Guitar Player's Thread

[Kattana]

hey all, i need help adjusting my action on my guitar, i just had it restrung and shown how to do it properly but my action is too high, its a floyd rose standard floating trem system, help please

 

[Epi]

Hey Mitch, those things you've written are actually pretty cool!

I really dig the 32 bar composition and the heavy riff thing. The latter reminds me of some 8-bit Nintendo game theme song or something. Probably because of the MIDI instruments but still.

So, are you going to record any of these things?

 

[Epi]

*Bump*

Spend a couple of days practising these sweeps and decided to record it and upload it on n00btube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehhwVQID3U

The tempo is a bit slower than in the original and the audio/video seems to be just a bit out of sync but otherwise it turned out ok (sloppy) I guess.

 

[<-Warheart->]

Hey Mitch, those things you've written are actually pretty cool!

I really dig the 32 bar composition and the heavy riff thing. The latter reminds me of some 8-bit Nintendo game theme song or something. Probably because of the MIDI instruments but still.

So, are you going to record any of these things?

Could do but I won't eb anytime soon. I recorded Somebody Put Something in my Drink last night and the rhythm tone is horrible. I think that deserves a nice big gheyz0rz.

*Bump*

Spend a couple of days practising these sweeps and decided to record it and upload it on n00btube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehhwVQID3U

The tempo is a bit slower than in the original and the audio/video seems to be just a bit out of sync but otherwise it turned out ok (sloppy) I guess.

That was great dude. What tempo was it?

And blonde hair? What colour is it naturally?

 

[Corny]

*Bump*

Spend a couple of days practising these sweeps and decided to record it and upload it on n00btube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehhwVQID3U

The tempo is a bit slower than in the original and the audio/video seems to be just a bit out of sync but otherwise it turned out ok (sloppy) I guess.

this was cool!

@warheart: This "heavy riff thing" is amazing, record it as fast as possible ... and I'd like to hear this string-piece with a better sound. Would you mind sending me the midi-files? I could try to get a different sound with another plugin.

 

[Epi]

Could do but I won't eb anytime soon. I recorded Somebody Put Something in my Drink last night and the rhythm tone is horrible. I think that deserves a nice big gheyz0rz.

Yeah, I noticed that earlier today. Tbh the tone sounds a bit weird yes. The playing's still as good as always though.

That was great dude. What tempo was it?

And blonde hair? What colour is it naturally?

Tempo is 100bpm. That's as fast as I can play those (maybe still a bit over my skills though). I'm kinda having a hard time with the position shifts.

Oh and my hair's naturally blonde, lol.

 

[Night Reaper]

pretty cool video of zappa and vai battling out



here a pretty amazing guitarist

 

[Corny]

Zappa is incredible. I have "shut up 'n play yer guitar" on Vinyl.

 

[Macharius]

here a pretty amazing guitarist

WOW Mills made Yngwie look like a n00b, or an oven roasted ham with fingers

 

[<-Warheart->]

this was cool!

@warheart: This "heavy riff thing" is amazing, record it as fast as possible ... and I'd like to hear this string-piece with a better sound. Would you mind sending me the midi-files? I could try to get a different sound with another plugin.

I'd need my mates amp to record that metal thing, the tone I have now is baaaaaad.

I tried using soundfonts to make that string quartet sound good too but I fked it up. Here's the MIDI.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hb73zq

Tbh the tone sounds a bit weird yes.

!

The playing's still sucks as always though. Where you drunk?

!

Tempo is 100bpm. That's as fast as I can play those (maybe still a bit over my skills though). I'm kinda having a hard time with the position shifts.

Nah man, that was fine. You should do a proper audio recording so we can hear it better and us all panning and layering etc. That would rawk and your tone wouldn't sawk.

Oh and my hair's naturally blonde, lol.

Oh right, I've never seen it like that before, I didn't know.

C'mon Mitch, go to bed already and stop sitting up 'til 3 in the morning when you need to be up early tomorrow.

Okay.

 

[Night Reaper]

sweet i just got this site you can download thing from youtube i would do a thread but im not sure if people already know it ??

 

[umosay]

Wow Epi that was great... i'm learning Beyond the dark sun sweep by Wintersun, got it decent at about 75&#37; but it's pretty tricky

 

[Earth Breather]

I am pretty sure I got a problem with my right hand picking, it seems on 3 note per string runs, I am only using my thumb and first finger (the fingers holding the pick) to pick, when really I should be using my wrist to pick. Anything seem wrong??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkRpb9l-Bck
Matt Heafy's picking in that video is exactly how I pick for some strange coincidense.
ps. im sorry i couldn't find a better example

 

[+VictimOfTheNight+]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Victim of the Night
C'mon Mitch, go to bed already and stop sitting up 'til 3 in the morning when you need to be up early tomorrow


Okay.

Hey, Mitchy.. where would I have said that? I can't find the original post... ...
Anyway, it's right... I repeat it almost every day, and you already knew that I'd have told it today aswell! ...

*Bump*

Spend a couple of days practising these sweeps and decided to record it and upload it on n00btube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehhwVQID3U

The tempo is a bit slower than in the original and the audio/video seems to be just a bit out of sync but otherwise it turned out ok (sloppy) I guess.

As I told... that's really good and I liked it!! ....keep on like this, dude!!

 

[Epi]

I'd need my mates amp to record that metal thing, the tone I have now is baaaaaad.

I tried using soundfonts to make that string quartet sound good too but I fked it up. Here's the MIDI.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hb73zq

Here's something I came up with some soundfonts this morning:

string_quartet.mp3

The playing's still sucks as always though. Where you drunk?

!

Damn, !!!

Nah man, that was fine. You should do a proper audio recording so we can hear it better and us all panning and layering etc. That would rawk and your tone wouldn't sawk.

I actually tried to record the sweeps on separate tracks (left and right) and it sounded pretty good. I dunno why the hell did I delete it.

Anyway I'm not going to record that thing anytime soon because I'm pretty sick of playing that. Probably in the near future or something.

Oh right, I've never seen it like that before, I didn't know.

Yup, it's teh ghey. I should probably go and shave my head bald. Either way I have to do it in little less than a 5 months because I have to join the army then.

Wow Epi that was great... i'm learning Beyond the dark sun sweep by Wintersun, got it decent at about 75&#37; but it's pretty tricky

Thank you! And good luck with the sweeps!

As I told... that's really good and I liked it!! ....keep on like this, dude!!

Thank you Eli! I really apprecciate that!

 

[<-Warheart->]

Here's something I came up with some soundfonts this morning:

string_quartet.mp3

Wow, that sounded great.

 

[Mystique1721]

that's really nice. sounds like one of the great classical composers themselves. have you thought of maybe expanding it and turning it into a real song?

 

[Corny]

Ok, I think Epi's Version sounds a bit better than the one I did (plus I slowed it unintended down a little bit , sorry for that)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/sdwcn0

I this version, I replaced the solo-instruments with full sections. It doesn't sound good except in this "chord-part". I just uploaded it because I realized, that the sound of the violin section (melody) may be pretty cool for a lead sound of a metal-keyboard.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1cd842


@epi: what plugin/soundfonts do you use? I use Edirol.

 

[Epi]

I have this soundfont called "sinfon36" don't remember where I got it from. I added the reverb in Adobe Audition.

I might try to do something with some full strings soundfonts too. Sounds pretty nice.

 

[inhe]

Here's some things I've written and I think they're pretty cool so I thought I'd upload 'em. They're MIDI sounds in mp3 though since I haven't recorded any of them yet.

This is something I wrote on a 4 string guitar that was tuned to E, E, E, B (high to low). I had 4 strings on my old strat copy and I wanted to try out the Paul Gilbert triple E string thing so I did and tuned the 4th one to a low B and this is what I came up with. http://www.sendspace.com/file/g396ez

This is a variation on a really simple riff I came up with that turned into a death metal song. I originally used D standard but this is in drop C and has more of a LoG feel to it, I spose. I tried to make it a bit cooler by adding that keyboard thing too. http://www.sendspace.com/file/l7qphv

When I was in college, I was told that one of my projects was to write a piece for a string quartet. This is what I came up with when I tried for the first time. http://www.sendspace.com/file/s8p6pa

Then, when I was actually given the guidelines, I was told it had to be 32 bars in length and I also had to write it out in standard notation. What a fun and time consuming job that turned out to be. Originally, I was going to do a slow piece like the first thing I posted but I thought shit, I can do whatever I want so I ended up writing something that Yngwie would (maybe) be proud of. I absolutely love the middle section that uses those huge major chords and then goes back to the main theme perfectly and the whole thing is exactly 32 bars. I couldn't believe it. http://www.sendspace.com/file/1sfugi

The metal riff reminds me alot of necrophagists epitaph, especially the drums.