The "My Guitar Teacher is The Coolest" Thread

[jewbaby667]

Started lessons last week and my guitar teacher is the S**T. He is 37 and has been playing since he was 12. He has been playing as long as i've been alive. He started playing Metal when it was building off its roots in the early 80's. In 2000 he went down to the hills of Hazard County, Kentucky to learn bluegrass. He described how crazy fast the banjo pickers in the south are. He has been in and out of bands for years. He currently resides in a cover band in Lafayette named Ezra. He also learned a lot of blues here recently. First impressions seem to me that i'm going to get along really well and progress at a rate that i want. So, please share how cool your teacher is!

[yawn]

I have none...

[rustic_metal]

:confused:

[Here_is_no_why]

My teacher's name is Rick Fincke.



'Nuff said.

[jazzman07]

his name be joe settlemire...he's 65 and taught Vince Gill how to professionlly play the gutiar( i didnt beleive it at first, but its true) and he's been playing since he was 8 speciallizing in jazz....he's freakin amazing at guitar...down right wonderful

[jewbaby667]

his name be joe settlemire...he's 65 and taught Vince Gill how to professionlly play the gutiar( i didnt beleive it at first, but its true) and he's been playing since he was 8 speciallizing in jazz....he's freakin amazing at guitar...down right wonderful


Wow, that much experience is nutty. Sounds like he is in the same genre that you want too mr jazzman. Got the same going on with my teacher, we both into metal.

[nt1440]

a lot of the kids in my class dont like my guitar teacher, but hes soo cool, he really cares about teaching guitar and ther just ungrateful freshman that wanted to get out of a chorus class


ROCK ON MR. STENSON

[shades_of_truth]

his name be joe settlemire...he's 65 and taught Vince Gill how to professionlly play the gutiar( i didnt beleive it at first, but its true) and he's been playing since he was 8 speciallizing in jazz....he's freakin amazing at guitar...down right wonderful

Yeah, whatever. I'm sorry, but I don't believe you.

My guitar teacher is myself. He's awesome. He plays paintball and is just a really chill guy. I like him a lot.

[HuckIt]

don't have one yet...I plan on taking lessons some time in summer

[punkrox101]

i don't have a guitar teacher. I though myself how to play (with the help of the UG community).

[Habit Zero]

I don't anything about my guitar teacher, but he's good and he's taught me a lot so far.


I'm not a people person...

[juniorfr3ak]

My friend is taught by Rustey Cooley
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[RyanSchell]

I don't go to lessons anymore, but my teacher's name was Dan, and he's amazing at the guitar, plays a ton of metal and blues, mostly cannibal corpse it seems. Only he grumpy if he didn't go outside and have a smoke every 30 minutes...

[orphenshadow]

I only started formal lessons a few weeks ago, my grandfather was the first guitarist in the army band, my uncle played professionaly with leon russle, everyone in my family has the guitar gene, i never got into it, i went with drums. Recently i picked up a bass and have progressed at almost tripple the rate anyone else i have seen has. i guess its in my blood too :)

But formally my teacher is Trent, hes 17, he has been playing since he was 3, he is younger than me but he knows what he is doing, and i have found more that we are teaching each other alot in our practice sessions, actually i have been teaching him just as much about drumming as he has taught me about the bass. either way, Trent is badassed, and im happy i signed up for his lessons.

[KissingShadows]

I think I'm a pretty cool teacher, I teach kids from my school for free : P

My instructor, Micah Mata, is very good. He won my local area Guitarmageddon a few years ago and thats how I met him. He played one of the solos to Blitzkrieg by Yngwie behind his back, caught my attention lol!

[justin_fraser]

I took lessons from a guy for just over a year until his dad died. This guy was 18, and an incredible guitar player. I just played with him a few days ago, first time in over a year, and we jammed for 2 hours. It was truly amazing to see this guy, 19 years old having a tough time in his life to play that guitar like he did. We pulled out a real book (anyone that knows jazz knows what those are) and played through lots of standards taking turns soloing through the whole thing while the other person comps like a madman.

['StoleN']

UG is my guitar teacher... i think that speaks for itselft xD

[BaysiX]

Right now my only teacher is UG :). Planning on getting an actual person though soon lol.

[Sick_Boy]

My teacher's this half african american and half hispanic guy named Anthony Postman. He specializes in reggae and ska, but he's also really good with blues and jazz and is easily the best person on the planet. He's a great teacher and a fun and cool guy to be around.

[br34kd0wn]

My teacher is a website, a damn good one. My teacher chose me how to pick and do everything right, and give me advice on how to play guitar.
This teacher, is UG Community.

[sars]

my teachers name is ricky! he has 3 bows, a crossbow..and he pwns:) yeah..its me:(

[mp3stalin]

my teacher is a friend of mine that knows alot of theory... i jokingly said one day "you should start teaching guitar classes" then he graduated, and 6 months later... im in his guitar class... lol.

[Master Chief]

My teacher is awesome. He's 30 something. He's in 2 bands, one cover and one original and has a record deal with some place. So far I've been with him for 3 months and I can feel great improvement. Plus I asked him how to play Halo 2 theme song. And now he's tabbing it for me. :P

[jewbaby667]

My teacher is awesome. He's 30 something. He's in 2 bands, one cover and one original and has a record deal with some place. So far I've been with him for 3 months and I can feel great improvement. Plus I asked him how to play Halo 2 theme song. And now he's tabbing it for me. :P


LOL, thats killer even though i hate Halo fanboys, j/k. Maybe i'll think of something creative to get tabbed.

[MedicreDemon]

My teacher is pretty intrested in anyhting blues through metal and even some jazz but thats about it.......my second teacher and he's way better than the first one I had.

[Yooper]

My bass guitar teacher is Levi Douma. Anyone who might know "The Cool Waters Band" he was their bassist. I always have a ton of fun with him, we learn some theory, then song fragments and end with a jam session. Some seriously awesome stuff. It's a shame he's gonna be gone from now until next fall.

[OneNightOnStage]

Dang, all these teachers seem pretty awesome. I'm about to switch cause my teacher just doesn't care. I go in for a hour lesson, that usually only lasts 30 minutes, look at a few of the licks in Crazy Train and then go home. I'm actually getting better on my on than learning from him.

[jamiedonnelly93]

My Teacher is Mark Boden. From Middlesbrough (Like Me) and tutors in my school. He also does it privately. He is awesome. Think of any guitarist and he is faster than them, his phrasing is better. He is the best guitarist I have ever encounted, he plays every style and very well and is also graded as the best guitar tutor in the North of England according to RGT. He plays flamenco as some people may know takes 15 years study and he's done 5. He has been playing since he was 14 and the only bad thing about him is that he shows off, all the time! but its kinda cool as well when you've got someone sat next to you shredding like I dont know what. Nevertheless he can still play slow stuff and is good with his theory. He likes all good bands and is comstantly telling us how bad the bad ones are. and he told me about the guitarist Stanley Jordan. If you don't know who Stanley Jordan is, tap him in on youtube. Be amazed!

[jamiedonnelly93]

Oh hes like 30 something aswell

[CurtisJay]

i don't have a guitar teacher. I though myself how to play (with the help of the UG community).

I hope you're not teaching yourself english. I hope nobody in this forum is teaching themselves english. Every comment in this thread has grammatical errors and missing words. Proof-read children.

[CurtisJay]

My Teacher is Mark Boden. From Middlesbrough (Like Me) and tutors in my school. He also does it privately. He is awesome. Think of any guitarist and he is faster than them, his phrasing is better. He is the best guitarist I have ever encounted, he plays every style and very well and is also graded as the best guitar tutor in the North of England according to RGT. He plays flamenco as some people may know takes 15 years study and he's done 5. He has been playing since he was 14 and the only bad thing about him is that he shows off, all the time! but its kinda cool as well when you've got someone sat next to you shredding like I dont know what. Nevertheless he can still play slow stuff and is good with his theory. He likes all good bands and is comstantly telling us how bad the bad ones are. and he told me about the guitarist Stanley Jordan. If you don't know who Stanley Jordan is, tap him in on youtube. Be amazed!

I'm thinking of a guitarist named Michael Angelo Batio

[sajuuk]

my guitar tutors like a mini-school specilising in guitar, he dudes turne dhis front room into a mini studio its got everything from several guitars to a full PA system and 2 amps.
And as for his teaching standard hes just brilliant I started properly last august and between then and now (with some fairly major work cause I wanna get into a college) I've gone from pre-grade to grade 3 standard,,,,,,,,dam it hes good,,,and as a result dam it I'm good :D

WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP

[_peaceful_kaos_]

My guitar teacher is called James Finnigan. He plays classical, rock and jazz, but he was in a rock band called Stiltskin as the bassist for a while. They released a song called Inside, it was used in an advertisement at one point. He's accomplished more than I ever will and is still an incredibly down to earth guy. he rocks! \m/