[coldethyl]

Yes, if you hadn't taken up guitar, is there another instrument you would have gone with?

For me, it would have to be drums?
I remember listening to "100,000 years" by KISS and drumming along to Peter Criss' drum solo with my mum's knitting needles, much to her dismay.

[eddiez152]

Love them Ivory's

[carol m]

This is a tough one to answer. The other instruments I quite like are cello, clarinet and maybe sax but you couldn't play the sort of music I liked best on any of them.

Guitar was never an option when I was young. I didn't even see a real life guitar until I was 18 (in a shop window when I escaped from rural England) and no option to learn guitar at school. I could have possibly asked to learn piano at school but we didn't have any instruments or piano at home so I never did, and violin was just too excruciating in the hands of a beginner.

I was always in love with the guitar and the music that it made, but I didn't get a chance to buy my own until a few years ago. So my answer is Guitar or nothing.

[mattz196]

Saxaphone or Piano would love to be able to play either .

[Hilch]

When I was lil biddy boy
I use to play tambourne
in the Salvation Army band
On the corners every Christmas season

I still remember the good ol carols
My right hand still beats along


Umm so I am going to say Tambourine

[skinnybloke]

Blues Harp.
The reason I play an instrument is listening to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee as a kid. I opted for guitar (as most sixteen year olds do). But I still love the harp.
YouTube - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' the Blues

[Noodler]

The triangle. It's undemanding, and gives so much. It's also affordable.

I dreamt of the cello, but too $$$$.

I am thinking of trying drumming, and am currently trying singing (properly, with lessons).

[starsailor]

I like playing the piano but I'm not that good, I think I would have taken proper singing lessons, I did sing in the Choir until I left school but I would have liked to take it to the next level, I like singing and think the Voice is a brilliant instrument.

[Vetinari]

I would really, really like a Hurdy-Gurdy but they are well expensive .

[scotty_b]

I play sax already, but would probably be a lot better if I didn't play guitar.
I absolutley love blues/gospel/jazz piano - think Ray Charles. That stuff send me into raptures. I would love to be able to piano in that style, or the Hammond B3.

[SlickCat]

Originally Posted by skinnybloke

Blues Harp.
The reason I play an instrument is listening to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee as a kid. I opted for guitar (as most sixteen year olds do). But I still love the harp.
YouTube - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' the Blues

+1 on the Blues Harp...you can really wail and it fits in your pocket!

[starsailor]

A Musical Saw or Theramin might be cool, you can get some really weird sounds with them. wi

[GotDeeBlues]

I always thought it would be neat to be able to walk into some shot & beer joint that had an upright in the bar, sit down & play something like "One for My Baby".

[starsailor]

Originally Posted by GotDeeBlues

I always thought it would be neat to be able to walk into some shot & beer joint that had an upright in the bar, sit down & play something like "One for My Baby".

That would be cool, with the added bonus of free beer for playing hopefully

[cmmcgarry5]

Originally Posted by SlickCat

+1 on the Blues Harp...you can really wail and it fits in your pocket!

+ 2 on the blues harp.
but I love country fiddle also.
chrissy