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  1. Ben Thorpe

    Who remembers this? xD

    Wanted to post a photo but doesn’t seem to have worked
  2. Ben Thorpe

    Guitar Advice Needed on Technique

    You only want your thumb placed on the top of the neck when you’re playing mainly on the B or the E string. If I’m string bending on the other strings then I don’t bother
  3. Ben Thorpe

    Guitar Advice Needed on Technique

    Yeah, I usually avoid the pinky whenever I’m doing string bends. The furthest I go is bending with my third finger. It’s just become a habit for me now! Also be sure to place your thumb above the neck of the guitar whenever you’re bending the B or the E string, and put a lot of pressure behind...
  4. Ben Thorpe

    Easiest A7X song to learn?

    solo of afterlife and scream? I can do that with my eyes closed!
  5. Ben Thorpe

    Help for being stuck at guitar?

    Well, I think that you probably have improved over the last 2 years, but the improvements have been so subtle that you just haven’t noticed them. I have only been playing for 6 months, but looking back on how I used to play from old videos I can see huge improvements as it is being visually...
  6. Ben Thorpe

    A quick question about drop B tuning

    Just wondering, if I made the necessary modifications to go down to drop B tuning (thicker strings, new nut etc.), can I still go to standard E tuning? I just don’t want to modify my Pacifica for drop B tuning, then try to go back to standard E tuning and it rips the bridge off or something! Cheers!
  7. Ben Thorpe

    Easiest A7X song to learn?

    Hey, just wondering which A7X songs you think are the easiest to learn, as I haven’t yet had a go at learning an entire A7X song. Many Thanks! 🙂
  8. Ben Thorpe

    Feature Requests for Synyster Gates School?

    I’d like to see a backing tracks section of the website, which Brian has told me they’re already working on. Various mini-games to help people memorise key knowledge such as chord shapes, terminology, theory, scales etc would be very handy (especially for a noob such as myself). 🙂
  9. Ben Thorpe

    What's the minor scale pattern?

    So would the finger numbers be 1,3,4 next string above 1,3,4 next string above 1,3?
  10. Ben Thorpe

    What's the minor scale pattern?

    Can somebody please tell me what the minor scale pattern is? I know what the major scale pattern is off by heart, but I can’t seem to find the minor scale pattern. This would really help me, as I am sick to death of repeating the major scale pattern! Many thanks!
  11. Ben Thorpe

    Do we live in a simulation?

    How many simulations deep are we? Are we in a simulation within a simulation within a simulation within a simulation within a simulation within a simulation within a simulation?
  12. Ben Thorpe

    Mad respect to A7X regarding the Grammy's

    \m/
  13. Ben Thorpe

    Mad respect to A7X regarding the Grammy's

    Just wanted to say to Synyster and all other members of A7X that I give you mad props for refusing to attend the Grammy’s this year. Refusing to televise the rock and metal award categories is not only making rock and metal outcast genres in the eyes of the mainstream, but it’s also making it...
  14. Ben Thorpe

    More focused practice sessions?

    Yeah same. I can get bored practicing the same thing for too long as well.
  15. Ben Thorpe

    More focused practice sessions?

    I find myself practicing a wide variety of things in my practice sessions. Rather than committing to one thing to practice I do bits and pieces of multiple aspects of guitar practice. Should I be committing to focusing on one specific thing per session, or is what I’m doing in my practice...
  16. Ben Thorpe

    Making a living with guitar

    Being a guitar instructor and going to people’s houses and giving them lessons, creating your own music and uploading songs to the Internet, youtube, there are quite a few opportunities for playing guitar for a living other than being in a band. Hope this helps!
  17. Ben Thorpe

    Finger Exercises

    Try alternate picking with all 4 fingers up and down the fret board. Simple but a great warm up!
  18. Ben Thorpe

    How do I stop missing strings or hitting the wrong ones?

    Cheers guys 🙂
  19. Ben Thorpe

    How do I stop missing strings or hitting the wrong ones?

    It’s my worst habbit, and one I can’t seem to brake it. I constantly either miss strings or hit the wrong string. How do you stop doing that?! When playing guitar you need to have your eyes on the fretboard, not your strumming hand, but how do you stop hitting the wrong strings if you’re not...
  20. Ben Thorpe

    What are you currently listening to?

    Slipknot \m/. Any other maggots about?
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