What are your bad guitar habits?

[BluesyRob]

Originally Posted by jcpharm

Using my thumb to fret the 6th string F# on D/F#. i've heard that guitar purists cringe at that....but my short stubby fingers can't help it!

Don't believe the hype! Many, many great players do this! And they use capos too!

Originally Posted by Kyle215

I play on the couch with with bad posture too often.

Playing on a heavily cushioned rocking chair!

Originally Posted by MakingMusic

Jumping right into playing without warming up.

Guilty.

Originally Posted by ChrisE

Squeezing too hard with my left hand during gigs. I don’t do it when I’m playing at home, but put me in front of an audience and the death grip comes on full force.

Three straight hours of that leads to a pretty sore left hand.

I have to learn to relax my left hand also. Very difficult habit to break.

[LoveWins]

I recommend keep practicing F Barred.

[LeDave]

I discovered a new bad habit. Browsing and posting on AGF more than I play my guitar

[Twitch]

I didn't know it was a bad habit until a recent thread but...

...I sometimes use a capo

[hairpuller]

Challenging myself with a new song, then tiring of it before I even get good at playing it!

Hate that...

Also, I never 'warm up', but I do thumb wrap.

scott

[BluesyRob]

Originally Posted by hairpuller

Challenging myself with a new song, then tiring of it before I even get good at playing it!

Hate that...

Same here...so annoying! Sometimes I take a break for a couple of days and it comes to me easier.

[Freedbaby]

I got in this horrible habit early on. I play an A with my middle finger mashed over three strings.

I REALLY need to go back and practice an A because there are so many embellishments that can be done if you play it with three fingers.

[Mr. Jelly]

I like to sit back in my chair and sometimes the guitar drifts or slides a little bit into my lap. But now that I have a dread it may be a plus to avoid any shoulder issues.

[Yrksman]

Originally Posted by Dwight

buying more guitars than I need.

Beat me to it.

[Yrksman]

Originally Posted by Twitch

I didn't know it was a bad habit until a recent thread but...

...I sometimes use a capo

Oh no.......................

[madison]

My worst habit was sitting down to play, feeling a lack of interest, then putting the guitar down and walking away. Due to that bad habit, I haven't played acoustic guitar for eight years. You will notice that I joined in 2012, but haven't posted since that year. When I finally started playing again, I was so sure that AGF had long since dropped me that I attempted to register again. But I got a message saying that someone with my email address was already registered, and to my surprise, that someone was me.

[SuperB23]

I've always played my E Major and A Minor chords with my 2nd and 3rd fingers reversed. A weird habit that I picked up when I first started playing.

[Mr. Jelly]

Originally Posted by madison

My worst habit was sitting down to play, feeling a lack of interest, then putting the guitar down and walking away. Due to that bad habit, I haven't played acoustic guitar for eight years. You will notice that I joined in 2012, but haven't posted since that year. When I finally started playing again, I was so sure that AGF had long since dropped me that I attempted to register again. But I got a message saying that someone with my email address was already registered, and to my surprise, that someone was me.

I tried to drop in on the UMGF and they had dumped me. Oh well.

[Ryler]

Originally Posted by madison

My worst habit was sitting down to play, feeling a lack of interest, then putting the guitar down and walking away. Due to that bad habit, I haven't played acoustic guitar for eight years. You will notice that I joined in 2012, but haven't posted since that year. When I finally started playing again, I was so sure that AGF had long since dropped me that I attempted to register again. But I got a message saying that someone with my email address was already registered, and to my surprise, that someone was me.

Welcome back!

[AmericanEagle]

Not practicing enough