On November 27 2014 01:15 SixStrings wrote: That's fine, I'll figure it out eventually. I probably just need to practice until it finally clicks in my brain, but it's not an easy thing to master.
Has any of you ever taken their guitars on a flight? I don't feel like buying a flight case, is there any way they'll let me just keep my lute at my person?
flying in America you have the right (there is a law about it) to keep your instrument with you while you fly, but if it's big they might make you buy another seat.
Also, about fingerpicking....
I'm no master, but like everything on the guitar break it down into parts. First thing you should learn if you're trying to learn folk fingerstyle is alternating bass. It's useful for folk and bossanova and all sorts of things. Get it down so you can focus on the other fingers later.
Once you have that then just count in your head One Two Three Four. On the Twos and Fours use three fingers to pluck a chord you like. You'll get it.
On November 27 2014 01:23 Teoita wrote: The only time i did it was when i flew back from the US to Europe after spending one year there; they let me carry the case on board as a carry on (along with a backpack) without any trouble. I would never ever ever ever ever ever check it in and let anyone else handle it though.
Americans airlines actually have to do that, but l think it's different in Europe. I can't even imagine the feeling of giving my guitar to a baggage handler and just hope it arrives in one piece.
If you really really care about your guitar you can always buy a seat just for it, like Bonamassa does with his '59 LP. But yeah I think that with the amount of baggages baggage handlers handle each day they probably don't even try to differenciate what has to be handled with extra care from what does not have to (and that's understable), so taking it without a flight case seems like a bad idea. edit : I don't think EU airlines have a law to force them to accept instruments in the cabins. I only found this, and it does not force the airlines to do anything.
Well when i flew back to Italy i went from Denver to Munich, and then from Munich to Milan. On the second flight they didn't tell me anything about my guitar.
Granted, it was Lufthansa, not Ryanair or some shitty company like that, but still.
Out of curiosity, what type of guitar is being played at the beginning of this? Sounds really high-pitched, is that a Strat?
Except for a few obvious ones, telling exactly what a guitar is in a record is usually really hard. I mean, listen to the early Led Zeppelin stuff and see if you can point what was recorded on a Tele and what on a LP...
that said, that intro sounds like something with a humbucker to me.
Tbh with the distortion you can't really tell what precise type of guitar it is. You can just assume that it is a guitar with relatively high output pickups (most likely humbuckers).
Anyone have any experience with the DSL15H from Marshall? I was looking into a BLackstar HT Metal 5 or a HT Studio 20, but I read alot of mixed review. Thing like how the amp isn't serviceable or that its not actually a tube amp. Other amps I've looked into are Orange Tiny Terrors, but they don't have footswitches or FX Loops
Has anyone had any experience with these amps?
I want an amp that can stay tight at the bottom end, with enough gain to do Death Magnetic. But, also has good enough headroom for decent cleans.
Budget is 1000 USD. But that includes having to purchase a cab. If you can recommend a combo thats good too. I want something that I can practice a home, and go small 100-200 people gigs.
Or should I just save my coins for Mesa/Boogie Mark Five : 25 (Soooo Expensive though )
EDIT: Also the GC by my house sucks Zerg nuggets. They only carry SS/ modeling amps like Line 6.
On December 16 2014 00:51 OtherWorld wrote: I don't have much experience with hi-gain amps, but the only one I tried once, a Palmer Blutsturz, rocked hard. I dunno if I'm being helpful though d:
Thats okay . Looked that amp up. I pretty sure my GC would'nt carry that. They don't even carry real Marshalls.
I have a DSL 40C. It's ok with my Les Paul Studio, sounds very good with my Schecter Hellraiser if I want to play metal. It's not quite tight enough imo, but that may just be the burstbuckers on my Studio. Once I swap out the EMGs on my Schecter for the new Seymour Duncans I got (including an Invader in the bridge and SH-1 in the neck) I'll be able to give a better idea of how it sounds. It's not great for tighter metal in the vane of metalcore or something like that, but it's pretty good if you want a looser bass. You may be better off getting a slightly better amp with less gain though, and getting something like a tube screamer pedal though.
On December 16 2014 08:07 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: I have a DSL 40C. It's ok with my Les Paul Studio, sounds very good with my Schecter Hellraiser if I want to play metal. It's not quite tight enough imo, but that may just be the burstbuckers on my Studio. Once I swap out the EMGs on my Schecter for the new Seymour Duncans I got (including an Invader in the bridge and SH-1 in the neck) I'll be able to give a better idea of how it sounds. It's not great for tighter metal in the vane of metalcore or something like that, but it's pretty good if you want a looser bass. You may be better off getting a slightly better amp with less gain though, and getting something like a tube screamer pedal though.
Yeah, keep me posted when you switch pickups.
I'm not really looking for Metalcore, I just like to have a tight bass end for gallops. i'm leaning towards saving up and getting that Mesa, I would hate to cheap out and be annoyed that I did .
On December 16 2014 14:49 LeperKahn wrote: I'm curious, why do you guys think so many guitarists gravitate towards playing metal?
(Perhaps I'm bias because most guitarists I converse with use the internet?)
I find it the most fun. It's challenging, yet the things that I listen to have really cool rhythmic interplay and really awesome harmonies. I feel cheap in comparing it to classical for me, but it really is. I play the cello and the interplay of the various sections of the orchestra in classical music is most similar to the way metal feels to me. Obviously there is gimmicky and simple metal that is nothing more than some chugging and fast double bass parts (see: Metallica; for the most part at least), but some of it is really innovative and has some cool rhythmic complexity that I just don't see in other styles of music nowadays.
I still truly admire classical guitar players and great blues/jazz guitarists, but metal just seems the most interesting to me. I do like almost any kind of music though, for the most part. Metal just happens to be what piques my interest the most.
Also, I've been really into the instrumental/progressive bands Animals as Leaders and Intervals. CAFO and Physical Education by Animals as Leaders, and Momento by Intervals are just such cool tracks.
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