Bit of a weird one to write but I guess you might say I’m coming back to guitar after a long time away.
I’m 42 and first picked up the axe when I was about 12-13 years old.
I was inspired by Santana, Jimi, EVH, Hetfield, Hammett, Lenny Kravitz, and of course Jimmy Page to play guitar.
I struggled a ton to improve on it, mainly because of lack of focus and direction. It always felt like the guitar fought against me to play it.
I’m most influenced by Hard Rock and Metal but enjoy everything from Funk to RnB and also Doom Metal.
I bought a bass at the beginning of this year to get back into music (it had been almost a decade of not playing anything) and thought I might enjoy it more but I was wrong lol. It’s been fun but my heart belongs to the 6 strings of calloused fingers.
I’ve started going through the beginner lessons on Justin Guitar to get my skills back and hopefully jam with some people in my area and play covers. Maybe write my own stuff some day.
I’d consider myself a rhythm guitarist at the peak of my playing but would probably die happy if I could nail a Metallica solo or play “Eruption” some day lol.
Looking forward to chatting and learning from you all.
Gabe
