no - Investing in distortion boxes instead of a good amp.
sometimes- Learning 100 intros and no songs.
no (but metal is my fave) -Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.
no - Not taking the time to learn music theory.
no - Playing "Smoke on the Water" on the high-E string.
yes (but with enough gain) - Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.
used to - Setting your amp's Gain on 10, and Mids on 0.
yes - Relying on picks.
no - Not learning how to perform a basic setup.
no - Not maintaining your gear.
maybe - Not jamming enough with other players.
no - Over use of legato with a complete disregard for tempo.
don't know - Poor phrasing.
no - Weak vibrato.
yes (blinkydy lights = tone)
- Buying too many effects.
no - Listening to tone snobs.
no - Immediately launching into thirty-second-notes during a blues solo.
no - Thinking that playing the local bar circuit constitutes a "tour."
no - Believing that opening for a national act means you're on your way.
no - Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts.
sometimes - Relying too much on printed music and tabs.
no - Thinking a year of lessons and $5,000 worth of gear makes you ready to play in a band.
no - Wearing the guitar way too low.
used to - Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.
lessons, no. pointers, yes - (Taking guitar lessons from a friend.
sometimes - Giving up immediately because you sound like dog doo.
hell no - Not learning how all your gear works.
only once! - Tuning every guitar at Guitar Center to dropped D, and then not retuning them to standard pitch.
no - Bringing full stacks to tiny bar gigs.
no - Saying "All [insert hated style of music] sucks, dude!"
haha, sometimes - Learning with your eyes, instead of your ears.
no - Not learning to play in time with good groove and feel.
no - Not investing in good earplugs for playing loud gigs.
no - Obsessing about playing burning solos, and not caring about rhythm guitar.
I don't think I'm hot doimg it, but I do it - Thinking that playing fast pentatonic-box patterns makes you a hot guitarist.
hell no! - Not putting casters on viciously heavy amps.
hell no! - Wearing bowling shirts emblazoned with flames and dragons.
no - Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.
philmusic - Spending more time on Harmony Central than actually practicing.
NNNOOOO!!! - Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.
Half and Half, I guess...
