I sold my electric guitar after a month of trying to play some chords. Shit is hard. Godspeed to you.
I dont know man, I know very little of this stuff. Maybe I should have learned to play some songs first. Or maybe I couldn't even play the notes.
I'm gonna interject here and say, no matter what kind you buy, learn some cords. What Powerslave is suggesting may be fun for playing around, but only focusing on lead is extremely limited. You need to learn everything possible. It will just make you an all around better player.
I'll also interject and say distortion on single coil pickups doesn't always sound like shit
I wasn't suggesting anything to the OP, I was talking to Kosma.
I've been wanting to learn how to play acoustic. What's good for beginners?
Why would you want to play bass? Seems boring to me. You'll only get 1 type of sound out of it and it will all be .....bassy
I sold my electric guitar after a month of trying to play some chords. Shit is hard. Godspeed to you.
Fuck chords. I never play them. Yeah I do powerchords, but I only like to play Metal, so there you have it. I only play Lead guitar, so a lot of single notes and 'solos' types of stuff. I'm really not interested in all those chords, but I'm sure I will start on them soon. For now I just play things I like to play. Bits of songs here and there, I enjoy it.
Hey Powerslave, did you keep your Ibanez S?
Those packs are kinda meh. I'd say spend the couple extra hundred and get a Fender MIM Strat or Epiphone Les Paul Standard (both about $400) coupled with a VOX Valvetronic 15 watt amp (about $175) and you'll have a sick setup (yet affordable) that will last you a long ass time and sound sweet as hell. Throw in a couple effects pedals later when you figure out what you like for styles.
Hey Powerslave, did you keep your Ibanez S?
Yeah I still got the SA160. I love it. I improved very much and I'm like 65% in of having mastered alternate picking :)
I feel like I should be going to the next level. Try something different than playing music through tab, but I'm too lazy to check lessons :(
Yeah man, that problem has completely gone away, miraculously.
I feel like I should be going to the next level. Try something different than playing music through tab, but I'm too lazy to check lessons :(
Also, Powerslave, you could check out these books:
http://www.guitargrimoire.com/ (http://www.guitargrimoire.com/)
I know guys who swear by them. There's a whole series on different scales and methods, which, since you like playing lead, would be really handy. Best of all, if you don't feel like reading them, they have the lessons on DVD.
I think i'll be puttin in a order Friday night for a guitar...finally *sigh*. Still don't know wtf one to get :(
but you don't need an amp when you can't even play yet.
Well I don't really want an acoustic anyways, I want to jam the fuck out not make sappy love songs
What sort of stuff are you writing?
Bildi I'm curious to see/hear how great you can play. Do you have any recordings of yourself? If not, can you make one if it's not too much asked? If not, can you write down and explain the things you can do? If not, can you suck my dick?
So I got my dads old acoustic; wish my camera had batteries or i'd take a picture. Anyways, anyone know a good online website with some basic tutorials? And on how to tune a guitar :P
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You sound like you're very technically proficient, Bildi. Classical guitar makes me jealous. Being self taught, I have zero theory, can't read music etc. But I'm very fortunate in that I have a weird sort of musical photographic memory. If I come up with a riff, chord progression etc. that I like, I never forget it, sometimes even for years, until I get around to recording it. Sometimes I can write entire songs, lyrics and all, in my head while doing things like washing the dishes.
As for fast leads, speed picking and the like, it was something I was never terribly interested in, and i only recently have really started to put any effort into doing. I would always leave that to my friend who was a huge Satriani, Eddie Van Halen style fan, when I needed tha sort of thing.
Bildi, I'll respond to your post a little later.
Hope you enjoy the bass - the world certainly needs more bass players so if you like it, go for it.
Maybe you should buy and learn the drums too. And when you master that (should take 3-4 weeks max) you can move on to singing or playing keyboard.
Maybe you should buy and learn the drums too. And when you master that (should take 3-4 weeks max) you can move on to singing or playing keyboard.
Fuck, that's a long post. So what is your story Powerslave?
And make sure you leave your zipper open while you tell it. :-*
Buffet Strap is best strap ever.
I probably shouldn't tell you how much I paid for that strap then :'(spoiler (click to show/hide)$25[close]
I miss playing real guitar. I played for 13 years but....
Ever since my first was born, I stopped playing. It was always "Tooo loud". :'(
Once my kids get older, I'll get back in. You don't forget how to play, but your fingers do forget the stamina. :'(
http://www.myspace.com/josereyesstolemygirl
it'll be up there sometime tonight or tommorrow
Yeah I've been playing again after a break for a week and my fretting fingers got tired fast.
Finger more things during the week.
Man I need my new strings RIGHT NOW :(
ok I'll finger anything that comes in my way from now on
Oh man, everyone who wants to learn guitar solos needs to download Guitar Pro. You can find it pretty easily on BitTorrent. It makes learning solos so much easier as opposed to just reading tabs. You know how when you're reading tabs, sometimes you see a phrase printed out, and you try to play it, and you're like "what the fuck?" With Guitar Pro, you can actually hear a midi version of those whack looking phrases being played, so you know how that shit is supposed to sound.
I think the problem is that I always practice while sitting down. Maybe I need to practice everything while standing up so that I'll be playing from the same angle I play at live.
http://www.last.fm/music/Jose+Reyes+Stole+My+Girlfriend/Second+Base/Strange+Times+Are+Ahead+(Instrumental)
mupepe I don't have my bass gear with me right now but i'll grab you that rift asap :(. Stupid college break.
So after ignoring my 5 string ofr a little bit I decided to just jam and came up with this on a spur of a moment. I really like it and want to work it further. Watch out, it's just raw audio (my roommate still have my mixers cables :( ) and alot of experimentating. I hope you guys like it as much as I do:
http://www.upload-mp3.com/pfiles/55779/mycatbuddy.mp3
starts out with me getting the tempo right then picks up.
Your goal:
[youtube=560,345]h53va2AIuYU[/youtube]
boreguitarists
i am at a lost I am trying to compose a song but I don't know what to do next. Right now my chord progression ends at a D7, and I need to make it a little bit happier and higher tone wise anyone got any reccs
No, but buying a bottom shelf piece of shit might actually de-motivate. Granted, the big brand's entry level stuff can be quite good, even when it's made in China. Maybe not acoustics though, I don't have much experience on that end.
How do I find musical camaraderie as an adult? I guess a band would be ideal. I love playing in a group. But it seems that doesn't happen as an adult unless you're a professional or play music at gigs or something?I've had serious issues with that. It was easiest in college. Loads of players so you could have a pick so there's plenty people around your level.
What sucks the most is that the two styles I want to at the most: flamenco and jazz on guitar and highly limited to impossible on an acoustic. Guess there's always blues or folk.You mean steel string instead of classical? Because there's tons of jazz for the classical guitar and flamenco is practically exclusively on classical guitar.
To be fair, that was pretty pretentious and boring.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mlYjBN1bm8
flamenco on classical :whoo
beauty
:zzz