On December 18 2014 08:09 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote: so I'm thinking of trying to learn guitar. mostly metal. anyone have any good suggestions for a decent starting out electric guitars and and amp?
kind of off topic but anyone know where to get good rock/metal keyboard music? I've tried to find some but other than some old classic rock books on amazon I've struck out
LTDs bro. You can get a really nice starting guitar with active ESP pickups for that chuga chuga. Many have comented that they believe their just rebranded EMGs .
On December 18 2014 08:43 Teoita wrote: HSS Strat! Imo best starting guitar for absolutely anything really. Plus classic design guitars are cooler than what kids play these days
I hate fender So many nice Active Super Strats with Mega Swag.
Yeha im biased towards classic designs. I like (most) strats much better than superstrats.
But.....
All it needs are some nice Black Chrome pickups. Not a big fan of black blocks.
But, I 've neve scene a Strat like that. Floyd + Humbucker + Black pickguard.
That's a signature Adrian Smith Jackson. They are really cool guitars, and he's a boss.
Unrelated: i finally have something with humbuckers \o/ got this Les Paul replica, used to be my gf's brother and now it's sitting at my house more or less permanently
It's surprisingly good considering it's a really cheap model!
I'm pretty much totally a noob at this. All I've ever owned is the VOX AD30VT. It's really nice for the price, but I was thinking of getting something nicer.
I usually play clean, so I don't think bundled effects are a selling point for me. I would prefer something with better tone over loudness since I record myself and usually play in my room. Any ideas of where to start my search?
But, I 've neve scene a Strat like that. Floyd + Humbucker + Black pickguard.
That's a signature Adrian Smith Jackson. They are really cool guitars, and he's a boss.
Unrelated: i finally have something with humbuckers \o/ got this Les Paul replica, used to be my gf's brother and now it's sitting at my house more or less permanently
Yeah i think the most used home/practice amps are those, Vox AC15's-AC4's, Blackstars HT5/HT20, Orange Tiny Terrors and Marshall DSL's but those last few are probably too high gain for you.
Has anyone had experience picking up fingerstyle after playing guitar for years with a pick? All I played for ~12 years was electric guitar with a pick and the switch is...wow. I just bought an acoustic, a Seagull SWS, and decided it was time to start learning how to play fingerstyle. It's like I don't know how to play all over again :D It's a little frustrating to not be able to play what comes to mind, but at the same time pretty exciting.
Anyway, if anyone has any tips they'd like to give, I'd love to hear them
On January 09 2015 04:28 GwSC wrote: Has anyone had experience picking up fingerstyle after playing guitar for years with a pick? All I played for ~12 years was electric guitar with a pick and the switch is...wow. I just bought an acoustic, a Seagull SWS, and decided it was time to start learning how to play fingerstyle. It's like I don't know how to play all over again :D It's a little frustrating to not be able to play what comes to mind, but at the same time pretty exciting.
Anyway, if anyone has any tips they'd like to give, I'd love to hear them
You'll get it eventually. I didn't play with a pick as long as you did, but you'll get it. Just be patient.
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It's important to work on individual parts.
It depends on which style you're learning, but no matter the style it will be useful to play alternating bass. Practice alternating bass until you can do it in your sleep.
Once you've got the motion down then you can add something on the 2s and 4s. I recommend using three fingers to pluck the chord.
Once you can do that then lose the chord and add melody elements. This will take a lot of time, but learn a song like this one:
The main thing is being able to separate your thumb's actions from your other fingers.
On January 05 2015 20:38 LeperKahn wrote: It may be cheap but it looks nice!
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I am thinking of getting a new amp...
I'm pretty much totally a noob at this. All I've ever owned is the VOX AD30VT. It's really nice for the price, but I was thinking of getting something nicer.
I usually play clean, so I don't think bundled effects are a selling point for me. I would prefer something with better tone over loudness since I record myself and usually play in my room. Any ideas of where to start my search?
The Vox AC15 is one of my favorites ever, I prefer it over the AC30 honestly.
Take your guitar to a guitar store and plug it into a few different amps, use your ears to choose. I took my PRS mira around, and found a used Fender Hotrod Deluxe that sounded so much better than any other amp any Orlando store (with my pedals too). I mostly play clean too, and use stompoxes to modify my tone when necessary. My secret (I get complimented on my tone a LOT) is to use an overdrive pedal, the Fulltone OCD, for my clean tone. Instead of depending on the amp to break up and crunch for me, I leave the channel volume low, turn the master to as loud as I need it, (produces a clean tone that way), I set the OCD to have a low drive setting, a warm tone setting, and I put it on the LP setting, Low Powered or something... as opposed to the HP setting. Then I CRANK the Volume pot and you get the drive from how you touch the strings. It will take some practice and ear training to get the hang of it, but man does it sound smooth when you want it, and it bites when you need it too!
The mesa lone star is my dream amp, I'd want white tolex on it too, but I don't have $2000 to drop on an amp. Mesa/Boogie are fantastic engineered amps. I would recommend reading up on the company and its history a bit, there's been some changes with ownership and manufacturing over the years. Make sure you know all about the differences of tube vs solid state technology, the different designs of tube style amps... Etc. The importing thing is to know what your needs are.
Another one you should look at is the Backstar HT Series. They sound FANTASTIC and are very affordable tube amps. They even make for nice furniture; only Marshall amps look equally cool.