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JDC

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guitar off days
« on: July 09, 2009, 03:35:14 PM »
well today my guitar playing just sounds awful to me, other days I can do mindless shredding as good as anyone else, sweeping seems to be the least consistent even though I've been doing it for over a year or two now

rusted string probably doesn't help, I think fresh string rings out more and so drowns out any tiny bits of noise from other strings, but there has to be something I can do?

how often do you guys have off days?
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2009, 03:45:46 PM »
Now again, occassionally when it's a gig.  Which is an arse.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 04:20:53 PM »
About 365 times a year.  Sometimes 366.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2009, 04:23:43 PM »
Every day for about 15 years
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2009, 05:30:43 PM »
I do have days when I feel terribly fat-fingered & can't seem to play even the most basic lead line or chord progression without making mistakes.

Often it's because I have loads of other stuff buzzing in my head or I'm trying to record something quickly.  Best way around it is to sit down & concentrate on tempo/timing.  Force myself to play something at a tempo that feels slow, but given my state of mind is probably how it should be played.  Tension plays a part - take a deep breath (& remember to breathe while you're playing!), loosen your wrists, don't grip the pick so hard it's in danger of breaking etc...

Also, it helps to remind myself that I play guitar for FUN.  It's what I do to relax.  I have no deadlines & if I'm trying to record something, I can take as long as I like over it.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2009, 06:58:36 PM »
Yeah don't worry about it, I get days like that when nothing sounds right and my rhythm is all over the place. I am in trouble if it happens at a gig but thankfully those times are rare.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2009, 07:29:26 PM »
Not long ago i let go alot of my effects to buy others, really dumbass plan, now i constantly 'need' some sound i got from them.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2009, 09:18:16 PM »
Today

Havent played for a week or so though.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2009, 11:04:41 PM »
every so often, yeah. Normally when I'm tired or something like that. :(
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2009, 11:09:00 PM »
some days everything is just awesome - it would be rude to ask for that all the time :P
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2009, 11:21:44 PM »
I only really play guitar for about a week every 6!
If I'm not feeling it I just don't.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2009, 05:57:08 AM »
I don't really have "guitar off days,"

With my skills its not possible to get any worse :) That being said, my voice is strangely temperamental and has on/off days.  Theirs been times where I'll wake and and be like LAAAAA and its perfect, and others where I'll warm up and everything and still not sound 100%.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2009, 08:42:39 AM »
Yep - certainly get those.

Also seem to get occasional amp off days where after getting a good sound with certain settings on an amp I switch it on the next day and it sounds pants even though I've not touched the controls. Could be cr@p supply voltage fluctuations or more likely how I'm feeling when I play.
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2009, 09:00:15 AM »
I think everybody has off days once in a while. I usually get off days when I really can't be doing with them, like when at a band rehearsal or a gig  :lol:
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Re: guitar off days
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2009, 09:40:07 AM »
Personally, when the muse isn't with me, I just put the guitar down.

It's not worth the anguish when you're trying to play something, and you're hitting all the right notes, but it's just not right.

It's a bummer, because my life's full and pretty busy, and when you make a little time for the guitar and the magic isn't there, it's rough.

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