Do you play an instrument?

[Rabid Toilet]

I play guitar, acoustic and electric. I also dabbled in the clarinet when I was younger.

 

[milomalo]

piano... guitar... bass and guitar... if you play one... you can play it all... if you began with the heavy one like the piano... the other ones... come easyli speciali if you know how to read the "partituras" sorry i forgot how to said in english (im from mexico) anybody here... plays the violin?? it is hard?... i want to learn...

 

[milomalo]

f**c the video... about Andy Mckee playing the guitar... just blow my mind away to another era... i think i just saw the play station 6... boy that whas amazing please take a look at it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU

it isnt from me the link is from...

Strafe Mcgee ... thanks

 

[Nerples]

piano... guitar... bass and guitar... if you play one... you can play it all... if you began with the heavy one like the piano... the other ones... come easyli speciali if you know how to read the "partituras" sorry i forgot how to said in english (im from mexico) anybody here... plays the violin?? it is hard?... i want to learn...

Yeah i wish i learnt piano first. But as it goes I play guitar and a bit of piano. I don't agree with the whole "i play acoustic, electric, bass" they're all the same thing! They're interchangeable, for me atleast.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAk3a4bRXOI

That's that acoustic statement taken care of.

2) The Electric Bass is a very flexible instrument, and has the most important role in the band, along with drums. It's what sets the rhythm and groove, and gives the sound it's depth. The guitar, as much as I love it, is an extra instrument that adds extra decorative sound on top.

Oh, and go and check out right now Cliff Burton, Stanley Clarke, Les Claypool, Billy Sheehan and Flea. Right now.

Silly philistines, making sweeping generalizations like that...

yeah all the greats play acoustic guitar, that takes a lot of skill to play, listne to al di meola play the acoustic

and if he wants to check out stanley, he can hear both him and al play amazing stuff together

 

[Strafe Mcgee]

That acoustic doesn't impress me at all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4
This guy is the bomb when it comes to acoustic guitars.

I know some of those guys that you listed and I have to say, I'm not impressed.
Rythem is great and all but it's like: "Hey guys, listen to this!" You play something, your friends say to you: "Cool, what song was that?", "Oh, that was the rythem to 'xyz'"...

A bass solo can't top a guitar solo in my opinion, an E-guitar has so many more options and sounds than a bass.

If you want an example of bassists showing off some of the different styles that you can get when playing bass then check these links out. And yes, the Bass is a rythym instrument, but that still makes it a more important instrument than a lead guitar. Also, if these don't convince you that the bass is an instrument capable of different styles then you're being ignorant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWb-aCWR8U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5XeVLJeMdE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCrO3iVWZE8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR2DpgV8fPw

 

[Anarchemitis]

I would love to be able to play the cello [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTozgoj9OQ]. I'm sure you can imagine what my avatar would look like holding one.

 

[Antlers]

I went to piano lessons for years and now all I can play is Don't Stop Believing, Fur Elise and Lady Madonna. Quite tragic. Other than that I play guitar. And can play more than 3 things despite having not gone to lessons for years. Just because when I was 15 I decided guitar was sexier. Now I disagree. Piano is sexier.

 

[Larenxis]

Tambourine and Piano. I'm trying to get a keytar.

 

[Saltinecracker]

All of the Saxophones

 

[ilves7]

I play guitar, own an acoustic an a fender strat lonestar. I also play a little piano from when I was younger, but not that good at it. I like playing classic rock and blues, like jimi hendrix, stevie ray vaughn, bb king, etc. also like modern rock and stuff like sublime, so i'm a bit all over the place.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

I just don't like that hallow, deep sound, I think that this solo would sound better on a guitar.

Billy seems to be an awesome tapping artist, I'll give him that.

try Les claypool (he can do guitar playing but on slap bass) or Stanley Clarke, who well could run circles around most guitarists without breaking a sweat

a couple things you can't slap guitar like you can a bass, i'm not talking about hammer-ons either cause you can do that with a bass

also bass is the plague that makes your booty move, no bass means no dancing

 

[ThaBenMan]

After playing all the Guitar Hero games, I love the *idea* of me picking up the guitar. But I'm sure if I actually tried to I would get impatient and frustrated and end up wasting money on a guitar that just lays there. So I bow to you good folks who actually can play and return to my GH...

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Have 5 guitars and been playing for 7 years. Also play piano, harmonica, drums, a little mandolin and I sing in my band. I also plan on buying a xylophone soon.
This is me improvising blues over myself that I recorded a while back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ6Mf9B4Peo

 

[Cousin_IT]

I used to play bass, but got bored with it & havent really paid it much effot for a couple years. I still have my bass [http://www.guitarvillage.co.uk/admin/pages/upload/Basses/rebel4qm-honeyburst_m.jpg] kicking about & play it now n then.