Top 40 Newbie Mistakes

[walanakamingyelo]

Ang nostalgic.... Sabay ngayon apg nagpunta ka na ng music stores sabay sabay na kayo ng mga kaibigan mo.... MEH....

Meh...ron ba kayong pick? pabili naman. Nakalimutan ko kasing magpaorder nung nakaraan na nagpaship ako ng gitara na tinest ko sa store niyo kasi ang mahal ng presyo niyo eh... meh....

[WarmMachine09]

lahat naman siguro dumaan dito  sarap balikan yung mga una mong hakbang bago ka nakarating sa progress ngayon

[yotheruzz18]

Daming talaga mistake pag newbie specially kung wala talagang naguguide sayo na friend.... or hnd nagtatanung

[shoegaze geezer]

of all the lists the author made...he forgot to mention the most important:

investing in a good quality / decent guitar.

so i guess he's a newbie too.

[kym005]

Guilty as charged. 

Ripped from the October issue of Guitar Player

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Investing in distortion boxes instead of a good amp.

Learning 100 intros and no songs.

Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.

Not taking the time to learn music theory.

Playing "Smoke on the Water" on the high-E string.

Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.

Setting your amp's Gain on 10, and Mids on 0.

Relying on picks.

Not learning how to perform a basic setup.

Not maintaining your gear.

Not jamming enough with other players.

Over use of legato with a complete disregard for tempo.

Poor phrasing.

Weak vibrato.

Buying too many effects.

Listening to tone snobs.

Immediately launching into thirty-second-notes during a blues solo.

Thinking that playing the local bar circuit constitutes a "tour."

Believing that opening for a national act means you're on your way.

Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts.

Relying too much on printed music and tabs.

Thinking a year of lessons and $5,000 worth of gear makes you ready to play in a band.

Wearing the guitar way too low.

Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.

Taking guitar lessons from a friend.

Giving up immediately because you sound like dog doo.

Not learning how all your gear works.

Tuning every guitar at Guitar Center to dropped D, and then not retuning them to standard pitch.

Bringing full stacks to tiny bar gigs.

Saying "All [insert hated style of music] sucks, dude!"

Learning with your eyes, instead of your ears.

Not learning to play in time with good groove and feel.

Not investing in good earplugs for playing loud gigs.

Obsessing about playing burning solos, and not caring about rhythm guitar.

Thinking that playing fast pentatonic-box patterns makes you a hot guitarist.

Not putting casters on viciously heavy amps.

Wearing bowling shirts emblazoned with flames and dragons.

Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.

Spending more time on Philmusic than actually practicing.

Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.

[J-ROCK80s]

Ouch! Reality check, basag ang pagiging gitarista hahhaa! salamat kay TS.. nagising ako sa karamihan ng points haha!

[Freak]

Guilty as well for the poor phrasing 

[iceblink-luck]

deny everything!

[Brewstein15]

Well pag newbie ka,una ka talagang maiinlove sa distortions...

Hindi rin ako lusot dito.hehehe...

[J-ROCK80s]

Well pag newbie ka,una ka talagang maiinlove sa distortions...

Hindi rin ako lusot dito.hehehe...

I agree sir.. di pa nga alam ang pagkakaiba ng distortion sa overdrive e hehhe!

[synapse1]

confession: di ko talaga alam anong pagkakaiba ng solid state sa tube ehhh 
maka ask obetski na nga

[ciswith]

guilty ako sa ibang mistakes.. pero still won't change about it.. kung san ka naman masaya diba 

[jm the mute]

Thinking that playing the local bar circuit constitutes a "tour."


HA! HA! HO!

[iamppej]

aw.. tagal na neto pero sakit para Makita ung almost 50% ee un ikaw ngayon.. hahahaha

[KennyKen]

1. Neglecting the use of a Metronome
2. Too fixated on a style without even studying the theory behind it thinking that it is a ''shortcut'' to playing fast (eg Yngwie style)
3. Cramming as much as cover songs, licks and exercises as you can without even incorporating them into your own playing

[Ben Tsing Co]

Wearing the guitar way too low.
Tumatama kasi sa beer belly ko eh. He he he!!!

Buti na lang nauso na ang belly cut sa mga electric guitars 

[nicoyow]

Buying too many effects.

AMMK! 

I love shoegaze that's why I need many guitar effects 

[Van*]

1. Neglecting the use of a Metronome
2. Too fixated on a style without even studying the theory behind it thinking that it is a ''shortcut'' to playing fast (eg Yngwie style)
3. Cramming as much as cover songs, licks and exercises as you can without even incorporating them into your own playing

I'm guilty!

[Drummeroo]

Difference between an Active and Passive guitar.

[LaXter]

Dito ako guilty 

Learning 100 intros and no songs.

Simula nung natigil ako tumugtog at nagmove dito sa Metro Manila puro simula na lang ako. Dagdag pa ang kawalan ko ng banda ngayon.

Not learning how to perform a basic setup.

Natatakot ako galawin yung neck baka masira

Over use of legato with a complete disregard for tempo.

I'm currently working on this. Pero dati ang philosophy ko ay basta nasa timing ang unang note and the last few notes sa legato run Ok na yun hehe.

Learning with your eyes, instead of your ears.

Dahil d ako marunong kumanta  kaya sa mga patterns na alam kong swak sa tugtog ako nagrerely.

[robinonibor]

Wrong use and motion of vibrato, I really hate it.

Guilty ako sa learning 100 intos and no song.
Stopped playing wit band many years ago.. Nawalan ako ng dahilan.
Since then naging mabagal ang progress ko.

[nicoyow]

Wrong use and motion of vibrato, I really hate it.

Guilty ako sa learning 100 intos and no song.
Stopped playing wit band many years ago.. Nawalan ako ng dahilan.
Since then naging mabagal ang progress ko.

kaya minsan good thing yung may recording interface ka e. You record your own, seek for more improvement on the song you have made while listening to it. haha. kahit wala ka banda, there's still a chance to improve yourself. kaya yan ang GAS ko ngayon. di palang mapermit ng budget. 

[robinonibor]

kaya minsan good thing yung may recording interface ka e. You record your own, seek for more improvement on the song you have made while listening to it. haha. kahit wala ka banda, there's still a chance to improve yourself. kaya yan ang GAS ko ngayon. di palang mapermit ng budget. 

ginawa ko un montha ago...
Naka pundar ako ng audio interface, midi keyboard, guitar and bass.
Umatake saken gas.. Sold everything to buy a guitar and tube amp.

[nicoyow]

ginawa ko un montha ago...
Naka pundar ako ng audio interface, midi keyboard, guitar and bass.
Umatake saken gas.. Sold everything to buy a guitar and tube amp.

GAS is really bad for us. Last year, I have a big ass pedal board, sold a couple pedals and settled to a smaller setup to fund my GAS for a jazzmaster. Until now, I cannot find a decent jazzmaster na pasok sa budget 

[robinonibor]

GAS is really bad for us. Last year, I have a big ass pedal board, sold a couple pedals and settled to a smaller setup to fund my GAS for a jazzmaster. Until now, I cannot find a decent jazzmaster na pasok sa budget 

well.. Gas din ako sa jazzmaster ngayon..
Up for trade na nga sa ads guitar ko haha

Btt
Yung o.a na speedy style of newbies sa left hand nila just to make it look cooler.