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  1. Noah Berends

    What are you currently listening to?

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  2. Noah Berends

    'The Stage' extra tracks missing?

    I’m in the US and all the covers are still here…
  3. Noah Berends

    I have a decent Idea

    I’d be down for this. I’m finally at a point where I can commit time to things like this and I feel this could be a good learning opportunity.
  4. Noah Berends

    Help with schecter demon 6

    It sounds like some routine maintenance is needed. Your action at the bridge end may be too low, or the neck has too much anti-bow. and this is a totally normal thing to happen over time. Guitar center techs can do it, or if you have the time and the tools you can find some resources online on...
  5. Noah Berends

    what has been your worst live performance?

    I’ve had my strap break in the middle of playing. Played the rest of the set with a foot kicked up on my amp way back on the stage. Bought straplocks the next day. Broke a string once, amp malfunctioned once, basically all the little things for some reason happened to me occasionally. I used to...
  6. Noah Berends

    Student Project Is Done! Happy Birthday, Syn!

    Awesome job. Happy birthday to the main man himself!
  7. Noah Berends

    opinions on different kinds of picks?

    I prefer picks with a more pointed end, so I use JP Jazz III and Tortex for rhythm and recently I found these Tortex Sharp picks that I really enjoy using for lead.
  8. Noah Berends

    Recording guitar on pc?

    Logic Pro X is the hands down best for Mac, on PC it’s a grab bag and I’m not entirely familiar, maybe Bias FX or Amplitube into a DAW?
  9. Noah Berends

    How to determine if Action is too high or low on my guitar

    Action height is largely preference, although having action too high can screw up intonation while action too low will make fret buzz and dead notes. To put it simply, you will adjust the truss rod for the action near the head and the bridge for the action past the 12th fret. You want to make...
  10. Noah Berends

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

    I do it a lot, bend the note towards the floor, and even use multiple fingers for the bend. One of the greatest things I learned from my first guitar teacher is using multiple fingers for bends. For example, if I want to bend the 7th fret on the D string, I’ll use my ring finger for holding the...
  11. Noah Berends

    Singing and Guitar

    Get one of the two (or both) down packed and memorized so well that you can play it without putting it in the front of your mind. That gives you a lot more room to focus on the other task. For some people it’s easier to commit lyrics and melodies, for others it’s the guitar work. Finding what...
  12. Noah Berends

    Practicing slow

    Learn both the rhythm and the lead parts to a song if it’s one that has both…you can also practice strumming in tempo by setting a soft metronome and just strum to the metronome while watching Netflix or something. Try to maintain the tempo for as long as you physically can. Like Sayonil said...
  13. Noah Berends

    Introduction – Hello!

    I’m studying Film & Media with a personal emphasis on audio engineering for music and film.
  14. Noah Berends

    Guitar Solos

    So Far Away is the first A7X solo I learned. Critical Acclaim is also relatively easy to understand if you wanna take the melody line and then the secondary parts underneath are also a great challenge to expand on the solo.
  15. Noah Berends

    Won't Be Posting Or Commenting For a While

    Good luck! Can’t wait to hear some great new music when y’all are done.
  16. Noah Berends

    Practicing slow

    I can’t remember where I heard it, but I was listening to a musician once and he said “Don’t practice something until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.” This requires a mindset where you realize that most techniques or riffs are pretty hard (or nye impossible) to play at...
  17. Noah Berends

    Pickup height

    Regarding the Sustainiac, the height of either pickup will make a huge difference to how the Sustainiac functions. Bringing either the bridge or neck pup closer to the strings will make the sustain effect come in much faster and much more intense, and therefore a bit harder to control (fret buzz...
  18. Noah Berends

    I hold the pick two different ways?

    I have two different grips as well. 80% of the stuff I play I use the method from the picking lesson, but when I’m playing rhythm on the first 2 or 3 strings I hold it with my thumb, pointer, and ring. Not sure why but I play a ton more accurate on those strings when holding down a rhythm when I...
  19. Noah Berends

    Audio Interface behringer um22

    My vote goes to Focusrite as a user myself. Solid product.
  20. Noah Berends

    New Synyster Customs

    Schecter pickups are really good. But sound is subjective.
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