Worst guitar sound

**Plank_Spanker** · February 5th, 2009, 06:21 AM

No "all of the above" choice?

**Cottonwood King** · February 5th, 2009, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by oldguy

I'll go with out of tune guitar.
Unless you miss every bend, or feedback is the constant screeching painful type.
Out of tune is constant, unless you tune up, it never stops hurting..........

Exactly, I agree. The constant pain of an out of tune guitar got my vote.

**jpfeifer** · February 5th, 2009, 10:26 AM

Yeah, I'll have to go with the bad bend category.

Nothing grates on my ears more than hearing someone "sit" on a bad note bend and stay there way to long ... ouch. I'm surprised to hear this kind of thing in Neil Young's lead playing, but there are some people who really like his playing so maybe it's just me.

The other one that drives my up the way is playing with heavy scooped distortion on everything. It would drive me crazy to work at a place like Guitar Center and have to hear this all day long.

-- Jim

**R_of_G** · February 5th, 2009, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by jpfeifer

Nothing grates on my ears more than hearing someone "sit" on a bad note bend and stay there way to long ... ouch. I'm surprised to hear this kind of thing in Neil Young's lead playing, but there are some people who really like his playing so maybe it's just me.

Probably not just you, but definitely varies on an individual basis. I love much of Neil's electric playing and the dissonance is a big reason why. I like the 'right' note as much as the next guy, but I also appreciate an approach where things need not resolve every time. Sometimes the wrong note is the right note. I think a lot of it has to do with whether or not it fits within the context of the song. Or perhaps that's just me.

**Viking Power** · February 5th, 2009, 12:57 PM

I am at that happy place where ignorance is bliss.

Not good enough at guitar to recognize a lot of bad sounds. Never heard the Jonas Brothers (and God I hope it stays that way!).

**scgmhawk** · February 6th, 2009, 08:18 AM

I voted for "out of tune" -- BUT I have an 11 year old daughter and the Jonus Bros. song is right up there! Or, Hannah Montana...or any other Disney Channel child star's song!

**Fretcruiser** · February 6th, 2009, 08:56 AM

I just thought of something. Didn't the Beatles used to be the "Jonas Brothers" of their day, where all the kids were screaming for them and stuff? I just hope 40 years from now we're not talking about the impact the JB had on music.

**tot_Ou_tard** · February 7th, 2009, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Fretcruiser

After taking a trip to my local Guitar Center the other day, I heard many horrible sounds. I was trying to figure out which one was the worst. Here's what I heard...

1. An out of tune guitar
2. Bad bends
3. Missed harmonics
4. Excessive feedback
5. Hitting a note out of key
6. Someone playing a Jonas Brothers song

You tell me which one is the worst. I personally have to go with someone hitting a bad bend.

Sorry, I'll make sure not to go into Guitar Centers in Ohio anymore.

pes_laul · February 7th, 2009, 03:37 PM

for me it must be when you gett that teenager who keeps on playing crazy train and smoke on the water badly

**Suhnton** · February 7th, 2009, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by pes_laul

for me it must be when you gett that teenager who keeps on playing crazy train and smoke on the water badly

I'm sure we were all that teenager at some stage. Being forced to listen to it is called "payback"

**Plank_Spanker** · February 7th, 2009, 06:46 PM

In all fairness, there is no "worse guitar sound" at GC. The kids are there having a great time trying out new gear................even if some of them bring their posse to support them. We were all young once.........indulge them. Ah.....................to be be young and care free again..............

Then you have the next level - "got some chops down; let me see who I can impress".....................easily spotted. They play a lick or two and look around to see if anyone noticed it.

All this ends immediately when a real player comes in to try out a guitar or amp at volume......................killer lick after klller lick................jaws dropping all through the store..............and you can hear a pin drop when he's done.

**Fretcruiser** · February 8th, 2009, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Plank_Spanker

In all fairness, there is no "worse guitar sound" at GC. The kids are there having a great time trying out new gear................even if some of them bring their posse to support them. We were all young once.........indulge them. Ah.....................to be be young and care free again..............

Then you have the next level - "got some chops down; let me see who I can impress".....................easily spotted. They play a lick or two and look around to see if anyone noticed it.

All this ends immediately when a real player comes in to try out a guitar or amp at volume......................killer lick after klller lick................jaws dropping all through the store..............and you can hear a pin drop when he's done.

Well said!

**Andy** · February 8th, 2009, 09:30 AM

people who go to guitar center to play on expensive gear with clearly no intentention of buying anything.

It kills me to see someone bang around a $3000 les paul for no reason like it's a playtoy put there for their cheap enjoyment

**sunvalleylaw** · February 8th, 2009, 10:30 AM

I tried to find a clip of a guitar falling over and breaking, which to me must be the worst guitar sound.

All I found were knuckleheads intentionally breaking guitars, which is also a bad sound, but not what I was going for.

**Ro3b** · February 9th, 2009, 10:24 AM

Bad rhythm. I'll take anything else on the list over playing with someone who can't lock into a groove.

**thearabianmage** · February 9th, 2009, 10:38 AM

On the list, it's a tie between out of tune and missed bends. . . But off the list, I'd have to say one of the most annoying guitar sounds is people playing songs out of rhythm.

Either that or a combination of out-of-rhythm/out-of-tune. Especially when they are playing 'Sweet Child 'O Mine', 'Stairway to Heaven' or, heaven forbid, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. . .

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