WHAT!!! you stoped playing lead guitar??

[slayerbear17]

I was quite surprised when I announced to friends and family I had found a lead guitar for a band project I,m working on. Close circle of family and friends know me for playing Lead...and asked what happened?

I had to find another guitar player to take over guitar playing duties while I concentrate on the recording side of it. Hes really working out well, and I,m finding I,m more productive and the rest of guys have noticed that too.

I still play rhythm Guitar and do a few leads but its nice to sit back and relax...and just concentrate on the production side of things.

So have you traded instruments or duties.....more relaxing,,,,lack of resources....just to get a band up and playing???

[mj07]

I stoped playing leads years ago.

[Bobbofallenstar]

I hired a guitar player to split the duties, had him for a few years, now we're going on tour and we're a trio and I'm playing through 2 amps and doing solos and rhythm stuff. I'm loving it all over again.

[Gretsch6136]

I was always a so-so lead guitarist in previous bands. Recently put a band together where I manage the business end and hired a gun player for the leads.

Its worked out perfectly. He is wicked and I get to concentrate on playing butt kickin' rhythm, locking in with the bass and drums, and started working on my vocals.

The band's getting plenty of work and we're are a better unit for it!

Cheers,

Mark

[Ricman]

I used to do lead in a band I was with, and the current band started as a lead player. Now on bass due to the former player moving. Been on it for a few years now. Loving it.

[M@tt C]

I actually went the opposite direction about 9 months ago....I was more of the rhythm guy, and our lead player suddenly quit on short notice with a gig less than two weeks away. No decent fill in guys were available, so I had to step up and learn how to make things work as a trio. It was shaky at first, but now I like having the freedom to play without having to work around another guitarist. I still consider myself a better rhythm guitarist than lead, but my playing is getting better overall as a result.

[Strat]

After lifelong lead player - I'm our new bass player !
Bass is soooo cool, but only if you don't play like a lead guitar player.
I'm in the pocket now !

[I'm so board]

I stoped and then started again.

[mojocaster.com]

I played basically no rhythm guitar in my first bands... now that I play a solo acoustic gig, I play basically no lead :)

[Apartment 11]

I've always been playing leads. Now I'm learning how to play rhythm.

[guitarist58]

I quit playing leads... well, actually rhythm or anything--quit playing music altogether. Back when I was gigging for a living I started on keys & rhythm guitar, ended up being lead guitarist doubling on keys & bass.

After lifelong lead player - I'm our new bass player !
Bass is soooo cool, but only if you don't play like a lead guitar player.
I'm in the pocket now !

Always loved playing bass! :) (played bass in jazz band in Jr. College, too)

[pbradt]

What is this "lead guitar," you speak of?

When I was in two-guitar bands, we split the work pretty evenly. To my way of thinking, "lead" guitar is an anachronism.

[BadCat]

I only stoped once when I droped my guitar.

[whiteop]

started as bass player in a band in my teens and switched to lead about 3 years later...

[Frankee]

I stoped a waitress at a truck-stop one time.

[stratzrus]

So have you traded instruments or duties.....more relaxing,,,,lack of resources....just to get a band up and playing???No.

They expect me to do everything. Write, arrange, play lead and rhythm (sometimes at the same time). I'm glad we're an instrumental band. ;)

But it's all good...it's what I want to do.

[jzgtrguy]

I stop playing leads after about 60 chorus's!:bonk