Recent content by Moander

Two hours a day...... I'd spend one hour on stuff you know. 1: Perfecting chord progressions. Ok, most chord progressions can be played several ways. Granted, the song you are on MAY have them played in the open position, or barre chords, etc. I'd take out a chord dictionary, and learn the...

I use 3 basic tones. 1) Clean. My clean has just a tad bit of heat, for punch and sustain, and color. 2) 70's Crunch. Basically, the same, musical crunch of say any Led Zeppelin song. 3) Saturated. For my Van Halen, Joe Satch and George Lynch sounds. The effects I use, depending on the song...

First, being an old guy, I don't mind a wee bit of Hum. You can hear the 60 cycle hum on most of SRV's recordings. But excessive hum is annoying. So, yes, use a Noise Gate. Now, I love Fender guitars, but, they have traditionally sucked at shielding. 'Day shift' may shield everything, 'Night...

This is one reason to look at that Ibanez pedal. Out of the box, on factory settings, is the old, giant, nosebleed inducing Morley which I loved above all others. (was stolen years ago). A few tweaks to the dials, BOOM ! Vox A few minor tweaks from the Vox setting, BOOM: standard Crybaby. Not...

I can tell you what your problem is. You're entirely too hot. All that juice, at low volumes, sounds great, but at higher volumes, it turns to mud. I don't care what gear you use, I can totally screw up anyones sound with a simple turn of a dial. Based on your video, you play blues/rock based...

Perfect guitar to learn electric guitar repair and maintenance on. Crown and polish frets, learn truss rod adjustment by putting say 9's, adjust truss, move to 10's, re-adjust, etc..... Good for electronic work as well......buy some new, cheap pots, and a jack, rewire the guitar. Install a...

It's more of a no-real-value collectors item. Some people have very high hopes on ebay....Ebay search Kay, under musical instruments.... Basically, the parts are worth as much as the guitar, and that is around $200 on average...... I'd clean it up, possibly find the missing knobs, or...

Thanks, Eric. I showed fingering, you showed the frets... I should have shown both..... The lessons on my site will be heading to this wall, and how to break it very soon. It was a major wall for me. Reading Barber's post reminds me of me when I was at this wall. I was an ape on pentatonics...

Practice to me has two phases. Phase one: self improvement Phase two: coordinated synchronized playing (band situation) If you're a jamming or gigging guitarist, you're probably playing quite a bit in a week as it is. When I was gigging, I'd use backing tracks, tab, and a Winamp plugin called...

It would be important to know where you're at now playing wise, ie; are you doing only chords, some pentatonic scales? Modes? Are you playing the songs, but not the leads? Give one example of a lead you know, if applicable.... I can make some good suggestions once this information is known...

If you want to learn theory on your own, the best, single book I have found for this is this: Scales and Modes in the Beginning by Ron Middlebrook Link: http://www.amazon.com/Scales-Modes-Beginning-Instructional-Middlebrook/dp/0898981514/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284114082&sr=8-1 Long...

If I'd have seen this thread earlier..... oh well... I would have recommended the Ibanez Weeping Demon, the full one, not the toned down version..... If you ignore, for a moment, all the buttons and switches, and set everything to 'center', it's a truly amazing pedal. You can use the setting...

Simple.... Break it down into 2 string runs. It is a twitchy run, and by doing this, you join the parts in a week, and you should see it fall into place....

I know exactly where you're at... I remember this wall intimately...... I'm going to recommend a few things that helped me immensely. First, practice the 'less is more' thing....to make things simple, download a few free backing tracks, play them on your computer while you jam along on your...

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