Ever have those days?

skunkwerx

Where ya just cant play a damn thing right like you did the day before? 

Hitting wrong strings, sloppy fingering etc etc. 

I have these days. Anyone else? 

joeyowen

Frequently these days.. your're not alone

JookyChap

Oh yes, loads of them.

It's the other sort I'm not particularly familiar with

richardhomer

I just put the guitar down on days like that and try again when I'm feeling brighter.

IvisonGuitars

Ah, sloppy fingering....such enjoyable yet long gone days... 

JookyChap

@miserneil said:

Ah, sloppy fingering....such enjoyable yet long gone days... 

Sloppy keyboard now, though coffee unfortunately...

BRISTOL86

Yes. All days that end in a 'y'. 

Sassafras

Maybe if you put down the whiskey bottle you might get somewhere.

scrumhalf

Days when the guitar is quite clearly in tune but your ears aren't - very annoying.

skunkwerx

Ahh glad I'm not the only one! 

skunkwerx

JookyChap said:

Oh yes, loads of them.

It's the other sort I'm not particularly familiar with

Haha totally! Just recently I was trying to demonstrate a solo that had a couple of oblique bends in it to my guitar teacher, trying to show the different ways I'd cock up on them. 

Hit every damn one perfect. 

An hour later at home though, nope! Haha

Roland

Yep, Saturday's gig, and I was all over the place

stimpsonslostson

Yup.  And also days where my rig sounds terrible despite using the same guitar and amp settings as yesterday- when this combination sounded awesome. 

Those are the days when I go play my banjo- I've had it a couple of months so am supposed to be rubbish at it.  

Marshall_stax

Yup, they seem to come out of nowhere for no good reason. 

xSkarloey

richardhomer said:

I just put the guitar down on days like that and try again when I'm feeling brighter.

I quite agree. Personally when nothing goes right on the guitar, I try less taxing things like brain surgery, unknotting pieces of string, juggling, a game of 'Operation' and so on. 

guitars4you

I don't gig now (but that might be changing soon)  - but recall that what you try at home works well, works less well at rehearsal, and even worse live - confidence and experience required

like a good golfer can have a bad day, a good muso will have  them as well

Alnico

You're doing this all wrong.

Don't count the bad days, count the good ones.
It's just brighter that way.

But yes, the amount of times i could smash the thing...........

*Happy place*

Wooosahhh

skunkwerx

I just love playing! Im really not great at all but I enjoy it, so when I have an off day I'm like damn... usually put it down for the day, and end up feeling like I've missed a day haha! 

DrJazzTap

It's when you can't blame it on your gear....."must be the strings...Yes definitely the strings....I never had this problem with Ernie balls....oh it's this plectrum"

Alnico

It's this overdrive pedal.
The transient nuances just aren't right.

robgilmo

I find a bottle of Merlot usually makes things sound much better.