Not to be
confused with someone who simply plays the
guitar, a
true guitarist is someone who looks at their instrument as though it were a paintbrush preloaded with every color imaginable and then some, waiting to spill onto the canvas known as
sound in an array of both erratic and delicate displays. These displays differ depending on the guitarist's motivation and state of mind, as well as their life experiences and musical inspirations.
Guitarists often feel a connection to their instrument in the way that it is an extension of their self; many relate this connection to an energetic flow, as the sounds which emerge from both their efforts and their instrument combined seemingly flow from the
tips of their fingers
like energy all the way into their veins, connecting them to life itself in an obscure way many find
hard to explain to
non-guitarists, but understand and relate to instinctively with those of their own kind.
Despite popular belief or bias, not all guitarists are technically brilliant, but the sounds they produce are always full of emotion and most importantly, honesty. The way to tell if someone is a guitarist is their ability to tell a
story through their playing in a style that is distinctly their own.
*All examples would be open to debate and personal
opinion, thus I'
ll leave it up to your own interpretation to decide who in your mind is
someone you recognize as a guitarist in these terms.
