Addicted to the sound of an electric guitar?

[Twinfan]

Something I realised today is that I think I'm addicted to the sound of an electric guitar.  By way of an example, here's a Twinfan day:

* Get out of bed, Planet Rock on the DAB radio in the bathroom
* Get in car, Rock Radio on the car stereo or a rock/blues based CD
* Get to work, listen to MP3 player of rock/blues music or a rock/blues based CD
* Get in car, Rock Radio on the car stereo or a rock/blues based CD
* Quick change, fire up an amp in the living room and grab an electric guitar
* Break to cook some food, Planet Rock on the DAB radio in the kitchen
* A bit more guitar playing before bed

It's not always that extreme, but you get the picture.  I just love the sound of a cooking valve amp and an electric guitar.  I get withdrawal symptoms if I go without for too long.

I'm guessing there's no cure........?

[bucketshred]

You're not the only one - if I'm not sat on the PC listening to music (got the new Mastodon on now and its got some lovely tones on it), I'm playing. If I'm not playing, I'll be at work listening to many awesome (or not so awesome) bands play as I work the bar.

Life is good :D

[Twinfan]

I'm not alone - woohoo!  :lol:

It's also the source of my obsession with guitars.  I love the different sounds each one makes, and what it is about them that makes them sound different  :D

[gwEm]

i love the sound of the guitar bite too  8)

its funny though that many non-guitarists would have trouble telling the difference between the sound of a '59 Les Paul and a 2009 Tesco's Strat :(

[MDV]

Pretty much.

Aside from my guitar-soaked lifestyle, one of the biggest giveways is >1000 albums of almost nothing but guitar music, dominated by electric guitar.

[gwEm]

orhh.. weird double post

[hunter]

Pretty much the same here. I also hate going on holidays, as I am usually without guitar/amp. Whenever there's a bigger city to visit I'll have prepared a sheet with adresses and guitar shops along with notes which brands they carry.

You also forgot to mention those quiet moments in "the little room" where you read guitar mags.

[Twinfan]

I also hate going on holidays, as I am usually without guitar/amp. Whenever there's a bigger city to visit I'll have prepared a sheet with adresses and guitar shops.......

Same here.....

[JDC]

does anyone on here play guitar every day? my guitar playing seems to go up and down a lot

one way to stop playing guitar is to use a cloth to mute open strings and try hammering on sweeping patterns with only your left hand while keeping the volume consistent, my fingers took 3 days to recover!!!

[dave_mc]

same here. :)

[Matt77]

Something I realised today is that I think I'm addicted to the sound of an electric guitar.  By way of an example, here's a Twinfan day:

* Get out of bed, Planet Rock on the DAB radio in the bathroom
* Get in car, Rock Radio on the car stereo or a rock/blues based CD
* Get to work, listen to MP3 player of rock/blues music or a rock/blues based CD
* Get in car, Rock Radio on the car stereo or a rock/blues based CD
* Quick change, fire up an amp in the living room and grab an electric guitar
* Break to cook some food, Planet Rock on the DAB radio in the kitchen
* A bit more guitar playing before bed

It's not always that extreme, but you get the picture.  I just love the sound of a cooking valve amp and an electric guitar.  I get withdrawal symptoms if I go without for too long.

I'm guessing there's no cure........?

Have you been reading my diary!

[38thBeatle]

I am pretty much the same though I am addicted to music not just electric guitar. I play most days-sometimes mindless noodling but often with some aim in mind.Currently I am really pleased with my playing having spent some time recently with a good friend who is a stunningly good guitarist and he taught me more in an hour than I have learned in years. Sadly I am about to ngo on holiday for 2 weeks and I am dreading being without my guitar but I intend to do that practice in the head thing that will hopefully obviate the lack of guitar-unless I can trace som guitar players wherever I happen to be and get some playing in.

[Denim n Leather]

Nope. Not addicted in the slightest.

[Andrew W]

And how many of us have iTunes playlists called things like "Fave Guitar Tones", "Irresponsible Guitar", "All Plexi, All the Time" and so on and so on?

I should also introduce the idea and rules for "Rock Friday".  A group of us instituted "Rock Friday" at a company I used to work at and we've exported it world-wide.  There are only two rules:

1) No ballads.
2) "Rock Friday" must climax with Van Halen's "Jump" at beer-o'clock ready for the pub.

[Will]

Addicted to music here, not just guitar based stuff.