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Title: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on March 10, 2022, 12:46:21 am
Hey started learning to play the electric guitar, im a beginner now but omg it feels so good when you get a bit of a song down. Anyone here play too? (not just electric but acoustic/bass etc)  :azn:
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Fishandchips on March 10, 2022, 10:21:25 am
I’ve got three from my dad but wouldn’t know where to start. Probably going to have to sell them though to pay towards his debts
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: shynudeboy on March 10, 2022, 10:34:59 pm
I used to play a bit of guitar when I was younger. But in recent years I have become more of a piano guy.

Are you taking lessons or learning from online?
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: bobola on March 11, 2022, 10:00:45 am
I do, not so much lately with my studies.
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on July 02, 2022, 10:36:12 pm
I used to play a bit of guitar when I was younger. But in recent years I have become more of a piano guy.

Are you taking lessons or learning from online?

just learning online little bits here and there. i recently got a new amp, the boss katana 50 mk2 and omg its so so good. so many new tones, Heavy metal, nice clean sound, i can recreate metallica, AC/DC kind of tones. my old amp just had a basic preset clean or overdrive sound. my guitar i got is still a cheap one, only about £80 pounds worth. it came as part of a pack with my old amp and some other stuff.
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: NudeNathan on July 02, 2022, 10:52:29 pm
I love guitar! Been playing for around 20 years and I’m still just as obsessed with it haha.
Be careful once you collecting some gear though, it can get very addicting 😬
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on July 02, 2022, 11:22:54 pm
I love guitar! Been playing for around 20 years and I’m still just as obsessed with it haha.
Be careful once you collecting some gear though, it can get very addicting 😬

aha ive heard it can be. Im looking to buy a new guitar too, just a better quality one, im thinking maybe a PRS SE standard. what kind of gear you got?
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: NudeNathan on July 03, 2022, 05:33:14 am
I love guitar! Been playing for around 20 years and I’m still just as obsessed with it haha.
Be careful once you collecting some gear though, it can get very addicting 😬

aha ive heard it can be. Im looking to buy a new guitar too, just a better quality one, im thinking maybe a PRS SE standard. what kind of gear you got?
The PRS SE line are such great guitars! Really can't go wrong with them, probably some of the best value for money at the moment.
And oh man, it might be easier to post a picture at some point than list everything out 😅
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on July 03, 2022, 11:04:45 am
I love guitar! Been playing for around 20 years and I’m still just as obsessed with it haha.
Be careful once you collecting some gear though, it can get very addicting 😬

aha ive heard it can be. Im looking to buy a new guitar too, just a better quality one, im thinking maybe a PRS SE standard. what kind of gear you got?
The PRS SE line are such great guitars! Really can't go wrong with them, probably some of the best value for money at the moment.
And oh man, it might be easier to post a picture at some point than list everything out 😅

yeah ive heard great things about them. Main thing i like is the coil tap feature. I've played one in a local guitar shop and they play very very nicely. i think i didnt play a standard though, all they had was a bonnie pink SE custom 24, but the guy said theres not too  much difference between the custom and the standard. but i do say it felt really nice to play.

aha, i take it you've got the whole shebang? pedals, amps, guitars etc?
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Hrafn on March 05, 2023, 08:00:45 am
I started teaching guitar a few months ago :) I'm still kinda figuring it out
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on March 07, 2023, 11:30:32 pm
I started teaching guitar a few months ago :) I'm still kinda figuring it out

what kind of stuff do you play?
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Hrafn on March 10, 2023, 10:04:11 pm
I started teaching guitar a few months ago :) I'm still kinda figuring it out

what kind of stuff do you play?

I mostly play metal myself, but I'm having to learn other stuff as well for my students
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on March 10, 2023, 11:39:51 pm
I started teaching guitar a few months ago :) I'm still kinda figuring it out

what kind of stuff do you play?

I mostly play metal myself, but I'm having to learn other stuff as well for my students

ah a fellow metalhead, i play a lot of metallica type stuff, so my downpicking is pretty fast.
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Hrafn on March 12, 2023, 02:40:37 am

ah a fellow metalhead, i play a lot of metallica type stuff, so my downpicking is pretty fast.

Make sure to work on alternate picking as well ;)
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on March 22, 2023, 12:41:09 am

ah a fellow metalhead, i play a lot of metallica type stuff, so my downpicking is pretty fast.

Make sure to work on alternate picking as well ;)

dw im practicing that too, at first i tried downpicking solos, doesnt sound too good lol
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: NudisRoo on March 23, 2023, 08:17:58 pm
Omg niceee! I'm sure you will love it!

I'm rly into classical guitar been playing it for abouy 5 years now and I'm in a music school majoring classical guitar, if you need any help IG you can ask here I'm sure many of us can help.

Electric is rly cool I've tried a few times, but since I'm more i to jazz classical, and that doesn't rly sound good on electrical I don't think I'll get one... Perhaps I'll try bass sometime!

Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Hrafn on March 26, 2023, 06:43:19 am

ah a fellow metalhead, i play a lot of metallica type stuff, so my downpicking is pretty fast.

Make sure to work on alternate picking as well ;)

dw im practicing that too, at first i tried downpicking solos, doesnt sound too good lol

Back when I first started playing metal I didn't use a pick and should have known better. It took me way too long to get comfortable with a pick after that
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on April 15, 2023, 10:55:12 pm

ah a fellow metalhead, i play a lot of metallica type stuff, so my downpicking is pretty fast.

Make sure to work on alternate picking as well ;)


dw im practicing that too, at first i tried downpicking solos, doesnt sound too good lol

Back when I first started playing metal I didn't use a pick and should have known better. It took me way too long to get comfortable with a pick after that

lol. my favourite thing to do is just chug sometimes. i just turn my amp on and chug away. one of my favourite riffs is the bit just before the solo in master of puppets, very chuggy
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Esh on April 15, 2023, 11:01:34 pm
Omg niceee! I'm sure you will love it!

I'm rly into classical guitar been playing it for abouy 5 years now and I'm in a music school majoring classical guitar, if you need any help IG you can ask here I'm sure many of us can help.

Electric is rly cool I've tried a few times, but since I'm more i to jazz classical, and that doesn't rly sound good on electrical I don't think I'll get one... Perhaps I'll try bass sometime!

would you say learning songs and playing them near perfectly takes a while? i can play a lot of songs but i can be a bit inconsistent sometimes with how i play some riffs/ bits that are played more than once. i have to really really focus to play a song in full, while being consistent and in time. obviously some songs are easier than others. i can play some perfectly in time no problem for the entire duration, whearas some i can play mostly fine but later on i might accidentally hit an extra string or miss a note etc. ive been practicing a lot but it seems to be taking ages. ideally id like to be able to play to a level where i can just play near perfectly
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: Jakee22 on May 31, 2023, 12:36:51 am
I used to take guitar lessons but I never really play now so I am not very good. I couldn't read music so I used to use tab on an app. I can play basic chords but not finger chords.
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: swede on June 01, 2023, 07:15:07 am
I used to take guitar lessons but I never really play now so I am not very good. I couldn't read music so I used to use tab on an app. I can play basic chords but not finger chords.

Was exactly the same for me, then I gave up after years of lessons.
Title: Re: picked up the electric guitar
Post by: NudisRoo on June 05, 2023, 09:19:13 pm
Omg niceee! I'm sure you will love it!

I'm rly into classical guitar been playing it for abouy 5 years now and I'm in a music school majoring classical guitar, if you need any help IG you can ask here I'm sure many of us can help.

Electric is rly cool I've tried a few times, but since I'm more i to jazz classical, and that doesn't rly sound good on electrical I don't think I'll get one... Perhaps I'll try bass sometime!

would you say learning songs and playing them near perfectly takes a while? i can play a lot of songs but i can be a bit inconsistent sometimes with how i play some riffs/ bits that are played more than once. i have to really really focus to play a song in full, while being consistent and in time. obviously some songs are easier than others. i can play some perfectly in time no problem for the entire duration, whearas some i can play mostly fine but later on i might accidentally hit an extra string or miss a note etc. ive been practicing a lot but it seems to be taking ages. ideally id like to be able to play to a level where i can just play near perfectly

Oo yes definitely takes a while to master a song. I say that a song is mastered when I can play it with my eyes closed. Also based on my experience the most efficient way to learn something is by playing it slowly and really concentrating for it to be correct. And for example when there are some cord changes that are more difficult, practice just that line with the difficult part very slowly and using a metronome speed up just a bit every time untill up to original speed.

If you really concentrate you can master a song in like a week and get good at it in like 3-4 days or like 5 hours of practice!!