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Is looking at the fretboard a bad thing?
I never look at the fretboard 12%  12%  [ 3 ]
I look at the fretboard just to find my starting note 27%  27%  [ 7 ]
I look at the fretboard only when trying to learn something new 46%  46%  [ 12 ]
I'm getting neck aches from constantly watching myself practice 15%  15%  [ 4 ]
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:51 pm
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You can't NOT look until you know your fretboard, and I postulate that you can't know your fretboard unless you look at it while you play - until you're comfortable then you will naturally not look very often, if at all.

And if you switch axes - especially makes - you'll probably find yourself looking more. Switching between my Strat and my Les Paul or my SG is moving between two completely different experiences.

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:57 pm
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EdMardell wrote:
crazymandolinist wrote:
If you're new to playing guitar then the best thing you could do for yourself is look at the fretboard often, almost exclusively. The more you know exactly where to put every finger on the frets the better you get to know your instrument, heck I pretty much always look at the fretboard when I play from memory, what else are ypu going to look at? :wink:


Yourself in the mirror :wink:


I rather like this idea. I haven't done it in years but as I recall, it actually helps.


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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:22 pm
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crazymandolinist wrote:
, heck I pretty much always look at the fretboard when I play from memory, what else are ypu going to look at? :wink:


Maybe the hot chick near the stage with that too tight tube top on?

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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:34 am
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I'm with Crying strat....isn't that why we all started playing in the first place? LOL


There is nothing wrong with looking at the neck. You cannot determine a guitar players skill by how often he looks down at the neck. We all do it sometime during the course of a song.

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