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Question on wrist movement
If you’re playing for speed, less movement is better because you can turn the pick around in the other direction faster. Most people usually find they move too much and thus have to lessen their overall movement. As far as tension, that usually depends on the tone you’re going for. A tighter and...- Noah Berends
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i need help to properly clean the guitar
Here’s the rundown of what I do every other months or so (it’s extensive and I’m a perfectionist about it) 1. Get all the dust out of everywhere. I use canned compressed air from Best Buy for this (usually used to clean computer keyboards). 2. Use a microfiber cloth (phone screen cleaning cloth)...- Noah Berends
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Acoustic Guitar Recomendations
I have a Yamaha FG700 that I picked up at GC years ago for $120. Put a couple of hours of elbow grease into setting it up and I love it. It’s definitely a beater, it’s been in 20 degree weather and 90 degree weather from northern Michigan to Jamaica and it’s held up real nice, but this is all...- Noah Berends
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What Is Everyone Working On/ Learning? 🤗
Still picking up the pieces from changing picking techniques and learning more alternate picking at increased tempo, and so learning the solo to Buried Alive.- Noah Berends
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Flying with a guitar
Loosen all your strings and put it in a well padded case or hard case. I’ve flown twice with an acoustic and both times they allowed me to put it in the coat closet near the boarding door. Some people might get a little tilted if you fill a ton of overhead space in it so you should check coat...- Noah Berends
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AC/DC tone?
Angus was known for using very low overdrive tones and simply playing *really really* hard. Going off my very accurate reference of Back In Black stuck in my head, I’d say midrange is the most prominent EQ feature, maybe set lows 6/10 mids 7/10 highs 5/10 and see how that goes. That’s about what...- Noah Berends
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New guitar suggestion
Schecter Schecter Schecter! I think they’re the only brand other than the Ibanez Satriani models that come stock with Sustainiacs.- Noah Berends
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Acoustic guitar insanely hard to play – what to do?
Ok, given all the information presented and since action is good, I’d say it’s probably set up with the string gauge too high. If the neck had too much/too little bow, the action near the first few frets would be extremely high OR you would be getting fret buzz, respectively. I run my acoustic...- Noah Berends
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Acoustic guitar insanely hard to play – what to do?
Are you encountering any fret buzz? It might also have a cheap bridge…things like the bridge and the pins etc. can have an affect on sound. If the strings are hard to press down you may be using a string gauge too high for what you’re used to.- Noah Berends
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Going to see Seether live this weekend! Opinions?
I saw a shoegaze band live 6 months ago (it’s an actual genre). Really interesting listen. Seether should be a good show.- Noah Berends
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Yeah, I'm an idiot
Back when I played with thinner picks they would develop little snags. Used to annoy me because for some reason I would only buy variety packs back in the day so it would generally be the only pick I had of that type, lol.- Noah Berends
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What is this effect?
When he’s drinking the water? That’s the Sustainiac.- Noah Berends
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The Heart From Your Hate on a 6 string guitar
This is a situation where the Digitech Drop pedal is a thing of beauty. With lead you can probably ignore the 7th string and mentally transpose every note down the fretboard to the original track’s tuning, although in my experience this makes it significantly harder whenever any open string...- Noah Berends
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What is this effect?
Nah man he’s just covering this song.- Noah Berends
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What is this effect?
I’m gonna throw a wild guess and say it’s a phaser- Noah Berends
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Unholy Confessions cover. Holy? or Unholy?
Unfortunately if the tracks were recorded that way they can’t be fixed in software. Turning down will just make the clipping quieter. EDIT: If the original tracks aren’t clipping straight from the guitar you can turn them down in the final mixdown. But if the interface is pumping them in at a...- Noah Berends
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