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  1. Dan Shipway

    Community riffs

    On the subject of this I was wondering if anyone has experienced none or 1 of their riffs showing up on their profile I know it will be all be fixed in due course but I was just curious?
  2. Dan Shipway

    Thick vs thin picks

    Cheers for the inputs guys, I will have to keep trying for now, another factor i will have to consider is how hard I hold it, I tend to hold it quite loose as I have been playing rhythm primarily since I started playing. I don’t expect finding the rightnone to be easy but It will definitely...
  3. Dan Shipway

    Thick vs thin picks

    I totally get it, I think yo can get a variety pack from dunlop so I may get that to try out different thicknesses.
  4. Dan Shipway

    Thick vs thin picks

    I use 9s but i tune down to drop c so it is probably a recipe for disaster haha. Alot of my struggle is mainly to do with the fact that i feel like the pick has less contact with the string and it makes it so I have to pick harder which tends to be uncomfortable.
  5. Dan Shipway

    Thick vs thin picks

    Recently i have been struggling to find a way to hold the pick that works and i remembered back to a time when i used 2mm picks (I now use 0.88) and it felt a lot easier and it felt like there was just more there. Is it that these picks dont suite the way i’m holding the pick or is it a problem...
  6. Dan Shipway

    Weekly Tip! :)

    Thank you so much I tend to also use octaves as a way to create runs as it helps me articulate differently and makes my playing more fluent. I will bare everything you said. 🙂
  7. Dan Shipway

    Weekly Tip! :)

    I often struggle to make the scales sound different, I can play them, sweep them and various other ways of playing them but it is just ascending and descending and it doesn’t sound melodic to me, I am alright at articulation but picking out notes and putting them with others to make a melody...
  8. Dan Shipway

    Pentatonic trick

    Hey guys, I have recently found a little trick in the pentatonic and how it is played that allows for you to create new colours in your playing as well as having a new way to transition between positions Ascend/desend the scale in reverse! This sounds strange but what it is is essentially...
  9. Dan Shipway

    Nightmares about playing guitar wrong?

    Nah I usually have decent dreams about being epic but then I wake up….
  10. Dan Shipway

    New colors for the Synyster Custom-S line?

    That would look cool with black hardware
  11. Dan Shipway

    Need your opinions here.

    That would be really cool, perhaps make the deathbat into a W and that is one badass design. Just my 2 cents
  12. Dan Shipway

    New colors for the Synyster Custom-S line?

    I think a matte black and white, matte red and black or Matte urban/regular camo
  13. Dan Shipway

    How I learned guitar and got better

    I have done the same but without missing school, I am currently on a 10 week break and I have been playing almost endlessly
  14. Dan Shipway

    Help me make a guitar practice schedule

    I would say 2 1/2 Days of technique, 2 1/2 days of theory, 1 day to do whatever and one of rest When I say days i dont mean 24/7 but what to do on different days
  15. Dan Shipway

    Downpicking and tremolo picking alternation tips

    Try playing a song such as BENZIN by Rammstein for good downpicking pracitice, start off slow and get comfortable with it. The main issue with downpicking is that it isn’t natural and ergonomical due to the fact that you play a down stroke but have to return to the starting position as apposed...
  16. Dan Shipway

    How can you tell you have practiced too much?

    You know that red stuff in your body? I think it is called blood? If that starts pouring out of you like niagra falls you might want to stop. Seriously though, at the first sign of pain, stop and see what you are doing, in most instances it is probably that your muscles are not used to what you...
  17. Dan Shipway

    Happiest Of Birthdays To The Mighty M Shadows!!!

    Happy Birthday Matt, thank you for all the amazing times you have helped create through your music and for putting on an amazing show in Birmingham UK, I always wanted to see you for my first concert and you made that come true so thank you so much!
  18. Dan Shipway

    Why can't I play basic things fast (why do I suck at guitar)

    I will use the riff for endless sacrafice as an example. I know what you are thinking “not again” but hear me out. It can be something as simple as a riff, something that lasts seconds but there is so much that goes into what is being played,take things one note at a time and understand how...
  19. Dan Shipway

    Single coil Vs humbucker

    Humbuckers generally give a fatter and thicker tone whereas a single coil gives a chimier and brighter Sound that is mainly used for clean sections as they tend to offer more clarity. I personally use a set of Zakk EMGs and I love them but it depends not only on your personal taste in sound but...
  20. Dan Shipway

    How to play 7 string songs on a 6 string

    The funny thing is that shattered fortress is exactly what I’m trying to play I will try doing a 3 semitone change as I am in d standard for now
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