Anyone Else?

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Here is a similar thread i started last February. My life has changed considerably since (for the much better!!). I could still walk away from guitar, but I realize that other life factors were fucking me up in several ways and that affected more than just my outlook on guitars.

Guys, you never know what is around the corner. I gave up on some dreams years ago, and some left field magic put me where i wanted to be.

Be selfish. Forgive yourself. Fuck everyone else. We on the forum will be here!

Thread 'Giving Up After All These Years?'
https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/giving-up-after-all-these-years.261745/
 
It's a habit now and how I make a chunk of my income with it, and it's a family business. I can't not touch a guitar for more than about two weeks even without gigs and rehearsals. Not always inspired when I do but it's a part of life. I rehearse and gig as much as possible and I enjoy doing it.

One thing that helps me keep going is the gigs. You pay your dues heavy the week of the gig and it pays off big time. You slack off and you sound like shit. I hate sounding like shit.
 
glpg80 said:
In a rut lately of just no desire to play or look at your guitar gear? Or is it just me?

Works been kicking my ass for an extended time and responsibilities have zapped me of free time. Just the ability to block out things so I can sit down to learn songs or work on amps is challenging if not impossible. This started late spring of last year but I honestly just don’t have it in me to want to pick up a guitar and play, let alone formally practice. I spent an epic amount on mics and recording gear/software hoping to improve my shit videos but I don’t even desire to play guitar let alone record.
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I hit CL and buy a new used cab when this hits. If nothing else, you got a new cab
 
We all go through it but it takes perspective and your ability to change it. Learning can solve a lot and take you in new directions.
 
glpg80 said:
In a rut lately of just no desire to play or look at your guitar gear? Or is it just me?

Works been kicking my ass for an extended time and responsibilities have zapped me of free time. Just the ability to block out things so I can sit down to learn songs or work on amps is challenging if not impossible. This started late spring of last year but I honestly just don’t have it in me to want to pick up a guitar and play, let alone formally practice. I spent an epic amount on mics and recording gear/software hoping to improve my shit videos but I don’t even desire to play guitar let alone record.
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Try making 30ml of vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda mixed as a shot. It’ll fizz, then add some water once the bubble stop and pound it. Wait until you feel it, then play.
 
I thought my life was done in 2017 after a divorce, drug-addicted kid, suicides, etc. There are a series of months from that year I can't remember at all and apparently that is a trauma response.

Anyway, 2024 and have been remarried for 2 years, kid is clean and in a band herself, I'm in a band, and life is good. Still has ups and downs but the point is thst you gotta make your life yours and dream it to make it a reality.
 
Beyond Black said:
He’d get in my pants with that solo.
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You may as well make it a confusing threesome with Scott Wino Weinrich from Saint Vitus/The Obsessed:

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glpg80 said:
In a rut lately of just no desire to play or look at your guitar gear? Or is it just me?

Works been kicking my ass for an extended time and responsibilities have zapped me of free time. Just the ability to block out things so I can sit down to learn songs or work on amps is challenging if not impossible. This started late spring of last year but I honestly just don’t have it in me to want to pick up a guitar and play, let alone formally practice. I spent an epic amount on mics and recording gear/software hoping to improve my shit videos but I don’t even desire to play guitar let alone record.
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I have this same thing from time to time. But I think what happens is my creativity/inspiration goes dormant for a while—then returns with a vengeance!!

Don’t worry brother, amazing shit may be brewing subconsciously, and may come roaring back any time!

Hope it gets better for ya. ?⚡️?
 
glpg80 said:
In a rut lately of just no desire to play or look at your guitar gear? Or is it just me?

Works been kicking my ass for an extended time and responsibilities have zapped me of free time. Just the ability to block out things so I can sit down to learn songs or work on amps is challenging if not impossible. This started late spring of last year but I honestly just don’t have it in me to want to pick up a guitar and play, let alone formally practice. I spent an epic amount on mics and recording gear/software hoping to improve my shit videos but I don’t even desire to play guitar let alone record.
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Dude, that happened to me after a head injury. I lost all interest in everything. Life was grey and boring. Not happy or sad, just nothing at all. Guitar in the background of my vision might as well have been a stapler or dishrag.

But, slowly but surely my hunger for music overpowered and cut through the grey blandness that was my mind and life. I’d never experienced anything like it. Normally something so mind altering and behavior changing would be alarming, but the grey slate I viewed the world through just blotted it out. I remember thinking, “oh well.”

It lasted a while, and I’m someone who usually can’t keep their hands off their guitar and instruments.

You know what brought forth my reawakening? I was playing piano while watching tv, and I stumbled on something that sounded good. The next night I decided to expand on it, and from there it was on.

It was an awful time thinking back on it. I cared about absolutely nothing. I was like the walking dead. My reaction time was super slow to anything at all, my usual cat like reflexes were gone. My memory was shot, My friends started calling me robot zombie.

But, I now understand the term, “ignorance is a bliss.” I was lord ignoramus and cared for nothing at all, not even myself. What ever happened, I just thought, “oh well.”

The fire will return, it needs a little help to reawaken the hunger to play.
 
glpg80 said:
Man that shit hits hard. All I want to say is I hope you’re able to make it through to see happiness for what it’s truely worth one day. Happiness is your own choice - we all have shit sandwiches we are eating - it’s just deciding your outlook on life managing it. Self care man. I’ve had so many people pass away that I grew to know over the years that it’s poignantly showed how fragile life is. Enjoy it while we can.
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Yea, I hope so too and hope your able too get through what you got going on
 
I have m.s. and it’s progressed a little. Sometimes I do what I call a vapor lock and completely lose track of what I’m doing while playing. Plus the loss of movement and control is an issue. It’s all good though…as long as the ole trigger finger keeps working it won’t get me down…. Yeah I have not touched my gear for a couple months now.
 
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