And so, with that in mind, here are our thoughts on the 10 worst things about being a guitarist. This is a safe place. Give in to your anger. You'll feel better for it, honest…. Do you like money? Then don't bother learning the guitar. Like high-performance cars or class A drugs, guitars are an addiction that is practically impossible to shake. It dictates that no matter how many guitars, amps, pedals and assorted straps, picks, and God knows what else you have, there is always the itch to buy more.
It is frighteningly easy to sink thousands upon thousands of your currency of choice into guitars. It's never-ending, it's expensive, and we absolutely bloody love it.
Our wallets, on the other hand, aren't so keen…. It's a thing. Are you the best guitarist on your street? You might think you are, but that dentist that lives at number 42? He'll shred your face off. And the little girl you see dragging a case to school that's bigger that she is? An actual classical genius who has been playing since she was three weeks old. You see, no matter how much you practice, or how good you think you are, there's always someone faster, flashier or simply more talented.
It's bloody infuriating, and enough to make you go all Return Of The Jedi and burn your gear on a pyre while Ewoks dance around chanting.
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Since then, every time I start seeing someone new I scour YouTube to make sure there are no videos of him singing shirtless to his webcam. It is unspeakably, loin-witheringly awkward to listen to a man play his guitar badly. One colleague claims he has successfully wooed a woman with his guitar, but this same colleague once blessed me with a lengthy definition of the Electoral College.
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