Hello,

Ive been dying to get a left handed white and black custom, but havent been lucky for a year now. can someone help me or guide me or anything? :/

Hey guys!

Tony here, new member from the UK, just signed up. Thought I'd come on board and partake in absorbing the awesomeness here

Been playing guitar for around 10 years, and of course have listened to A7x all the way through. Hail to the incredibly diverse, mindful-yet-mind-blowing player that is @Syn Gates

I'll pop my take on the Afterlife solo below - any feedback, tips etc would be really appreciated from any of you.

AFTERLIFE SOLO COVER (TONY HALLIWELL)

Really looking forward to dialling in on some lessons and getting involved in the materials on here in due course. This community is new territory for me, but I've heard awesome things and there's only good vibes as far as the eye can see!

Rock on!

T

I was just curious if anyone knows if they are being restocked/ general timeframe of restocking. I know distribution and manufacturing has been rough but seems like they go in stock and then immediately we all get them lol

As title states, I'm trying to learn legato.

I'm a 34 year old working professional and have about an hour a day to practice.

I'm currently learning Syn's Legato 1 lesson.
I'm trying to learn things slow, and am having no issues going descending from the low e string to the high e by using hammer ons, however, when trying to ascend from the high e to low e using pull offs I'm having issues.

lets say in the high e string I have to pull of on 8-7-5, in ascending to the b string do I move all of my fingers to the 8-7-5 of the b string then pull off? Or do I hold my index finger in the 5 of e string while simultaneously pick the 8 on the b string with my pinky then subsequently move my other fingers in the 7 and 5 note?... not sure if i'm making sense.

Hi, just bought my first guitar with floyd rose yesterday and i don't understand which is the right way to tune it. i will be happy to hear some advice. thanks

Hello everyone, fellow sinners, my car recently took a dump and I've been saving but I'm not quite there yet for a reliable car, I'm willing to sell my synyster gates custom S satin gold burst with a hardshell case, its in mint condition. I'm looking for $1200, I figured I would try my community here first before I go to reverb and it just sits there for low ballers. Please help.

hey everyone ! it’s been quite some time since i logged back in here and it feels good to see how much the school has grown since ! other than that, i hope all have been well ! i logged on to ask a question that’s been on my mind for a while and it’s about the guitar pedal that syn was making and if there was any news about it that i possibly missed about when it’s coming out or if it’s still in production.

thanks !

Hi everyone!! I figured I'd finally start sharing some of my art here. Idk if anyone here is an MIW fan but I've kicked off the year with Chris Motionless as Dracula! Hope you guys enjoy it

Hey Everyone! Happy New Year!

Recently, I've noticed a bit of decline from some of the members on here and it's a bit of a downer.
That being said how is everyone doing? How has everyone's musical journey changed this year?
What has everyone been listening to recently and how has it effected your playing?
Or if you just want to give a life update and just a message of how you've been doing : )
I miss the excitement of everyone on here and hopefully Papa Gates and Syn will see this and
help spark some excitement back on here!
Either way I hope everyone is well and I'm so glad to be on here in the twisted Synner family
with so many other great people : )

Again Happy New Years and Be Safe!

Hi everyone and happy new year!
I recently just listened to metal music, didn't have my guitar near me and I have got a really big problem. I got used to professional guitar tone, so not much the high crispyness, which always triggered me and now I want to achieve these tones, because I want to record some demos and I hate my own tone. It is true that I am using free plugins, but also very cheap digital multieffect. If I will have time later today, I can post some demos of my tone.
Have a nice day everyone and see ya!

Varg vikernes Kirk hammett Tate langdon nikki sixx metalhead film kurt cobain m.shadows and Synyster gates

So I’ve been having a bit trouble creating something new. I am stuck doing the same old I - VII - VI chord progressions and riffs that I’ve done before and when I create something new it feels boring and uninteresting. I have been through this before but this time is a bit harder to get out of. Does anyone know how to kinda get out of feeling uninspired and find something to be inspired by?

Hey Guys! I finally was able to get my hands on my DREAM guitar the custom S. Was debating for a while because I consider myself a beginnermediate LOL, but I figure if I make consistent use of it as im working on my playing daily, its worth it to have a guitar I love!

I've noticed since I got it, the sustaniac seems to work for a couple hours at most, then I need to change the battery on it. I'm wondering if this is normal, or if there is another issue that I may have (battery coming loose some how, pickup too high or low etc). I am not experienced at all with working on a guitar so I would rather not open the thing up; just some general advice would be great before I take it in to have it set up.

It's worth noting that the pickup itself still works and plays- I'm not sure if it goes out or not when the battery is dead so that advice would be helpful as well. My first experience with active pickups, floyd rose etc. so there has been some growing pains. Appreciate it in advance!

So I have a schecter hellraiser with a Floyd rose on it and I have it in drop c and I play with Ernie ball 10-52 strings and lately the low e string feels loose or there isn't enough tension on the string and the other strings feel fine.
The low e string has this snappiness sound to it.
Any advice

I’ve been pretty consistently over the last 5 years being self taught for the entire duration yet i feel like I’ve hit a block. I want to get better!! Started looking around and came across this site and everything ranging from the community to the lessons themselves Is of such a high standard. Now I just need to figure out a proper practice schedule to properly learn what I should have 5 years ago.

Hi All : )

:syngates:Yo family! Wanted to start doing a monthly album discussion based on records that have changed my life and musical path. We are kickin it off with Mr. Bungle’s insanely ambitious sophomore release, Disco Volante.

Jimmy made me a mixtape of some of the most avant-garde shit I had ever heard at 13 years old ranging from Primus, The Residents, Bungle, and beyond.

I HATED this mixtape with a passion for two whole weeks until a small spark of curiosity grew rapidly into a deep and profound obsession.

The mixtape had songs from the previous eponymous record which, as obscure as it was to me at the time, paled in comparison to my first listen of Disco.

Already a huge fan of the band, I did however HATE this record for two whole weeks until a spark of curiosity grew rapidly into a deep and profound obsession.

I was pissed that Patton didn’t sing, Spruance didn’t solo, no clown music etc. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Patton’s vocals and the entire bands performance interwoven throughout a chaotically beautiful and terrifying “soundtrack”, transcended anything I’d ever heard before. One of my favorite song writers of all time, Trevor Roy Dunn, composes masterful and incredibly singable atonal brilliance throughout. The man is nothing short of pure genius in my humble opinion.

I now focused solely on orchestrating my guitar parts with deep sensitivity towards the soul of the song. This gift of perspective was the greatest of any in my musical history.

Like ALL of my favorite things in life, this is an acquired taste, so please, give it time.

All my love,
Syn
:syngates:

Hey I’m a new Synner student, been a fan of the band for many years. Any suggestions to help playing after severe injury I partially amputated one of my fingertips and lost strength and feeling on two fingers because of that. Any exercise to build strength and dexterity?

Hello guys! Merry Christmas to all you merry people!
So i wanna know, should i put all my effort into mastering economy picking or should i do it for alternate.
I don't get much time to practice cause i hv AL's(basically year 12 exams) so i wanna know what to focus on in my limited time
Or should i learn to mix up both?

Does anyone have note sheet for pinkly smooth - mezmer guitar intro and solo? . I found a tab at ultimate guitar .com. but it's not completed. if anyone have, plz help me.

Hi all,
Yesterday, I purchased a Syn Gates Custom-S, the black and gold glossy model. This was second-hand, and for a fairly reasonable price. The seller had owned it for a fair while, but hadn't played it properly for a bit since he had others, hence why he sold it.

At first I thought it sounded fine, I didn't entirely know what I was listening for with the Sustainiac as this was my first experience with one. The seller acknowledged it needed new strings, which I've gone ahead and ordered. It was run through quite a big set-up, so it probably sounded a lot better.

So I took it home, and hooked it up to my amp. I experimented with all my different settings and began working out what the different switches on the guitar do, but something didn't sound right.

• The sustainiac barely holds at all, no matter what setting it's on, but I know it's working somewhat because it holds a very quiet and high-pitch note. The bridge pickup appears fine. Additionally, I've noticed that the pickup selector makes almost no difference when selecting both and bridge (Though when the sustainiac is turned off and the neck is selected, no noise is heard at all, which is how I figured out how to turn the thing on and off. I'm assuming this is supposed to happen, so I'm not worried about that part. I know some parts of the selector may not work properly as I had this issue previously on another guitar.
• The tone knob doesn't work at all. It makes absolutely no difference no matter what setting the guitar or the amp is on, and I've tried everything.
• The main volume knob is where I realised I had a problem regarding the sustainiac - It was extremely finicky. The slightest adjustment caused the whole thing to go pretty much silent. It only works in one tiny region somewhere in the middle, and even then, the sustainiac barely holds. Compared to what it should sound like according to online videos and tests, etc. it's pretty much non-existent.

Should I be worried about all of this? is there something I need to do? I've put in a new battery, I've put some switch cleaner in the back of the actual switches, and I need to wait a few days for my strings to arrive, but otherwise I've tried everything I can think of. I'm worried I've not been told the full story and that the guitar is not in the full-working condition it was listed as. I can include pictures if needed.

Thank you all.

Thought I'd share this on here. Words can't describe how happy I am with this. 2010 model. Banged up and been played within an inch of it's life. And I love it.

Hey y’all! I have a performance at the end of this year and one of our set songs is afterlife. I have syns guitar, a boss katana mk2 artist series and no pedals. How would I go about getting a tone as close as possible to the records recording of afterlife?

Hello guys! How are you? This time I want to share with you this video I upload a couple of days ago. It’s my tribute to Jimmy I hope you really enjoy it.

If you want to support it you will find it on Instagram and TikTok

@peter__aquino

INSTAGRAM LINK

TIKTOK LINK

Does this site have a preferred web browser? When I try to do the lessons on Firefox the tab section doesn't seem to scroll down even after trying to change the settings.