Stupid comment

[Death55]

My friends brother thinks his friend is better than me just because he can play something like 100 songs. Also this friend plays punk so the stuff he is playing is probably easy. Dont you just hate it when people with no knowledge of guitars makes a stupid comment like that ? Has anyone else ever had someone tell them there not as good as someone else ?

[moody_fa_loonie]

Yeah i get that all the time. I play right handed guitars upside down, so i always do my own thing but first comment people usually make is: oh hes unoriginal, no where near as good as jimmy hendrix. People enjoy my music but mostly notic the way i play and im often critisized..mainly by fellow musicians.

[chucklivesoninmyheart]

People are stupid,so don't listen... heres what I think.

If your better than him then your better.Meet this kid with your guitar and rip him up.If this kid does play punk,chances are he sucks.He might still argue that he knows more songs than you,but then remind him that punk is talentless crap that can be done while in a coma.Ask him to play something difficult...when he fails miserably,laugh and sucker punch him.

[Jolly McJollyson]

hahaha, don't listen to chuck. Kick this guy in the nuts after you laugh. Anyhow, chances are you can do a crappy pentatonic solo and this guy will NEVER be able todo it because he doesn't know his scales.

[metal_carnage]

lol @ your friend

Playing guitar isnt showing off your skills by saying "Im better".
Im not imressed until some1 shreds some nice scales perfectly and is [b]obviously[b] better than me


But then then chuck has some point to, Punk is very easy music to play, and it wouldnt hurt to battle some songs :)

Im willing to play with any guitarplayer here, but they all think they are to bad.

You can learn allot of playing with other guitarists :)

[hairbndrckr]

Hell moody, those idiots must not realize a left handed guitar costs more than a righty. If I didn't buy everything I get at a STEAL, and I played left handed, I would probably do the same thing.

As for the guy who obvisously doesn't have a clue as to what guitar playing is, I think I agree with the kick-him-in-the-nuts thing then say "oh wait, my left foot does that much better" and kick him again.

[metal_carnage]

but what do you do when some guy comes up to you, saying he can play the guitar better than you, showing off like a mofo, and then proves to be a better player.

You just kick him for being better, or you go crying in a corner and practise more?

:)

[noticingthemistake]

Kick him in the nuts 3 times!!! Once for saying he's better than you. Once more for showing off in front of you. And a third for turning out to be better than you. Honestly dewd, don't worry about people like that. If you play with passion and commitment, you'll go alot farther than the egotistical fawks out there. Especially people who don't even play but feel they have a right to criticize you. Just worry about getting better.

[Jolly McJollyson]

If he's better than you, so be it. If he's not, remember that it wasn't he who bragged, but your know-nothing friend. So kick the friend in the nuts if you win and shake the guitarist's hand.

[iamthe_eggman]

Be careful not to kick yourself in the nuts, though...


"OK, Smithers, now make me slap him. Now, one for you. Now, give me a little taste. OK, him again. Now, all three."

[Leedogg]

What is it that makes guitar playing inherently competitive in so many peoples minds. Reminds me of a joke:

Q: How many guitarists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: 1 to do it and 20 to say they could do it better.

and another:

Q: What's the difference between guitarists and saving bonds?
A: Eventually saving bonds will mature and earn money. :D

[DreamRyche2112]

It doesnt matter... if hes better or ur better than him. Theres only 5 guitar players out of 1200 kids in my whole skool.... and i can rip all of them up because all they played was blink and good charrollete. But generally it doesnt matter. U can proabably rip all of those other Axeman up. But it's only about if you feel ur good... keep practicin... and hopefully u r better than that person.

[Jolly McJollyson]

Originally posted by Leedogg
What is it that makes guitar playing inherently competitive in so many peoples minds. Reminds me of a joke:

Q: How many guitarists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: 1 to do it and 20 to say they could do it better.

and another:

Q: What's the difference between guitarists and saving bonds?
A: Eventually saving bonds will mature and earn money. :D

Those are good jokes. But hey, nothing's wrong with a little competition. Besides, only a sore loser really hates friendly competition.

[PonyOne]

Something to keep in mind, and to say to him... since most punk songs use the same 3 or 4 chords, all he'd really have to do is memorize those 4 chords and then as long as he can remember the rythms of the songs, he's pretty much set. Ask him to learn something that uses a weird chord in it (like "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age) or that has a solo that uses more than 3 notes and then see what happens.

I like some punk, and some punk players are really talented musicians; Iggy and the Stooges & Pennywise come to mind, and then you have some of the hardcore punk bands like Refused, who are amazing, both in terms of talent and energy, and let's not not even get into aggression...

Moody, I'm a lefty too, and I can honestly tell you, flipping guitars is no substitute for a well-made lefty guitar. You may want to check out Aria, all their guitars are available lefty, and the price you pay for the tone you get is one hell of a deal. They are pretty popular/common in the UK, and sponsor a good number of UK bands, but they never really made it past the early 80's in the US. The Fender/Gibson lawsuits kind of killed them (they made guitars to the exact same measurement, material and weight specs with headstocks shaped the same, that sounded better, for less money... the only way you couldn't tell they weren't real was the Aria logo). Or you could do what I did... learn to play righty as well. You have an advantage in fretting if you can master it.