Learning Guitar....

[Randomblonde]

alot of people start with nirvana. i started with hole.... grunge is good for basic stuff. whatever turns you on.

[Afronaut]

I got a Video of Brian Setzer playing on aG6144 Spectra Sonic C-Melody Baritone ,
I thought your MMM was similar stuff.

When i got the 7-stringer, I had to "break it in" for me by learning the solo
from Dream Theaters song Caught in a Web (album Awake). The ending of the solo
still is a bit too fast for me to play thought.
Took some time but it was worth it, 7 stringer is no longer such a
strange instrument to play. The funny thing about it is, after playing about an hour,
play the 6 stringer and it feels like "OMG, i can do Anything with this"
(the feeling last only few chords tho)

Sometimes, not so often i tune a guitar to E-chord (dropping it to D-chord sometimes too)
to do some Slide stuff but thats not really often tho,
other than that i got regular tunings.
Maybe drop-D accatinalyy also. And Eb if im playing along with some CD's
that has that tuning.

I've been playing with a local orchestra, about 40 ppl, up to 65 max when ppl
do show up, he he, and since its about Big Band stuff, horns and all that,
a lot of songs goes on the Eb or Ab instead of E or A.
I thought of tuning a guitar half step down but we got also songs in C D and G.
And i wasnt really into dragging shitload of gear for practise sessions.
Im lazy as hell also.
It has helped a lot play things in those flat-keys, I recommend anyone to
try that stuff, makes one think about the neck, so to speak.

Where do you put the Triple X's and cabinets when you need 'em?
I got 2 Marshall 1960 cabs and the reason i got the 5150 combo is,
i dont need a Van to get that gear on the road.
The gear i use is mostly 2 guitars (1 for back up), one amp and that
usually fits into my car. I dont have a Van, even tho the idea of getting
one is cool but im short of cash, always.
If i get few extra bucks on the account, im off to buy more "gear",
and im not talking about Cars here... its a curse i think.

About Halen, i got the Gene Simmons Demo -79 tape some weeks ago,
i keep listening that a lot and digging it.
it has that sort of Practising Session/Demo sound but still,
its a good one. Good songs, House of Pain that made to 1984 there too.
No wonder they got the record deal.

I use about '10 on the six stringers electrics, about 11's on acoustic (that fat string is hard to find here)
and '9 for the 7 stringer Universe.

Them acoustic guitars are a hassle, because of the intonation.
it gets easily fucked. I remember my 7 stringer ac. been in extremely in tune
(for an acoustic) when i bought it and nowadays its off. Cant be arsed to try to fix it yet...
I guess the woods live etc. Them string gauge, even '13s should not pull the
nack that bad, and there's always the truss-rod to fix that.
S guess its more of a Try-before-Buy, just like electrics.
Even same Models of guitars can be so diffefferent sometimes,
with tuning and the sound. Somebody should come up with a nice way to
set the intonation on acoustics, maybe on the headstock or something.
Thats the real setback on those guitars imo.

There's also the Buzz Feiten tuning method
that looks interesting.
I'd like to see some of those guitars just for the hell of it,
does it really make such a big difference. Especially the Acoustics.

[Turkishjade]

The MMM is a denser guitar, so it has a little more sustain and a naturally dark tone. Very heavy though. But that's good exercise, right?

For a time, I tried different tunings. My favorite was the tuning for "The Rain Song" by Zep. I have written at least 5 songs based on this alternate tuning.

I have a half stack setup, so the cabs fit in the back seat and the heads fit in the trunk. You know, I would pay good money for a company like Bose to develop some type of cabinet that could fit into a backpack but would power a small venue and still have power and clarity. I know the technology is out there.

I'm still afraid of an acoustic, though. I heard you have to worry about humidity, neck problems, that it's easily damaged. I don't know if I want to invest the money on something so fragile. When I need a nice bright acoustic sound I usually use my friends Digitech: is there really a big difference in sound? I assume that the setting on his Digitech (which cost him 800) should sound like a top of the line acoustic, no?

That device seems cool, but I would be scared to death of someone playing around with an experimental nut. Like, they might have to route into the neck to make it fit and make it so that if I change my mind, I can't get the original nut back.

I'm searching for the Halen Demo now...I had no idea it was even out there! I'm going to look for other band's demos too. Who would have thought that bands would even let that stuff leak out?

[Afronaut]

Some electric guitars has the Piezo mic for ,kinda like Acoustic sound, pre-installed.
Ibanez has 'em atleast.
A friend of mine has the Musci Man Petrucci 7 stringer, that one has the Piezo also,
is one of the finest instruments i've ever layd my little fingers on.
Very expensive tho, especially his Model, its really authentic, straight from teh factory,
with that weird paint also...

I guess there should be some sort Bridges-With-Piezo for sales,
one could do a little Googling about it...

And your right, the´m Acoustics are reallt fragile to own,
eventually they get out of tune somehow.
Wood lives.

I dont know much about Modelling or Digi Effects, I dont use them much.
I saw one POD in one Studio, it had the 5150 and the Mesa Rectumfire "modellin",
We used it to record some tracks and they sounded hella-crappy.

Them transistors or CPU's cannot yet replicate what happens in a Tube.
Its pretty OK for really clean guitar sounds, but if im trying to get some pinch-harmonics
etc out of it, there is no baws.
Especially the High End of the sound in those modelling stuff has always been reallt weak.

But, its been couple of years since i've tried that POD, so there might be something
better out there.

I saw Line6 Vetta sometime ago, it did sound good enough to take on a gig,
on a gig not too many folks "hear" teh difference ---> too busy with beers,
and it has huuuuge amount of sounds innit, and effects and all the shitz,
but i wouldnt record with it if i had my 5150 around.

[Snee]

Originally posted by me
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[Afronaut]

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So, you just walzed in and p4wnd all teh FancyPancyTechTalk we was having...

[Snee]

I pawned it, for a grand total of £2.

Dunno&#39; if that&#39;s helpful, but I tend to post it whenever someone asks for guitar help, &#39;cos it prolly doesn&#39;t hurt.

Incidentally, I just noticed they&#39;ve changed the site

type: freeware
price: 8&#036;

Nothing of that on the homepage link tho&#39;.

Dunno&#39; why i had the first one

[KurtCocain]

SillyRumours ,


I&#39;d really recommend you to try some NIRVANA songs. They&#39;re very easy and many people have started with them. I dont know into what kinda music u r in but .. Well I started this spring and I can recoomend you:

NIrvana:
Something in the Way
Polly
Come as you are
Drain you
Smells like teen Spirit


Thats good for a start...