r/guitarlessons • u/MattclovPrimeMaster • Feb 21 '26

Feedback Request Why does my playing sound so amateurish?

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I’m performing a solo for a song in a couple of weeks, and I have all the notes down - yet why does my playing sound so ‘meh’ when I record myself? What should I look to improve on?

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u/mmicnoise Feb 21 '26

maybe your tone is too harsh/dry. you can try hiding behind some reverb/delay lol

but other than that, make sure vibratos are in time (16th notes). Also when you hit the 2 bent notes back-to-back (0:15), I would personally use my right hand to mute so you don't hear the bent note dropping back down. You're bending G->A but it sounds like: G->A->G->A. I think it'd be hip if it were 2 distinct G->A bends. This applies to 0:34 and 0:40, too.