Guitar holidays

SimonC

Staying in and practicing will undoubtably help. But there’s no substitute for getting out and playing with others to be a better guitarist.

JerkMoans

gringopig said:

Yes, I mean you could go out for walks and suchlike. Maybe in a park. Then go back and practice some more. I had a look at the Guitar breaks website and I can just imagine paying humongous amounts of money  being milked to an inch of my life and being surrounded by people exactly like me for "5 days of intense guitar playing with one of the world's great players."

Yeah. Even although I'm pretty obsessed, that sounds horrifying haha.

5 days locked in Pontins with 6 other blokes from this forum, endlessly debating the merits of relics, Mastery hardware and Hyundai Velosters, while attempting - and humiliatingly failing - to master the rudiments of sweep picking and suchlike  

thomasross20

Haha  
Tbh I stay in and play a lot already. 
Just realised I'd have to put my prized guitars in hold on a plane. That might be a deal-breaker if ever there was one...

57Deluxe

JerkMoans said:

gringopig said:

Yes, I mean you could go out for walks and suchlike. Maybe in a park. Then go back and practice some more. I had a look at the Guitar breaks website and I can just imagine paying humongous amounts of money  being milked to an inch of my life and being surrounded by people exactly like me for "5 days of intense guitar playing with one of the world's great players."

Yeah. Even although I'm pretty obsessed, that sounds horrifying haha.

5 days locked in Pontins with 6 other blokes from this forum, endlessly debating the merits of relics, Mastery hardware and Hyundai Velosters, while attempting - and humiliatingly failing - to master the rudiments of sweep picking and suchlike  

and the inevitable dirty bastard who refuses to flush the bog....

JerkMoans

thomasross20 said:

Haha  
Tbh I stay in and play a lot already. 
Just realised I'd have to put my prized guitars in hold on a plane. That might be a deal-breaker if ever there was one...

Bollocks to that: bet Steve Vai would have on old Jem booting around that he'd flog you cheap.

RonnieHotdogs

go to SXSW in Austin and watch as many bands as possible 

DiscoStu

I saw a guitar building holiday in the Tuscany hills a few years ago. Wasn't cheap, but looked oh so amazing...

JerkMoans

57Deluxe said:

JerkMoans said:

gringopig said:

Yes, I mean you could go out for walks and suchlike. Maybe in a park. Then go back and practice some more. I had a look at the Guitar breaks website and I can just imagine paying humongous amounts of money  being milked to an inch of my life and being surrounded by people exactly like me for "5 days of intense guitar playing with one of the world's great players."

Yeah. Even although I'm pretty obsessed, that sounds horrifying haha.

5 days locked in Pontins with 6 other blokes from this forum, endlessly debating the merits of relics, Mastery hardware and Hyundai Velosters, while attempting - and humiliatingly failing - to master the rudiments of sweep picking and suchlike  

and the inevitable dirty bastard who refuses to flush the bog....

Then one of us tests positive for Covid-19 and we all get confined to this living hell for a month.

TheOtherDennis

The Richard Thompson one is supposed to be excellent, and isn't much more than the cost of a holiday in that part of the world anyway (well, plus the flights, ahem). And he clearly takes a big part, too.

https://www.fretsandrefrains.com/about

Spending time playing with other people at a place like that is a bit like being in a band, except really concentrated and you all play the same instrument, and there's way more of you.

57Deluxe

My partner's family have some rural land in Italy they keep trying to sell  that I have said to her, rather than selling cheap cos no-one locally needs it/wants it (council insists unused land it is kept mown  due to fire break rules),  save it for me to build a place to maybe do just this kind of thing. The way the world is going I am leaning more and more towards this as a retirement option. Looks OK for a jam spot don't you think?

lukedlb

57Deluxe said:

My partner's family have some rural land in Italy they keep trying to sell  that I have said to her, rather than selling cheap cos no-one locally needs it/wants it (council insists unused land it is kept mown  due to fire break rules),  save it for me to build a place to maybe do just this kind of thing. The way the world is going I am leaning more and more towards this as a retirement option. Looks OK for a jam spot don't you think?

Whereabouts? I’m in Bologna. 

scrumhalf

Given that many of us have played the guitar when taking a break from studying, what do you do when taking a break from studying the guitar? 

JerkMoans

scrumhalf said:

Given that many of us have played the guitar when taking a break from studying, what do you do when taking a break from studying the guitar? 

Attain enlightenment.

skunkwerx

scrumhalf said:

Given that many of us have played the guitar when taking a break from studying, what do you do when taking a break from studying the guitar? 

Play the guitar instead!

gringopig

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chris45

gringopig said:

JerkMoans said:

gringopig said:

Yes, I mean you could go out for walks and suchlike. Maybe in a park. Then go back and practice some more. I had a look at the Guitar breaks website and I can just imagine paying humongous amounts of money  being milked to an inch of my life and being surrounded by people exactly like me for "5 days of intense guitar playing with one of the world's great players."

Yeah. Even although I'm pretty obsessed, that sounds horrifying haha.

5 days locked in Pontins with 6 other blokes from this forum, endlessly debating the merits of relics, Mastery hardware and Hyundai Velosters, while attempting - and humiliatingly failing - to master the rudiments of sweep picking and suchlike  

and you know it's going to turn into an absolute ponce -a-thon with everyone flashing their tops and implicitly bragging about what nice guitars they have. Awful awful awful.

It does sound like a Fast Show sketch.

VimFuego

Halsway Manor on Somerset do a guitar course in the autumn. Can't recall exactly how long it is, either long weekend or possibly a week, mostly focuses on folk stuff. Can't recall who the tutors are this time, but they've had some top players before. There's also the Burwell Bash in Cambs, the guitarist from Flook takes the guitar class there, that's about a week.

thomasross20

Will look into these, chaps. 

Btw the steve Vai one gets lots of cool guests. I imagine that would be a once in a lifetime experience, inspiring if anything.

JerkMoans

thomasross20 said:

Will look into these, chaps. 

Btw the steve Vai one gets lots of cool guests. I imagine that would be a once in a lifetime experience, inspiring if anything.

Hungover, sitting in the kitchen shakily sipping coffee and scratching your Henrys, as David Lee Roth breezes in with the milk... 

thomasross20

Hahaha awesome. Worth it just to tell a similar tale lol