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Hello!!

Hello everyone! My name is Cierra and I just got my first guitar and have been looking for a place/person to learn from. Never did I think my favorite guitarist would have a free site. I've played violin for 6 years and was concert master my final year of high school. So I know scales and reading music, but for guitar that's about it.🤣 I'm so excited to get started and learn how to play! ❤

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Left hander playing right handed

Hello!

I was wondering if strumming with your weak hand is a disadvantage.


I'm a lefthander and at first it felt weird picking up the guitar right-handed, but now it doesn't really feel weird and rather natural (even though I can't play anything on it but an E major chord). Will I have issues in the long run when playing like this (strumming with right hand)? I play the drums right-handed and i've noticed that's not really an issue.


Thanks!

Positive Message For The Students, "Synner Days"

Hey there, my little kittens :)

It's your Momma Cat here. And I am taking a break from recording guitar tracks to dish a little bit of a positive message for you guys. I'm gonna try not to make this long. But it's me, so it probably will be.

First of all, I know SO many of you are going through some serious shit right now. And as I talk to you all off of the school, it has become apparent how much each and every one of you has similar issues. Family not being supportive, issues at home making it hard to focus, a loss, stress from taking on too many things at once, a friend of yours randomly blowing up at you, and after all the day's hard work you have ZERO motivation to practice or play, or even do what you love to do.
It's almost frightening how similar your situations are with one another. They're almost synonymous. So I want to tell you all a few things. A few minor things.

First of all, most of you know my mother died almost 5 years ago. That is five years I will never get back. Through this time, my life was a fucking blur. I became a vegetable for many reasons, and Holly ended up supporting me financially, emotionally and even sometimes cooked for me. My anxiety got so bad I had to actually sit in the break room at her work for 8 hours because the moment I was away from her, it literally felt like I was going to die.
Yes, I needed to heal. But I also went through a lot of family bullshit for the last TWO years that took so much out of me, oftentimes I truly contemplated suicide. @RoaringRowanThunderBender , @Alicia Willis , Syn and Holly know about that. Because of the same things you guys have mentioned.
You're fucking shot. You're emotionally drained. You're tired. You hurt. And your family or your friends (who are suppose to lift you up) cause bullshit that truly takes the last bit of you because there is no escape from it. And you checkout. Maybe permanently.
Please don't.
Listen, in 5 years I could have had my album completely done and paid for. I could have gotten my ass on to my real estate and right now I could be living in a nice fucking house, paid in cash. I ALSO could have had TWO books done, instead of struggling to finish this one. Even losing a pound a month, I could be 60lbs down by now. Which is WAY smaller than where I am now. I could be fluent in Italian. I could have my debt paid off completely.
But I don't. I don't have any of that.
Why?
People took my time from me.
Worse?
I let it happen.
I also let fear consume me.

Now, I find myself stressed with anxiety trying to "make up for lost time". I'm trying to cram 12 hour days in without breaks, that oftentimes I get so stressed I don't even want to start my day. I have no idea what to make a priority, and I feel like I'm losing my mind. Until just now I realized to just enjoy the ride. Stop planning, start doing.

Now this ties into what I'm now OFFICIALLY DUBBING "Synner Saturdays."

IF YOU DON'T START DOING THIS I WILL PERSONALLY WORK MY ASS OFF TO SELL A HOUSE AND MAKE YOU DO IT ANYWAY. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO MAKE IT HAPPEN

Starting TOMORROW...
I want EVERYONE (who reads this) to use Saturdays as THEIR day for guitar, if you can. I know everyone teases me about Bill, but he made a really good point about guitar schools he's seen before. He said, "Online guitar schools are fucking awesome. But the problem of it is, is that the community vibe can get so strong, that oftentimes students feel more compelled to help each other instead of focusing on their own personal growth."
So on Saturdays, it would be wonderful if we all just took ONE day to focus on our own growth. We take time to watch @Andrei Moraru 's amazing theory videos. We take time to watch a lesson and post our progress. We take time to explore our guitar and post up something we learned.
I'm not saying that I'm not seeing this. Because I AM seeing it now more than ever.
But you all deserve to have one day (even if it's not Saturday) to dedicate to yourself. Even if it's just an hour of your time of the day.

Take of this what you want to. I'll be making a 'riff' category entitled "Synner Saturdays" and I'm going to be following it to see what you all start doing on there. This is just me trying to make sure you give yourself your time to grow. CLICK IT HERE
And lastly,
Don't let anyone steal your time. If you do, before you know it, you're going to be 33 (like me) and feeling like you have to cram 5 years of success into one year. And that, my friends, can't be done.

Love you...
XOXO,
Jak

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Difficulty with fretting consistency

Hi all, I’ve noticed during practicing that sometimes my fretting is not very consistent. I’m rather new, but it is something I’d like to work on. Ironically I can pick rather accurately without looking even using alternate picking, etc but my left hand isn’t as coordinated. For the most part it is mainly my ring and middle finger, because my index and pinky are pretty accurate but the other 2 will sometimes lift or get in the way. Sometimes they just do their own thing.

Does anyone have any tips or exercises that I can add into my daily practice to get better at fretting accurately consistently?
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All That Remains late guitarist Oli Herbert College Tablature

Oli Herbert, the late lead guitarist of metal band All That Remains was an incredible guitarist. So much so that Jason Flippin Richardson has replaced him for their live tours!

If this post works, within this thread you will find every page of his college notebook, even the cover, which is COVERED in resin xDD

I didnt know him, and i am only able to do this because of his best friend, Bobby Jacobson Williams, or as i know him...BJ


This is such an incredible thing to share with everyone here


Edit:Can only post 10 pics a time. So heres the first 10. If you guys want more lemme know in the comments below! Maybe share your fav solos or songs! Celebrate this man's incredible life!
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Mother has entered the chat

Hey everyone!
My name is Natan, or as most people online know me as, Steve. I'm from Israel 😄
I've been an Avenged Sevenfold fan for over 10 years now, as well as a drummer for around 6 years.
I've just recently started playing the guitar (1 years in a few weeks)- I have a Syn GA SC Acoustic and a lovely PRS Custom SE 24.
Can't wait to start learning from the best teachers, Papa Gates and Syn 😍 Aswell as learning from everyone on the forums!

I'm also the proud owner of one of Syn's 1/1 Deathbats, "Mother" 🤩

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This beautiful piece of art grants me (Everything redeemable once a year):
-A free SG played guitar
-A private lesson with SG
-Premium Access to Synner (I'm guessing Legend/Legend+?)
-Synner loot box

Very excited to be here and feel free to ask me anything! 🤘🏼

Hello!

I am new to this site, seemed too good to be true at first when I heard about it, but apparently it's not!

First started listening to Avenged when origins dropped on Black Ops 2 with the Shepherd of Fire intro clip.


I've been a drummer for 11 years right now and decided to learn guitar to get a basic knowledge of what guitarists, bassists... actually do. I have a little understanding on music theory but close to none.


See y'all around!

Syn Special Day 2 Restring setup

This is continuation of Syn s
Special Day 1 setup. I forgot to mention i did a bit of customization and swapped the tone knobs of the Syn Custom to the Syn Special. I think it looks more badass. Also the Syn special has Syns signature on the back of the headstock, whereas the Syn Custom does not. Very interesting aesthetic choice.

Anywho I removed the metal bar just below the machineheads where the strings are threaded through.

removed the locking nuts

inserted a xbox 360 battery pack(its a perf fit) under the floating bridge to raise the bridge ( you must have something under the bridge in the bored out space below the floating bridge otherwise the springs will pull it very hard into that space, making it impossible to change the strings)

Removed the strings now that they werent under stress. much safer this way

Used FLITZ metal polish to polish the bridge (sort of a success and i wasnt gonna take apart the FR to polish it piece by piece lol)

Polished the Body

Polished the frets

Oiled the frets with BORE oil

Clipped the ends of the strings to insert the strings into the bridge

Tightened them all into the bridge and did pull tests on each string to ensure their secured positions (it suuucks when you remove the battery and the strings pop out of the saddles)

wound each string on its corresponding peg and tightened with the drill as seen in the pics

Stretched each string individually and then dippped and dived the bridge with the trem bar until the string no longer came out of tune

Checked intonation, string height, playability, buzziness (hardly any), bridge float.

Reattached locking tuners

Reattached the metal bar

Clipped the excess string atop the headstock

Checked the tuning one more time

Marveled at its beauty and the good job i did

Hung it up upon the wall.
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7 String MKH setup

Ive been pretty busy setting up my guitars for the past 3 days. Within this post, youll see my process for setting up my 7 string Hardtail MKH Epiphone Les Paul Custom.

From beginning to end i remove the strings, use TUNE IT, a saddle and nut lubricant(haha), polish the body, metal polish (FLITZ metal polish)the frets, oil the fretoboard with BORE oil, slap the La Bella 10-64s on, stretch them until they no longer come out of tune, check intonation, check and adjust string height, and clip the ends of the strings.
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Two Students, One Song - Hector Trejo featuring Simon Eichinger

Two of our more gifted students have dug into the lead single from Hector's debut album.

@Hector Trejo has been a student and active member of the site going back to the very beginning. Though he's not here often now, that's partly because he's been working on this debut album, and partly because he's been working directly with Syn on something many of you have been begging for. More to come on that at a future date.

@SimonEichinger has been a quieter member here, but with only six years playing under his belt, it's hard to call him anything but "wunderkind." His technique and creativity blow my mind.

Check them out below, and look for Hector's upcoming album on your storefront or streaming platform of choice.

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Hello Everyone

Hi all! I'd like to introduce myself as I've been rather active albeit not posting much because I don't have much to offer at the moment.

I generally go by my nickname Erv, which is what you can call me if ya want. I'm 27 and I've been playing guitar for about 3 whole weeks now, and I gotta say, it feels amazing. I suck but being able to play music just feels special. I've been rocking out with a cheapo les paul style guitar and I use Bias FX 2 w/ a Scarlett Solo to get all my tones. It's been working out super well for me, and I love it.

My day job is a software engineer for a big internet infrastructure provider. I do mainly backend work so creating the actual platforms themselves that websites, and such are hosted on. I live outside Atlanta, and I'm rather new here. Just moved here last June and it's been pretty cool. I was born in Texas to an Army dad originally from Huntington Beach and we moved around a bit because of the Army.

Currently learning the CAGED system and it's been really fun. Bar chords are hard :) I usually practice around 2-3 hours per day because I am really excited about getting better. My fingers are already calloused to hell so I don't even feel the strings anymore which is nice. For my first song I'm learning For Whom The Bell Tolls. I can play a good 80% of it, however, the 3-2-1-0 power chord progression at the beginning is really beating me up. I can't seem to move up the neck fast enough, but other than that it's all good. I also started learning the intro to Sweet Child O' Mine which is a lot of fun to play and I seem to use it as a picking exercise more than learning the song.

Anyways, I've rambled enough. This seems like a great community with a ton of super supportive users! I love that Syn and Papa put this all together because it has been incredible for me so far, and many others I'm sure. I hope to learn a lot and contribute as much as I can too, all while having a great time.

Thank you all! 🦇

Songs that changed your life or helped you through tough times

So while I continuously delay my next installment in Music Theory Requests because I suck in front of a camera, I have a bit of a different question for you all.

What song or songs kind of changed your life for the better? Every one of us probably has at least one song they can safely say inspired them to change something in their life for the better.

I'll start, by naming a few of them
  • Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold - back in 2014 I was kind of in a dilemma regarding what I wanna do in life; after 4 years of college in which everything I heard revolved around working in a corporation, I thought I would love it; turns out I didn't and one day, while I was in the subway and had this song playing, I had one epic moment; seriously, the chorus was playing, the doors of the subway opened and for whatever reason, there was a stage in the middle of the subway platform (there was some event going on); everything kinda made sense and I never forgot that moment to this day; I knew I had to go back to music someday
  • This Is Letting Go by Rise Against - back in 2016, while I was stuck at the same company as the previous song, I was in a miserable project again, with a toothless team leader and an even more annoying teammate; you know, the passive-aggressive kind; after arguing with both of them for the past 2 days, not knowing whether or not I should seek out new pastures, this song played in my playlist of songs; and for the whole 3 minutes and 41 seconds of it I just stood there, listening to it lyric by lyric, realizing that I too had to let go of that workplace; years later, I still return to this song whenever I feel stuck to see if gives me the same feeling as 4 years ago
  • What Happens Tomorrow by Duran Duran - this was my go-to song before every college exam; there is something so uplifting about it
I'll be sure to add some more examples down the line when I remember them :LOL:.

So, what songs have made your life better or easier?

How do you make practice enjoyable?

I was reading through articles and came across the following quote:

When people are learning instruments, they should be encouraged and advised: if they say they don’t enjoy their practice, I always say, well, FIND a way to enjoy it.” ~ John Williams

We’ve all read and heard about how important it is to enjoy your practice, and we’ve seen the tips that tell you to make it sound musical, to take a break, and get a snack. Plus all the tips for routines.
But how do you actually achieve that? Aside from playing your favourite songs.

What’s your trick that makes you look forward to practice? (Or to get you started?)

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Picks shapes and sizes

Yes, I'm spamming the site today. No, I'm not sorry. 😂

There are no musicstores around here so I'm looking online for guitar picks, but it's hard to find the sizes. (Length and width)
I did find this image and figured out the picks I'm looking to get are 26mm (Dunlop jazz iii)
Are the sizes and shapes roughly the same for all brands? And can someome confirm these shapes are in scale with each other?

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Howdy y’all!

Howdy! My name is Zach and I am currently living in Nashville, TN. I’ve admired Synsters style of playing for years now and really wanting to take a deep dive into his uniqueness.

Here’s a cover of Bat Country some years ago. Hope y’all enjoy and can’t wait to be apart of the community 🤟

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How do I turn scales into solos?

So as of recently I just learned the major scale and I’ve known pentatonic scales for years but I have no clue how to turn scales into solos. Are there any rules of what I can and can’t do? Can I skip strings? Or do I just use the notes in the scale and mix them up any way I want? I’m lost as you can tell :ROFLMAO: I’d love to write my own stuff but I feel like not knowing how to apply what I learned into songs is a problem! Anything will help thanks!!

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💎 Synner on display winners! 💎

Good day everyone, hope you are all doing magnificently well!

Alright, y'all know why we are here and it's to announce the winners of the Synner on display contest. And yes, you read that right. We have multiple winners. I know we initially said only one BUT there were too many absolutely great entries and so we made some modifications.... Now, I want you all to know that we LOVED seeing all your entries and seeing your pretty faces. Choosing was very difficult as we all had different opinions... but enough talk, let's announce the WINNERS!!!

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In 3rd position... @Aquamandy !!!!

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We loved her entry because of how fearless she appears in this photo! She took the concept of the contest and really made it her own combining her love for Synner and Comic book characters. Krypton may have given earth Superman but Brazil gave all of us here.... SYNNER WOMAN!

3 Months of Legend+
will be added to your account.

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In 2nd position... @Melanie inman !!!!

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Well, let's just that this was simply a dazzling entry!!! Melanie clearly has a very distinct style to herself and showed us how sparkling the Synner lifestyle can be by combining both! We were really blown away by the jacket and the guitar and we wondered... who would shine most under the spotlight between Syn and her? :unsure:

Melanie will receive 3 months of Legend+ upgrade plus a custom made leather bracelet designed and crafted by our very own @Dominik Gräber

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Dom generously offered this as a prize and so we only feel like it's right to invite you all to check out Graeber leather on Instagram to see his wicked work: https://www.instagram.com/graeber_leather/

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Alright ladies and gentlemen, it is now time to announce the grand winner...

In 1st position............................. @Anna.VG !!!!!!

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This entry simply blew us all away. When we looked at it, we really felt like it captured the essence of Synner and the clothing line so perfectly. Anna used her immense talent in makeup to be creative and transform herself into a ghostly shaped entity and we LOVED her use of head accessories and the Synner bomber jacket. Is she praying for forgiveness? Probably not. I'm guessing she's praying to get her hands on some dope Synner merch from the new drop and that's exactly what she's gonna get!!!

Anna will receive 1 item from the new drop of her choice, 3 months of Legend+ upgrade as well as a Contest winner Banner added to her profile.

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Congratulations to our 3 winners, I'll be reaching out to you. And again, I want to extend my thanks to all of you who participated. We loved seeing all your entries and choosing a winner was quite difficult!! We are honored to have you all be a part of the Synner family and we will see y'all around on Synner and on SynTv!!
Don't forget, Synners are winners!

Of course, if you are in need of some dope merch, don't forget to check out the new drop right on this link 👉 https://store.synner.com/collections/new-drop-1

Have a great day Synners...

- Rad Synner :rock-hand:

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CAGED system

Recently finish the lesson of the CAGED system part 1, and at the end it is indicated that the same can be done with shapes A, G, E, D

I have 2 questions

1. To continue I must learn the pentatonic and major scales of each one?

2. To make the pentatonic and major scales, is it the same? in terms of frets, that is,will it depend on the shapes I touch(C, A, G, E, D? Higher or Lower

My English is not very good so I hope you can understand me and can help me

Note: I can say that for the C form, I have learned the pentatonic and major scales

Thank you

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