Has this ever happened to anyone?

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 2:30 am

I've played dotless guitars, and they don't screw me up one bit, I know where every fret on the fretboard is, and if i don't, then i should be able to count them as I play anyway.. muscle memory is nice

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 11:19 am

Not to brag, cuz I have nothing to brag about, but I don't really think there is a need for inlays. Maybe to learn with, but you don't really need them to play with. I was playing for a few friends at about 2AM by a bonfire and I couldn't see shit but still managed to pull off The Stone and Just a Phase. BTW, I mean this when you are using your own instrument. I don't really think you can totally rely on "muscle memory" when playing a different guitar. Even the feel/action of the guitar can totally throw you off.

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 11:23 am

yeah. definitely i think every guitar has their own sort of feel, and you get used to the feel of yours, which is nice. sometimes the feel can be radically different, though, like from my 90 dollar nylon to my Taylor...

DropD-MB · Post by **DropD-MB** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:07 pm

Fatjack....IM confused with your reply. I said a skilled guitarist shouldn't have to rely on dots to make him not screw up. You replied that you like your guitar cause it way it looks????

And have you ever played a Godin. The one I have doesn't have any inlays.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:54 pm

DropD-MB wrote:Fatjack....IM confused with your reply. I said a skilled guitarist shouldn't have to rely on dots to make him not screw up. You replied that you like your guitar cause it way it looks????

And have you ever played a Godin. The one I have doesn't have any inlays.

the looks part was just a little aside to the original post, perhaps i should have explained better

you may think you dont need any dots when you play, but try playing a guitar without then (if you can find one). i referred to my guitar because it has dots on the top of the neck where only the person who is playing it can see. i think that a guitarist needs AT LEAST that to be able to function, unless of course you play really simple songs that don't require any movement.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 3:54 pm

fatjack wrote:
DropD-MB wrote:Fatjack....IM confused with your reply. I said a skilled guitarist shouldn't have to rely on dots to make him not screw up. You replied that you like your guitar cause it way it looks????

And have you ever played a Godin. The one I have doesn't have any inlays.
the looks part was just a little aside to the original post, perhaps i should have explained better

you may think you dont need any dots when you play, but try playing a guitar without then (if you can find one). i referred to my guitar because it has dots on the top of the neck where only the person who is playing it can see. i think that a guitarist needs AT LEAST that to be able to function, unless of course you play really simple songs that don't require any movement.

mine's got both.. But i could do without the dots on the fretboard

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:24 pm

my cousin said that he once played a guitar with no dots on the board or the top side... he said it totally threw him off

now lets just think about playing a fretless....

Im back!!!

DreaminBassMunky · Post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:34 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:my cousin said that he once played a guitar with no dots on the board or the top side... he said it totally threw him off

now lets just think about playing a fretless....

Im back!!!

I play a fretless bass. Well it's not techically fretless because it has the fret markers, only they are inlayed into the neck, so you can't feel them. It's the best of both worlds. Fretless sound without wondering what the hell you're doing....do they even make fretless guitars, I don't think that would work all that well.

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:35 am

hmm. i think that'd feel too weird for me. i know i'd probably get used to it, but it'd still be pretty freakin' weird..

DreaminBassMunky · Post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 2:57 am

You get a really different sound out of a fretless. Much more laid back feeling.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:19 am

DreaminBassMunky wrote:You get a really different sound out of a fretless. Much more laid back feeling.

much harder to play well too...

DmbFanJason · Post by **DmbFanJason** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:24 am

ok, so I guess according to the survey, no one has been ass-raped bye a horse while being beated over the head with a club.

firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:26 am

DmbFanJason wrote:ok, so I guess according to the survey, no one has been ass-raped bye a horse while being beated over the head with a club.

looking for someone to share the moment with?

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:29 am

too...many...bad...visuals.

firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:30 am

isaac wrote:too...many...bad...visuals.

hehe...yeah man...you are going to have more posts than me by next month!!!