The Guitar Lounge

[ionicsachin]

haha.,...i m too waiting for my xams to finish to join some classes....i want to join for string skipping and some other advance techniques

 

[Psychosocial]

lol Sachin is right... some great guitarists dunno music theory and other basic stuff! And yes, I am ready to trade my creations with Sachin but I am still pretty young and immature to write advanced riffs. I made one riff on my own... will put it up on the net as soon as my new guitar comes on Thursday. I have also written a couple of songs!

And yes, if anyone on this forum has doubts regarding to guitaring, they can post it here! We will try our best and solve them.

 

[ionicsachin]

Not much of it psycho, u can put it on a text file and share the licks....no matter if it is 10 notes long and plays only 5 seconds...afterall a lick is a lick

Like this one....Psycho ur turn next
Note: While uploading the High E line got disintended...

 

[Psychosocial]

e -------3--3--5--5--5-------------------------------------------
a -------5--5--7--7--7-------------------------------------------
d -------5--5--7--7--7-------------------------------------------
g ---------------------------------------------------------------
b ---------------------------------------------------------------
e ---------------------------------------------------------------


e -------3--5--7--7--5--3----------------------------------------
a -------5--7--9--9--7--5----------------------------------------
d -------5--7--9--9--7--5----------------------------------------
g ---------------------------------------------------------------
b ---------------------------------------------------------------
e ---------------------------------------------------------------


^Thats it!

Also try this :-


b --17--15--13--12----------------------17^--15--13--12--12^----------------------------
e -----------------12--15--15--17^--17^----------------------12^-12/15------------------


Pretty short but sounds good if you play it with some rythym

 

[tallbeing]

The songs I have covered so far :-

1) Summer of 69
2) Hotel California (without the solo.. need some work with it)
3) Another Brick In The Wall II (solo pending coz I havent got my electric guitar yet.... I have bought it but its at my aunt's house at Mumbai and will come on Thursday... and you cant play solos on Acoustic... atleast the technical ones.)
4) Socha Hai
5) What I've Done (solo included )
6) (Sic) (yeah, on an acuostic )



If you are starting out fresh, get an acoustic first. Go for cheap companies like Granada, Pluto, etc. Even Ibanez has some acoustics around 4-5k range. If you are insisting on buying an electric then get the Java Strat... its actually not a strat but a strat look-a-like. Its one of best in <7k range. For the amps, you can get Kustom Sound Cube 20 fro around 2k. Total will be around 8k. An alternative way can be that you save up and get yourself either the Pacifica 012 or Ibanez GRX20 or ESP M50 with Marshall MG10CD or Kustom Sound Cube 20R. That will land you somewhere around 14-16k. Good luck... and dont worry about effects, you dont need them right now.



Get a cheap electric guitar tuner like Joyo Jt-11... its retailing for 600 bucks .

Those songs are easy.................
I already own an accoustic (Signature Jumbo, black one), I can easily play fear of the dark, Tears Don't Fall and a host of other songs and I cannot extend my budget above 7K no matter what. How about Fender and Signature (They r the only ones sold by most of the dealers in Guwahati)

 

[Psychosocial]

^Fender? FENDER! Under 7k ? Dude, the cheapest Fender is retailing for 10k . So no chance with Fenders. Never actually heard about Signature.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

@iconicsachin:

By double picking I mean alternate, up-down-up-down thingy. I can easily manage speeds for The Day That Never Comes, but I get pwned by songs like Blackened.

And yeah, what about tapping ?

PS: house damn noisy, hard to record in here.... will post my jams later.

 

[thewisecrab]

/me actually a keyboardist.
Just got an acoustic guitar (some local brand) just to add another instrument to my kitty.
I'm looking to learn on my own
any tips? ideas?

 

[eggman]

guitar is the worst instrument ever


nah...just messing with you guys.....hehe

 

[ionicsachin]

@tallbeing
Fender wont come in 7k, look out they might cheat you with same looking things called FendAr or Fander.....
@MetalHeadGautam
Alternate picking is improved only by practice, dont go too early for tuff songs. Use a software metronome and beatmaker, start with up-down-up-down alternation over a scale at 80bpm metronome, slowly increase it in increments of 5...try using it over full Amajor scale. Just keep in care that you are moving to a higher speed only if you are comfortable at present speed.
Tapping is a little above to Alternate picking, the same goes with it....Actually any technique which plays at super speed requires days of practice....
@thewisecrab
Learning on own is the best way to learn guitar. Googling wud give tonnes of websites with free beginner material. And have easy and comfortable practice sessions. Almost every legendry guitarist learnt guitar on his own.
@eggman
haha....guitar is better then any other instrument...remember blues??

 

[thewisecrab]

@thewisecrab
Learning on own is the best way to learn guitar. Googling wud give tonnes of websites with free beginner material. And have easy and comfortable practice sessions. Almost every legendry guitarist learnt guitar on his own.

Thanks. Will google and post if I find anything interesting
And I beleive the keyboard is better than the guitar, but then again, every instrument has it's own set of +ves and -ves

 

[ionicsachin]

And I beleive the keyboard is better than the guitar, but then again, every instrument has it's own set of +ves and -ves

Well actually every instrument is good to the core....just depends on how one plays it. One thing very true about guitar is
"It is the easiest instrument to learn, but most difficult one to master"

 

[thewisecrab]

Well actually every instrument is good to the core....just depends on how one plays it. One thing very true about guitar is
"It is the easiest instrument to learn, but most difficult one to master"

This statement holds true for any instrument. It took me quite a while to master the keyboard, now though I'm qualified, I still cant call myself "master" of the keyboard. After all, music is a learning curve by itself.

Regarding guitar, hows this?
*guitar.about.com/library/blguitarlessonarchive.htm

 

[ionicsachin]

You wont beleive it, that webpage was the first one which i read 6 yrs back....it is where i started my guitaring

A very good site for licks and techniques, ..includes nice warmup lessons too
*www.myguitarsolo.com/

 

[tallbeing]

Thanx for the info............they even got some Givsom under that price..........I enquired about Ibanez but they told that they r foreign guitars and r very costly, about marshall amps they told that u don't need these, if u wish to record the studio will give u and for home use just take in the practice amp for around 2200 (45 watts RMS).
One of the bassist from my school told me that if u use a processor u don't need a costly guitar, is that right???
Most of the guitars here r smuggled from Nagaland, even Armani T-Shirts r available under 150, u just need a trip to shillong

 

[escape7]

Nice to see musicians here, even i play guitar, started in my first year in college, its been four years now.
Ever tried playing another brick in the wall in open chords? Do it, sounds awesome....

 

[ionicsachin]

Thanx for the info............they even got some Givsom under that price..........I enquired about Ibanez but they told that they r foreign guitars and r very costly, about marshall amps they told that u don't need these, if u wish to record the studio will give u and for home use just take in the practice amp for around 2200 (45 watts RMS).
One of the bassist from my school told me that if u use a processor u don't need a costly guitar, is that right???
Most of the guitars here r smuggled from Nagaland, even Armani T-Shirts r available under 150, u just need a trip to shillong

Thats a myth, or the shopkeeper is trying to sell what he got...Marshall MG10CD and Marshall MG15CD are tiny compared to studio/live amps and they are available almost everywhere. These two are among the best for practice amps at home...
Again thats a myth, the quality of the sound will be reflecting the amount that you put in to buy a guitar. Processors will just help you to an extent cutting the noises and all, but you will soon be irritated with it.

 

[tallbeing]

^^ The amp I was talking about was a local made, these kind of amps r used by everyone in our school, for the Marshall one costs a bomb, most use a amp of about 1600 or 1800 bucks
Well can u mention the prices of the amps u have mentioned.

 

[Arun the Gr8]

@MetalHeadGautam:
Speed requires technique as well as practice......just practice and practice with alternate picking to see improvement in speed
@hullap
I m a guitarist too, been playing for past 6 yrs....Try the song in my signature..
btw...cool clips...third one is superb
Just one thing, try to sound each note perfectly....like bring them to same level of volume...

Try these...
Hey there Delilah
Somebody's me
I sung em..

 

[ionicsachin]

^Cheers Arun i ve already heard them when u posted....by the way try the song which i have in my signature. I cant sing and play together so i just composed a music