The REAL Reason You're Not A Great Guitarist (Yet)

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[ShredmasterScott]

BERNTH is spitting FACTS you think you can or you can't, you're right

[martenpine]

Dude you're a legend! Your approach, chops, love for the craft and care to help others is epic. That hater hates themself.

[thepainter]

You’re an inspiration to people like me that have bills to pay and a limited amount of time to practice. I’m in my fifties and started playing about 15 years ago. Was raising three children, working full time, and doing all those things that have to be done around the house. Without you and those like you that take the time to put out truly great instructional videos, a lot of beginner and intermediate guitar players would probably stay stuck or give up the guitar completely. So from me, I say thank you sir!

[SpectreDusk]

I've had my guitar for 20 years, an extremely cheap Squire Strat and in the last three weeks I've played it more and tried to learn more than I have in the entire time I've had the guitar. Your channel is one of the first I came across and it's helping me want to keep pushing through the beginning stages of learning. Sometimes your mind is the biggest mountain to climb. Thanks Bernth, Inspirational to many.

[aranasaurus]

What a wonderful message. I’m glad you exist and do all the things you do, Bernth!

[thebootknifer]

In reply to that comment you shared: I've been playing since ~2007. I grew up with a comfortable life, and have managed to gather a few thousand dollars of gear over the years. Guess what, I still suck!

Bernth's videos have helped me over the past year or so. I've learned more in the last year than I have in the previous 14. I would have progressed much faster with a $100 guitar from the pawn shop and disciplined practice from day 1.

[isaacwhitaker]

Mindset is one of the most important factors in doing good in anything, there are people who's careers is to make high performing athletes have better mindsets, if you ever want to do anything at a high level you have to have a dedication and a near obsession with what you're trying to do. Once you have achieved what you're hoping for it makes it much sweeter if you know you had to work for years and years to do it. Great video Bernth, you're a great inspiration to many!

[johnnolcox]

@Bernth Learning to play guitar has made my life so much more enjoyable and has really helped my mental perspective. You’ve been the guide on this journey and I will be forever grateful; being diligent with your lessons on Patreon has been such an enjoyable experience. We all get to our destinations on the backs of those who have taken those journeys before us. I thank you for being someone who would share that experience rather than pull the ladder up. My playing will always have a tinge of your influence and for that I am a better player. Thank you for all you’ve done and I look forward to where you’re headed!

[erichodnett]

BERNTH I’m so thankful for you. I already knew the importance of relaxation but didn’t fully incorporate it in my legato. Your frequent new videos helped me stay focused even when I wasn’t in the mood and it really helped me in my every day discipline. The world today is unable to focus longer than TikTok videos and I’m glad to say I’ve been with you over a year. Most likely most will be behind the keyboard doing this same crap in 5 years unless people want to realize the one thing they don’t want to.. You got to realize you don’t know shit and be willing to re-learn techniques or you will be forever at a standstill. Keep it up brother you are the one who pounds this into videos. I’m with ya til the end of the line brotha.

[johnharvison]

Good for you. My band broke up, and it crushed me so badly I didn't play guitar for almost 12 years...I just bought a new axe and started playing again. It's amazing how much I forgot, but the biggest thing is how good it feels to get back into it. Having that proper mindset is vital.

[jamescanady]

This is a wonderful message to the community, man. You shed a ton of light on issues that musicians need to address about themselves in order to not only be successful, but just to maintain being a decent human in the typical struggles in life. Nowadays, although I'm very happy for them, I envy the fact that these younger musicians (especially guitarists) have all of this information just handed to them with a click of a mouse. I'm 34 (just turned 34 on the 11th) and when I was a teenager, all of this wasn't around. I had ultimate-guitar tabs and didn't even discover the play-along tab programs until I was 18. I never signed up for guitar lessons before that because I didn't actually know what all could be done on a guitar, so I never realized that I needed them. I believe that this was a huge problem for many guitarists back when this was still true. I could hear the techniques from other musicians and songs as one big blur, like legato, sweeping, tapping, etc., but never knew how to identify them by their specific sound and technique, so I never sought out to learn how to play the techniques myself; I just thought someone was playing "really fast, " and that was it. Up until I was nearing 18, I taught myself chords and in time, very basic solo techniques. My idol at the time was Teppei Teranishi from Thrice (and will always respect him for his MAJOR influence on me back then and still now), and his style reflected right onto me. I pretty much plateaued here though because between the released albums at the time, Teppei didn't do sweeping, legato, alternate picking, economy picking, hybrid picking, etcetera. So when I eventually downloaded an old Avenged Sevenfold song on the tab program at 18 and started (painfully) learning the solo, things changed dramatically. It was incredibly hard to decipher at the time, but I stumbled my way through it and started to see what really could be done. At this point, YouTube had some tutorial videos, albeit the ones I found were really, really bad ones. I still could at least get the idea for the techniques from these videos. I learned a horrible way to sweep pick and had to correct my horrible technique when I came across a quality video a year or so later. This tainted my view because I was too worried to fall victim to other bad tutorials, so my progression slowed down again, drastically. These were very real and very major problems back then. Now, we still have these bad tutorials, but they're overshadowed by quality ones such as yours. I can tell that you are sincere when you say that you want everyone to reach a top tier level and that you believe they can. And man, with all of these videos that you have provided the community, that is exactly what you are doing. There is no telling where I'd be right now had I had access to lessons and advice at 16, like what you provide here on your channel. Despite it, you've helped to pull me out of a slow progression over the years and I've been practicing and playing more and more every day now. You really are giving everyone an edge, especially the younger players. Mad, mad, mad respect to you man. You give a new tone and definition to the term "Guitar God, " because it's obvious that you want everyone to be one as well. And most importantly, you show and explain that we all can actually achieve it if we put the time and effort in. Thank you Bernth.

[blackybro]

I love this warm feeling of progress in my fingers, when something works, that previously didn’t and I‘m too stubborn to give up, so I will keep going.

[kristiv]

Great message! I really respect the character you demonstrate in your gentle yet effective and moving reaction to this commenter. A big part of your success in addition to your very hard work and amazing playing comes from your heart to share and motivate others to be their best.
I'm an old gal that has been toying at learning classical guitar in my limited free time. ("Essential worker putting in 70+hour weeks) Your videos caught my attention some weeks ago, the ones where you showed your 4am routines to work one skill. I subscribed immediately. I just bought my first electric guitar at 53 and am so excited to find this community and and your courses.
This message really resonates with me. Forget the excuses. I'm just going to practice more and see where the music leads....

[imagesthatfitdotcom]

TY for this share! It's great to see you grow and accomplish your dreams! Keep up the great work Bernth!

[ejorbe]

Great video again! Thanks for talking about this, because this is something that has always hindered me. I am trying to stay focused and disciplined and have to remind myself that I won’t get it right away and it takes time. Thanks, even though I know I’m not the only one, it does feel better to know I am not the only one.

[andrewhogg]

Good for you Bernth! I love your passion for your music and am very grateful for all the work you put into teaching ‘us’ on the other side of the camera!
Thank you.

[nickrispoli]

Love the message here dude, you’re 100% spot on. Thank you for sharing your story and I wish you all the continued success! I’ve been with you since early 2020 now and I can see how much work you’ve put into this channel and how much it’s changed for the better over the years. I’m excited to stay on the path with you Bernth. Now to go watch the video you dropped on Patreon!

[adriancrabtree]

Fantastic, well said. I think everyone needs to hear that every once in a while. So glad I’m a part of your community. Keep rocking !!!

[Chamando]

Great video! Thanks for the positive reinforcement. I went to college right out of high school on a music scholarship and totally squandered it for various reasons. Over the many years since, I've always lamented about this and played with the idea of going back and trying again because it would be so awesome to be able to spend all my time on music. I finally realized I don't spend the time I already have available on guitar and music very well at all, and what I really need is discipline and sacrifice. School would be nice, but the mindset will take me way further. Developing that mindset is a skill in itself, and what is most important. I wish I had figured that out years ago, but I'm glad I finally am. It's exciting to see how much faster I'm progressing after years of half assed practice and feeling like nothing is happening.

[thomashammerheart]

Bernth, you delivered this message as well as anyone can! My guitar journey has been much more of a personal growth story than simply becoming a better musician. Although this has been said before, this might be one of your best videos.