Time
if there is any person/guitarist listening i'm asking the perverbial question,to become what you would consider proficient at guitar what length of time was involved? asking for the shear curiosity! thanks to all
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It's different for everybody. Depends how long you practice too. There is no real answer to this question.
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Like hunter said. It depends on how much you practice and also what's your music background. I don't mean that as playing instruments but as how much music have you listened too in your life. Usually that will make people learn faster since there's already a good chunk of melody, rhythm and feel in the memory. Like Anders said in one of his videos, if you want to be a good blues player, you have to listen to a lot of blues. That and a lot of practice on top :)
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