What do you play?

sticker · October 2015

Guitar , Bass , Drums , Percussion and Ukulele ...in that order.

samzadgan · October 2015

optical theramin...

mgaw · October 2015

acoustic...fingerstyle

electric

harmonica

bit of banjo

slide/lapsteel

all with varying degrees of proficiency....or as Mrs Mgaw would put it..."well at least you enjoy it...."

Winny_Pooh · October 2015

Aside from guitar: electric bass, double bass & lapslide.

Here's me on double bass & lapslide:

Mixed Messengers - Everything:

E-bass:

Casabella Open the Gate:

I'm also a terrible New Age music piano noodler

Col_Decker · October 2015

Bass is my only other instrument and is actually my main instrument now since I've ended up bassing in a folk band. But I make sure I avoid Root / 5th / Root / 5th ... etc as much as possible.

thermionic · October 2015

Things I've tried to learn to play apart from guitar:

Bass.In a typical guitarist playing bass fashion, but it's useful and fun!

Harmonica. Specifically to play Heart of Gold and So Much Wine. I'd love to learn some blues bends playing.

Drums. I won a Roland electronic kit in a Sound On Sound Competition but eventually sold it as I didn't have the time or patience to learn much more than a 4/4 beat. I could get better results by programming them in Logic.

Stylophone. My brother-in-law bought me one as a joke, so I had to use it in a track. The 1970s resistors that set the note frequencies were all over the shop and even Logic's auto tune plug-in couldn't quite save it.

Charango. One of my favourite guitarists started a Bolivian folk band (he was from the Rhondda!) and started playing one of these little things and I was mesmerised by the sound. I've learnt a few chords but getting into the Latin American feel is quite hard.

Luminous · October 2015

I'm happy to play anything I can bet my hands on.

fretmeister · October 2015

Sax. Had lessons for years, gigged it plenty in a big band.

Done lots of singing as a front man too. I'd be quite happy to even put the bass aside and just sing.

Paul_C · October 2015

As well as guitar I have played in front of people: drums (and cajon), bass and mandolin.

I own/can play a little piano/keys, uke, melodica and I also have a Xaphoon (a sort of cross between a sax and a recorder), though I can't get much more than the odd note out of it.

robwright · November 2015

Sarge said:

Other than guitar n bass, my only other is a didgeridoo!
Rolf Harris taught me to play at Glastonbury in the early 90s, I used to be proud of that, not so much now.......

Did he stand behind you, holding your Digeridoo and saying 'can you see what it is yet'?

dogload · November 2015

In my youth I was into all these bands with multi-instrumentalists so I tried to learn as many as possible, trying to compete with the guys from The Incredible String Band!

as a result i can knock a tune out of a mandolin, fiddle, Appalachian dulcimer, epinette de pays, keyboard, whistle, all the recorders, sax and bouzouki. My main instruments remain guitar, bass, flute and synth. Despite all my attempts, I still can't play drums as well as I'd like - for some reason I can play 6/8 like falling over, but straightforward 'boom-tish' eludes me!

DartmoorHedgehog · November 2015

My "main" instrument (as in the one I had formal lessons on) is clarinet. Probably the only instrument I play "properly" - the rest are all self-taught, with various degrees of blaggery. I played clarinet and a bit of sax in classical wind band and trad jazz band for years, but now mostly play rock guitar, at least in public.

I've gigged on clarinet, sax, guitar and bass.

I'm fairly good on recorders.

I've dabbled with piano/synths, mandolin, zither, ocarina, flute, theremin (oh the aching arms!), violin (because my daughter's learning it) and anything else I can get my hands on, but pretty rubbish at most of those.

I really can't get on with brass instruments or drums (can never get arms and legs coordinated)

Dominic · November 2015

PIANO,KEYS

dare I say Stylophone ..............like that nice Australian chap used to play

Steffo · November 2015

I suck at playing guitar, worse at anything else. I cAn make a nice Sunday roast...

Sassafras · November 2015

I'm shit-hot on the Kazoo.

joeyowen · November 2015

Guitar, and I love it

Piano, and I like it

Drums, and I miss it like crazy

Penny whistle in the key of D

Teetonetal · November 2015

joeyowen;840975" said:

Penny whistle in the key of D

Now that's specialization

joeyowen · November 2015

Teetonetal said:

joeyowen;840975" said:

Penny whistle in the key of D
Now that's specialization

I was in Ireland and saw one for sale, it happened to be in that key... I don't want to over complicate

Bidley · November 2015

I spent years playing in metal bands... Now I'm playing mainly mandolin, as well as acoustic guitar and a bit of singing in a duo. It's a lot of fun!

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