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  1. Ben Thorpe

    New Guitar

    Can’t delete forum topics. I have tried to post an image of my guitar but it wouldn’t work. I’ve tried from Facebook and Pinterest and neither of them work. I don’t know if it’s the URL. How do you post pictures?
  2. Ben Thorpe

    New Guitar

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  3. Ben Thorpe

    Monitor: Speakers or Headphones?

    Actually, it works now. Just tried it. False alarm!
  4. Ben Thorpe

    Monitor: Speakers or Headphones?

    I’m going to post here because I can’t on the forums. There seems to be a bug where whenever I go to the community forums, it logs me out for some reason. Anyone else getting this? Sorry it’s not related to the topic, but I can’t post any topics with this bug.
  5. Ben Thorpe

    Good affordable amps for metal

    Has anybody here got any good suggestions for good amplifiers for metal music? I have a Line 6 Spider Classic 15 which I haven’t really been a fan of when it comes to its overdrive and distortion settings. It sounds very janky and the notes have a very phasy sound to them on distortion, and I...
  6. Ben Thorpe

    LAST pieces of advice regarding new guitar

    Sup, it’s been a while since I last posted. I’m close to buying my new guitar, I want to tune down to drop B tuning and just need some reminders and last pieces of advice, which I know plenty of you have given me in the past. Anything would be greatly appreciated! My main questions are: 1) Would...
  7. Ben Thorpe

    I'm done with lead playing

    welcome to the brotherhood of rhythm guitar playing! I mainly stick to rhythm playing, if that’s what you want to focus on then do it.
  8. Ben Thorpe

    "Shredding isn't good music/it takes no talent/it has no feel" thoughts

    I’ve been seeing this a lot online and I’d like to get other people’s thoughts on this subject. Being able to shred on a guitar requires a very technically proficient guitar player, but some argue that shredding isn’t talent or that it’s not music because it lacks “soul” or “emotion”, and I’d...
  9. Ben Thorpe

    Pick still slipping when downpicking

    Cheers Jak and Ids. I’ll definitely try this out 🙂
  10. Ben Thorpe

    Pick still slipping when downpicking

    Yeah I’m finding that quite difficult. I find it difficult to simultaneously relax my wrist and still keep my fingers locked tight.
  11. Ben Thorpe

    Pick still slipping when downpicking

    I know I’ve already posted about this but I feel like this is my biggest obstacle with the guitar. Whenever I make a mistake it always seems to be because my pick isn’t at the same angle as when I started playing because it’s readjusted, ESPECIALLY when downpicking. I know that the secret to...
  12. Ben Thorpe's riff from September 18, 2018 at 5:30 am

    Ben Thorpe's riff from September 18, 2018 at 5:30 am

    This is my attempt to play the intro to the new A7X song Mad Hatter by listening to the intro. This is in D standard tuning. Let me know if there are any mistakes, which I know there are some.
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  13. Ben Thorpe

    Changing picking style for different techniques

    I have found that I hold my pick two different ways depending on what picking technique I’m doing. For example, when I’m tremolo picking or doing fast down picking I grip the pick with my finger and thumb and extend my other three fingers (kind of like a wierd cub scout salute), whereas with...
  14. Ben Thorpe

    Downpicking and tremolo picking alternation tips

    Where to begin with my problems with this technique… as a rhythm guitarist I have found myself struggling with this aspect of my playing for a while, especially alternating between the two. I have several questions about this area which I would greatly appreciate some assistance on. 1) How do I...
  15. Ben Thorpe

    Tremolo Picking Tips

    I’ve been playing some Slayer recently, which is great for practicing tremolo picking. I just wondered what your preferences are for tremolo picking. I know there are three main preferences for tremolo picking. There is moving your finger and thumb up and down to tremolo pick, using your wrist...
  16. Ben Thorpe

    How accurate is Songsterr for tabs?

    Yeah, I don’t think Songsterr is that great
  17. Ben Thorpe

    How accurate is Songsterr for tabs?

    I’ve been wondering this for a while. I recently looked up the Songsterr tabs for the Unholy Confessions riff, and the tabs it displayed were different to how Zacky plays it. Whilst he plays it by palm muting on the low D string, the Songsterr tabs display it as a series of hammer-ons and...
  18. Ben Thorpe

    My friend joined the site

    Welcome Charles! 🙂
  19. Ben Thorpe

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

    If you try and bend the D string upwards then the string will go off the fretboard. I don’t know if it’s just me but it seems like you would need titanium fingers to do a whole step bend on the D string by bending it downwards. Is it even practical?
  20. Ben Thorpe

    alternate picking pivot point

    I’ve been trying out different alternate picking methods. One which I’ve always been using is moving the pick with just my finger and thumb and resting my other fingers underneath the strings as a reference point. I’ve tried curling my fingers inwards and using my wrist as a pivot point for...
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