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10-13-2009, 07:58 PM
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All you need is an hour or two a day. Most people have the time for that. Also, it takes time to learn an instrument and it will be hard. If you want to tune down to make it easier, feel free but it's a bit of a quick fix if you're finding something difficult.
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10-13-2009, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
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Some people don't even have an hour, or two. Fortunately, you don't need to be a good guitarist to make a career out of it.
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10-13-2009, 09:16 PM
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I never suggested that you had to be AMAZING to be successful in music, however if you want to seriously make a career in music, it kind of suggests that you would probably want to put in some time and have a real interest in your instrument because you've honestly thought about that career choice. For example, Session Musicians and Song Writers have spent a lot of time perfecting their skills so they get as much work as possible.
You can write good music without being a technical genius on your instrument but if you don't even have an hour to play guitar the you certianly ain't gunna have the time to write a song and spend the time getting into the music industry.
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10-13-2009, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Your mother.
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I practice 3 hours a day, and I can now play Only For The Weak by In Flames.
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10-13-2009, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Was the question you asked in reference to yourself? or was it hypothetical?
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10-14-2009, 07:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
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I also down tune my bass and guitar for the music I write. I tune to C flat for when I work on my Industrial metal band and then drop D for my crust band.
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10-14-2009, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
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I don't like using any other tuning than standard.
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10-14-2009, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Your mother.
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Why? Different tunings produce variety.
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The Overture To The Symphony Of Destruction.
I am the Antiproduct!
There is, they say, no fool like an old fool - Golding.
" All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." - Orwell.
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10-25-2009, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
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Damn spammer... I plan on doing a cover of the That 70's Show intro.
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10-26-2009, 07:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Question here:
What tuning is used commonly in doom or stoner metal like Electric Wizard and or Cathedral. I'm looking for a heavy bottom end.
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10-26-2009, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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For myself, I tune everything down two and leave it flat. For the most part, it's preference. I know Wreck Of The Hesperus does a drop-D tuning with everything tuned down one (Drop-C?????????) for a lot of their stuff, and then just makes them up as they go along.
For the most part, though, it's the gear they use afterwards, DOD Meat Box, an octaver, whatnot.
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10-26-2009, 07:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Ok, thanks Duckman. I suppose in part I don't have good equipment, it's all been free stuff.
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10-26-2009, 08:18 AM
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Free stuff is good, you just have to know how to use it. Distroyr is a great plug-in, EQ31 is one of my go-to EQ's. A lot of the time, I just like to edit duplicates of the actual .WAV and layer them.
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10-26-2009, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cimmeria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormtrooper of Death
Question here:
What tuning is used commonly in doom or stoner metal like Electric Wizard and or Cathedral. I'm looking for a heavy bottom end.
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For tunings the most common for that style of music is ...
(from low to high) DGCFAD , which is a whole step down from concert tuning, or you could try `Baritone tuning` which is (from low to high) BEADGB.
Some musicians might even tune lower than this ...
For example ..
(low to high) ADGCEA
It will also help the sound if you use a very heavy gauge of strings such as 11, 12, 13 (jazz players use this gauge a lot for the added low end to the sound this thick gauge allows. It is also highly recommended to get a Luthier or your local guitar tech at a music store to give your instrument a `professional set-up` so the guitar and its necks are properly adjusted and calibrated for heavier gauges of string !!!.
What pick ups and tone woods does your guitar have, this will be another factor in the sound ?
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far wiser creatures play,
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10-26-2009, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: US
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Why have someone set up what you can do yourself?
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10-27-2009, 02:26 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sheffield UK.
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Man, I saw a Gretsch G5120WT Electromatic Hollowbody for 330 pounds. I'm pissed off that I'm skint
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10-27-2009, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf
For tunings the most common for that style of music is ...
(from low to high) DGCFAD , which is a whole step down from concert tuning, or you could try `Baritone tuning` which is (from low to high) BEADGB.
Some musicians might even tune lower than this ...
For example ..
(low to high) ADGCEA
It will also help the sound if you use a very heavy gauge of strings such as 11, 12, 13 (jazz players use this gauge a lot for the added low end to the sound this thick gauge allows. It is also highly recommended to get a Luthier or your local guitar tech at a music store to give your instrument a `professional set-up` so the guitar and its necks are properly adjusted and calibrated for heavier gauges of string !!!.
What pick ups and tone woods does your guitar have, this will be another factor in the sound ?
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I'm thinking of getting a new guitar just for this style. Right now I'm playing a 1963 Gibson SG, my Dad's first guitar, and I don't want to ruin or mess around with it too much. So, I'm just in the looking around fase right now. But thanks for the help!
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10-28-2009, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormtrooper of Death
I'm thinking of getting a new guitar just for this style. Right now I'm playing a 1963 Gibson SG, my Dad's first guitar, and I don't want to ruin or mess around with it too much. So, I'm just in the looking around fase right now. But thanks for the help!
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S.O.D,
I have found you something that you might be interested in, so you can have an awesome drop tune sound without having to set up or change your string guage ...
Its the Morpheus Drop tune pedal, I found the ad for it in Guitar World ...
http://www.morpheusefx.com/
It will save you having to buy an extra guitar just for drop tuning !!!.
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For in each delve and greenwood,
far wiser creatures play,
and in their veins and sinews,
live the gods of yesterday.
Be excellent to one another !!!.
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10-28-2009, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cimmeria
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Here is a video demo of the Morpheus pedal, I mentioned above !!!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcDvSq1pFjA
I would love to try one of these pedals, it sounds awesome !!!.
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For in each delve and greenwood,
far wiser creatures play,
and in their veins and sinews,
live the gods of yesterday.
Be excellent to one another !!!.
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10-28-2009, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by Beowulf
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That is really awesome. Thank you. Will definitely get one if I can find it.
I have four guitars, but that pedal is still going to be useful as fuck.
This is the best thread on this forum.
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10-28-2009, 08:14 PM
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#421
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
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Which is why I like to keep it on the first page.
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10-29-2009, 06:06 AM
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#422
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Thanks Beowulf, I'll have to look for that in the future, seems to work really well!!
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10-31-2009, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
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Shena na na na na na na na na na na na na na naaaaaaaaaa!
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11-01-2009, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Croatia
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I've been playing guitar for 2 years, and my equipment is good enough, for practice, at least to me. It's an LTD's EX-50 and Micro-Cube amp. I also have classic guitar that is too cheap to have a brand on it... ^^
as for playing, i think i don't play very well, but i could, if i'd practiced more... so basically i think i could have played much better when considering how long i'm playing...
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11-01-2009, 05:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Fiddler's Green
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I need to better at reading actual music...
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