Blind or visually impared guitarists, any others out there?

Snowy72 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:22 pm

Welcome to the forums Mr Pink, you will love this place. I have a feeling you already know that :lol:

radio_friendly_unit_shifter · **Posted:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:37 pm

mrpink wrote:

This is amazing. I am so glad I started this thread, the response is unreal. To find soneone else on here who has had a stroke is unbelievable. You say your 14, I'm 38 and I was 25 when I had the stroke. I know EXACTLY what you mean. Whenever I learn a new song/chord/solo, I get such a buzz that is undescribable.
I play righthanded which means my affected hand has to do the fret work which is why I keep things simple and it's mostly Ramones, Nirvana,The Clash,The Strokes,Stereophonics, Sex pistols,AC/DC, New York dolls and The Faces. Hope we can pass on some tips to each other. All I know is my guitars have kept me sane over the last 13 years and I want to pass on ny experiences and things I have learned to others in similar situations so they know they are not alone.
Thank you

Paul

i tryed to play left handed once at school, couldn't even get a power chord so i admire your determination to play with your affected hand doing the hard stuff. like you, i keep it simple, ramones, nirvana, the clash, pretty much all the bands you have listed there, but i play more of my songs than others, which again are pretty simple. when my affected hand doen't do what it supposed to do (alot of the time), its so frusterating but when it nearly does, im so happy that i just wanna keep playin' forever, and you get the idea. music is a great outlet for me, and im sure for you too
again, i cant believe ive found another dude who plays guitar and has had a stroke. i hope we share tips to, and our experiences and that.

riley

mrpink · **Posted:** Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:21 am

Hello all and cheers to all who responded to this thread. Hey Riley I was wondering have you tried playing a short scale Fender? Sonething like a Jaguar or Mustang.Don't know what you play at the moment nut I recently played a Squier Duosonic and it was so much easier to play. I see Guitslinger,you already have a Jag aand a Mustang, do you dind them easier to play than a strat or tele? Just trying to pass on my experience. Looking forward to Blink 182 at Reading/Leeds tonight.

radio_friendly_unit_shifter · **Posted:** Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:05 pm

i wish i had a mustang! im playing a squier bullet strat and a epiphone SG, but no.
have a awesome concert at the reading tonight, should be sweet

createlandingpages · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:32 am **Posts:** 1

This is what we all call TALENT!! mrpink, you serves s an inspiration to all the people. Keep playing and please also share your talent to others..

mrpink · **Posted:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:08 am

Thanks for the positive vibes. You have all inspired me to keep playing and I hope I can do the saame for others. Off to learn some Strokes songs now. How Ironic is that?!!!

BlackCatBone · **Posted:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:52 am

Last Friday night I got the chance to see Rickey Godfrey here in town. He is a blind blues guitarist and he brought the house down!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0um1utVpw

mrpink · **Posted:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:59 am

That guy sounds great.Not a big Blues fan myself but I respect all music that is done with passion and feeling. Great stuff.

Mr.Excitement · **Posted:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:10 am

I have one eye, have had forever. Gueses are that my left eye(scar in center of Retnae) was injured as early as three years of age.
I never knew I had an impairment until the Lion's club brought an eye testing machine to grade school.
I adjusted to the impairment as I grew so no big deal. Then, I started developing catatract in my "Good" eye. This, too, I did not know so adjusted to it gradually.
Then the trip to the optometrist and discovery. Later, Surgery corrected and I have one great eye.
I had a close friend thet had developed hemoraging in his eyes as a result of diabetes.
He lost total vision in both eyes, but did amazing things.
Attitudes count for everything in our lives. Bad, indifferent, or positive.

mrpink · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:17 am

Mr Excitement, that is one hell of a story. What style do you play and have you any tips for fellow vIP's? Positivity is the key!!

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