So who here is a guitar player?

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Hey.I've been playing for a long time.30 yrs. or so.I live in Nashville and play with some artists like VanZant ,Jeffrey Steele,Alison Moorer etc.Also sessions and stuff.I also have a band of my own called Johnny Microwave Feel free to check us out. www.myspace.com/johnnymicrowave I'll try to post a video if I can figure out how to do it.Music has been a saving grace in my life.Keep rockin' and having fun.

on the Marshalls- they make, oh gosh, a good 20 different models, from something that straps on your belt, to the racks. They really don't make a bad one, so just remember.

If you buy it, remember you're going to have to a) get it out of the car, b)lift it into the club, c) take it out of the club, d) put it back in the car, and e) take it out at the studio or home. Don't buy anything you have trouble lifting, unless you have roadies... take it from someone who knows (not Marshalls, but tube amps are heavier than @#$%...just a thought..

all i can say is if your going to get a amp==get a tube one...my last half stack was an old seventies tube amp that pushed 700 watts and it was the most heavy sounding amp i have ever heard. and marshalls are waaaay overrated for the money...id check out a crate amp...they are actually economical and i think they sound a lot better then marshall.

Me. I play guitar. For 2 years, now, and I practice every day.

I play when I can.

I might get 2 x 12'' (separate) Gallien-Krueger speakers which I'll use with a digital processor...

Anyone here ever played with Gallien-Krueger? I know they are made in the USA, so they might be worth the money.

True enough. I know one guitarist who's played about ten years and thinks he's got Kirk Hammett beat (I don't like Metallica, but I give credit where it's due). I'm thinking, "Um, no you're not." His high-speed shredding... I've heard much better. It's kinda funny cuz he showed me a piece featuring John 5 and Joe Satriani and he said, "John 5 is such a great player, though Joe Satriani's just making a bunch of noise like he usually does." Although I could've gone on all the things that take place in Joe's style and the very complex musicality he has, I just--politely as I could--disagreed.

Definitely keep your mind open to correction. To hate correction, really, is ridiculous.



In retrospect, my problem is sometimes I spend too much time on technical details lol

I've been playing the electric guitar for about 1.5 years now. I managed to buy a Digitech RP-350 multi effects pedal recently, so that's been pretty much consuming all of my free time.

As for musical styles, I enjoy improvisations. In fact, I find it really difficult to learn songs from tab. I just can't remember what notes to hit, or follow along with a beat, even if I can hear and 'visualize' the song perfectly.

I feel very grateful to have been introduced to music. Give me the Aeolean scale and a drum line, and I'm in absolute heaven.

Edit: I have an LTD EC-500 with stock 81/60 EMGs

id love to play guitar!!
ive played drums and bass but..... didnt really like drums and the bass decided to die. i guess i was violent or something.
last night, actually, when i couldnt sleep and i was listening to my mp3, i decided i was going to learn how to play guitar!! ive been wanting to for 2 years so im gonna do it now!
its just that.... ill have to learn myself, cuz i hate playing infront of others when im not good at it. if i get just a little good at it first, i guess ill let someone teach me.
does anyone got some good tips or anything?

I've been playin guitar for 8 years, had one or two lessons but he refused to teach me anything but jazzy scales, the other guy I went to taught only in standard tuning so I decided to do it on my own.

Been playing bass for 4-5 but its really just to record cause every bassist I find is too slack! (so far )

Nothingness it took me 2-3 years of playing before I could play in front of everyone, and still it was nerve-racking. However nowdays I could play in front of anyone fearlessly, literally anyone.

The key to any instrument is time, simply making sure you even THINK about it once a day, even if you don't get a chance to play. I've found because of the way I obsess, I've learnt certain techniques in a week or two without hardly playing!

Start simple too, don't go tryin to play the hardest thing of all time straight away and wonder why it sounds like crap. Pick a simple song you really love, and you'll find as you start playing that most music is harder than it seems, and if that hooks you the way it did me, you'll never stop

If any of you are in Western Australia, we need a bassist!

I've just started learning. I'm making up all sorts of really great songs on my guitar already (in my view anyway ). I have a Frieda guitar and a small amp called a Cube I think.

Thought i might as well mention my gear.

(getting the input next week)

Line 6 spider 2 quad, despite what I'd heard I tried every amp and this works best for my sound, the only band I know for sure using this is Mudvayne, but I'm sure there are plenty of others as its a fantastic sound, very crisp clear acoustic, awesome effects, and a VERY good distortion channel and settings.

My fav guitar is my Omen 7, its a Schecter, its 7 strings, the pickups are nice and new, very crisp, I've tuned it (top to bottom) G C G C G C E, meaning my top string is EXTREMELY low but can form amazing breakdowns etc, whereas the open style of the tuning allows a huge variety and works with my style of song-writing. Also this tuning manages to be so low and chunky, and still come back to E on the high string, making a very full, IMO beautiful sound.

This is my only tuning I will ever use, regardless what anyone says, I've come out with countless songs in this tuning, and my own scales, its working for my heavy and acoustic stuff.


Hmmn I'll take some photos of my gear today, though gettin an external sound card (8 inputs) this saturday so I'd rather share the high quality recordings in a week or few.

*shivers with joy*

Its been years I've been trying to save for this stuff.

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Heres some of mine



That Honeyburst is a Gibby.

And a couple more


The Gold Epiphone sounds very reasonable since I fitted a pair of SD Phat Cats and some decent pots.

I added a tremolo arm and roler bridge to the Gibson SG which makes it very usefull.

The blue Strat copy is one of Inlaid artists amazing guitars that I won new on e-Bay for £89, I fitted a complete set of American Fender pickups and pots to that.

Last October marked 30 years since I started playing guitar. I took up bass guitar as well about 3 years after that.

My main guitar is a Carvin that I had custom made about 8 or 9 years ago. It's kind of like a Stratocaster with 24 frets and a stacked humbucker in the lead position. My main bass is a 1976 Fender Precision. I also have a Yamaha electric/acoustic guitar that I get a lot of use out of.

For a guitar amp, I have an old Fender Princeton. I have tons of effects, but my favorites are my trusty old Korg Pandora and my DigiTech RP-1 peadalboard.

Really, all of my playing these days is in the studio, although I hope to start performing live again sometime in the next year or two.

thanx..... so its possible to learn it without a teacher?
the problem is just i used to have a guitar, but it was ugly and i and my friend decided to hmmm sort of freak out and sadly it was in the garage (garage used to be our vandalism place ) so it died....
but i guess i can get a new one if i talk to my dad some day i think he still got some guitars left...

i usualy play bass but i had an acoustic i played sometimes, but the d sting snapped and i hate the way the nylon strings sound so i haven't bothered to fix it yet

eventually im gonna get an electric but i dont know what im gonna do with the acoustic