Just wanted to say hi I am the new guy here.
I have some beginners chops but want to get better.
Glad to have found this place and good playing to all on here.

Greetings from Italy! I just started playing guitar, and I somehow found this website while looking for the brand of Syn's guitar... Well, I feel like I found gold! I cannot wait to go through all the lessons and get to know this community, you all seem very nice. Ciao!

Hey! I’m new to this site and I’m super excited to be here! I’ve been playing for 10+ years but could never get a grasp on sweeps and melodic shredding. Syn is one of my favorite guitarists and I’m honored to get to learn from the best!

Hello everyone,

new guy here never played before but determined to learn. Glad to be part of the community

My tabs aren't syncing to the videos right. they do play but just first measure of the tab, which i could just scroll myself right? well the tabs is playing so it throws me back to the top of tab.

Is anyone else having tab issues? I've tried both Firefox and Chrome to no avail. Am I missing something?

In this lesson we introduce you to the CAGED system.

Login to view embedded media Hey, I'm a beginner and this is my first question here so I'm a little bit excited.
I'm trying to figure out what is the fingering of the 3rd chord that synyster plays in the finger picking part in the video in the link above (I think it's some form of am), does anyone know?
Thank you so much for the help

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/synyster-gates-of-avenged-sevenfold/id1478526906?i=1000453988715

Hey All,
Just dropped a new vid. Enjoy and please share.
Happy Holidays!
PG

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In this lesson we tackle the “G shape” of the CAGED system; its correlating major chord, arpeggio, pentatonic & major scales.

In this lesson we tackle the “A shape” of the CAGED system; its correlating major chord, arpeggio, pentatonic & major scales.

Hi!

Very nice to see that the videos are back up! Is it still possible to scrub or point to a place to start playing from? For me this only works for the very first chunk of the videos. I cant skip to any place in the notes or video...

Hi,

I don’t know if any of you really remember me It definitely has been a while, 3 years to be exact. I’ve been playing but not very often as life got in the way. I started singing, usually in my car while I’m driving to work because no one can hear me then

Because of the singing I was finally able to learn gunslinger and danger line solos by ear in a martter of hours! I didn’t even have the ability to play those solos couple months ago. So stoked the progress!

Now I’m stuck with the fast part of hail to the king solo. I somewhat got it but not quite there. I feel like there’s maybe something wrong with my technique. ..So I decided to ask for help and any tips from you!

Ps. This forum has changed a lot! So I apologize if I’m doing something wrong here. I feel like I don’t know how to use this forum

Anyways. Here’s the link to my recording: Login to view embedded media

In this lesson, we show you the proper technique for holding the pick.

Let me just say that this is the way that MOST great guitar players, (including Syn), hold the pick. However – I held the pick “wrong” for 40 years and still managed to play guitar for a living. I started working on holding the pick the right way about 3 years ago, and when I do – I still play at about 70% of my ability. It’s a daily battle for me.
So I would say, if you are a beginner or intermediate – by all means – work on holding the pick this way.
If you are an advanced player and hold the pick differently – you’ll have to decide if it’s worth the effort and sacrifice.
I believe that the ends justify the means. However you can play great – do that.

I will add one last point – if you’re not confused enough already. And that is: A great deal of Syn’s sound, smoothness, tone, speed & fluidity is due to the fact that he holds the pick the way I show you in this video.

Anyone else’s videos for the lesson Syns Pentatonic Etudes not working? everything else loads except for this specific section. Any help would be much appreciated

Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales

In this lesson we discuss the basics of alternate picking.

In this lesson we introduce you to the C Major chord family; C Dm Em F G Am & Bdim.

In this lesson we introduce you to the Holy Grail of rock soloing – the Pentatonic scale.

In this lesson we go over the Lydian mode – it’s scale construction and related chords.

Aight so after listening to the new Megadeth album it dawned on me that how much filler on an album determines how iconic the album is. 'Appetite for Destruction' and 'Rust in Peace' are GOAT tier because they have zero to few filler tracks. Megadeth has ok albums, good albums, and iconic albums; it seems the level of filler will dictate which is which.

What I find awesome is I distinctly remember A7X bringing back the idea of the album. I remember kids who didn't even consider themselves A7X fans humming the deeper cut tracks that didn't even get radio play. For example, I misremembered Gunslinger as a single. It actually wasn't! It's just that so many of my friends, peers, and acquaintances listened to the WHOLE album and would hum it that my brain remembers it as a single. I put Gunslinger on a jukebox in 2022 and the bartender started singing every word, bridge, everything! It was wild!

If you take the 3 most popular holy grail albums especially: CoE, White, Nightmare you'd be hard pressed to find any filler whatsoever. Unbound, Brompton, and Lost all back to back? Pssh tell an A7X fan those are filler and you might find yourself in a confrontation. I know many non A7X fans who could sing parts of those songs. Natural Born Killers, God Hates Us, and Fiction? Again I know people who aren't even die hards that will hum those songs if they come on. Same thing with Sidewinder, Wicked End, and Strength of the World. In fact, as fan it sounds silly to even use those and filler in the same sentence.

My name is Randy and I live in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale. I've been playing for many years, but was just introduced to this site from my sales agent at Sweetwater who listed it as his Favorite Music-Related Website. Looking forward to reviewing some of the lessons and getting involved in the Community.

I've been getting more in depth with string gauge, always been a 10-52 or 10-46 person. I stumbled across a couple of forums stating that "hybrid" gauges like 10-52 put uneven tension across the neck and can cause rotation warping over time. Is this a legitimate thing or just elitist gate keeping? I know syn uses 10-52 on his custom and I am wanting to change my syn custom to that as well. But before I delve into the world of Floyd tinkering any thoughts? I'll be essentially leaving it in drop D, always found 10-46 too floppy on the 6th string but then the tension on the A and D are higher than needed in a 10-52.
@Ed Seith potentially could have insight??
Thanks in advance!

Overview of this Master Class

Hi everyone, my name is Leonid, and im begginer guitarist. My guitar is Ibanez GRGR131EX-BKF, my amp is Boss Katana Mini. I started playing like frw years ago, but i wasnt really involved, untill i bougth my electric guitar. I got some additional info in my bio, if someone really interested. I hope i will get into synners community, and you guys will help me undestand basics of this art! Also i want to mention that English - isn't my native language, so i may write something strange, or won't understand some specific guitar terms, or slang. Tho, i know some slang words ikr) Thanks everyone, i hope i will find some friends here!