Washburn Nuno Bettencourt signature model?
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Guitar help/questions
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I bought my 11th guitar (lifetime) in November. I've only got three in the collection at the moment, a 25 year old Takamine EN-10, an old Yamaha electric (no pickups wired at the moment), and "Special K", my new Martin D-28.
To the OP, a few lessons never hurt anyone, especially beginners!
To the OP, a few lessons never hurt anyone, especially beginners!
How's the guitar on the right play? I had an old Ibanez with a tree of life finger board, man I wish I still had that guitar...
Not quite, it's a Korean import and nowhere nearly the quality of an N4 but has some of the same features (and more....middle pick up, push/pull coil split on both humbuckers, etc.). Pretty decent guitar for the price I paid
Honestly...had that guitar for like a month and sold it. It played ok but I wasn't a fan of the tone (pickups were very weak). Only reason I had it is cause I bought it as part of a lot of guitars and never had the intention of keeping it.
SeaBreez
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Werd. I like the floyd but I really should get rid of one of the guitars and get a fixed bridge gutiar. I've wanted one of these for a long time:
*droooool*
Or something like this:
Yeah.....I want a V
Holy crap those are sweet "V"s... I want one too.
I "steal" my son's when he is in school. Not as nice as the ones above.
First guitar I picked up was an old classical that was really crap, but I got it from my grandparents 10 years ago, so I still try to make it sound okay. Next was a Fender acoustic/electric. Not an amazing acoustic, but still sounds great and I love it. Next picked up Epiphone Sheraton II, inspired by Dallas Green's Gibson ES-335. Love the Sheraton, it sounds amazing.
I'd reccomend a decent acoustic. I get frustrated playing the classical because it's just not a well-made guitar. You can pick up a decent acoustic for 200-300 dollars.
My favourite guitar has always been Taylor acoustics, especially the ones made of Koa wood.
I'd reccomend a decent acoustic. I get frustrated playing the classical because it's just not a well-made guitar. You can pick up a decent acoustic for 200-300 dollars.
My favourite guitar has always been Taylor acoustics, especially the ones made of Koa wood.
Congrats on the new guitar! I just bought myself Rocksmith the other day and I'm having some minor lag issues as well. It recommends hooking up audio via component cable instead of HDMI, so I'm gonna give it a try.
I switched to analog audio and the lag issues improve drastically. Keep in mind that there are two different types of lag. There is one lag (the HDMI lag) that is the lag between when you pick a string and when you hear it through the speakers. The second lag (visual) is the one that you can adjust through the game menu. This one is the lag between when you see a note cross the line and when you hear the same note in the game.
That's gonna be a pain in the *** since my tv is ceiling mounted and all the wires are run run along the walls.
ajaxguy
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Can anyone recommend someone good in the durham region to teach my 10 year old son from scratch and i may even be interested in learning. We bought him a nice guitar for christmas as he wanted to learn but I have no clue how to play and i think one on one with a kid is the best.
thanks!
thanks!
I love to drop it down another half step to C#. Crank the gain up on your amp, and start chugging. I also own a 7-string for when I feel like going a little lower. :headbang:D standard son (1 step down)DROP D is for sissies
I have a program called Guitar Pro (google / torrent it?), which is pretty useful learning songs from tabs. Ulimateguitar.com has a ton of them, and they're great for learning songs you like. You can also check out songster.com, which is similar to the Guitar Pro program, however it is web based.
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gtm
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+1 for guitar pro
if you hunt around the hidden sections of the internet you can find a copy of it.. I shall say no more regarding that.
As for lessons, you really can do no better than a proper music school. A lot of so called teachers are just half *** teacher lookin to make a buck or two between marijuana sessions who will teach your kid to read tabs and not much more than that. At that point they become merely just a motivation tool, which is a good thing, but once your kid learns how to read tabs and figure things out the teacher won't be much more than a paid jamming buddy. But being a youngin, you want to instill the proper techniques, which requires a teacher who knows what they are doing. Posture, positioning, etc are all very very valuable things that if done incorrectly can really hinder the whole guitar experience and have it sitting in the corner collecting dust before you know it.
Being a youngin' you don't want to throw theory and all that technical stuff at them, at this point you just want them to have fun with the instrument and learn to stick with it more than anything. The hardest part about learning any instrument is learning to have the patience to learn, and learning that it takes time. Learning an instrument is for those reasons a very valuable life lesson and I would recommend everyone get their kids into music. Guitar has a pretty steep beginning learning curve depending on the approach taken, and you really want to find a teacher who knows how to work with that learning curve, who can keep your kid interested in music and the guitar, without pushing them so hard as to discourage them into giving up. ie. you dont go teaching a noob guitarist barre chords on his first day, he's just going to lose his mind and probably end up smashing the thing because his fingers "wont work"
I breifly attended the ontario academy of music (http://www.oaom-music.com/) which is located in Weston, a bit far from durham, but its the only one I have experience with. I didn't stay as long as I had hoped because other things came up in my life and I just wasnt practicing and I felt like I was wasting my teachers time to some extent when I came in and hadn't fully taken hold of last weeks lessons. There is a very good teacher there named Ziad, as well as another guy whose name I cannot exactly recall at the moment, but I saw him for a while after I felt Ziad had just become a jamming buddy and wasnt really teaching me anything - i was more interested in getting in depth with theory and jazz principles and he, while a very good musician, didnt have such a great background with this. The other guy whose name I cant recall was a York professor, and played a wide range of instruments and was absolutely truly amazing at guitar. He could take a song and alter it to fit into any style.. he was truly exactly what I wanted to become. Just flawless, amazing talent.
In the end all I can say is check out the credentials of the teacher, perhaps talk to other students/parents that they teach and make your own informed decision.
if you hunt around the hidden sections of the internet you can find a copy of it.. I shall say no more regarding that.
As for lessons, you really can do no better than a proper music school. A lot of so called teachers are just half *** teacher lookin to make a buck or two between marijuana sessions who will teach your kid to read tabs and not much more than that. At that point they become merely just a motivation tool, which is a good thing, but once your kid learns how to read tabs and figure things out the teacher won't be much more than a paid jamming buddy. But being a youngin, you want to instill the proper techniques, which requires a teacher who knows what they are doing. Posture, positioning, etc are all very very valuable things that if done incorrectly can really hinder the whole guitar experience and have it sitting in the corner collecting dust before you know it.
Being a youngin' you don't want to throw theory and all that technical stuff at them, at this point you just want them to have fun with the instrument and learn to stick with it more than anything. The hardest part about learning any instrument is learning to have the patience to learn, and learning that it takes time. Learning an instrument is for those reasons a very valuable life lesson and I would recommend everyone get their kids into music. Guitar has a pretty steep beginning learning curve depending on the approach taken, and you really want to find a teacher who knows how to work with that learning curve, who can keep your kid interested in music and the guitar, without pushing them so hard as to discourage them into giving up. ie. you dont go teaching a noob guitarist barre chords on his first day, he's just going to lose his mind and probably end up smashing the thing because his fingers "wont work"
I breifly attended the ontario academy of music (http://www.oaom-music.com/) which is located in Weston, a bit far from durham, but its the only one I have experience with. I didn't stay as long as I had hoped because other things came up in my life and I just wasnt practicing and I felt like I was wasting my teachers time to some extent when I came in and hadn't fully taken hold of last weeks lessons. There is a very good teacher there named Ziad, as well as another guy whose name I cannot exactly recall at the moment, but I saw him for a while after I felt Ziad had just become a jamming buddy and wasnt really teaching me anything - i was more interested in getting in depth with theory and jazz principles and he, while a very good musician, didnt have such a great background with this. The other guy whose name I cant recall was a York professor, and played a wide range of instruments and was absolutely truly amazing at guitar. He could take a song and alter it to fit into any style.. he was truly exactly what I wanted to become. Just flawless, amazing talent.
In the end all I can say is check out the credentials of the teacher, perhaps talk to other students/parents that they teach and make your own informed decision.
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Yeah, I've used Guitar Pro, there was also another program like Guitar Pro but I can't remember the name right now. It was free but not as full featured.
Oh and I picked up Rocksmith today....played around with it for a couple of hours. The lag is pretty damn bad and the thing is clearly targetted at noobz but it's definitely pretty fun and if you're good it cranks up the difficulty automatically pretty fast. I need to pick up some non-hdmi cables as it sounds like that should help with the lag. This is SOOOOOO much better than playing with one of the silly plastic guitars.
The Amp models crack me up as they are not licensed so they can't actually use the proper logos and names (except Gibson stuff) but it's always close enough that it's pretty obvious what they are.
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