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Re: Has anyone ever considered this?
Hey, I ended up taking 10 years plus off for a number of reasons and when I started up again, I was at the basic level with one guitar and amp.
Now 4 years later the gear has kinda piled up. It is the natural order of things.
However, I think that a rut can be solved by one of two things (it is what I do and its worked so far):
1. As was suggested - go get some lessons. 6 mos with a new perspective can do wonders.
2. Most every style of music has several "pinnicale" players, unless you have mastered them all, start trying to learn solos (or rythms etc.) from another of the icons in whatever style you like. If your ear sux like mine, Tab books are good for this, but powertabs PC based software available free (see post in the Technique section) is also a great resourse. Most of all, it has be fun, that is way I would suggest staying with musical styles you are into, although branching out into things you do not (if you can stomach it) will also bring results b/c it allows new perspectives.
3. What ever you do, practice regularly and try to challange yourself with learning new things every day, few days, or every week, depending on what your skill level and time is.
Do not sell all your gear. You will regret that move for sure. That said, some times thinning the heard of unused stuff is a good idea (but be careful about the guitars of they arre rare/custom/special as many here can attest - sometimes you can never get them back).
My $0.02
Hey, I ended up taking 10 years plus off for a number of reasons and when I started up again, I was at the basic level with one guitar and amp.
Now 4 years later the gear has kinda piled up. It is the natural order of things.
However, I think that a rut can be solved by one of two things (it is what I do and its worked so far):
1. As was suggested - go get some lessons. 6 mos with a new perspective can do wonders.
2. Most every style of music has several "pinnicale" players, unless you have mastered them all, start trying to learn solos (or rythms etc.) from another of the icons in whatever style you like. If your ear sux like mine, Tab books are good for this, but powertabs PC based software available free (see post in the Technique section) is also a great resourse. Most of all, it has be fun, that is way I would suggest staying with musical styles you are into, although branching out into things you do not (if you can stomach it) will also bring results b/c it allows new perspectives.
3. What ever you do, practice regularly and try to challange yourself with learning new things every day, few days, or every week, depending on what your skill level and time is.
Do not sell all your gear. You will regret that move for sure. That said, some times thinning the heard of unused stuff is a good idea (but be careful about the guitars of they arre rare/custom/special as many here can attest - sometimes you can never get them back).
My $0.02
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