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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Stevepage on July 29, 2009, 07:56:22 PM
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Lately I've been thinking of possibly giving up on playing metal and focus on playing something I've not really done. I love listening to metal but playing it doesn't really give me the enjoyment it once did.
I've even considering selling most of my gear, getting to the basics and focus more on other styles of music.
any one else?
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Nope.
I've dabbled in a couple of other things as well (just learning a little flamenco basics lately), but this drastic either-or, gear-selling stuff you speak of is alien to me.
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I thought the same, but then i ended up owning a strat for 3 weeks, realising it wasn't 'me' and gave up the blues kick.
start with different styles with the gear you have before making a decision.
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Oh, I have done one similar thing -
I got an epi LP and put crawlers in it to have a 'blues guitar'. Then I tuned it to drop B and played it like any other of my guitars.
I now have it in E as my E guitar to use for when other people want me to play stuff for them (which never seems to be in drop A# for some reason)
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Yeah I'm sort of in that "phase" at the minute. Sick of everything I currently play so I'm turning my attention to fingerstyle stuff for now, its more rewarding at the minute.
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Lately I've been thinking of possibly giving up on playing metal and focus on playing something I've not really done. I love listening to metal but playing it doesn't really give me the enjoyment it once did.
I've even considering selling most of my gear, getting to the basics and focus more on other styles of music.
any one else?
I have tried exploring the various sub genres of metal, and it's been great. Plus I'm trying to look into techno/synth with a guitar and also blues but never selling my gear and starting from scratch
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I've practising a load of licks (Uli Jon Roth etc).. but tracked a solo last night and I sound just like I ever did!
Might give the 8bit a rest for a while though. Want to stay electronic but use 'real' synths - something in Rammstein direction. I think I will always play some sort of rock or metal heavy on the power chords.
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I like to play a variety of stuff tbh.
I play mainly metal/hardcore/heavy stuff in my originals band, then i'm also in 2 functions bands. One playing soul/motown stuff, and the other playing indie/pop/rock stuff so its a good change.
Studying it at uni, i also have to play lots off different stuff like jazz, country, blues, slide and stuff like that. i find its really good to change what style you play as it helps you think about the instrument in different ways.
I wouldnt say quit playing metal, but pick some other stuff too. play some blues/funk and it'll much improve your inprovisation/feel.
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I often think of giving up altogether, but that's a different matter. :wink:
To me, owning guitars and playing them are almost two different things. I love guitars, love buying them and modifying them, but when it comes to actually playing.... even after nearly 30 years I'm rubbish, I've never been focused/dedicated enough to learn anything properly. I've just picked up little bits and pieces in a totally chaotic fashion and I've often tried (or intended) to start all over again, but never got anywhere.
But even if I totally stopped playing, I think I'd still buy guitars. :|
I guess the ideal thing would be to find a really good, inspiring teacher... if I could be bothered :roll: . But maybe it would work for you?
Derek (Fourth Feline) did what you're considering - got rid of all his old gear (including a really nice '70s SG), bought a jazz guitar and amp, and basically started again from scratch. I think he's really glad he did, but maybe he'll find this thread and comment.
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i want to get into slide again. started trying it out a long time ago.
i have a perspex slide that sucks. Glass is my fave. i have a £200 yamaha acoustic to jam on.
just need some pointers.
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i want to get into slide again. started trying it out a long time ago.
i have a perspex slide that sucks. Glass is my fave. i have a £200 yamaha acoustic to jam on.
just need some pointers.
The way i was taught to jam around with slide (not that i'm a pro, but had a 'styles' section of my course that went through most styles) was to start by getting used to playing the licks you'd usually play, but by using the slide instead. for example start with a couple of pentatonic licks and then move on to linking them, like you would improvising normally.
Then try out some open tuning stuff as thats where it can really take off!
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I've just picked up little bits and pieces in a totally chaotic fashion and I've often tried (or intended) to start all over again, but never got anywhere.
Sounds like me Philly. I've been driving Jane mad lately with continually playing the opening riff from Girls Got Rhythm. It's on constant play on my guitar. I was asked to stop playing it. This involved her walking upstairs and asking me stop, I agreed to stop but the second I heard the living room door close I started al over again :o
I am most definitely in the good book (not the bible)
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i want to get into slide again. started trying it out a long time ago.
i have a perspex slide that sucks. Glass is my fave. i have a £200 yamaha acoustic to jam on.
just need some pointers.
The way i was taught to jam around with slide (not that i'm a pro, but had a 'styles' section of my course that went through most styles) was to start by getting used to playing the licks you'd usually play, but by using the slide instead. for example start with a couple of pentatonic licks and then move on to linking them, like you would improvising normally.
Then try out some open tuning stuff as thats where it can really take off!
word.
ive just been noodling in open D trying to emulate what ive heard on records
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I've been driving Jane mad lately with continually playing the opening riff from Girls Got Rhythm.
I wonder who taught you that? ;) Sorry Jane! :oops: :lol:
PhillyQ - you should offer to guitar tech for someone. Sounds like it'd be your ideal job!
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i've always played a bit of everything...
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PhillyQ - you should offer to guitar tech for someone. Sounds like it'd be your ideal job!
If I had my time over, that would probably suit me quite nicely. :D
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It's never too late to start a sideline hobby/business Phily!
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Yeah I'm sort of in that "phase" at the minute. Sick of everything I currently play so I'm turning my attention to fingerstyle stuff for now, its more rewarding at the minute.
i think fingerstyle is the best thing you could learn! tis much more friendly and social way of playing guitar, cause when someone has an acoustic and you say you can play guitar to......tapping and metal licks won't really impress them :?
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I play quite a wide range of stuff but there is tons to learn and so I can't envisage ever getting fed up. I don't(or can't) do metal and I can't see myself doing it but I'd like to get more jazzy I think. I started slide seriously a few years back though for gigging I play it in standard tuning rather than carry a spare guitar or re tune. Slide is very therapeutic for me-very soulful sound-all I have to do now is get good at it.
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I said bye bye to metal a couple of years ago.
I lost interest in it and it wasn't enjoyable anymore. I began using less and less overdrive. I felt like I was playing a dirt box instead of a guitar and amp. No matter how many power chords there are, they're still just simple power chords. Playing other music led me to playing minors, 7th's, 9's etc. I don't even know the name of half of them.
Now I mainly play rockabilly/rock n' roll in it's broader sense. From early Elvis to modern AC/DC.
The other thing that 'bothered' me about metal is that I can't be angry all the time.
I'm having more fun playing the guitar then ever.
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I've just sold:-
A Gordon Smith
my Regal Dobro (well it's in sounds great)
My Nylon electro
My strat is going
A Taylor Classic I had for about 3 weeks!
Which will leave me with 2 electrics (Tele and 335) and an acoustic.
That's enough, too many guitars is counterproductive, I'm always tinkering and upgrading when I should be playing.
I'm getting rid of all my guitar mags too, fed up of looking at the next thing to buy.....
I'm going back to basics and learning again, something new everyday and spending no time looking at guitars.
I spoke to a Jazz guitarist the other day, he said he didn't even really like guitars, they were just a tool to him and he is a fine player with a great tone.
I hope to be enlightened like King Lear by shaking the superflux.....
Either that or I'll just start buying again!
In fact, I did speand 1k on a Tokai ES130 yesterday :oops:
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That's enough, too many guitars is counterproductive
Absolutely agree with that - I ahve two guitars left and hopefully soon to be one.
In fact, I did speand 1k on a Tokai ES130 yesterday :oops:
WTF :o
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That's enough, too many guitars is counterproductive
Absolutely agree with that - I ahve two guitars left and hopefully soon to be one.
I absolutely disagree with that. There's no such thing as "enough".... :)
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FWIW, I went through a real Rush phase at around the time I joined this forum. Downloaded loads of Alex Lifeson tabs & hardly played anything else for ages. It really broadened my playing horizons & actually benefitted my metal playing too as it had got me playing chords & fingerings I'd never have thought of before.
Before then, my playing had well & truly stagnated - I'd probably been on a >10 year plateau - so it was very good for me. The influences I've picked up on this forum have helped a lot too.
So no, I never thought of giving up metal, but trying something completely different brought back a lot fo the enjoyment that had gone a bit stale - for all my musical styles.
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That's enough, too many guitars is counterproductive
Absolutely agree with that - I ahve two guitars left and hopefully soon to be one.
In fact, I did speand 1k on a Tokai ES130 yesterday :oops:
WTF :o
I know :oops: Well its sunburst and an absolute beauty, photos and NGD thread to follow soon!
I've wanted one for ages, I think with that and my Tele I will be able to cover absolutely everything I could wish for.
What one guitar are you keeping Ian, just your Esquire?
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That's enough, too many guitars is counterproductive, I'm always tinkering and upgrading when I should be playing.
Definitely agree with this, I find having too much stuff to piss around with just wastes time/attention on the gear rather than the playing.
Even considering whether I should get a 3rd electric for my b'day this year, my parents are offering to pay but I havent really felt the need to get another yet! Whats happening to me?! :?
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Wow.
My gear is pretty versatile.
I play regular gigs with a contemporary jazz orchestra, a Black Gospel choir, and a rock band.
Occasional event gigs with special groups put together for that event. Most recently did a pop-punk gig, an 80's spoof night, and a Run DMC tribute band.
Putting together a group for a short run of engagements, Kid Rock, Chili Peppers, that type of thing, by request of the venue.
I am also starting a new group, we're covering Ra and similar more modern pop-rock stuff and starting to write in that vein.
Just a wide variety of projects, always keeps my interest going and I don't really burn out on any one thing.
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It would be fair to say that somewhat like PhillyQ I am as much or more of a collector as I am a true player. I try to get in at least an hour of playing each day, and more if I can, but my equipment far exceeds my talent level.
‘68 RI Les Paul
‘51 Custom Shop RI - Fender Nocaster
Gibson SG - with Mississippi Queen & Warpig
Blackmachine B6 – set of Nailbombs
Dean USA Soltero – Black Cover Pain Killers
Fender Strat Hardtail
MIM Fender Strat
G&L ASAT Classic
Ovation 1771
Martin 0018GE