says bob saget!

OH SHIET

It's not uncommon.

uhduhhhhhh. just asking everyone's opinion!

It depends on what you're doing. Taylor make great live guitars, but they really lack in the low end, so if you're recording anything folk, they suck. Martins are super woody and rich, but they don't translate well live.

I'm a Breedlove guy, but if you're limiting yourself to only Taylor and Martin (which would be ignorant), pick which fits your sound better.

So howd you guys learn to play?

I ask because ive been "teaching" myself for the past 2-3 months.. and I feel like im going nowhere

suggestions?

i was taught for a year or so and then realized i didn't need his lessons any longer.
my first song was that gay green day song. i suggest you have someone teach you somehow. are you talking about acoustic? that's what i started out on. it helps to strengthen your fingers. if you have a friend who is decent at guitar, have him show you a few of the open chords and the proper way to strum. that's what i usually do.

Ha damn straight man. I learned playing green day and stuff like that a few years ago...I'm glad for it in a way it taught me basic shit. I run into these eleven year old kids where I live who can't play open chords or palm mute for shit cause all they do is try to play avenged sevenfold.

Ya, i started off with an acoustic. I also bought myself one of those Squier starter kits (its not too bad actually)
Unfortunately, i dont have any friends still living down here that play the guitar. My uncle is amazing, but he finger picks everything... which "looks" super hard hah

I take it DVDs or computer programs are a stupid idea?

just pick up a guitar and fuck around. that's what i did. i sat in front of my tv for hours watching international supervideos over and over again watching billie joe's hands, learning every green day song possible. 6 years later.

i still suck!

I've been completely self taught for five years now.

I'd be better if I'd had taken lessons, but that's more money and stress that I wouldn't need. I'm glad I taught myself. I'm skilled enough to play all the songs my band plays easily. And we do some pretty complex stuff. (Think Dream Theater, meets Saosin)

Honestly, it's just about playing the fuck out of your guitar until you eventually pass a certain threshold and playing becomes something else entirely.

I've never had a guitar lesson in my life but I had a pretty good basis in music theory, which in retrospect probably helped a lot.

if you don't want to waste time, at least save up some money and take a few lessons to get the feel of things.
or askk around school for someone who can show you basics or find someone who knows what they're doing!
i'm sure there are some decent videos on the web.

*Never learned one Green Day song and plan on keep it that way*



i like them for the most part, sometimes they bore me, but all in all, i like learning/listening to songs that are more musically exciting (i.e. Saosin)



but i'm a sucker for a catchy melody

I don't think I've ever heard your band, linkage?

I am picking up my G&L tomorrow. Damn am I excited.

i don't think saosin is exciting. unless explain to me why they are.

peavey 6505 or 5150
mesa recto or roadking
engl powerball
framus cobra
soldano avenger, slo, or decatone
vht deliverence
any krank head
madison
deizel vh4

and last but not least...
BOGNER UBERSCHALL


Martin. taylors below 1k are shit in my opinion and taylors electronics blow so hard... I can't believe people tolerate that shittiness of taylor electronics.
If you are looking below 1k get a breedlove or a parkway

I have gotten amazing comments every time I play my martin live. I have a spruce top martin so it sounds close to a taylor, but I have a fishman blending pickup (and mic) and my dc-16 just causes sound dudes to eargasm because of how perfect the pickup matches the guitar.

... And I use pretty thick strings to beef up the body a bit.

Yeah, my dad just sent his taylor to get a b-band for a good plugged in sound.
but it's tits acoustically, plus his neck feels more like a classical, it's from the early 80's, I think.

i think they're exciting because there's always something interesting going on guitar wise, not just power chords there ENTIRE TIME, and if they are rocking the power chords, we usually got some a sweet drums and melody to fall back on

wow. my G&L is so hot... now it is time to sit down and play it. I will post pics later

Do you take requests?



Shirtless, plz?


Yeah, like other people, i took lessons for a year and didn't get anything
out of it, except an A minor pentatonic scale that ive been playing
since 9th grade. Anyhow, it takes time to get decent.
So learn the basics, try to figure out songs without tabs, and write as much as you can.

wow... I am pretty much speechless. when the G&L is tag teamed with my marshall 6100... amazing. It just fills the room, and it I can get that 90's emo tone I have been searching for... if I have time I will record some.

mine. i'm in the process of getting more pedals so i tried the make the most room on my board possible...

do you really use that Danelectro pedal???? is it even any good?

that pedal is actually one of the most lush sounding choruses i've heard. it's the original 18-volt version. the little "novelty" danelectro pedals i've heard are complete shit but i know some of their more expensive ones have received good reviews. the ONLY thing i dislike about it is that it's huge. i'm posting a link to harmony-central. it has over 15 pages of reviews and it's stood pretty well.

[size=3]DC-1 COOL CAT CHORUS REVIEWS

Danelectro pedals actually aren't all that bad. Given, they aren't the best pedals ever...but they work. I've had two and they stood up to the best.

so I'm probably retarded... but

How do I get a "Clean" sound with my G-DEC Junior Amp? Theres all these different sounds on the knob... but nothing is just clean. <--Newb as you can tell

since it's a modeling style amp, i'd recommend setting it to the cleanest setting. either acoustic,tweed, or blackface depeding on the tone you're wanting... also, make sure you're not cranking the gain knob. gain, even on a clean model setting, can distort some.

so apparently my jcm800 and my G&L can combine forces to make the ultimate Louisiana Blues tone. I just sat there for literally an hour or so playing Louisiana blues riffs. dope.

sweet tits dude. What kind of cab are you running that through?

marshall 1960av or mesa 212

That sounds like sex monty.

Can you try to post some clean clips with the G&L sometime? I'm curious.

I'll see if I can record some today

can anyone suggest some cool modified tunings?

dude drop d is siq

open d major or open d minor are some of my personal favorites

for melodic metal I drop both 1 and 6 to D.

I've played in drop D almost exclusively for years. It's basically standard tuning to me with a lot more options. I've really based my whole playing style around that and Drop C.

i always played in drop d, but at the beginning of this year, i started playing in drop c, and i love it.

This is the G&L through the JCM 800 playing sick riffage

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



6100 is coming soon. I got some dual guitar going and am gonna add in some fake drums and bass. it will be awesome.

thanks guys.

stringin up my acoustic. it's been a good while. dang there are so many different strings! has anyone used these SIT acoustic strings before? the guy suggested them so i figured why not. anything will sound better than what i had. i'm writing an acoustic song. are four of them supposed to be wound? hah.

yep

Oh yeah.

Most tele's I hear are really harsh through a high gain amp. That was definitely not harsh at all. Very fuzzy and meaty. Nice.

the 6100!

enjoy my masterpiece

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

edit: youtube destroyed the sound quality, so if you want the mp3 version (which sounds alot more baller)... http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2e6b21c...2db6fb9a8902bda
it is the one titled 6100asatdemo

i used to play in drop c and drop d but it ruined the shit out of the neck/bridge of my guitar from being in such a low tuning constantly

i guess thats what i get for not paying to have them adjusted

i've been playing back in standard lately. it's been a few years.

sao,circa, and thrice keep me all over the place. So do these guys... www.myspace.com/marcarock Fun to play along with.

that's brady's band. he posts here... or used to.

i've been playing in open C tuning. fucking awesome. not just for acoustic either. you can play some really amazing riffs.

Do it.