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    Whats your favorite pick?

    Yeah, I’m stoked to try them Ed! I’ve been wanting to go crazy on all the little gear things for a while just to find out what impact they make on tone. I bought the Axe FX III, a clean, flat poweramp and a cab setup, a nice PRS Custom 24, and now I just replaced all my cables with custom Mogami...
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    Whats your favorite pick?

    I’ve been on a big kick lately for really high quality picks and got a Blue Chip Big Jazz 60($40 pick!), a couple Wegen picks which are a bit less pricey, and my next one is a Red Bear pick. It’s arguable, but many people say Blue Chip picks are the best on the planet. They use a special...
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    Shall I show you guys my skype call with Syn?

    Also, I got really drunk and acted weird and probably a little annoying around Syn at a bar in CA once, so I know how you feel buddy. But honestly, it probably wasn’t that weird and he certainly doesn’t remember it now so I’m over it. This reply was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by...
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    Shall I show you guys my skype call with Syn?

    Well if the big thing that is holding you back is the fear of judgement or people thinking you might have come across in a negative, then you should absolutely post it. We should all be conscious of ourselves, the outward expression of the things we do, and the way the world views us- but it...
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    Question on Axe-fx amps

    Yes, there are a few Dumbles and Dumble clones. Idk if you know this, but there are a few boutique amp makers who produce ONLY copies of Dumble amps. The main amp that alexander dumble made was the Overdrive Special, but he made little tweaks and modifications to lots of those Dumble amps...
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    Needing Help on Lesson 25

    One thing I did to get those really big stretches and to play them comfortably was to physically stretch each set of fingers out as wide as possible with my other hand. It’s kinda like doing the splits with each set of fingers i.e. thumb+index, index+middle, middle+ring, ring+pinky. And do the...
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    I'm back. It felt like forever. Help me please

    You don’t “suck” now. All that happened, and I hope everyone pays attention to this- if your technique feels off and you think you are playing sloppy, there’s a pretty good chance your hands are out of sync with each other. The two halves of your brain just needs to sync up. To make both hands...
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    Lesson 59(introduction to modes)

    Here is a classic guitar instructional video from the master Frank Gambale that explains the modes perfectly-
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    Lesson 59(introduction to modes)

    For real though, there are lots of choices you get to make when soloing or coming up with melodies or harmonies. That’s where creativity comes into play. The best advice I can give is to always create movement in your music; whether it be big key changes, slow and smooth shifts to another...
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    Lesson 59(introduction to modes)

    There really are no limitations in music, go wild.
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    Lesson 59(introduction to modes)

    Yes, that is correct, but I dont recommend thinking about it that way. The better way to think about it is using you octave shapes of the CAGED system, and then knowing where the #4/b5 note is in the 5 positions. Then you just start playing C Major and raise the 4th degree(F becomes F#). I want...
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    Lesson 59(introduction to modes)

    Here’s a post I made about a year ago- The best way to really understand the modes is to play them all in the same key center, so we’ll say C major, the you can compare the differences in sound with the other modes. The formulas for the modes are- Ionian(Major)- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 – Major Dorian- 1 2...
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    Camazotz- Mayan for "Death Bat"

    Totally unrelated to guitar, but totally related to A7X. Also history is good for everyone. Turns out the Mayan’s had a god called Death Bat and he was the original Batman or something. Check it out! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camazotz
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    Still Having "Dead Tone" Issues

    Could you record an example if you haven’t figured this out, Jak? It’s always much easier to diagnose the problem if we can hear an example of what you’re dealing with. But yeah, as many pointed out, a dead battery with active pickups will kill your tone. People don’t realize this, but active...
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    Can I get some feedback on this Nightmare solo cover?

    Also, always consider double, or sometimes even triple tracking rhythms parts. It is a busy section and you DO want to leave space for the lead parts, but double tracking shouldn’t make the track any busier since the 2nd track is playing the exact same thing as the 1st. When doubling though, you...
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    Can I get some feedback on this Nightmare solo cover?

    Yeah, Ed’s right on the rhythm part. I would double it for sure and smooth out the high end a bit. The attack seems a little too defined for the role that it’s playing in that section. You might consider a little less gain as well for the rhythm tracks as well. If you listen to just the guitar...
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    Synyster Single Coil Pickups

    100% I just got my first actual single coil guitar about a year ago after playing for like 20 years. I’ll take the fullness of a humbucker 9/10 and add a push/pull coil split as a bonus.
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    How fast are you guys?

    Sayonil- dude you’ll get way more actual paying musical gigs playing 5 notes a second than you will 24, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Just make them really good notes played on good beats and play them with conviction.
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    How fast are you guys?

    Yeah dude, it was kinda cool. But I was going to school at MI at the time and I realized pretty quick that most people didnt give a shit. Id play something like that and then you’d see/hear an asian kind in the next room jamming with Scott Henderson playing the tastiest jazz or fusion shit and...
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    Bass notes in guitar?

    Yeah, he’s right, the bass note just ascends the D minor scale. D-E-F-G. Here’s a quick video of it slow and up to speed. I also, played the next main part and then part of “Nightmare” just to show they are the same progression and how you can play more or less the same thing and get a totally...
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