Hey guys, I am a little quiet around here lately so I just wanted to share what I’m up to.
Since my birthday a week ago I have a new amp, the Boss katana mini and a new guitar as well, a Schecter Classic. And while I try to play the old stuff with my new Equipment and learn something new, I realise that this setup actually helps me improving.
First of all for the obvious reason. The equipment is fresh for me and the amp sounds soo incredibly good (compared to my fender mustang). Second I play way more standing now, as a guitar strap came with it. That is challenging at first but it feels great as you are able to put more emotion in your playing. Third, taking the highest distortion and shredding metallica riffs, I notice that the new amp is WAY more sensitive about palm mutings ranging from really muted chunks to fat, evil sounding palm strokes, which forces me to really work on my muting to get it right in every situation. Lastly I am feeling that using that new gear pinch harmonics are slightly easier to perform, giving me yet another thing to work on.
So I would definetly say that new gear can help and motivate. And the best thing is that, when researching and testing a little, it doesn’t even have to be expensive. The new gear was less than 500 Euro in total! (Okay, the Schecter was sold over Ebay for an awesome price, but there are always cheap opportunities)
Finally, if you made it to the end to this boring post, I would be interested if you guys agree with me and if you experienced something similar.
Oh, and have an awesome day
Since my birthday a week ago I have a new amp, the Boss katana mini and a new guitar as well, a Schecter Classic. And while I try to play the old stuff with my new Equipment and learn something new, I realise that this setup actually helps me improving.
First of all for the obvious reason. The equipment is fresh for me and the amp sounds soo incredibly good (compared to my fender mustang). Second I play way more standing now, as a guitar strap came with it. That is challenging at first but it feels great as you are able to put more emotion in your playing. Third, taking the highest distortion and shredding metallica riffs, I notice that the new amp is WAY more sensitive about palm mutings ranging from really muted chunks to fat, evil sounding palm strokes, which forces me to really work on my muting to get it right in every situation. Lastly I am feeling that using that new gear pinch harmonics are slightly easier to perform, giving me yet another thing to work on.
So I would definetly say that new gear can help and motivate. And the best thing is that, when researching and testing a little, it doesn’t even have to be expensive. The new gear was less than 500 Euro in total! (Okay, the Schecter was sold over Ebay for an awesome price, but there are always cheap opportunities)
Finally, if you made it to the end to this boring post, I would be interested if you guys agree with me and if you experienced something similar.
Oh, and have an awesome day