Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: JDC on October 02, 2008, 07:51:41 PM
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well we all know paul gilbert used to only do upstrokes for the first 2 years of his guitar playing
so what silly things do you guys do?
I used to try and play the main riff of slayer raining blood without palm muting and then I'd try and silence the open string and end up hitting a harmonic or end up picking the string I was trying to mute, doh!!!
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Buy a line 6 uber metal and scoop my mids a ridiculous amount and have the gain full all the time. I have an old video of me playing and it sounds like R2D2 having a fit.
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Learnt the miracle man solo first.
it worked :?
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I used to anchor my index finger barring fifth fret and play only in the root A pentatonic.
I used to not be able to play full chords.
I used to use normal plectra as opposed to the big stubbies I use now (because they don't break).
I used to use .09" string gauges.
I used to finger 5 chords with only my index and middle fingers.
I used to have a cheap JHS wah pedal that I had on constantly, compensating on the amp EQ, because I was unaware of the fact that it could be switched on and off.
I broke the whammy bar off my first guitar, a strat copy by over-screwing it till it sheared (luckily it was a cheap catalogue guitar and was replaced quickly and free of charge as defective).
I used to break strings with wild abandon.
For the first couple of months I did no tuning at all on my guitar as I had no concept of pitch (that doesn't mean I couldn't hear how awful it sounded).
More importantly I used to be loath to take advice on how to improve my playing and did everything the hard way.
Luckily I am way past that point 8) .
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Having never been taught anything on the guitar, I probably still make all the same mistakes which may well be laughable. I am musically trained though (piano/viola), so that side of things is pretty well covered.
I am acutely aware that my playing is not everything I want it to be, though.
Still, at least I've never played a telecaster. Wouldn't want people thinking my bread is buttered on that side, now, would we?!
Roo
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lol @ Roo :)
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can't think offhand, but i'm sure it was plenty. certainly didn't have a notion about how to get a good tone and didn't know anything about good gear.
does learning lead before i learnt rhythm count? :lol:
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I tuned to drop D and played everything as powerchords on the bottom two strings. I honestly reckon it helped me develop left hand accuracy a fair bit though.
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I use a victorian penny as a plectrum and wondered why my strings broke :?
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Having never been taught anything on the guitar, I probably still make all the same mistakes which may well be laughable. I am musically trained though (piano/viola), so that side of things is pretty well covered.
I am acutely aware that my playing is not everything I want it to be, though.
Still, at least I've never played a telecaster. Wouldn't want people thinking my bread is buttered on that side, now, would we?!
Roo
Methinks thou dost protest too much ;)
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I bought a Marshall MG :?
I used 9s for like the first 4 years and hated them the whole time - didn't realise higher guage meant higher tension!
I also used to play EVERYTHING in the neck position of my Yamaha Pacifica. When I found out about the sort of sounds the humbucker could make I was amazed! (tbh I still am - i love the humbucker in my pacifica!.. in fact I love the whole guitar - still play it all the time)
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theres still alot of learny stuff in my playing :) my grip is still all geared to power chords.
still have my first axe, and enjoy playing it - an epiphone korina V
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in fact I love the whole guitar - still play it all the time)
Yeah pacificas are awesome my mate has one and its really nice to play. I'm tempted to get one actually, I think I only like fender style guitars if they're really cheap for some reason, expensive ones feel wrong :?
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I used to use .09" string gauges.
crikey!!
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I use .11" now.
Have I made an error here and it should have been .009" and .011"?
Looking at it now I think you were right to call me up on that one.
Although I wanted to play bass before I picked up the guitar (it was slightly cheaper)... :lol:
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yeah, it should be .009 and 0.011 ;)
0.09 and 0.11 would be what you would use as the low E string on a bass
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this feels like people discussing guns :)
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Held the pick between my thumb and middle finger. It literally took me years to stop that.
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Well I was 19 when I started playing and I had books and the internet to guide me so I tried to do everything the "right" way. One thing that I still do that's silly is whenever I play a fast passage I tend to do it legato where most people would alternate pick. For some strange reason I just cannot bring myself to practice alternate picking....huge hinderance. :shock:
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I used to use the serrated edge of Sharkfin picks for rhythm playing - not the easiest route to precise thrash metal palm muted riffing :)
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I'm still learning. Aren't you? :lol:
I never learned to play lead untill two years ago.
I scooped mids, used way too much overdrive (Metal Zone) and got a pointy guitar with a Floyd Rose.
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Held the pick between my thumb and middle finger. It literally took me years to stop that.
still do it :oops:
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Buying loads of expensive equipment with the belief that it would make me play really well. Now that was pretty silly - this still happens from time to time.
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Tried to learn 'My Plauge' by Slipknot on a £30 classical guitar from Argos after two weeks of playing the guitar. I think i got Mick Thompson's and James Root's tone spot on if i do say so myself :D
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Held the pick between my thumb and middle finger. It literally took me years to stop that.
still do it :oops:
Works for Van Halen
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I used to curl my pinky on my picking hand under the strings while playing fast rhythms, sometimes it still happens but i notice and change it.
I think my biggest mistake was trying to string up a guitar witha floyd with the balls still on (first time ever restringing a guitar) i kept trying for about 10 mins then looked up on the internet how to do it.
Another thing i used to do that was bad was take tone advice from people on the metallica forum.... actually that is probably my worst mistake.
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Perhaps. I'm more Transit Van than Van Halen, though.
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Buying loads of expensive equipment with the belief that it would make me play really well. Now that was pretty silly - this still happens from time to time.
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Yeah, I'm still guilty of that.
I still always manage to drop the pic in the soundhole of an acoustic too.