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guitar nerds = the coolest kind of nerds

StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
edited August 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
was just reading a survey my friend did on myspace....his whole life revolves around X-Box and he was talking about how he plays 4 hours a day and his gamer name is such and such and blah blah blah, it was so freakin' nerdy i felt sad for him, to be honest

my whole childhood was spent playing Nintendo...mario, zelda, mike tyson, metroid....then i had Super Nintendo....i had the first Playstation, but started to lose interest in video games, cuz it was around this time that a new hobby/obsession entered my life - GUITAR!!!

anyhow, i was thinking that i am a guitar nerd....sure beats being a video game nerd/"gamer".....and after watching "knocked up", i am glad i am not a fantasy baseball nerd either

and for that matter, i think guitar nerd is the absolute coolest type of nerd you can be....playing guitar actually appeals to chicks, for christs sake!!!

and the popularity of guitar hero and rock band just prove that we are envied by non-guitar players everywhere
"I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    I'd just much rather play guitar. Sure I bust out the xbox every once in a while, but I probably play guitar 100x more on average. I feel more productive, and it's the best tension release I know of.
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  • pearljam766pearljam766 Posts: 84
    haha I agree that's the coolest nerd to be. I consider myself a guiar nerd also, I've played pretty much every day for about 6 years now.

    I would also consider myself a fantasy baseball nerd since I make several different draft scenarios every year. I get wayyyy too into it. But my team's in second.

    I would also consider myself an avid xbox player, but not a nerd. I play maybe 5 hours a week. (probably more when nhl 09 comes out)

    I feel bad for people who dont really have friends though, like some of the people I've playedon xbox live have gamerscores of 20,000 plus. It's crazy
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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    i can relate to gamers or fantasy baseball people though, i am a totally obsessive type....but now all my obsessive behavior revolves around music - playing guitar, listening to music, watching concert dvds, looking up bands on youtube and wikipedia, reading rock biographies, thinking of what songs my band should cover, listening to tapes of our practices...

    oh, and typing about music on the pearl jam forums!
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Man, my sister and her boyfriend play halo 3 right above my room...for HOURS on end....they went a few days STRAIGHT playing that damn game. Don't get me wrong, it's fun game for maybe an hour or two BUT not for DAYS ON END. They get SO into it and scream/stomp on the floor when I'm trying to sleep. I got the crafty idea of moving my guitar amp right next to her door when they had down time and were sleeping. I turned my amp up to 5 (drive channel) and set my strat right next to it. Feedback for a good feedback as they screamed for my to stop. Did they learn their lesson??


    no :(

    So I don't know how to stop it without having band practice while they play...guitar players aren't nerds...we're cool. We make music and can play it outside, with no power, wherever...you can only play an Xbox with power..and it's limited. Guitar player > Xbox players.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    Man, my sister and her boyfriend play halo 3 right above my room...for HOURS on end....they went a few days STRAIGHT playing that damn game.

    unintentionally hilarious...
  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    So I don't know how to stop it without having band practice while they play.

    Steal the power supply when they're not around. That will teach them.

    Happy b-day, by the way.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Stone Is God wrote:
    Steal the power supply when they're not around. That will teach them.

    Happy b-day, by the way.
    YAY! thank you!

    I'll try to nab the power supply...but then they'll complain and I won't hear the end of it
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    exhausted wrote:
    unintentionally hilarious...
    NORMAL couple would be doing something else...BUT THEY DON'T EVEN DO THAT....AWW MAN, now I'm thinking about it! GROSS
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    StuffnJunk wrote:



    and for that matter, i think guitar nerd is the absolute coolest type of nerd you can be....playing guitar actually appeals to chicks, for christs sake!!!

    I think the main problem with guitar nerds is that they actually think they are "cool nerds" whereas the others accept the fact that maybe they really aren't:)

    That being said, i'd much rather play music than X-Box. Seems like more of an art form than a hobby though.
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  • Mike_Muse_RageMike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    Guitar nerds ARE cool. Just because I spend more time researching guitars, pedals, amps and guitarists than actually playing guitar makes me awesome. :D
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    ..
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    exhausted wrote:
    unintentionally hilarious...

    bahahaha :D
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • hodgehodge Posts: 519
    cool, you feel above someone because you have different interests

    right on...
    ..and you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:
    Guitar nerds ARE cool. Just because I spend more time researching guitars, pedals, amps and guitarists than actually playing guitar makes me awesome. :D

    Well....yeah...i'm cool too. haha
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    hodge wrote:
    cool, you feel above someone because you have different interests

    right on...
    whatever gets you through the night, baby...

    yes, i'm proud that i grew out of my childhood hobby, especially when i see some adults haven't, and how involved playing simple video games has become....i'm proud that my new hobby is something that involves doing something physical and interacting with people and possibly even entertaining people and creating art

    p.s. - i go back to work next week, so this will be the last of these ridiculous threads from me for awhile.......maybe
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    StuffnJunk wrote:
    whatever gets you through the night, baby...

    yes, i'm proud that i grew out of my childhood hobby, especially when i see some adults haven't, and how involved playing simple video games has become....i'm proud that my new hobby is something that involves doing something physical and interacting with people and possibly even entertaining people and creating art

    p.s. - i go back to work next week, so this will be the last of these ridiculous threads from me for awhile.......maybe

    Nah, keep 'em coming JD! I don't think it's a ridiculous thread
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    I spent the evening making a cheaparse pedalboard out of a briefcase. Had to hacksaw through the metal hinges so I could open the thing out wide. (The screws wouldn't budge.) The beautiful thing about it is that it looks just like a briefcase with some fookin' velcro and a surge protector thrown in. Oh, and a couple of pedals. But it gave me pleasure that going to the store and buying a proper board would never have done. Now that's a cool kind of nerd-dom. :D
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    i just ordered another amp kit.......gah....

    but i also learned the proper way to play the buckley version of hallelujah so i play sometimes too.
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    Some Guitar nerds are alright, but some are downright annoying. I am talking about the ones that will talk your ear off about the saddle on Jeff Beck's customized Strat, or why Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates is one of the most sought after Les Pauls in the world. Then they will talk about their own gear and how they boil their guitar strings before using them or how they dipped the tubes from their amp in honey(or some shit like that) then they get ready to play, and it's the most god awful thing you've ever heard and then they're like, "When I get my saddle like Jeff Beck's, I'll be bitchin'!"
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    You are a beast, greg. B)
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • kitfookitfoo Posts: 125
    Anyone who plays guitar is going to come out a better person than someone who plays video games. At least music is art, it challenges and expands your mind, and it's a skill that can be used. Video games just make you have sore thumbs and rot your brain.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    Novawind wrote:
    You are a beast, greg. B)

    If you met my two year old you'd understand why I self-medicate. He's been tantruming for a solid hour now over his bath. But at least I'm medicating with projects instead of drink or something.
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    kitfoo wrote:
    Anyone who plays guitar is going to come out a better person than someone who plays video games. At least music is art, it challenges and expands your mind, and it's a skill that can be used. Video games just make you have sore thumbs and rot your brain.
    WRONG...video games are the greatest things ever. Haven't you heard? If you can beat "War Pigs" on expert with GuitarHero, you're going to be amazing at the real thing...DUH
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    WeaponX655321 wrote:
    Some Guitar nerds are alright, but some are downright annoying. I am talking about the ones that will talk your ear off about the saddle on Jeff Beck's customized Strat, or why Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates is one of the most sought after Les Pauls in the world. Then they will talk about their own gear and how they boil their guitar strings before using them or how they dipped the tubes from their amp in honey(or some shit like that) then they get ready to play, and it's the most god awful thing you've ever heard and then they're like, "When I get my saddle like Jeff Beck's, I'll be bitchin'!"

    Yeah, this. lol!

    Do people actually dip their tubes in honey? How bout the boiling strings thing. Weird

    Also, work at a guitar store for any period of time long enough to meet the return customers and you'll meet plenty of these clowns. They're always much better at yapping than tapping if you know what i mean.
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I spent the evening making a cheaparse pedalboard out of a briefcase. Had to hacksaw through the metal hinges so I could open the thing out wide. (The screws wouldn't budge.) The beautiful thing about it is that it looks just like a briefcase with some fookin' velcro and a surge protector thrown in. Oh, and a couple of pedals. But it gave me pleasure that going to the store and buying a proper board would never have done. Now that's a cool kind of nerd-dom. :D


    That provoked an image of John Cleese stalking onto a stage, with bowler hat, umbrella and briefcase, slappig his briefcase down, and snapping it open to display a pedal board.............

    "Right, where do I plug this bloody thing in ?"

    Silly walk entrance optional
    Music is not a competetion.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    lucylespian wrote:
    That provoked an image of John Cleese stalking onto a stage, with bowler hat, umbrella and briefcase, slappig his briefcase down, and snapping it open to display a pedal board.............

    "Right, where do I plug this bloody thing in ?"

    Silly walk entrance optional


    It may well be like that, at my gig on Sunday. The one thing I'm worried about is forgetting the combination of the locks. :D
  • OffHeGoes29OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    I'm a dork regardless, so the guitar helps my cause.
    BRING BACK THE WHALE
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    Gardenparty wrote:
    Yeah, this. lol!

    Do people actually dip their tubes in honey? How bout the boiling strings thing. Weird

    i've heard of people doing it with bass strings. but to clean them. not that it works really.
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    exhausted wrote:
    If you met my two year old you'd understand why I self-medicate. He's been tantruming for a solid hour now over his bath. But at least I'm medicating with projects instead of drink or something.

    Good call. Exactly why I'm in no hurry to have kids.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    Novawind wrote:
    Good call. Exactly why I'm in no hurry to have kids.

    don't get me wrong. he's an awesome kid but sooooo sensitive that when he goes off the rails he goes big. it's exhausting (ha!) luckily it's not a regular occurence to have a wig to that extent.

    but yeah, kids put a big damper on the whole guitar/hobby/sleep thing.
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