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  1. Ed Seith

    EXIST at the grammy's

    Just watched this with my young son, an occasionally budding guitarist. “You see that guy, Nick?” “Him? Yeah.” “That’s this guy’s Dad.” “…” “It’s his father, on stage playing with his son’s band.” “Whoa.” “Remember that if you stick to playing, kiddo.” “Uh huh.”
  2. Ed Seith

    Tips on pink?

    The pinky is from the devil. It requires MUCH more work to make it useful. It is, unfortunately, a practice thing. There’s a reason a ton of guitarists use their pinkies very little – they get fed up with trying to train it.
  3. Ed Seith

    The journey to become competent at recording

    But yes, I do mean -6 RMS, but you still need to prevent the peaks from getting near 0.
  4. Ed Seith

    The journey to become competent at recording

    No, in digital recording, if you hit 0, you’re clipping, and it’s not like the old analog clipping. EDM is fairly flat response and more predictable, because of the E in EDM. It’s not an organic instrument, and by nature, it’s not music that changes levels or has a lot of dynamics, so the rules...
  5. Ed Seith

    Adjusting String Action with a Floyd Rose

    Correct. Check bridge height with frets higher than 15. Check neck relief (truss rod) with frets lower than 12. Do bridge height first.
  6. Ed Seith

    Adjusting String Action with a Floyd Rose

    Quickest and easiest is to open the back cavity and remove the springs. Adjust height, put springs back how you found ’em, tune up, and check again. Note that on some Floyds (notably my Ibanez floyds) there are smaller set screws within the two bridge-to-body screws. If you try to lower the...
  7. Ed Seith

    The journey to become competent at recording

    No, but they will very definitely lower it.
  8. Ed Seith

    My Journey with 'Buried Alive' – an Improvement Video

    Tremendous improvement, Dominik! I can really hear the difference! Only thing I would suggest is paying more mind to tempo – each year, you speed up as the song goes on. You start at the right tempo, and then end a good bit faster. Awesome, though!
  9. Ed Seith

    The journey to become competent at recording

    Dan, if I had to guess, your output is too hot. A high-quality MP3 mixdown won’t have a lot of impact like you’re talking about, so that’s not the issue unless you’re mixing it to like 64kbps or something – generally if you stick with 320kbps or a high VBR, there are very few people who would be...
  10. Ed Seith

    The journey to become competent at recording

    Not true, Filip. You can always adjust the master. As you listen through the track, watch the VU meters. Your track should not register ANY higher than -6db or so. Back in the analog days, you compressed and EQ’d to get it as close to 0 as possible, but in the digital realm, that will give you...
  11. Ed Seith

    Syn's Interview With Inc Magazine

    Sorry if I foiled a plan. I didn’t take marketing.
  12. Ed Seith

    Syn's Interview With Inc Magazine

    https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/want-to-learn-to-play-guitar-this-rock-star-launched-an-exceptional-series-of-free-online-video-tutorials.html
  13. Ed Seith

    The journey to become competent at recording

    There can be a lot of reasons, Dan, and it’s hard to guess with very little input. So, tell me, is this it: Record track. It sounds awesome in my head. Play back (single) recorded track in DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). It sounds awesome on my speakers. Export to mp3. It sounds like shit...
  14. Ed Seith

    How to get rid of the "picking sound"

    Try a Tortex or Ultex, Sayonil. Ultex are more expensive, but if you don’t LOSE them, they last a VERY long time.
  15. Ed Seith

    synyster gates martial arts?

    Never too old to make yourself better. Ever.
  16. Ed Seith

    How to get rid of the "picking sound"

    There are a LOT of things that can affect that, including the shape of the pick, the material the pick is made of, how much of it contacts the string when you pick, the picking angle you use, and others. I switched away from picks that felt great because they created too much pick noise for my...
  17. Ed Seith

    synyster gates martial arts?

    Okay, now we gotta push for a spar between him and Heafy from Trivium.
  18. Ed Seith

    Which guitar Solo has the best playing or sound?

    I like the playing on V1 more, but the tone on V2 more. If you could dial back the reverb on take 1 a bit, I’d prefer that on all counts.
  19. Ed Seith

    Playing issues while recording

    It may sound funny, but record everything until you get used to it. It’s like pictures. “Back in the day” you had a roll of film that gave you 24 or 36 pictures, and it would cost you $15-25 US to develop all those pictures. As a result, people were stingy. They were careful to line things up...
  20. Ed Seith

    Five Solos That Changed You As A Player

    PS: #1, Sultans of Swing, was what made me want to play guitar – failed to include that bit. It feels wrong that Randy’s outro to “Tonight” is not on this list, either.
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