u/ConfusedOrg

So I’m 26 years old and started playing guitar when I was about 12. I was self taught played every day (6 hours a day or so) throughout my teens. It all came to a halt when I had this hand injury. I couldnt play for months on and off and my fretting hand just got so weak. And still is to this day. I can hardly carry a bag of groceries in my left hand. I still play every day but mostly just strumming or play arpeggios and stuff for my own songs.

I used to play Hendrix and SRV solos note for note and would just jam all day with my friends and improvise solos on the spot.

If I try playing lead stuff now I feel so handicapped. My dexterity and speed and vocabulary just isn’t the same anymore.

Anyone who can share similar experiences? And any tips on how to build up strength and dexterity again?

Listened to ok computer earlier today, and in the “rain down”/ middle 8 part of paranoid android, I couldn’t recognize to voice sings the low harmonies on the left speaker. Doesn’t sound like thom (maybe out of his range too) or ed. Is it some sort of sampling keyboard? Or did they speed up the track, record the vocal and pitch it back down afterwards?

And why is it acoustic guitar??? I can't for the life of seem to ever get it right. No matter what I do, it also sounds like shit. It's either drowned in the mix, or all I can hear is the pick scraping against the strings.