Guitar Discussion V10 - February 2013 edition - General

[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;43410433]Cut off the fingertips?[/QUOTE] While it may seem like a good idea it may as well ruin the costume because it's made form lycra, but no idea. I was also looking over at Amazon for monk costume which would be perfect to make some Ghost B.C covers, I'll get to it eventually.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhOYflyfOPM[/media] I can't decide if this is hilarious or awesome. Probably both.

[QUOTE=Grindigo;43410613]While it may seem like a good idea it may as well ruin the costume because it's made form lycra, but no idea. I was also looking over at Amazon for monk costume which would be perfect to make some Ghost B.C covers, I'll get to it eventually.[/QUOTE] You could try make removable tips that you can put back on when you're done playing [editline]4th January 2014[/editline] or paint your fingertips red

[QUOTE=Grindigo;43410613]While it may seem like a good idea it may as well ruin the costume because it's made form lycra, but no idea. I was also looking over at Amazon for monk costume which would be perfect to make some Ghost B.C covers, I'll get to it eventually.[/QUOTE] Or you could glue ribber fingertips on, i just wanna see a guitar cover in a deadpool costume haha

[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;43417128]Or you could glue ribber fingertips on, i just wanna see a guitar cover in a deadpool costume haha[/QUOTE] I'll call and ask Tony Iommi how he made his and if he could lend me a hand to help with it. :v: I'm terrible, kill me.

[QUOTE=MrAus10;43414471][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhOYflyfOPM[/media] I can't decide if this is hilarious or awesome. Probably both.[/QUOTE] it's a nice ad for emg

[QUOTE=Grindigo;43421585]I'll call and ask Tony Iommi how he made his and if he could lend me a hand to help with it. :v: I'm terrible, kill me.[/QUOTE] I used to make a joke to my new co workers when we were working around the conveyor belt on the printing press. I always said "Keep your fingers out of there or it will rip your fingertips off, the good news though is that you will become a famous guitar player."

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;43422137]I used to make a joke to my new co workers when we were working around the conveyor belt on the printing press. I always said "Keep your fingers out of there or it will rip your fingertips off, the good news though is that you will become a famous guitar player."[/QUOTE] Tony is like a hero to me and for many of us for sure, not only he made it possible for himself to be able to play again but he's also a left handed guitar player and now the cancer, the guy is truly inspirational and humble about it. I don't think there is any other guitar player that inspires me as much as him.

just a shame that everything after sabotage almost undoes the greatness that is black sabbath

[QUOTE=absinthe;43422545]just a shame that everything after sabotage almost undoes the greatness that is black sabbath[/QUOTE] nah heaven and hell is great

one song that's ok out of more than 30 years of garbage they shoulda quit when ozzy left the first time

[QUOTE=absinthe;43422614]one song that's ok out of more than 30 years of garbage they shoulda quit when ozzy left the first time[/QUOTE] i'm talking about the entire album i think black sabbath was great with dio

yeah I know that's why I specified that only the song was ok [editline]5th January 2014[/editline] dio is a completely separate can of worms that I won't open now but even on sabotage sabbath started to stray a little too far away from their best traits for me

[QUOTE=Grindigo;43422360]Tony is like a hero to me and for many of us for sure, not only he made it possible for himself to be able to play again but he's also a left handed guitar player and now the cancer, the guy is truly inspirational and humble about it. I don't think there is any other guitar player that inspires me as much as him.[/QUOTE] Very true, he always had a unique tone. I can't say a whole lot bad about him.

[QUOTE=Nazereth666;43423033]Very true, he always had a unique tone. I can't say a whole lot bad about him.[/QUOTE] I picked up this whole power chord bending thing after him, if you give them a little shake they sound more evil kind of. I'm sitting and learning Master of Puppets after playing up and down strokes all the time and being so used to it, this whole concept just goes out of the window with Metallica, these songs are not written in mind with it at all.

[QUOTE=Grindigo;43423234]I picked up this whole power chord bending thing after him, if you give them a little shake they sound more evil kind of. I'm sitting and learning Master of Puppets after playing up and down strokes all the time and being so used to it, this whole concept just goes out of the window with Metallica, these songs are not written in mind with it at all.[/QUOTE] After the opening powerchord riffage stuff, alternate picking works really well.

[QUOTE=cpt.armadillo;43426941]After the opening powerchord riffage stuff, alternate picking works really well.[/QUOTE] Master of Puppets is probably one of those songs that no matter how much people tell me alternate picking is fine on, I never seem to be able to do it. It just gets me confused and muffles the sound. Alternatively, I like the feeling of my arm falling off when I play the first half of the song to speed doing strictly downstrokes.

[media]http://soundcloud.com/degge/mastering-test[/media] Trying out mastering. I have no idea what I'm doing

[QUOTE=deggemannen;43427500][media]http://soundcloud.com/degge/mastering-test[/media] Trying out mastering. I have no idea what I'm doing[/QUOTE] Sounds pretty good to me. I'd say bring the bass up a little bit and tone the mids back a pinch, but that's coming from someone who hates wah and almost never uses it... so... take that with a pinch of salt, I suppose.

Does anyone know where I can find good drilling templates for converting from a Strat trem to a Floyd Rose? I don't want to go full-floating, just mount it against the body for down-only and shim the neck up if necessary. I just can't find anything that can print to scale to show exactly where to drill the two pivot holes. From there I can handle everything else.

Hello guitar thread, I picked up my first guitar which is an acoustic like a week or so ago. I'm loving it so much, but I need to know if I'm going about learning it correctly. I've played sax for a few years now so I already know music theory and shit. So far I've been focused on going up and down scales to learn where all the notes are, learning open chords and practicing going from chord to chord, and developing good strumming technique (with my fingers, not too fond of the pick yet). Just yesterday I learned some basic finger picking patterns and began to play arpeggios, they sound so beautiful and make me love this thing even more :) I've only learned one song though, Horse With No Name. I wanted to get to know the instrument first before diving into learning songs because just reading tabs doesn't seem too productive.

[QUOTE=WoodenSpoon;43430438]Hello guitar thread, I picked up my first guitar which is an acoustic like a week or so ago. I'm loving it so much, but I need to know if I'm going about learning it correctly. I've played sax for a few years now so I already know music theory and shit. So far I've been focused on going up and down scales to learn where all the notes are, learning open chords and practicing going from chord to chord, and developing good strumming technique (with my fingers, not too fond of the pick yet). Just yesterday I learned some basic finger picking patterns and began to play arpeggios, they sound so beautiful and make me love this thing even more :) I've only learned one song though, Horse With No Name. I wanted to get to know the instrument first before diving into learning songs because just reading tabs doesn't seem too productive.[/QUOTE] That's a great start, man. A very, very good start.

[QUOTE=cpt.armadillo;43430619]That's a great start, man. A very, very good start.[/QUOTE] yupyup, knowing music is like half the battle with guitar so it's a good thing you've already got that. CCR & Tom Petty songs are what got me started, really helped with chord switching. And try to learn Blackbird by the Beatles because it's just too damn fun to play.

[QUOTE=mastoner20;43427215]Master of Puppets is probably one of those songs that no matter how much people tell me alternate picking is fine on, I never seem to be able to do it. It just gets me confused and muffles the sound. Alternatively, I like the feeling of my arm falling off when I play the first half of the song to speed doing strictly downstrokes.[/QUOTE] anyone that says alternate picking metallica riffs is ok is an idiot [editline]5th January 2014[/editline] tasty lickz [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYpzAw0IiCM[/media]

^groovy

[QUOTE=mastoner20;43427215]Master of Puppets is probably one of those songs that no matter how much people tell me alternate picking is fine on, I never seem to be able to do it. It just gets me confused and muffles the sound. Alternatively, I like the feeling of my arm falling off when I play the first half of the song to speed doing strictly downstrokes.[/QUOTE] I agree, I have noticed that myself, when I try to pick it up and down I just end up doing tremolo naturally, when I do down strokes all the time my right hand locks itself and then stiffens up, I know I can sit down and practice that properly and over time become good at down picking but it takes time, I can sit and learn the whole song in a matter of 15-20 mins but not be able to play it properly yet because of that. [editline]6th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=absinthe;43433025]anyone that says alternate picking metallica riffs is ok is an idiot[/quote] I think any song written primarily by James, the old ones however, those written by Dave seem to be fine when doing alternate picking.

yeah true forgot about that james' right hand is a beast though

I may need to swap valve tube in my ht dual pedal because the stock one is really weak overall, it uses 12AX7/ECC83 so any recommendation would be nice.

So I just got a new guitar, can anyone tell me anything about it? [t]https://www.dropbox.com/s/hyphrcqxodhnsjv/Photo%2012-25-2013%2C%208%2043%2056%20PM.jpg[/t]

it's an Epiphone!