after reading aa's post about cyclists who want to race you,i wanted to ask people's opinion.why is it that if you are not a great guitar player (definitely include myself in that) that a "good" guitarist has to put you in your place/slag you off.a good example was a guitar tutor that i went to.i was saying that i was trying to teach myself sanitarium by metallica,and was demonstrating my admittedly (not very good) rhythm part of the track.he them proceeded to tell me that it was easy to play and then proceeded to try and play the rhythm part himself (he didn't play it right either!) as so to put me in my place.needless to say that was the last lesson with him. sorry to drone on,but would like to hear your thoughts on the matter.
He's a cock, and a poor tutor.
Been through the same thing with a guitar tutor myself. Got a different more supportive tutor, and got a lot better quickly.
Not just guitar tutors, isn't it the same in all walks of life where the instructor/person lacks confidence?
I agree with Don, it's not just guitarists, they exist everywhere. I have been fortunate, in that I have never had a guitar teacher who would show off. My first teacher was an amazing player, but I'd known him for years before I heard him do anything other than illustrate what he was trying to teach, and that was only because he was showing me a new amp he had bought, and why it was good. He was confident enough in his own abilities to never have to show off.
There was a great story about him from the early 80's which I only found out about recently. He used to go and try guitars for pupils to make sure they were OK. He regularly did this at A1 Music in Manchester, because at the time they were one of the few shops in the North West doing top end rawk guitars. There was a sales 'assistant' who used to show off in front of the tutor before handing over the guitar. The tutor would check the neck, finish and fit and strum a few chords without being plugged in. He did this time after time for different pupils....never did anything more than strum chords.
One day the assistant must have pissed him off, because he plugged in, played Eruption note perfect [i]behind his head[/i], then handed the guitar back to the assistant.
The assistant stopped showing off, and the tutor went back to checking the neck, finish and fit and strumimg a few chords without being plugged in 😉
As has been said previously. Some people are just poor teachers. I've just started an engineering degree, and have experienced the "this is sooo easy", patronising teaching style during some tutorials. It really pisses me off. If I said that to my students, they wouldn't come back, yet I've got to sit there and take it.
that's because 1st year engineering is sooooo easy!
so's playing the f*****g guitar 🙂
because he plugged in, played Eruption note perfect behind his head, then handed the guitar back to the assistant.
So he, erm, downtuned it too?
[i]so's playing the f*****g guitar[/i]
course it is, you only have to co-ordinate [i]two[/i] limbs 😉
Hehe, too true.
you don't have to downtune - it makes no difference unless you are trying to play along with the record
Apropos of nothing, mate of mine's a guitar teacher, if you're in the north-west I can hook you up perhaps?
Whilst I have your attention, if I may be so bold, what has happened to the STW Blues Jam?
Apologies to racefacee90 for interrupting. 😳
We need to get the blues for CG sorted!
showing off is usually the outward manifestation of someone's deep set insecurities, a craving to be accepted and lack of nurture from their mother. Unless they are just like fuxking double "O" AWESOME and then they are just GODLIKE AND PWN YO0o WIT THERE SICK SKILLZ INNIT!