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Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
November 01 2015 15:47 GMT
#1361
The sound in the background is probably 60 cycle hum, the only ways to avoid it while using a single coil a) use a noiseless single coil or b) use a noise gate. It's less noisy with less gain too.

Regarding guitars idk, if i had to go for a metal guitar i'd grab an ESP Eclipse but that's me Nothing beats just playing a bunch of guitars, being patient and finding one you really like.
ModeratorProtoss all-ins are like a wok. You can throw whatever you want in there and it will turn out alright.
OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
November 01 2015 16:47 GMT
#1362
Tbh what you play and how you play it matters more than on what you play it (within certain boundaries, of course no one should play death metal on a '53 Telecaster going through a Fender Bassman just like no one should play traditional country on a EMG-equiped Ibanez going through a 100W Mesa Boogie head). I think for you the most important things you need to define right now is if you want a tone that is mostly clean (traditionally Jazz/Country/Blues), dirty (traditionally Blues Rock to all sorts of Something Rock), or heavily distorted (traditionally all things Metal). Then based on that and on the level of versatility you desire, you pick a guitar + amp combo. Never forget that the amp is a major component of the sound you hear at the end ; I'd even say it is most of the time more important than the guitar itself.
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-01 17:57:48
November 01 2015 17:44 GMT
#1363
yeah fortunately i just play plugged into the computer with rocksmith cable so amp isn't a concern and i can just do whatever with effects :/ but it always sounds like ibanez sound nice to me on youtube, of course it could just be their style of amp, pickups, effects, style of music, whatever. also i could be mindfucking myself to have preferences. i mean in one of the HSH strat demo videos (the long one) the other guy is playing a deluxe tele and it sounds amazing whilst the strat sounded a bit boring , then i'm like "man i want that tele deluxe! fuck it ill just buy that!" lol


well i managed to learn the very short solo over the weekend and put it into the song. i uploaded a playthru just for records sake so i can (hopefully) remember how shit i was. and you can see how bad i am still (at chord transitions) lol. and also that i have 0 clue about rhythm technique yet + Show Spoiler +


(actually i realise that i didnt finish the song lol but im so fuckin tired i cud drop right now)

man i have no fucking idea how i'm going to improve at this rate lol. this week i just need to dedicate on nothing but each transition one by one until i nail them and do absolutely nothing else. otherwise i just won't improve by the end of the week. i don't have time to casually practice the same bar for 4 hours whilst watching dota anymore, i got like 30 mins in the car and 30 mins at home and i'm knackered as fuck the whole time to begin with
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LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1845 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-01 17:53:16
November 01 2015 17:52 GMT
#1364
If you're looking to find a guitar I would strongly recommend considering feel above all else.

Do you like shorter scale length? Go Gibson style.
Medium? PRS style
Long? Fender style

Do you want it heavy so it feels substantial, or really light so it is easy to play standing up with no pain?

How wide do you want the neck? Do you want a contour on the body?

Answer these questions by playing guitars with all the different attributes. Then start looking for guitars with the attributes you want. Many guitars sound good. Get something with the feel you want then if you desperately need a particular sound you can get that guitar later.
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-01 19:40:14
November 01 2015 19:25 GMT
#1365
look i just tried playing an a-shape barre chord with my first finger barring the 6 strings instead of half muting the lowest string like JustinGuitar video told me to do 6 months ago and found out that its 1000x easier for me if you just barre the whole lot of them...... this literally just changed everything i know about fretboards in 1 second coz the whole problem with ibanez was i couldn't (barely) make that shape on them in the way that i was doing it (the justin video is here + Show Spoiler +
)

i'm guessing that barring (and playing) the lowest 6th string in the A shape is incorrect coz it changes the root/lowest note of the chord then right? but i can still barre it and just not strike it right :/

now im like totally going to the guitar shop tomorrow to try out the ibanezes again!!!!!!!!!

edit: someone on UG said ibanez are harder to barre on anyway coz flatter fretboard or something so i should still be aware of that (fml)
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Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
November 01 2015 20:15 GMT
#1366
It's fine from a music theory point of view because that note is the 5 th of the chord anyway, it just changes the sound a bit.
ModeratorProtoss all-ins are like a wok. You can throw whatever you want in there and it will turn out alright.
OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
November 01 2015 20:20 GMT
#1367
Yeah, when playing alone you can go for it np, as it makes it "bigger" sounding (more bassy).
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-01 21:12:16
November 01 2015 20:30 GMT
#1368
ok, yeah i would just listen to how it sounds to me really, but it literally never occured to me to try repositioning my hand to include it for 6 months and when i did suddenly the chord became signicicantly more comfortable (i say comfortable because i could play it , just not for more than 5 seconds :/ )



edit FYI the drone sound that was occuring when i play scale is apparently due to me not muting strings during scales. i never knew you were supposed to lol.

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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
November 02 2015 22:53 GMT
#1369
reposted from UG

i just got back from the guitar shop where i tried 4 guitars out for quite a while....

1) a sick looking yellow exotic type £500 ibanez rgsomething ,
+ absolutely gorgeous
+ played exactly the same as my gsa60 but with better setup
+ still hard to get some barre chords but not as hard as my guitar. by hard i mean i still have to push pretty bloody hard and get a fair bit of buzz here and there

2) a £450 6 string ironsomething ibanez
+ played even better than the one above. uses a different neck so maybe that was it, could be setup or anything though

3) the £400 epiphone les paul cherry sunburst
+ i thought this would play much better for me than the ibanezes but shockingly i was pretty terrible on it and literally couldn't ring out the Gminor barre at all , wtf

4) mim strat sss
+ now i tried a few fender/strat boards in previous visits, never this one though i dont think. and HOLY FUCK i wasn't imagining things when it always appeared that i find this make 10x easier to play than ibanez. i can do Bb and even whatever comes higher than that (with ur barre off the top of the guitar) pretty much with ease. i have small hands so its really surprising (and disappointing) that i suck on ibanez so much but i absolutely gotta get a fender now there's no question about it

(fyi the action was low on the 2 ibanezes and i was getting fretbuzz AND having to push super hard to make chords, the action on the eiphone was medium ish i think and the strat was lowish and much less buzz than the others if any)

NOW I GOTTA SPEND 60 FUCKIN HOURS DECIDING WHETHER SSS SSH OR HSH AND WITH OR WITHOUT TREM LOL FML


thanks so much for you help EVERYONE over the weeks of my quest (and onwards).

my ultimate conclusion is that i suck , and maybe one day i will pick up an ibanez or any other guitar and be able to play it without a buttfuck ton of fret buzz whilst giving myself carpel tunnel syndrome at the same time from pushing so hard to make a clean chord. or maybe not, i don't care, i'm happy as shit at last coz its been a rough ride lol :D


btw if anyone has a spare minute, is the tone in these songs strat SSS or could i get it with HSH or SSH or is it tele (i done a quickl google)? i'll probably have to decide between SSH and HSH but thats a job for another day , its 10pm and i gotta sleep so will just leave these here. (there are some parts where guitar is VERY clear if you can find them fyi):



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Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-02 23:12:49
November 02 2015 23:12 GMT
#1370
Keep in mind that the 6 point trem on mim's sucks immense amounts of dick for metal. You can do some vibrato with it, but certainly not dive bombs and such. They are absolutely killer guitars though.
ModeratorProtoss all-ins are like a wok. You can throw whatever you want in there and it will turn out alright.
JSH
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4109 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-02 23:53:05
November 02 2015 23:52 GMT
#1371
That muting unwanted string noise video was like... wow
I can't believe I did not know about this
This makes everything I do sound so much cleaner (and harder to play, but satisfying)
Thanks for sharing

Are there any other stuff basic stuff I should know about that I never learned because I never had instruction

Also good luck with your new guitar !
"It's called a miracle because it doesn't happen" - Just like my chances of reaching C- on ICCUP
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-03 00:47:56
November 03 2015 00:46 GMT
#1372
actually i'm pretty sure i'm gonna get the £470 sunburst maple standard TELECASTER

i just listen to some tele youtubes for a few hours and they turn me on

:D

i literally just filled in the finance form and then closed it so i can wait 1 more day for replies/comments lol :p
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LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1845 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-03 14:51:26
November 03 2015 05:13 GMT
#1373
Something I've been thinking about:
http://www.quilterlabs.com/index.php/products/mini-head-amps/101-mini-head

I feel like I'm breaking the rules being interested in solid state, but those features are amazing and the sound is good too.


Also I'm pretty sure I'm going to get this when I finish defending my thesis:
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Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
November 03 2015 08:25 GMT
#1374
On November 03 2015 09:46 FFGenerations wrote:
actually i'm pretty sure i'm gonna get the £470 sunburst maple standard TELECASTER

i just listen to some tele youtubes for a few hours and they turn me on

:D

i literally just filled in the finance form and then closed it so i can wait 1 more day for replies/comments lol :p


So much for a metal guitar xD
ModeratorProtoss all-ins are like a wok. You can throw whatever you want in there and it will turn out alright.
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-03 22:25:22
November 03 2015 22:08 GMT
#1375
came seconds away from buying a tele HH but remembered a guy saying to try out a PSR as they "seem to fit a lot of people really well" and a local shop has them so i gotta wait till the weekend again lol
fml

edit: actually fuck it i placed the order but it referred my credit check
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LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1845 Posts
November 04 2015 00:11 GMT
#1376
You can probably return it/cancel the order etc.

Seriously, don't rush into getting a guitar, there are so many good ones! Make sure you can try as many as you can!

PRS is a really good company. Reverend is also good.
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
November 05 2015 23:41 GMT
#1377
Cool BW Music Vid - youtube.com/watch?v=W54nlqJ-Nx8 ~~~~~ ᕤ OYSTERS ᕤ CLAMS ᕤ AND ᕤ CUCKOLDS ᕤ ~~~~~~ ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ PUNCH HIM ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
November 07 2015 16:04 GMT
#1378
i went the "safe" route and got a sss strat , its fucking gorgeous (need to raise the action a bit tho sometime)

i figured the tele might be more frustrating for me since it would be more a precision instrument and strat would be a more relaxed "do whatever" instrument. (that's psychology for you).

candy red maple for a warm sexy fun feel. yeah i put a lot of thought into this shit and so i get a lot out of it

MY HAIRCUT FUCKING SUCKS UNTIL I CAN BE BOTHERED TO GET MY SISSORS OUT OF MY SUITCASE SO I HAD TO MSPAINT SOME OF IT OFF LOL

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Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
November 07 2015 16:17 GMT
#1379
\m/ sweet strat
ModeratorProtoss all-ins are like a wok. You can throw whatever you want in there and it will turn out alright.
riotjune
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States3393 Posts
November 07 2015 16:19 GMT
#1380
Sick guitar!

I ended up with a Fender Telecaster for my first guitar, but it was too country for my tastes
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