________ A Dance Of Shadows - Kingdom Of Night
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04.16.2009, 08:05 PM	#7
dionysusundone the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 871	I used to go a month or so at a time without playing but for the past year or so I always feel nuts going even a day or so. __________________ -James
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04.16.2009, 08:06 PM	#8
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	About one week. Maybe a little longer.
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04.16.2009, 08:41 PM	#9
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	Four days. It was from last Friday until Tuesday. But I suppose tha doesn't really count, since I was still playing my keyboard and my new slide guitar during those four days. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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04.16.2009, 09:49 PM	#10
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I have played my electric and acoustic guitars last night for the first time since early March.
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04.17.2009, 02:14 AM	#11
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I play every day. The longest I've went was probably a few weeks, when it was at a friend's house. __________________
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04.17.2009, 07:23 AM	#12
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	I play every day too. More acoustic than electric now, so I don't have to go through the hassle of plugging everything in, amp, effects etc. I'm concentrating on getting my fingerpicking improved lately, too, as well as more complicated chordage that I should get around to teaching myself.
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04.17.2009, 07:57 AM	#15
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I've given up on fingerpicking. Everything I played sounded like a shitty Fahey Lite. I'd rather just further develop my own.. uh.. style. __________________
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04.17.2009, 08:08 AM	#16
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	That's fair enough, I mean I'm not particularly good at it either and can't hope to ever be as good as Fahey (ha) but I just like the sound, the intertwining melodies at once..
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04.17.2009, 10:07 AM	#18
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	5-7 days __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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04.17.2009, 10:08 AM	#19
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	i stopped playing from 15 to 17 alltogether, when I started to pick up the sax. I never really got the hang of it though ad went back to guiar, I still go through periods when I get played out on guitar and will mess around with just my contact mic, amps, and pedals. I live in an apartment though and I have gotten to warnings already; one for noise complaint, one for pot smell complaint. Who the fuck would bitch about a pot smell? __________________ listen to pink reason
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04.17.2009, 10:23 AM	#20
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	A couple of weeks. Just didn't feel like playing. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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