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feylya · 07-12-2004 9:53pm

Beyond punk?...

Amp and effects are going to be a Fender FM212r and a Boss ME-50.

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 10:01pm

Problem is, I play punk and metal, albeit badly. There just isn't a guitar that deals really well with both. Not one I've discovered so far at least.

feylya · 07-12-2004 10:02pm

Punk and metal? Fender Fat Strat.

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 10:11pm

Yeah. Was thinking of that lately but as of now I'm broke, and to deal with the metal end of things I'd really need to put something like a Duncan JB in the bridge. Not too bad for the job though, even if it won't do it perfectly. I really need to refine my musical taste further but as of now I'm far too pathetic a guitarist to play any real metal other than the most basic riffs. Any ideas for new challenging pieces to get me moving again?

feylya · 07-12-2004 10:14pm

What's wrong with basic riffs? Yeah, a JB would be good. Maybe a stack humbucker in the neck.

TBH, I'm not up to date with punk pickups...

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 10:29pm

Nothing wrong with basic riffs, I'd just like to be able to do more. I need to be able to do more. I'm not going to feel justified in getting a nice guitar until I'm able to use it the way it should be used. Any good ideas for new pieces?

feylya · 07-12-2004 10:31pm

New pieces to play?

Depends what bands ya like. I could say like Battery and Master Of Puppets or learn Bad Horsie and the Attitude Song.

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 10:39pm

I can play *most* of Master of Puppets but I really need to finish it off, including the solo, and I want to learn Battery but it's impossible to find *accurate* TAB for it. Best Metallica song ever though, by a long shot.

feylya · 07-12-2004 10:41pm

How accurate do you want it to be?

http://www.olga.net/dynamic/browse.php?local=main/m/metallica/battery.tab

That's pretty close I reckon.

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 10:49pm

I'd like everything to be perfect because my ear isn't developed enough just yet to be able to tell where it isn't. I might pick up the TAB book at Christmas. Holiday spirit of generosity and all that!

feylya · 07-12-2004 10:50pm

I don't give much heed to those tab books tbh. Blackened in the AJFA book is wrong.

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 11:01pm

Isn't the whole point that they're supposed to be right? How that happened I don't know but aren't they licensed by the bands or something? Meh. Good album. Might as well pick up the TAB book and learn as much as I can. Battery and finishin Master of Puppets should definitely bring me up a notch or two anyway. I'm going for grade 2 this year I think so I could do with upping the standard a little.

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:02pm

Grade 2? Ah, you're one of those "lesson" people, aren't you!

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 11:06pm

Yep! I'm the stereotypical 15-year-old tool wandering around abusing guitars and wasting Musician Inc.'s time, I'm pretty sure they hate me in there at this stage...

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:13pm

Yeah, I'm pretty much like that. Except not 15 and not in Dublin.

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 11:20pm

Yeah, and apparently you have talent, another difference. Where might I be the purchasor of this "talent" of which you speak? Damn I'm useless. Must change that...

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:22pm

Talent? HAHAHAHAHA, you should hear me play.

Tell me, do you have your guitar in your hands now?

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 11:27pm

Yup. Why?

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:29pm

Just wondering.

TBH, I was jamming with a 15 year old on Saturday. He has been playing for two years and he was playing Vai, Malmsteen and Petrucci solos perfectly. I nearly wanted to cry.

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 11:32pm

...I hate him. I've been playing for two years and I can do **** all. He'll probably turn out to be an outstanding musician if he keeps going at that rate.

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:33pm

He's thinking about going to Berklee to study...

Although, he's beginning to be socially inept. There's always a sacrafice.

D!ve^Bomb! · 07-12-2004 11:41pm

feylya wrote:

Just wondering.

TBH, I was jamming with a 15 year old on Saturday. He has been playing for two years and he was playing Vai, Malmsteen and Petrucci solos perfectly. I nearly wanted to cry.

which vai solos??

To be honest when i first started out i would walk into a music shop and see people younger than me playing **** i couldn't,, it used to make me go home and play for hours!!! but now i don't give a **** as that's probably all they're good for.. guitar ****.. It doesn't matter what you can play.. its what you can write and how good you are at putting songs together etc etc blah blah

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 11:41pm

In fairness, if you can play like that, who cares!

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:42pm

Eh, Blue Powder, For The Love Of God, Bad Horsie, the Attitude Song.

He writes his own stuff too

It wasn't me! · 07-12-2004 11:48pm

...He annoys me. I write my own too, but it's pretty weak.

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:49pm

Yup. Can't write anything good. I can come up with stuff jamming but forget it as I play it.

D!ve^Bomb! · 07-12-2004 11:52pm

did he play the WHOLE for the love of god all the way through perfectly? if so then i'd be impressed:) But there is quite a lot of that solo that's pretty simple, its all in the wah.. i remember playing that a couple of years ago.. and i've only played for 3 years..

Although some of it is quite hard ybh.. like the sweeping.. but i only find that hard because i'm not a fan of sweep picking and i don't think its sounds great unless you're in an 80's death metal band.. but the rest is pretty easy.. depending on the guitar you're playin.. ya need one with 24 frets as i've got big hands and i need lots of room around the 20-22nd fret.. Damn i miss my maverick!!

feylya · 07-12-2004 11:57pm

I didn't ask him to play it but sweeping is a joke to him. He plays it without looking.

http://bam295.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/dunnoyet.mp3

try and get that. It's one of his. Can't remember if it's any good but the recording isn't great. Bad tone and eq tbh.

D!ve^Bomb! · 08-12-2004 12:11am

well it's not really great tbh.. there's a quite a few mistakes and he goes out of key a bit as well.. it sounds like he's improvising.. the kid can play tho and in a couple of years he'll be pretty ****ing amazin if he keeps on the way he's goin!! What guitar does he play?

Giblet · 08-12-2004 12:46am

A bit off isn't time he? I was expecting some mad sweeping n stuff.

Actually that's hurting my ears.

feylya · 08-12-2004 12:59am

It's an Ibanez EDR 470.

Like I said, I'm not sure about that clip. There's better ones and he's not great at recording. He's only been playing two years.

http://bam295.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/acrashcourseinimprovisation.mp3

The solo in this one is pretty cool.

WARNING: do not listen if you don't like harmonised guitars

Doctor J · 08-12-2004 10:43am

feylya wrote:

TBH, I'm not up to date with punk pickups...

Such a thing exists? Is a dedicated pickup designed for 'punk' not totally against everything punk was supposed to stand for?

Doctor J · 08-12-2004 2:00pm

Just found this on Chris guitars

002, super high end Japan model and the first one I’ve ever seen. All the high end features and a stunning work of art with impeccable Antique Violin finish over super thin S-shaped Mahogany body. Also features 3-piece Maple neck, taped off edges for PRS style “binding”, thin Wizard neck, Lo Pro Edge tremolo and a great electronics package consisting of QM1/QM2 DiMarzio pickups and a Baggs piezo pickup system. Stereo outputs if you want to send the acoustic tones to a separate amp or use the mix controls to blend the magnetic and piezo through the same amp. Controls are: 5-way for selection of humbucker and single coil tones on the QM’s controlled by master volume and master tone; 3-way mini for choice of magnetic/piezo/both; volume for piezo and stacked pot for piezo bass/treble boost. This model appears to be available internationally but is a hard to find model in the USA. With a list price of $1600 you can expect to pay $1199 – if you can find one. This one is virtually “as new” and includes the thick, plush-lined Ibanez case for just $899.

Nice

feylya · 08-12-2004 2:12pm

How much is that in eurobucks? And delivery?

I've some dude I think trying to scam me outta my computer... But if it's legit

Doctor J · 08-12-2004 2:16pm

Shipping would be about $100. So $1000 - George Bush = €700 or thereabouts, amybe €150 tax if you're unlucky. How much would that be here? Piezo? Stereo? Ka-Ching!

I'm tempted myself

feylya · 08-12-2004 2:20pm

IT'd be €750 plus VAT, teh bastards. TBH, I'm really really tempted by Agile now. Mr Angry's just arrived and I opened it to check it. I've never seen nicer fret work...

mr_angry · 08-12-2004 2:57pm

F*ck work, I'm going home!

(And I'm no particular fan of Ibanez, but that is a NICE guitar...)

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