Feelin' good (for a change)

[vernplum]

You know, most of the time, I want to change or add to my gear; I'm never satisfied with it. Also, most of the time, I hate my playing and feel depressed because I suck so bad and have so much to learn...

...but occasionally - just occasionally, the stars align, and I feel good about my current setup and feel like my playing is progressing and that it really feels like I am in command of what is coming out of the guitar physically, musically and (eek!) spiritually. When that happens, you feel unbeatable and there's really nothing better.

It happened this evening. Just wanted to share.

Tomorrow no doubt I will feel inadequate again and will need to go out and buy a new distortion pedal.

 

[faizal_rocks]

True, when we play to our selves, we tend to feel bored and very restless, thus we start to think incorrectly and induce GAS in our selves haha..its never easy..

In fact, I felt that way today, feeling like I wanna change my guitars for something else cos I was not satisfied. This is what I do to make me satisfied for a while. I would play along to my mp3s while strapping my guitar on and playing and looking good in the mirror haha, now I feel great! Just happened mins ago

 

[theunknown]

get that alot..sometimes when i feel up n just need a break, i'll take my TGM les paul (my first guitar and sounds nicer to me than most gibsons i tried) n plug straight to my vox pathfinder amp n play some blues(u can call what i refer to blues as "pentatonic scale"). thats just bliss........

 

[Plastic]

I'll just stop playing.

Till a tune pops in my head, and the whole cycle of song writing begins again.

One can never have enough gear, maybe one day you'll awake, and just strum that one chord which rings on for the rest of the day, making you realize, hey I'm pretty lucky to be able to have this gear, or that gear. Then the next day, you'll go, shit I need this new guitar/amp/pedal.

 

[Mobius]

lately i just plugged straight to a crappy amp and play clean, makes me concentrate more on my playing, and tidy up all the sloppiness