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  1. Dan Shipway

    I'm Giving up guitar sorry

    I think it is beneficial to try and learn techniques at this point as you will be able to play lots more songs if you can tackle some of the tricky bits by first mastering a technique
  2. Dan Shipway

    Loose wrists and how it is turning me into the guitarist I don’t want to be

    Thanks Jak! I started to really struggle with the transitions between the relaxed state of alternate picked riffs and soloing and the Downpicking and pretty fast paced riffs which I think was the main reason I developed such a relaxed state with soft pick strokes. I guess I just need to watch...
  3. Dan Shipway

    Loose wrists and how it is turning me into the guitarist I don’t want to be

    I have recently started playing guitar with my wrist being very loose after a period of playing very tight ( I am starting to forget what was normal so I am going through waves of finding getting it back) and this has caused me to be able to play faster and with 0 pain but I dislike it quite a...
  4. Dan Shipway

    Loose wrists and how it is turning me into the guitarist I don’t want to be

    I have recently started playing guitar with my wrist being very loose after a period of playing very tight ( I am starting to forget what was normal so I am going through waves of finding getting it back) and this has caused me to be able to play faster and with 0 pain but I dislike it quite a...
  5. Dan Shipway

    I'm Giving up guitar sorry

    This happens to a lot of people (myseld included) and it’s a pretty horrible feeling, something that you want to love and get good at doesn’t feel right and you suddenly don’t. A quote I like to use is from The Light by Disturbed “Sometimes darkness can show you the light”. Don’t give up because...
  6. Dan Shipway

    opinions on different kinds of picks?

    I use a tortex 0.88 but I used to use a tortex 2mm
  7. Dan Shipway

    Recording guitar on pc?

    I have a Focusrite scarlett solo and a copy of protools first. I then run that through bias fx for a Rammstein tone. Protools first is free and has quite a lot of different features. I did have the Rocksmith cable for years do but I thought an upgrade was overdue but none the less it gets the...
  8. Dan Shipway

    Is it even possible to do a whole step bend on the D string?

    Yes it is completely do-able, try bending strings into the middle of the fretboard. Ie, if you are bending the highest strings, bend them towards you and if you are bending the lowest strings, bend them towards the ground, other than that it is just strength.
  9. Dan Shipway

    Can anyone give some tips on writing a guitar solo?

    Another bit of advice is to not think of it as a solo but as you just playing lead over chords, I will create a backing track soon with the challenge of playing something oriental/asian based and its all about capturing the mood of the song, I believe it was the guitar player from maroon 5 that...
  10. Dan Shipway

    Practicing slow

    I actually realised something while writings that post and that is that (and this is obvious but like most I am my own worst critic) this is all for fun, all this pressure that I put myself under and all the hate I give myself for the struggle isn’t needed because for me music is just a massive...
  11. Dan Shipway

    Practicing slow

    Its not to much with the rhythm itseld but with speed but I tend to over do it quite a lot with the riffs I write😂
  12. Dan Shipway

    Guess That Riff

    Yeah quite a lot do but most I have seen are emg but that is my preference so I tend to look at those more.
  13. Dan Shipway

    Practicing slow

    Hey guys, I managed to sort the tension but now I am having a bit of an issue with practicing rhythm v lead, I have been a rhythm player for about 95% of the time but I have recently been practicing lead and my rhythm seems to get a bit weaker so I eas wondering if there was any way to balance...
  14. Dan Shipway

    Can anyone give some tips on writing a guitar solo?

    To start a basic solo I try and take the vocal line in the chorus and do what kurt cobain did in smells like teen spirit and then add some stuff on the end
  15. Dan Shipway

    Introduction – Hello!

    Computer science which is mainly coding and cyber security
  16. Dan Shipway

    Guess That Riff

    If it is a C1 classic, it will have a seymour duncan jazz in the neck but i suspect most have an emg or blackout in them apart from certain models like usa or passive series which have schecters own (sorry if this is confusing, I am a huge gear nerd😂).
  17. Dan Shipway

    Guess That Riff

    I believe that the neck may be the same due to the stock guitar using duncans in both positions, pretty interesting though.
  18. Dan Shipway

    Guess That Riff

    I just wanted to ask, is your guitar modified or second hand as I noticed the bridge pickup isn’t the same as peoduction models?
  19. Dan Shipway

    Practicing slow

    I currently play a 7/8 body size guitar so would that affect the aches and ease of play as I tried it on my strat and it seemed like there was less pain as the was more room for me to rest my arm, could this be a factor or is it just down to my arm position?
  20. Dan Shipway

    Practicing slow

    Recently I have been slowing doen quite a bit and realised that it is a lot more painful to sweep or to do anything due to the fact I have to think about it so much, I constantly question myself asking myself things like “Is my shoulder too forward or too back and is my arm in the right place...
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