TBH I haven't installed the whammy bar yet. Untill I'm comfortable with my hand positions, it was getting in my way, lol
How's it ghetto?
TBH I haven't installed the whammy bar yet. Untill I'm comfortable with my hand positions, it was getting in my way, lol
How's it ghetto?
Now who's being rude
Oh you were talking about the bar....
I'm out, on the way home now.
cuz youse is holdin it CletusOriginally Posted by KevinD
No, the Squier is an entry level or base model for Strats, nothing wrong with it at all...
problem with whammy bars is when used effectively, they can sound good...unfortunately noobs (and others) wrench the bar so hard, the strings go outta tune quick.
I'd leave it off while you learn for sure man
Besides, you can get pretty much the same effect from bending the strings with your fingers.cuz youse is holdin it Cletus
No, the Squier is an entry level or base model for Strats, nothing wrong with it at all...
problem with whammy bars is when used effectively, they can sound good...unfortunately noobs (and others) wrench the bar so hard, the strings go outta tune quick.
I'd leave it off while you learn for sure man
damn you have played...
it's hard to bend a chord tho, I think most people use it for that...a combined augmentation of the sound
Dont be getting food and ants in his spaces.
sure laugh now...but when I get my plugs I'll have the cleanest holes in all of Electronic-Land
Yep, I know it's entry level, but it fits the bill for what I need right now, which is just something to learn on. I got the whole package for a bit under $200. So far I'm pleased with the guitar, but the amp sux. If I keep this learning up, the amp is first on the list to upgrade.cuz youse is holdin it Cletus
No, the Squier is an entry level or base model for Strats, nothing wrong with it at all...
problem with whammy bars is when used effectively, they can sound good...unfortunately noobs (and others) wrench the bar so hard, the strings go outta tune quick.
I'd leave it off while you learn for sure man
Any of y'all that play wanna put up some tutorials for me? lol
This much I know, as Hal said for single notes anyway. I'm WAY far away from doing any string bending yet either, lol
Spent about 4 hrs last night just doing finger exercises running up and down the frets. My buddy is all excited that I'm learning and is planning to help me out a lot when our schedules coincide.
DGX and Goof play
I just hold mine and look cool..
I figured out how to get the strings to hold my cig above the frets..Am I cool now? lol
Time to eat, then drag tehbitch out and finger her while having a few beers and watch the game...
I've found that smoking and playing really don't mix
either you're doing one or the other
a big bag of paprika , 2 pairs of jeans and a rifle scope not all in the same shop oh and some meat snacks from the south African shop
Buy a metronome. A cheap one. They're annoying as fuck but they're absolutely necessary with respect to mastering tempo control and timing.
And a tuner, if you don't have one already. Be sure to play with a guitar that is in tune.
Use your pinky. I say again: USE YOUR PINKY FINGER ON YOUR FRETTING HAND. I know it hurts when you're starting off, but it'll pay dividends down the road. Some people will tell you that it doesn't matter, but I've been playing for 26 years and I'm telling you that it does. Use your pinky.
Map out your fretboard on paper and memorize the notes of each fret on each string.
Learn to read tab. It's pretty easy and straightforward. I'd advise you to learn to read standard notation, but I rarely use it anymore, so I'd just be being a hypocrite if I did.
Find Steve Vai's 10-hour workout. Somebody has it online somewhere. He's got good advice on practice regimens. I still use his finger exercises to this day.
Get a chord book, a scale book, and a chord progressions book. Nothing too extravagant (I've got encyclopedias, but that'd be too advanced for you at your current stage and I have a thing for having a large library at my fingertips for my interests). You're gonna wanna learn, in every key, the basics first: open chords, both major and minor, bar chords both major and minor, power chords, the basic major and minor scales, the major pentatonic and minor pentatonic scales, and typical basic chord progressions (I IV V I, etc). I bet you could find this junk online for free so the "books" aren't necessary. Bookmark the useful websites and visit them frequently.
If you think you're gonna wanna learn fingerstyle playing (plucking the strings with your fingers instead of a pick... Paul Simon does it, and Dust in the Wind is played that way) somewhere down the road, you might as well start now. I started with a pick exclusively and when I finally started learning fingerstyle playing, I was kicking myself for not starting it sooner.
Take the time to learn to do everything clean. Start off slow (using the metronome you bought), you don't have to be Speedy Gonzalez out of the gate. Take your time.
There's a youtube video for everything nowadays, so you might want to look around for beginning guitar lessons on there.
You'll pick up little things here and there as you go on, but if you have any questions, let one of us know.
I think I just threw about 3-6 months of unstructured lessons at you. You can figure out how to structure them yourself. If you don't like structure, you can be lazy and noodle around on it while you're watching tv. Don't be surprised when your family throws something at you.
Have fun. And use your pinky.
Edit: Almost forgot: Music is a hearing art, so learn to listen. And listen to a ton of different kinds of music. You can learn something everywhere.
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Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it.
I fixed it for you.... that's ok you don't need to thank me.DGX and Goof play
I just hold mine and look a fool..
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