what first called you to the guitar?

Wiseman88

What brought you to the guitar? Was it because you thought it was a cool instrument? Or were you inspired to try it by watching/hearing a band play? If so which band? When did you first get your first mustang/jaguar/jag-stang/jazzmaster?

jacksonjackass

teh kurtz

Wiseman88

i second that notion

gilmourish

Wiseman88 said: Sure, what brought you to the guitar might have been because it was a cool instrument? Or were you inspired to try it by watching/hearing a band play? If so which band? When did you first get your first mustang/jaguar/jag-stang/jazzmaster?

I played it cos i wanted to play an instrument, then became obsessed. Gilmour and SRV got me into the whole blues thing and then Oliver Ackermann and Kevin Shields (mostly Shields) got me into the whole jazzy thing (although i liked them before) and then I got my Jazzy 😎

zemonsta

I think it was Zeppelin, AC/DC and The Datsuns were the first bands I got into when I was young, coz of my brother. He was learning bass, so I got classical guitar lessons and electric lessons when I was about 8 or 9. Became properly obsessed with music at the age of 12, developed what I'd like to call an encyclopedic knowledge of early blues recordings. It was last year that I got into jazzmasters and jaguars really, it started with Sonic Youth I think, I got a jaguar in december because it's teh Kevin Shields guitar. 😆

Disappearer

I wanted to play an instrument, and couldn't afford/didn't have room for a drum kit. I'm glad I chose guitar instead though.

Wiseman88

what first got me into guitar was neil young, and led zeppelin a good combo for finding a great instrument like the guitar.

BanditGuitarist1

at first Jimi Hendrix, then Maiden, then T3h KuRdTz

WillemMustang

mine was AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses and a few more...

i don't listen to them anymore 😛

then Nirvana came and i wanted the mustang and jagstang

only have the jagstang at the moment. 😁

Mad-Mike

I got into it initially because I did not want to go through all the crap needed to learn to play synthesizer. Guitar was just far more accessable, and I did not need to stick to Alfred's method books full of cheesy kids songs to do it. I met my guitar teacher at the shop where he worked and he started showing off all sorts of cool noises and riffs on an EMG'd Fender Prodigy. Was pulled out of lessons six months later but was armed enough with skills from lessons to teach myself.

Back then I was into 80's pop-rock, then I got into alternative for awhile before getting into farther broader genres.

Fredsredguitar

My friends band needed a guitarist and my now best drummer friend Dylan just looked at me and said "Learn guitar"

So I did. That was six years ago.

Fran

I just wanted to make noise like JAMC and Spacemen 3.

foxyloxy

i heard the first mars volta album, then i went out and got a guitar.

NathanStang75

Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Ry Cooder.

Jimmy Page was and still is the coolest guitarist ever and made me want to learn how to play.

Sprinsteen (and also Joe Strummer tbh) showed just how powerful and important someone with a guitar slung over their shoulder could be without being a flash git, and he also showed the guitar as a vehicle for the song and not just the riff or solo.

Ry Cooder is the finest guitarist that ever lived. His knowledge of the instrument (of any stringed kind really), and roots music is unsurpased and his recorded works are a joy to behold.

And I am absoloutely indebted to all 3 of them.

JamesSmith

Wiseman88 said: When did you first get your first mustang/jaguar/jag-stang/jazzmaster?

Yes

I don't want to talk about it.

Never.

JamesSmith

Double post.

Wiseman88

davey g! not even a mustang damn dude you should get one! it;s mind altering 😁

Disappearer

I don't have any of them either... Just too much money for me personally. Might get a Squier Duo or something if I get a job. Always wanted a Jazzy though.

NathanStang75

Disappearer said: I don't have any of them either... Just too much money for me personally. Might get a Squier Duo or something if I get a job. Always wanted a Jazzy though.

You don't need one. You have Vista. You win.

Disappearer

You might have convinced me. Still want a Tele and a 335 though...