I never paid too much attention to the song but I had a closer look/listen just now. The chords are basic as fuck and the finger picking only really requires speed.

Is he a good guitarist? Because I can imagine an experienced player looking at a tab and not wanting to play it since it's too simple. Otherwise homeless buddy has no excuse.

It's a good song, but not very interesting to play lol

Haha, go off. Don't let shit on Reddit get to you so much that you need to revisit and edit your comment to make it seem more eloquent.

>Your judgement of my history on Reddit doesn't impress or move me in the slightest. My critique still stands.

I mean, if we're going to look at past responses then I'm not sure whether to be concerned or laugh at you.

Lol what? Get some decent strings and you won't have to change them that often if you don't need your guitar to sound perfect for recording or playing for an audience.

The fact that you think I'm out to trigger people is pretty telling. The elitism on this post makes me sad.

I hope that new players don't see comments like yours and think that playing guitar is a high maintenance hobby. I passed the last 2 classical music exams with this guitar. A somewhat decent guitar with cheap strings will be good enough for most beginning players for the first several years.

Oh piss off. I play for myself as a hobby at the moment, I don't need to impress anyone. There actually are strings that last for a long time.

Do they sound as crisp as a fresh set? No.

Are they suitable for playing in front of an audience? No.

Do I care about the age of my strings as long as they play well? No.

Which is part of the neck. I didn't think I needed to be too specific.

Yes! One of the hardest things for me to do vocally was playing a vibrato.

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I don't have the voice for it unfortunately.

It suffers from Stockholm Syndrome and loves me now.

Yeah fair, I actually don't mind strings that are a bit dulled. They're bad when playing for an audience or recording, but at home I'm glad they don't ring through the entire apartment building.

I do remember playing as a kid on my first guitar with cheap strings and lots of noise around at an exhibition from my music school. People had to huddle around me to actually hear me. I could've used some decent strings back then, lol.

Haha a lot of people do seem to think my guitar is FUBAR or at least a danger to anyone's health and literally unplayable.

I got this guitar when I was a teenager (I'm 33 now) and it has served me well. It's not pristine in any way, but it's a good guitar.

It's not actually caked in grime anyway, it just looks more filthy than it actually is. 🤷‍♀️ .

Right?

Stairway to Heaven comes first though. But Dust in the Wind is easy enough that most guitarists will be able to pick it up quickly.

Ah right, you're a very different guitarist compared to me. I remember playing in a band and burning through 12 gauge strings on my Ibanez Iceman on a weekly basis.

Now I only play classical guitar and I use strings that are very durable and silent when sliding my fingers over them.

NTA

I'm not even homeless but if someone offers to pay me to play something like Dust in the Wind or whatever else I can kind of learn in about 7 minutes, I'll play.

Yeah, I like bassists. If I ever go back to playing in a band then I'll go for bass. Being the lead guitarist kinda sucks.

Every recording I've ever made with my phone sounded awful. I can give you proper recordings other people have made of my favourite pieces though.

You'll just have to imagine it's some Redditor playing instead of the people in the videos.

Milonga al Sur by Alfonso Montes. This is my favourite duet. It's a shame not many classical guitarists around here stick with the hobby long enough to reach the level required to play this. I'd love to play a proper duet again.

Meta Sequoia played by the composer Harry Sacksioni himself. Harry Sacksioni is a great contemporary guitar composer from the Netherlands. I love his work but especially this piece.

Tf are you doing to your strings that you have to replace them so often?

For me personally there's at the moment no real reason to change strings. I'm not playing for an audience and if I want to upgrade the quality of my sound then I need a different guitar. But I can't afford the €1500 it would cost to get a guitar like that.

I don't mind playing my Esteve though. It's a nice guitar.

Is this what it's like to have fans?!

I hate it

It'll be alright, I can tune by ear

I've been playing for about 25 years but I don't know about these 'new strings'. Sounds dodgy mate

Nah, my strings and I are ride or die. They're good strings and I love them.

It's an Esteve 1GR01 built in 2003. Nothing fancy and I should really upgrade, but I like its warm and full sound.

Haha it is.

I was taught to play classical guitar mostly, but of course I know how to play Stairway to Heaven.