WTF is wrong with me

i donno whats going on but overnight i started sucking ass at guitar. i used to just jam and play whatever and it sounded good but now that im trying to throwh some chords together and learn all this theory crap im doign terrible PLUS i forgot everything i was able to play. im 16 almost 17 an dhave been playing for almost a year. should i just say fuckit cause i think ive had enough

Sometimes you'll have to put the guitar away, just don't play the guitar for a couple of days and you'll notice that you'll feel like playing it again! Playing the guitar for a (very) long time also isn't very good for your improvement.

Pascal (also almost 17 and almost playing for a year!)

what you're saying sounds about right man. Now that i quit my job and schools out for summer ive been playing it day in day out coming up with one thing i like and 1 million things i hate.i think ill give it a rest for a bit and go get drunk or somehitng, thanks dudea


anyone besides Pascus reading this.........you can still comment if u wish to

Similar situation as you, loads of free time so I played loads. The other day I just didn't want to pick it up... so I left it for two days. Almost left it for another... but decided to play anyway.

I wouldn't leave it for too long... but two days was enough for me. On that third day I was into it again.

i used to play 7hrs a day for two months but i got so frustrated and burnt out that i quitted playing for 4months , i think you shouldn't overdo it i guess , it's not good to play as much as you can even , if you feel like it , do it but if it starts feeling like a thing you HAVE to do, just quit somedays like they said here before...

gl and don't quit, you're only playing for a year ,it takes time

Sorry to get out of the subject I think this is a historical day, cause MightyDave posted an avatar. Just kidin, looks good, by the way.

Well, all guitarists go thru this at some point I think. It's human nature, you start up doing something and there's so much to learn about it that it's all fresh and exciting. But once you've been at it for a while, that 'spark' starts to die, and as a result your standard of playing can drop. In my case, it took me a month to pick my guitar up again, but the reason I did so was because I watched a vid of Satch and I just went 'WTF! I have got to play like that!' I think it just takes a bit of inspiration at the right time to get things moving again. I would recommend a really good book written by one of the pros. I used one of John Petrucci's, which is full of so much stuff that it never gets boring.
Anyway, let us know how it all works out!

Regards,
Afro

thanks everybody. i think i was feeling like a bitch that day i posted that. the heat and being stuck in my room for hours can do that to a man. anyways all you guys's advice was helpful.



now you should all help out on picking between a vox ad100 and a laney lv300t. post comments on the other page. i made one about that specifically.

thanks again

@mici : thx , made me laugh when i read it...

Damn, those are good suggestions! I started to play around two months ago or so. Now, latest days, I've also noticed that I'm playing like a little bustard (in negative way). Khmm, I'm not skilled, but I'm learning fast and I think I play quite well, though. So, just happened that I was camping for three days and when I got back, I played like a guitar god (well, in my eyes.)! :D So, taking time off is good. ;)

I know i have went through it many times once i walked away for allmost a year but allways come back,when i practice for hours sometimes ill take a day break to let my hands adjust also,Afro is 100% correct!