Are You a Guitar Obsessive
The guitar is probably the worlds best known musical instrument. Or maybe the simple drum is really the most well known musical instrument. There can’t be many people who have never seen a guitar and don’t know what a guitar is.
One thing that makes guitars so appealing is their accessibility. Unlike a Piano, or a drum kit, a guitar is portable and almost anyone can pick one up. But creating a tune on a guitar can be a struggle.
I’ve met talented people who have taken no time at all to master the guitar to a level good enough to start a band. Then there are other people, myself included, who have been playing for many years and still learning.
But these are the reasons why people get so enthusiastic about guitars. There are always new tunes to master, new guitars to buy or new guitar gizmos to try out. Playing guitar is an engrossing and immersive pass time that can take over your life.
I’m not only a guitar player, I’ve become a guitar collector. I am particularly keen on resonator guitars. These are a form of acoustic guitar that uses a resonator cone made of spun allumnium to give the guitar extra volume. The resonator mechanical amplifier comes from the early 20th century, before electronic amplifiers were in common use. The sound of the resonator guitar is very much the sound of the blues, the music that I love.
If you know any guitarists you may already know how obsessive they can become. Keen guitarists can find that their interest in guitars, guitar playing, guitar players and guitar music can take over their lives completely. And if you are lucky enough to have a guitarist as a partner you can sometimes find yourself feeling that you are in second place to their guitar obsession, which is probably true.