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Sounds like you still have one good set in your hands, at least.
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+1 to the solo advice so far. Chord tones and singing your phrases goes a very long way. Good exercise for the latter is to try to match your playing to singing, but focusing only on matching the rhythm/phrasing and not worrying about trying to match the pitch of what you’re singing. Another suggestion, if you’re playing with a band or even playing along with a recording of a song, try listening to the drums and snare patterns especially and take rhythmic cues from there. Doesn’t have to be perfect or exact but it’s a good way to shift your focus from your own playing to what the rest of the band is doing and can make your solos sound more cohesive. And hopefully your band mates will listen to your solo and take their own cues and that’s where the magic happens
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Jul 20, 2022 02:59
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Disco Pope posted:Sorry if I sound dumb (or should take this to the theory thread), you mean if the progression was say Dm, F, Am, I'd play notes from each of those scales rather than just D minor? Or I should think about what notes spell those chords within D minor and base any riffing off of that? More what manlove was saying (although I'd shy away from that too, you're not really going to be resolving melodies to an A or an F just because you're over top of those chords), but you could play notes from the d minor, f major, and a minor scales. There's only one different note between the three of those scales! Say the progression is Dm Fmaj Amin Amin, you could play notes from the D minor scale over the first two bars (D natural minor and F major are the same notes, just resolving differently), including the Bb note, and then over the latter two bars you could maybe tease a B natural, or do a quick chromatic run from C to A hitting both B natural and Bb in between.
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Jul 20, 2022 03:57
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how do you put a RAT on a pedalboard? it has these screws on the bottom that are pretty long, and they kinda keep the velcro on the pedal from making contact
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Jul 20, 2022 19:25
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Oh man, I dug the uke out after a few years in the closet, did a proper setup on it now that I actually know stuff and swapped the stock strings on it for the top 4 of a classical set (so I have a wound low G and brighter trebs) and ... this thing is a LOT of fun. The low G really makes a difference in how it feels to play coming from guitar. If you have a ukulele you're bored with, put a low G on it.
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Jul 20, 2022 19:37
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landgrabber posted:how do you put a RAT on a pedalboard? it has these screws on the bottom that are pretty long, and they kinda keep the velcro on the pedal from making contact
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Jul 20, 2022 19:45
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Dr. Faustus posted:Congratulations. You now get to find a permanent home for the rubber feet you have to take off your pedals! Just remove them and put 'em in a baggy. oh i took those off the day i got it, i just screwed the screws back into the holes-- they're still too tall, and then there's the one for the battery door
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Jul 20, 2022 19:50
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Yeah just keep the screws with the feet. They shouldn't be holding the chassis together.
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Jul 20, 2022 19:54
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Huxley posted:Oh man, I dug the uke out after a few years in the closet, did a proper setup on it now that I actually know stuff and swapped the stock strings on it for the top 4 of a classical set (so I have a wound low G and brighter trebs) and ... this thing is a LOT of fun. The low G really makes a difference in how it feels to play coming from guitar. Classical strings work on a ukulele? Guess I gotta find me a set then, I can't loving stand the high G.
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Jul 20, 2022 20:25
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I got one of those little Rat 2 with the glow-in-the-dark RAT logo, made in China, and its screws do not prevent it from velcroing to my board. Do you have a different model with taller screws or something? I've only had it since the weekend and yet it is my favorite pedal to boost my already distorted amp with now, though on its own I don't prefer its distortion tone it is dynamite for taking my amp's gain channel over the top while keeping it articulate.
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Jul 20, 2022 20:50
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landgrabber posted:how do you put a RAT on a pedalboard? it has these screws on the bottom that are pretty long, and they kinda keep the velcro on the pedal from making contact You just use two little drops of superglue. /runs away
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Jul 20, 2022 21:04
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BonHair posted:Classical strings work on a ukulele? Guess I gotta find me a set then, I can't loving stand the high G. Yeah! I'm still letting the string break in, but having that low g really changes the character. It still sounds like a uke, but being able to establish a bass note and use proper 4-string chords and scales ... it's very nice. Mine is a concert, so it's a little bit longer scale than standard, but I'm sure it all works out the same way.
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Jul 20, 2022 21:22
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I have a couple pedals like that, it's annoying and sucks to get them on the board. I've had limited success running the tape along the sides and over the screws.
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Jul 20, 2022 21:22
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forgo the board. embrace pedals on the floor and the horrible mess of cables
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Jul 20, 2022 21:23
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DOPE FIEND KILLA G posted:forgo the board. embrace pedals on the floor and the horrible mess of cables Please. I have a board and still manage a mess of cables.
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Jul 20, 2022 21:43
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BonHair posted:I'm also very much at this stage, but aside from the very good advice about following the chords, the thing that has made my noodling sound more like real music is repetition. Just playing the same thing twice or more, either just right after each other or with some other stuff between. You can even do variations on your little motif. It makes it sound a lot more planned and cool and less like you're just playing more or less random notes in a scale (which we are). i agree with this post about repetition, and i agree and with other posts emphasizing "singability." if you know you are going to have to repeat yourself, it might influence you to choose more "singable" melodies to make it easier to keep them in your head!
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Jul 21, 2022 03:00
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Pondex posted:Dang. That's some right hand. this is Tomo, one of my very favorite guitar teachers on you tube! i learned a lot about string bending technique from his videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30N0WWHRPsQ EDIT: i also like to go to Tomo for arrangements of some of my favorite songs, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f1lbYRKrVM Helianthus Annuus fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Jul 21, 2022 |
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Jul 21, 2022 03:05
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Low key master. He also taught such luminaries as Music Is Win and John Mayer.
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Jul 21, 2022 08:32
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BonHair posted:Classical strings work on a ukulele? Guess I gotta find me a set then, I can't loving stand the high G. the high G is insanely annoying. you got all your nice top 4 string guitar chord voicings, but they all sound weird and bad having a low G would actually make it viable as a solo instrument. sounds awesome
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Jul 21, 2022 14:11
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High G club for life here.
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Jul 21, 2022 18:45
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How banjos work.
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I think banjos are an interesting study for guitarists. They teach you about drone voicings, fingerpicking styles, and playing lead-melody - all on an instrument with limited sustain and a fixed key drone. On the other hand you'd still have to learn feckin' banjo, so maybe just stick with the doom chords.
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Jul 21, 2022 20:35
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Just play doom chords on the banjo
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okay tell me more about drone voicings or where i can learn about them because i love that sort of stuff, that’s super hypnotic
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your post history is full of drone im jk you’re cool by me I just couldn’t pass up a good dunk
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Jul 21, 2022 23:30
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lament.cfg posted:your post history is full of drone no i get it i respect the sport of dunking.
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I'm trying to buckle down and learn songs by ear. It's hard because it's so easy to search "(Song Name) Guitar Lesson" and just have someone show you how to play it, but obviously I'll get more out of it if I figure it out myself. That being said, I'm working on "Mayonaise" by Smashing Pumpkins. Cool song, seems easy enough. I get stuck right off the bat because it's an alternate tuning. I tuned down a half step which helped, but then certain fingerings seem weird. I come to find out the song is in some weirdo tuning (Eb Bb Bb Gb Bb D). I'm not saying alternate tunings should be illegal, but a disclaimer would be nice.
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Jul 22, 2022 01:33
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Alternate tunings are just neat excuses to have another guitar set up for that tuning specifically just in case someone walks in and demands you play Mayonnaise and you don't have time to gently caress with the Floyd Rose. You will also need another acoustic tuned for The Rain Song and an electric in Open C for Devin Townsend stuff.
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duodenum posted:Open C for Devin Townsend stuff. GOD drat RIGHT I miss my old Devy avatars, this guitar I don't even have anymore is bullshit Here's some work I commissioned from an artificial artist  I am just about done bringing my guitars to this luthier, holy poo poo they're all like whole new instruments now, it's 
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Jul 22, 2022 05:59
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duodenum posted:You will also need another acoustic tuned for The Rain Song and an electric in Open C for Devin Townsend stuff.  A guitar in C is just fuckin fun as hell to mess around with. "The Oracle" by Crown Lands is a really groovy song in open C (I think; either that or drop C) that I absolutely love, not only because it's got a bunch of different inspirations that all mesh together really well to form a solid prog rock song in C but also because the band is literally two musicians. The drummer is the vocalist and the guitarist plays a Rickenbacker double neck 6-string guitar/4 string bass as well as keyboards and a Moog Taurus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5LXhafq0AM
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duodenum posted:Alternate tunings are just neat excuses to have another guitar set up for that tuning specifically just in case someone walks in and demands you play Mayonnaise and you don't have time to gently caress with the Floyd Rose. Fun / Stupid fact: back in the late 80s before there was the web and I was teaching myself guitar, I learned The Rain Song by ear (or as close as I could) in standard tuning because it had never occurred to me that one could tune a guitar to something else.
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Not sure if you guys can help me here. I have a Jim Root jazzmaster body that I need to get a neck for. I really don't like the neck that comes with it and would like something closer to a charvel. The way the neck heel is rounded, I don't think I can order one off of Warmoth or where ever. Any advice on where I can look?
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here's a weird question: why won't the bridge saddle screws on this strat bridge turn?? i think i'm using the allen key that came with it, though it seems a little big? e:nevermind landgrabber fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jul 22, 2022 |
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Jul 22, 2022 18:00
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Luna posted:Not sure if you guys can help me here. I have a Jim Root jazzmaster body that I need to get a neck for. I really don't like the neck that comes with it and would like something closer to a charvel. The way the neck heel is rounded, I don't think I can order one off of Warmoth or where ever. Any advice on where I can look? Warmoth is an option if you get a "Vintage", "Vintage/Modern", or "Modern Tiltback" construction neck. Only their "Modern" style is incompatible with the rounded heel due to the side-adjust truss.
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If the issue is the mounting holes, I don't think they have an option to provide pre-drilled holes for that but you can get it undrilled and drill them yourself.
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Baron von Eevl posted:If the issue is the mounting holes, I don't think they have an option to provide pre-drilled holes for that but you can get it undrilled and drill them yourself. Love that Warmoth charges extra for undrilled holes.  e: reading is hard Nebraska Tim fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jul 22, 2022 |
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Jul 22, 2022 19:05
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imagine not having a set neck guitar for the sustain
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landgrabber posted:imagine not having a set neck guitar for the sustain Imagine not having a bolt-on for tone bolts.
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How are you even getting metal tones when your guitar isn't made out of heavy metals? I only play solid platinum guitars (gold fretboard). Incidentally, my back is broken for some reason.
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LG: I love only Fender guitars, Fender is life also LG: Pfft bolt on? What are you a poor? Anyway I like the idea of being able to disassemble a guitar and easily replace a neck if I need to. I don't need any more sustain, I'll just crank the gain or trempick the poo poo outta that note
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