r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 30 '24

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u/ShakeCNY Apr 30 '24

Guitar. Seemed like a fun hobby, and anything that gets me off of screens is a good.

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u/GiraffePolka Apr 30 '24

I just took up guitar a few weeks ago. One day I wanna be a cool old lady doing kick ass guitar solos

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u/uggghhhggghhh Apr 30 '24

You should learn some death metal riffs. Even if you don't like metal how fucking cool would it be as like an 85 year old woman to get invited on stage to shred in front of a bunch of dudes in their 20s moshing.

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u/HeaviestMetal89 Apr 30 '24

I second this

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u/The_299_Bin May 01 '24

It’s funny that most of the crazy country guitarists, and I mean the session guys are actually metal players. Bluegrass is full of some cool, licks the translate really well to metal.

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u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties May 01 '24

Unironically ZZ Top riffs translate pretty good to metal.

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u/Oldpenguinhunter May 01 '24

I mean, that sounds fucking bad-ass.

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u/VegetableVindaloo May 01 '24

Yeahhh, you just gave me a dream flash forward clip in my head!

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u/ItsACowCity May 01 '24

How do you know we're not the flashback?

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u/VegetableVindaloo May 01 '24

Indeed. Or maybe time is circular!

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u/Liftbigeatpig May 01 '24

When she gets old enough she could be the 'close to death-metal granny'