Community Riffs!!!!

[Brian Haner Sr.]

Keep posting your videos. Lots of people are watching – including Syn & me! I know the comments are down and we are as frustrated as you are. Keep posting. Keep learning. Keep sharing your knowledge! We will get through this together!
Cheers!
PG

 

[idssdi]

I try to post everything I post on Instagram on the riff page as well(also because Instagram cuts off the video after a minute). As far as sharing the knowledge I’m kinda waiting for the academic year to be finished so I can have some time to make the lessons I want to make. Namely, minor swing, one on picking and one on using different scales over different chords(I may have forgotten one but I asked whether anyone has a request for lessons a long time ago and my memory doesn’t always serve me well )

 

[Jak Angelescu]

Thank you so much for addressing this! That was why I issued the contest for May was to try to get more people to post there. I knew you and Syn loved watching them and the rest of us like watching other students as well!
Let’s keep going everyone! Myself included!





This reply was modified 4 months, 4 weeks ago by  Jak Angelescu.

 

[Kfir Yaakovi]

I will create many videos in the following weeks. I want to record and show my progress.
I improved so much since I start learning and practicing here!
My main goals now is practice on timing and on picking (sweeping and economy). So I practice everyday on these and try my luck with The Wicked End solo trying to combine all these three





This reply was modified 4 months, 4 weeks ago by  Kfir Yaakovi.

 

[Andrew Fernandes]

Ok I’m gonna start posting.I needed that encouragement. Thanks

 

[Aightball]

Miss the lessons…still working on getting my guitar fixed. Anybody got a money tree? *laughs* But once I get some stuff paid off, or at least paid down, I’ll be able to get it worked on. Still enjoying the community, though!!

 

[Ed Seith]

Kelly, what does it need? A lot of work can be done by yourself with a little guidance.

 

[Aightball]

A new string…and it’s probably stupid simple but I’ve been on a budget crunch, determined to pay down/off some debt, so I haven’t been able to get strings. There’s a shop in town that will restring it for me, but see above budget crunch =). That and I have no clue on strings. I think I asked some string questions before but it’s about a year and I haven’t been on enough lately to go back and search for the thread =(.

 

[Ed Seith]

No guitarist should ever pay someone else to change their strings. A set of basic strings is about $5 US. A cheap string winder, maybe $3. I can walk you through it. If you really only need the one string, most guitar shops will sell ONE STRING for about $1 US.
Does the guitar have a whammy bar or is the bridge fixed? Do you know what gauge is on it now?

 

[Forgetabull]

There’s a good video on YouTube by Phil McKnight from know your gear on string changes, maybe start there.

 

[Aightball]

Ed> I will have to post a picture of the guitar tomorrow. I only know it’s the really thin E string, and it’s on a 3/4 size acoustic if I remember correctly. I’ll see if I can get a string winder on my next check ☺. If I can get a single string, that would be awesome!

 

[Adin Shepherd]

@ Kelly, Ed’s advice is spot on, changing strings is both cheap and easy.
Also, a tip, if you are looking for a thread you have started or posted in, go to your profile, you will see a link for forum topics and forum replies that will list threads you have created and those you have commented in respectively.
Strings

 

[Calvin Phillips]

If you change 1.. you’ll have to change them all. Your sound will be way off. Not sure the tension would match either.
Maybe we should get together and help you get a set.

 

[Aightball]

@AdinSheperd> Thanks for the tip! I will check that previous thread out =)
Calvin> Thank you for that tip, too. I will get a picture up tonight (or I think my videos might still be up…it’s in there). It’s a complete beginner acoustic but it’s working except the string issue, ha. =)