EPTOn May 15 2015 21:07 OtherWorld wrote:
RIP BB King )':
RIP BB King )':
I always wanted to see him live, but sadly never got the opportunity. RIP sir King =[
Guitar Thread - Page 66
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Powerpill
United States1693 Posts
I always wanted to see him live, but sadly never got the opportunity. RIP sir King =[ | ||
Teoita
Italy12247 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9thK4T9.jpg) Rip  He was the first blues player i listened to, and a major reason why i play Gibsons...i really wish i had seen him live. | ||
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ThomasjServo
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Indianola Mississippi Seeds was one of the records I stole from my dads collection. | ||
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
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SixStrings
Germany2046 Posts
My (tube) amp only does distortion, so which pedals should I be looking at? | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On June 30 2015 21:01 SixStrings wrote: So what exactly does a barebones metal sound consist of? My (tube) amp only does distortion, so which pedals should I be looking at? Metal is pretty straightforward to get a good sound for. Basically I'd recommend just looking into getting a good distortion pedal if your amp doesn't have adequate distortion, a chorus pedal for cleans and some lead parts, a wah pedal or whammy pedal depending on what style of metal you play, and maybe a compression/noise filter pedal depending on how bad the feedback is when you're playing. That's basically it. You don't even really need all that stuff though. It also never hurts to have a reverb and delay pedal since there are a lot of songs that use those effects, but they're not that common in modern metal. Depending on your preferred metal sub-genre, you may find some effects are more useful than others. | ||
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Zylence
United States24 Posts
Before investing in any pedals though see what you can get out of your EQ knobs. You'd be surprised just how much tone you can get with the right amount of scooping and boosting to certain frequencies. | ||
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Teoita
Italy12247 Posts
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LeperKahn
Romania1852 Posts
don't scoop your mids without understanding what it actually does. the knobs are not just volume controls for that particular frequency band. This article explains it fairly well. | ||
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SixStrings
Germany2046 Posts
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
you can speed up/slow down either vid with their video settings button tnx youtu.be/56rdtePMLC0?t=81 | ||
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Azra
United States8 Posts
Pretty basic stuff but this video actually helped me immensely. It can be helpful to get back to basics once in a while. | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
this is the best beginners licks video so far!!! the last one he plays seemed to be in a weird key but i came out of it into one of nil's boxes (the 3rd one i think) which was pretty cool rip fingers again already | ||
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Jonsoload
Germany62 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/RGj3Tfd.jpg) Besides, a violin is much sexier than a guitar, at least for me (/jump into flame repellent suit  )There are many pieces to showcase the luscious yet powerful tone of a violin, such as this one by Sarasate: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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JSH
United States4109 Posts
I love the violin (more than the guitar) But why would you post it here Clearly labeled Guitar Thread :V Maybe you can start your own Violin thread instead~ Also it's really hard to practice 2 instruments, I've been practicing violin a lot more, and been neglecting my poor guitar It just seems hard to find time to do both :/ Also is there like any practice regiment I could do for guitar? Like when I practice violin, I start off with scales and etudes, then work on pieces With guitar I usually just practice tabs I guess there is scale exercises I should work on huh | ||
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Jonsoload
Germany62 Posts
Yeah about the thread...well it seems rather difficult these days to find guys who interested in traditional instruments, thus I put posted a pic of my violin in here. Also, I think the little troll in me wanted some TL members to check out some violin instead of guitar, but you are right that I should post something guitar related, so I hope you guys enjoy this one: + Show Spoiler + As for practicing, I don't know much about guitar works, but I would think it should be relatively easy to find suitable books to learn scales&fingering, etudes, and then even "normal" melodic pieces with progression in difficulty. Naturally, this implies that you train yourself in classical guitar pieces (at least at start) to make sure you develop a good dextrerity and agility in those fingers. | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
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Teoita
Italy12247 Posts
On August 17 2015 08:44 JSH wrote: Also is there like any practice regiment I could do for guitar? Like when I practice violin, I start off with scales and etudes, then work on pieces With guitar I usually just practice tabs I guess there is scale exercises I should work on huh You can easily do something like that with guitar. For example, start off with playing chromatic scales up and down the strings, then moving up one step (so, for example, 1-2-3-4 on the low e string, then the a string, and so on, then when you get to the high e string move to 2-3-4-5, get back up, start over); you can also alter your fingering to play 4-3-2-1, using legato, etc. Then practice some scale or arpeggio you already know, or you want to improve on, in different positions, then start playing licks, solos or songs. That's a pretty good way to warm up before practicing actual music. On August 17 2015 15:25 docvoc wrote: Idk how many people in here have done this, but does anyone know about travelling with a guitar? I'm going abroad to Granada, Spain for a semester and I don't wanna be away from my guitars for that long (as in probably no guitar playing without them). When I was studying in Buenos Aires I was only there for a month, but the itch was super strong and I had no place to rent or even try any quality guitars out (they had some shitty off-brand guitars in random shops that sold clothing as a prop. Any ideas? I could bring my own guitar, but my rents aren't so hot on that idea. I brought my Gibson SG, which i bought in the US, back to Europe in 2008; they just let me carry on the hard case on the plane thankfully. I would 100% check with the company you're going to be flying with if they let you do that though, if you can't i'd even consider buying a second ticket over letting anyone else handle one of my guitars. If you don't want to annoy anyone where you will live you can just buy a tiny 1-5 watt amp, or even an amp with a headphone output like a Blackstar; i recently got one of those tiny Marshalls because i'm spending most of my days working at an observatory and i figured bringing an 80-watt Marshall might have been a touch overkill >.> I know what you're talking about with the itch to play. A few years ago i travelled in India for 6 weeks with a friend after graduating high school, and i ended up buying a tiny mini-guitar (it's about as big as a ukulele, but it's tuned to standard and has 6 strings) for like 40 euros because i just missed playing too much. It's kind of a piece of shit instrument, but it really saved me :D | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
although i am a beginner | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
youtu.be/szZEYatFo_s?t=125 | ||
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