Hey there Billy! First and foremost, I’d like to say ‘thank you’ for actually making this known to us. It’s something I’ve been working hard on to encourage people to post. There are literally THOUSANDS of other students who have the same exact fears as you do. So it’s not uncommon or unusual.
I can’t speak for myself because I didn’t have fears about posting because I was kind of a beginner, but moreso with how I looked. I was pretty self conscious about my weight.
Since your reason is entirely different, I will tell you this: There is an absolute ZERO TOLERANCE policy we have here on the site for bullying, or even slightly rude comments. I’ve defended a couple of students on here because some of the remarks they got weren’t very friendly. They weren’t necessarily mean, but they could have definitely been better. I discovered that because there are thousands of students from literally all over the world, that sometimes a language barrier is the culprit, and people don’t mean to come off as rude.
If you post up and someone starts to even become condescending to you, I step in immediately and warn the other student (with logical intentions of course) to change their tone. If it doesn’t get fixed and they get worse, I can either report them to be banned or even do it myself.
Syn and PG have worked so damn hard to specifically make this a safe place for YOU. And if this helps you get over your fears at all, read this:
Syn and Papa LOVE SO MUCH when students in YOUR situation finally post. It literally brings them so much happiness. BELIEVE ME. They created this site for students like you . This isn’t a G3 guitar tournament website. When they see you post (even if you can’t hold the guitar right or even pick right but you show you’re trying) it gives them a great sense of happiness knowing their endeavors in this school ARE helping people.
So in conclusion, post it for yourself and for them. Besides, we ALL love to see guitarists grow. We all love to help
