Yo fam, just wanted to express my thanks to everyone involved in the stream today. Whether you built it, participated in it, or simply kicked back and watched, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I wanna do big things here. I want to create REAL value for all of you. Not just value that you rent from this platform, but value that you own and can take with you to help pave the straightest path to all of your goals.
I want to provide insight and tools that you may have never thought to apply or perhaps have never heard of.

Most important, I want to build this WITH you. I want you to experience building a beautiful home that you are proud of. A home that is accomplishing what other homes dream of. An experience that will supplement every journey you take in your beautiful lives.

Lastly, enough of the sweet stuff-LETS FUCKING GO

So over the past weeks I have been kind of on the hunt for a good streaming format that isn't just me fiddling with my guitar or making stuff in Blender (don't worry, I will continue those as well) and I think I have finally found something I am comfortable with that could also actually be interesting/entertaining to watch.

Once every 1-2 months I wanna do a 'show' called Decent Questions (get it, iridecently -> decent ) where I take question(s) that I, or someone from the community has asked and try to answer it to the best of my capabilities. Now these questions can be as strange or niche as you want them to be, there really are no stupid questions. The only thing is I do want them to be music related.

Just some examples that popped into my head:

• Why are notes named after letters and who thought of that?
• Does listening to classical music really make kids smarter?
• Why do people develop different tastes in music?

And now my appeal to you: Give me all your questions and also let me know if this idea at all sounds interesting to you

Hey everyone hope your having too much fun with this school like me. I want to know,
If someone is playing a major chord, can i arpeggiate a sus4 or sus2 over it? So over G major, can i arpeggiate a G sus4?

So this morning, as I was doomscrolling, I came across two articles on Ultimate Guitar where two quite accomplished guitar players talk about stagefright and preparation for performing live. They're TOTAL OPPOSITES and I thought that wonderfully illustrated how there really is no "one size fits all" answer here - we each find our own comfort zone.

First, we have Joe Satriani. You know him, or at least you should. Joe says, "I think, sometimes, if you prepare too much, when things go wrong, as they always do, it's too jarring. It's sort of an interesting protective mechanism not to be too well planned. So that when things go wrong, you go, 'Okay, I'll just play with that,' you know?"


On the other side, we have Mark Holcomb, from Periphery. Certainly much less well known worldwide than Satch, but any young guitar player would be WISE to know him and his work. On the same subject, Mark says, "The thing with being on stage, and having the courage to prepare for it - I always look at it as preparing for a presentation, right? If you're well-read and well prepared, and you have everything mapped out in your head, because you spent hours and hours and hours - not cramming – but learning over time, and making it so everything is second nature, as opposed to something which you have to actively call back and forth from in your head, things is going to be way more effortless."


Both have a lot of great stuff to say, so I recommend reading both articles with your performing guitar player hat on.

I think Syn falls more in the middle here, and so do I. I can't speak for Syn, but for myself, I am a firm believer in TONS of hours of rehearsal to make things second nature, but I also think that should include allowing space for improvisation and trying a lot of things out in rehearsal to get a feel for what KIND of thing may work and where it might work. I am the furthest thing from a "play it exactly the same every time" kind of musician, and I got there on purpose. It was a conscious choice, just like Satch and Mark made their conscious choices. I think Syn is like that too, only he does it more betterer than me - If you watch any live A7X, Syn NEVER seems to play the solos note for note - he gets the meat of it and then plays in the sandbox with it.

So, for those of you with experience gigging, what's your philosophy and practice?

For those who aspire to gig, what do you think your comfort zone would be here?

THERE ARE NO WRONG ANSWERS!

I was recommended form a lot of people on this app the sun valley schreder with the sustainiac. So today I ordered it on Thomann and I can't wait for it to come ). It is the first guitar I get at a price as high as this.

I got my new custom S a day ago. And I noticed that the quality control Is super low. There are parts on the binding that are colored and scratched. Does anyone have any problems like that? It's strange that a guitar in that price range has something like that... I'm a bit disappointed

When it says "C3" does it mean the 3rd C available?
Same goes for C1 and so on.

If I play C3 for example on guitar or keyboard should I play C1 on bass or is that preference?

I noticed there's numbers next to the notes in my DAW and doing some guess work.

Hello everyone!

So, back on the schedule! Tomorrow I'll be playing Worms WMD on stream with a couple members of the community! It's gonna be a fun simple hangout so come and hang in the chat! I choose worms because its the game some of my favourite streamers play together and also because it can create some REALLY funny moments!

So come join the fun tomorrow at 18h EST!

- Rad Synner

Hey,

My name‘s Ivan. I’m hitting the big 30 this year… scary stuff. I’ve hit a massive dip in my enjoyment of playing guitar over the past 4-5 years. I’m hoping actively learning again using resources like this site will help to give me that enjoyment back!

I play in a couple of bands, but gigging feels like more of a chore post lockdown!

How do you guys and gals stay motivated?

I occasionally throw some vids up here for anyone that is interested. https://youtube.com/c/IvanThomasWilliams

Finally got my custom s. Super happy about it!

I am looking to buy one but it is too expensive to get a new one does anyone have one for sale ( the one with the sustainiac)

Hi !
Never introduce myself here.
Sabrina, 38 years old (on the 17th). Frenchy ! So, sorry for my English
I discover this application day after day and I'm so glad to meet all of you day after day...
I used to sing when I was younger, in a rock band but since my thyroid surgery, my voice is damaged ... I work day after day but it will not be like before ...
I don't trust myself so much to post any videos of me singing ... Maybe one day ...
Yesterday was my first webinar with Syn, Papa Gates, and all the staff members and thank you ! Thank you for giving us this time ! It was awesome
Hope I'll be there for the next webinar!
See you soon
Love you all
And thanks again for being who you are and for being there

Hello everyone, I want to say thank you to Synyster Gates, Papa Gates, the staff team and everyone for this great webinar ❤
It was my first webinar, so I was a little stressed because, for people who were at the stream, I wanted to ask my question about being stress how to control it and accept the mistakes but I wasn't sure if I should or if it was a dumb question
I finally did and I had all the tips from everyone and of course Syn and PG
Thank you again for the tips and I hope I will stop being always stressed too many often since years
And of course out of this topic, it was amazing to see you all and I enjoyed the stream

I can't wait for the next step

I won't forget : Synners are winners
See you soon later

Saphyra (or Emma as you want XD)

After really enjoying myself in the chat during the webinar yesterday, I felt now was a good time to write down all these thoughts I've been walking around with.

Last Tuesday it had been three months since probably the most traumatic experience of my life. Over that period of time my mental health got absolutely put through the wringer. However, at the same time I've never felt as much love and support as I have over these last few months. There hasn't been a single day where I've felt lonely or that I had no one to talk to.

And for that I wanna thank the Synner community. I found an amazing group of friends through this site, but on top of that I've had people I rarely interacted with reach out to me and check in on me. The latter is I think a real testament to strength of this place.

I think it's absolutely incredible that the site has gotten to a point where everyone is welcomed, feels free to ask questions and just unapologetically be themselves. I've loved watching streams on SynTV and just interacting with people in chat and seeing people do the same on my streams. There's no cliques, no barrier to interact with anyone and there have been some amazing creative ideas popping up.

So yeah, this is my thanks to the Synner community. Keep being this awesome and I honestly can't wait to see what else is coming

What do you think about the sun valley schreder. I want to buy the one with the sustainiac. Any opinions?

You guys!!!! Remember I was struggling with the old half-size acoustic I started with? Look what came this weekend! It’s an Ephiphone Starling beginner level acoustic. I am so excited! It’s adult size, lol! Now, pick up where I left off or start over?

Hi Synners,

Following Andy's post about his 1/1 redeem, I thought it was only fitting to introduce myself as well. Big thanks to @Radu-Cristian Perde for helping me out here. While I may be a familiar name to some of you here who frequent the A7X Discord, I'll introduce myself to those that have no idea. I'm "Deformance" or "Def"/"Deffy", a 26-year-old civil engineer from the Netherlands, and I've been playing the guitar ever since I was 12 years old. Over the course of the last six and a half months, I've been able to contribute my skills to the guys by helping them run their Discord server for which I was brought on as a moderator in August of 2021 and where, more recently, I was promoted to an administrator. Prior to Avenged, I've worked with or still work with artists such as Trivium, King Diamond, While She Sleeps and more, for which I mostly provide community control services and tech support wherever applicable.

My start on the instrument coincided with the time when I found Avenged Sevenfold around November of 2007 because "Almost Easy" was featured on Need For Speed: Pro Street, oh the memories . You can say they're pretty much the band that inspired and taught me how to play. Over the years, I've been on and off with the instrument in terms of thorough practise but it has always been a key part of me. There has rarely been a period longer than two/three days where I wouldn't have picked up the instrument and just jammed and/or played a few songs. It's been a wild ride and now here we are. I've been incredibly lucky and fortunate to be able to get my hands on Syn's 1/1 NFT called "Hobo". I can't wait to dive into all Synner has to offer and make my way around the guitar lessons. I'm set to relearn how to play because I feel I lack some fundamentals that keep me from progressing even further, so that will be the primary goal for me on here this year.

Lastly, I'd just like to share what guitars I own because I like 'em;

• Aristides H/07 Custom | Triple Marble Fade 7-string
• Epiphone Les Paul Custom Matt Heafy Signature Model | Black 6-string
• Epiphone Les Paul Custom Matt Heafy Signature Model | Black 7-string
• Gibson Explorer 7-string, previously owned by Matt Heafy | White

I have no thought-provoking question to ask you all, so I'll keep the ending short.
I'm excited and glad to be a part of this community. Much love.

- Def

https://synner.com/lessons/sweep-picking-i.126/


Im studying this lesson but i need backing track where can i find it?

Hello everyone! I hope you all are well and staying safe in these times of uncertainty. I'm just making this to see how you are all doing and seeing if anyone needs to talk or vent any stress. ( :
I was thinking about starting a live stream for everyone to just get to know some of you better! (Absolutely not to show off some guitar skilzz)
Anyway, Hopefully everyone will be able to say hey and maybe get Syn and Papa G. on also haha. Also, leave some suggestions on topics you might be interested in discussing!
Unfortunately I haven't been on here that much recently because of a lot of family emergencies and stress and anxiety. Let's pray for those in Ukraine as I have a sister who lives there with her family.
Thank you all so much for being here for me and everyone else and again I hope you are all well and safe.
Let me know your thoughts and have a wonderful day : )

P.S. If you want to follow me on instagram Its - ian_rambo_boles . ( :

Hey,
I´m a owner of a Marshall Code amp and i was wondering if anybody, who has experience with this amp, has some presets for A7x songs or a “classic A7x tone”.

After doing a few lessons, and looking a head i see an extensive and great catalogue of lead guitar things, but is there anything on rhythm? there is lessons on these super fast amazing solos..but are their lessons on what the guy in the background is doing?? i went through the barre chord info and there wasn't anything on using E or A to drone on, or accented palm mutes? maybe i just need to bide my time

What's happening Synners!!!!


Some of you might know me as Django, and I've just redeemed my Legend+ status as part of my 1/1 perks with my most favourite NFT ever, Explorer.

I cannot wait to delve into this community and get to know some of you, and most importantly LEARN from all of you! I've played guitar for almost two years. I have never practiced guitar. And that's about to change.

A little about me is that I'm a chef, but I'm also a fully qualified teacher of English in further education. So if anyone needs any help with anything related to that (you could be a budding music teacher yourself in search of lesson plans and materials, or a stressed out student looking for someone to proof read your assignments) feel free to drop me a message and I'll happily help you out. All I ask in exchange is a pic of your guitars .

So happy and can't wait to see where this goes.

I came across this article about fixing the neck on an acoustic guitar without a truss rod. Basically they just heat the neck and keep it straight. It seems simple. What could go wrong?!
Does anyone have experience with this?


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Hey Synners! I’ve got a Marshall Code 25 watt amp and I was wondering if you could add pedals while on clean channels. I’m asking this because this is the only Marshall amp I own currently and I wanted to add some effects to that genuine Marshall tone. I don’t see an effects in and out but there is an F/C input for foot switch. If you can add pedals, does anybody have any suggestions that pair well?

Goodnight!

Can anyone give me a hint on how to muffle the strings? as much as I use the technique with my two hands, supported by the strings, the sound still has some noise.

I'm from Brazil and I used a translator. sorry if i'm wrong...