Anyone play an instrument?
 

Any instrument welcome wether you are just starting to learn or if you are a master at your chosen instrument or if you want to play something but dont know what.

I play mainly bass guitar until I brought 2 electric guitars last year. I still suck at the guitar hence why I spend most my time with the bass but I cant complain too much for under a years practice.

For those that do play are there any somgs that you are learning at the moment?

Ive just learnt Billie Jean bass lines and its really fun to play along with (well for me anyway) Another 2 I have started learning on the bass is Disturbed Stricken and Priestess Lay Down but I do prefer at the moment to play in standard tuning.

I play Guitar, and I've dabbled in bass and singing over the years. My main guitar is a Les Paul Standard. I also own an Epi Strat copy from the early 90's, a Fender Squier from 96 (That pretty much completely fell apart.) and a couple of Ibanez accoustics.

I have nerve damage (slightly) in my left hand so I can't obsessively play as much as I wish.

I've been trying to figure out Tommy heavenly's "Wait for me there" by ear, probably have a bout half the song figured out.

Awesome, (not the nerve damage) but your guitars but is a pitty bout your hand. Ive only got 1 bass and 2 guitars. My bass is a Fender Squier (mint bass to play) and my 2 guitars are just cheap ones. Im still unsure if guitar is what I really want to play hence the cheap guitars but if it is then I'll upgrade to something nicer like a Gibson Flying V. I also want to get a 5 string accoustic bass for the sound. My neighbour has one and it sounds mint.

My guitars. (still need good amp upgrades)

Fender Squier
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Harper Les Paul (nice to play)
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Manix Explorer (crap guitar but looks cool)
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To me the single-cut style guitars like Les Pauls feel perfect. And the sound is just amazing and full. A Friend of mine has a Flying V, those are pretty bad ass also. a little awkward to play when sitting down though.

Squiers are generally good guitars actually. Just I think the one I got was a bit of a lemon. It won't hold tune and the bridge pickup just up and died on me one day.

I'd really love to own a PRS of some sort. I could see myself easily getting a Singlecut, but part of me is interesting in their more standard styles.

I've played the harmonica since I was 12.

Wait, seriously? Cause that's really bad ass. I own one but never learned how to use it.

I know what you mean about the v's. Out of the guitars I have played the single cuts have felt and sounded alot nicer and easy to hold like the Les Paul style (which is my favourite guitar) I love the fret board style. I think I just having something odd like the manix. I am sure ive had luck with my Fender, after about a month of playing I might need to tune it. I did get a fuzz in the pickup about 2 years ago and a freind mentioned running a magnet over it and it auctully worked but apart from that no probs.

Totally. I remember when I was young really wanting one, then my parents bought my sister a guitar, and asked me if I wanted to play an instrument. I said harmonica, and they kinda laughed, but they got it for me, anyways. I haven't played very much in the last 3 or 4 years, but I can still pull it off.

I actually used to play the harmonica solo at the end of the D12 song "Purple Pills" all the time for my friends.

Mint I like them. Ive had a small try on a harmonica and I reckon they're pretty hard to play, might just be me.

I play piano, but I've been wanting to learn guitar for the longest.

They're really finicky. You can pick up a guitar and be told exactly how to play a specific note immediately. You'll pick up a harmonica, be explained how to play it, be shown exactly how to play it, and then it'll still sound wrong. Once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy, though. It's just a lot harder to get started than with a guitar.

I was one of those '2 note' abusers whenever I had a harmonica.

Yeah with a guitar it's a matter of someone saying "Place finger 1 here, finger 2 here finger 3 here, and then strum" and you just played a chord. Sure, you may not know what to DO with that chord, but it's easy enough to learn the chords on their own.

I wish I had someone to teach me that. Ive learnt though my chord finder and books

That's for sure. A single person has (briefly) attempted to teach me guitar in my life, and in that almost infinitesimal amount of time, I somehow managed to snap 2 strings and get a scratch on the paint job. This isn't an exaggeration, I am that terrible at guitar.

I was taught a handful of basic open chords and did the rest on my own.

Edit; Yeah haha, it really can be like that too. A lot of beginners are really rough on the strings I've noticed.

Ive never ever broken a string on bass or guitar through play, only with tuning.

I haven't in years come to think of it. I usually just change the strings when they are dirty and sound bad.

Do you guys ever do any improv solos?

Im still not that developed on a guitar but I play some guitar stuff on the bass

I do more rythm playing than lead, but everyonce in awhile I give it a go. The nerve damage kind of limits my speed for it though.

Leads some difficult stuff to pull off but I do look forward to been able to play something in a lead part.

Well, they don't have to be Hendrix-worthy. Just as long as I know that you guys can attempt them.

I'm always down for solos. :)

Mine are very Cobain esque. I wish I could play like Slash more than anything though.

I can do about 2 full nirvana songs onguitar. About a girl and scoff. I learnt them from tabs online which arent the correct way of playing them.

about a girl was the first Nirvana song I learned full actually :lol:

True. I found it a good starting point. I recently got an official Nirvana Bleach guitar book and turns out the tabs I learnt were a simple basic way of playing it. The tabs in the book are at least 3 times harder.

I can play the mouth harp or harmonica. I can play Silent Night and What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?

Okay. You asked for it...

I've been playing bass for over 9 years now. I like to think I'm pretty good but I've never really worked on my finger-picking technique because of the style of the bands I've been in. I'd have to start wearing my bass higher too and unless you're freaking John Entwistle that's not cool :P
I've spent ages learning scales and such (and my bands don't really vary much) that I can improvise quite a bit too.

I've been playing guitar on and off for about five years. As with bass, I've just been teaching myself so I'm not fantastic.
I'm pretty useless when it comes to any lead stuff, I can try and write the odd solo but I'm so into the bass mindset it never sounds like a true solo.
When I play guitar it tends to be to check bass stuff works. Although I do have a little dream of having a Hot Snakes/Nirvana alt-rock/grunge-like band.

When my close friend (and the guitarist in the band from 2002) noticed Reel Big Fish tuned down a step for live shows (or at least one we saw),
he figured that was a good idea and I've been stuck like that for so long I usually stick with it.
Because of this, I never really learn other songs (I much prefer writing stuff anyway).

I started with a Squier P-Bass that served me well and I moved onto a OLP Musicman 2 (one day I will get an official Ernie Ball Stingray).
And my guitar is an Epiphone G-400, which is sexy.

Me on the left (in the nerd shirt and lame haircut), other guy with an American Highway One Telecaster (and mic too high...) on the right. Bright red drummer in back :P
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Trumpet
Drum set
Acoustic guitar
Harmonica
Piano
vocalist

I played drums for two years, but quit from lack of interest. Playing drums on Rock Band kind of revitalized my interest, and when I get some money together, I want to buy a new set and learn more.

I can play a bit of guitar, but I'm far from anything worth mentioning.

Yes, it makes me want to cry :(

This week was the last episode of Endless SUCK, so hopefully it's going to pick up next week.......:cry:

I play the guitar hero guitar, it counts right? I rock on medium...

No. Not at all.

Yeah. Now if it were expert...

I have an electric guitar, a fender. I've never picked up an instrument in my life, but it was a gift from my brother for xmas a few years ago. I took a class but that didn't go so well.

And just last week my boyfriend bought me a pink violin because I've always wanted to play, ever since I was very little. Now I have two instruments to learn...no pressure, right? ; ^ ;

Not at all.

Yes I 2nd that.

I know what you are saying with that. Ive also played the bass for longer and find it a bit harder to play a guitar in a ture guitar style without adding in bass techniques.

Haha. I wasn't being serious. Guitar Hero does not mean a great deal when it comes to a real guitar. :P

Still fun though.