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AdamasW597 |
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Joined: November 2008 Posts: 400 Location: Northwest Arkansas | It drives me nuts to see someone beat a guitar. Poking my fingertip to the bone when changing strings. Someone that plays my guitar without asking. | ||
BanjoJ |
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Joined: September 2012 Posts: 811 Location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia | mymartind35 - 2012-11-17 2:49 PM It drives me nuts to see someone beat a guitar. John Hiatt said it well in his song 'Perfectly Good Guitar' Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars Smashing a perfectly good guitar I don't know who they think they are Smashing a perfectly good guitar I couldn't agree more.
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muzza |
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Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736 Location: Sunshine State, Australia | What cheeses me off is that I've been playing guitar for 40 years and still suck! | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | Axel Rose | ||
AlanM |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 1851 Location: Newington, CT | Uhhhhh...what the...? How the heck did *I* get in there?!? Edited by AlanM 2012-11-17 8:28 AM | ||
DaveKell |
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 741 Location: Fort Worth, TX | My biggest peeve is the guy at every jam who thinks it's a competition. He jumps in on every song, pounds away and always looks up to acknowledge the astonishment at his guitar prowess. The one guy I'm thinking of now is also a sports jock, so I'm sure a lot of that attitude comes into play when he has a guitar in his hands. He always has to one up other players by repeating what they just played at twice the volume and speed... and the thing is, his playing sucks. He's the only one who doesn't know it. | ||
Todd G. |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 815 Location: Colorado | muzza - 2012-11-17 5:18 AM What cheeses me off is that I've been playing guitar for 40 years and still suck! Same here...but for me it's 35 years of strumming the same three chords and I still can't get them right. | ||
dwg preacher |
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Joined: October 2012 Posts: 349 Location: Denver, CO | I feel you. All of you. But my biggest peeve is that all I really want to do is play, and that's the thing that always gets set aside while I am forced to attend to that crap people refer to as "responsibilities." 2nd is: those guys who have like, 93 guitars. Especially when at least a dozen of them are worth the value of my entire collection. Not naming any names... | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12759 Location: Boise, Idaho | Most of what I see in the "Musicians" section of Craigslist. I initially checked it out in an attempt to find someone to jam with, but realized that few real musicians ever post there. I thought I hated rap, but I learned there are people who think that screamo and growling and other noises are somehow "musical". I can't believe there are people who actually pay to listen to that crap, when there are decent musicians (not me) looking for a place to play. A second pet peeve is the volume at concerts. Sorry to all you old rockers out there, but there is absolutely no reason to crank the volume so high that it becomes inaudible except with earplugs. That has pissed me off since I first saw the Beatles having to do it to be heard above all the screaming girls. Screaming girls is not a good reason. Go to a concert to listen to the music. If you just want to watch an act, turn on a video and turn the sound off. None of those girls scream when their listening to the cds at home. No one goes to a play or dance performance and screams the whole time. This idea of screaming the whole concert is just stupid. Edited by Mark in Boise 2012-11-17 11:12 AM | ||
Damon67 |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6994 Location: Jet City | Drummers who can't keep a steady meter | ||
Geostorm98 |
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Joined: September 2011 Posts: 402 Location: New Hartford CT | Soundmen/musicians who noodle with the PA endlessly. Long soundchecks that drive away customers at the bar who are just trying to have a drink and relax are beyond annoying, they're unprofessional. Just set everything to the middle and go from there! | ||
AdamasW597 |
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Joined: November 2008 Posts: 400 Location: Northwest Arkansas | People who pose with their guitar. People who suck but think they're great. People who are great and let everybody else know it. | ||
71Jasper |
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Joined: November 2009 | mymartind35 - 2012-11-17 1:19 PM People who are great and let everybody else know it. Oh. Sorry. | ||
Darkbar |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | I find the "MSRP" on any instrument to be very annoying. The guy that plugs in at GC, then plays the intro to Stairway to Heaven poorly and loudly...over and over. Anyone who has the audacity to be in the acoustic room at GC when I choose to go in there annoys me. | ||
Mr. Ovation |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7224 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | While much of what has been mentioned can be annoying at times, I find my biggest pet peeve is with venues that treat artists like crap or expect artists to play for free or haven't realized it's 2012 not 1975 when it comes to what they pay. | ||
DaveKell |
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 741 Location: Fort Worth, TX | darkbarguitar - 2012-11-17 1:50 PM The guy that plugs in at GC, then plays the intro to Stairway to Heaven poorly and loudly...over and over. Anyone who has the audacity to be in the acoustic room at GC when I choose to go in there annoys me. Or the guy (except it was a girl last time) who does a lame version of Blackbird with every guitar they pick up. I too hate it when there is more than one other person in there besides me. | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | mileskb - 2012-11-17 12:15 PM While much of what has been mentioned can be annoying at times, I find my biggest pet peeve is with venues that treat artists like crap or expect artists to play for free or haven't realized it's 2012 not 1975 when it comes to what they pay. I was just talking to a street musician who sez that he will make more money busking than at a bar gig. "Once you divide-up the money and pay the expenses, each person makes $22 for eight hours labor... I can do that out here on the street corner and not have to deal with dozens of drunk people" | ||
Darkbar |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | Who plays a bar gig for 8 hours??? | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | darkbarguitar - 2012-11-17 1:47 PM Go get rental van. Who plays a bar gig for 8 hours??? Go get your stuff, put in van. Go to drummer's house, wake him up, put in van. Get everyone to bar. Set-up. Sound check. Go eat cuz the gig doesn't start til nine. Play two 90 minute sets. Pack stuff back in van. Drop everybody's stuff off. Put gas in van, return van. Ride bicycle home = eight hours | ||
71Jasper |
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Joined: November 2009 | OMA is right. With load in, set up etc, and the reverse at the other end, it's a full shift. | ||
Darkbar |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | Ok...yeah...I can see that. | ||
Gemm |
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Joined: February 2010 Posts: 72 Location: UK | arthurseery - 2012-11-16 9:56 PM Go get rental van. Go get your stuff, put in van. Go to drummer's house, wake him up, put in van. Get everyone to bar. Set-up. Sound check. Go eat cuz the gig doesn't start til nine. Play two 90 minute sets. Pack stuff back in van. Drop everybody's stuff off. Finds out the drummer's not there. Go back to the bar. Find it lying on the floor. Drive back. Chuck it outside its front door. Put gas in van, return van. Ride bicycle home = eight hours EFA.... | ||
AdamasW597 |
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Joined: November 2008 Posts: 400 Location: Northwest Arkansas | mileskb - 2012-11-17 2:15 PM While much of what has been mentioned can be annoying at times, I find my biggest pet peeve is with venues that treat artists like crap or expect artists to play for free or haven't realized it's 2012 not 1975 when it comes to what they pay. They're paying exactly the same as they did in the 80's around here. Who do you know who gets paid the same at his job as in the 80's? | ||
MWoody |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13988 Location: Upper Left USA | anytime there's an Fb... | ||
Standingovation |
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Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6198 Location: Phoenix AZ | My pet peeve is playing with people that will only play a cover "exactly" like the original version. "It has to be in the key of G and it has to be a straight 4/4 at 95 bpm" NO, ASH WIPE - I'm playing in A, 80 bpm light swing. Play along or fruck off !!! | ||
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