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Is there a hidden rule that one 1 person can play at a time in the acoustic guitar rooms at music stores? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca to c/guitars@lemmy.world

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assuming acoustic guitar rooms are a thing everywhere. it's just a well sound isolated room in the guitar store.

I feel like I was chastised for playing while someone else was playing? I just want to make sure it's some rule like 'no stairway, to heaven ' or something that I broke.

some guy was strumming away testing guitars. I walked in and started playing quietly in the corner facing the wall, no pick. he approached me after a few guitars and asked me to play his choices of guitar and asked for my opinion on them 'since I was better'. I'm not even a month in yet.

did I break a rule or something and he was chastising me, or was this genuine type interaction that does happen? I don't pick up on social queues at all so.. yeah. I'm just not sure.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It just just reads to me like he genuinely wanted your opinion and the chance to hear his choices of guitars from a different perspective.

Although when you said "I'm not even a month in yet" and he said you were better, that's a little confusing unless you've been making better progress than you give yourself credit for.

But getting back to perspective, if he just wanted to hear what an audience would hear (without the resonance through your body you get as a player) the skill might not matter so much, and he was just being polite.

Or maybe... Is there any chance he was flirting with you? Just to mess with your mind even more.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Although when you said "I'm not even a month in yet" and he said you were better, that's a little confusing unless you've been making better progress than you give yourself credit for.

there is a good chance this is the case, I was Travis picking in 2 or 3 different styles of picking and doing some chord changes and slides but I have nobody that's ever judged my playing yet. literally 3 weeks into learning with no lessons.

I am taking him as being polite and just asking for my opinion, but I wasn't sure of it was an unwritten rule or not. I will inquire with the store when I go back.

thanks for the reply. makes me feel like I wasn't being super rude to others.