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Oct 16, 2007 12:53:54 GMT -6
Post by blotto911 on Oct 16, 2007 12:53:54 GMT -6
I just thought Id say hi, to everyone, Its John. Ive been playing guitar for awhile now, but, I was messin around with the star licks vid, and came up with this. Kinda my attempt at shredding. My sweeps are pretty weak I know but, im still learnin, heh.
clickey here----->
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Oct 17, 2007 8:18:56 GMT -6
Post by dragoncure on Oct 17, 2007 8:18:56 GMT -6
awesome. mike's dvd's are a great way to pop out of a rut. too bad i can't find a copy of star licks that doesn't cost me a kidney. good tone, nice chops man. to bad the lighting wasn't a tad brighter so i could see what kinda guitar that is. keep it up and thanks for sharing with us.
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Oct 17, 2007 8:59:09 GMT -6
Post by Erikrt123 on Oct 17, 2007 8:59:09 GMT -6
Welcome to the forum! Keep at it, man.
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Oct 17, 2007 10:26:13 GMT -6
Post by Adji on Oct 17, 2007 10:26:13 GMT -6
hey man not too bad. some areas nee dwork, but none is perfet. Some nice licks.
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Oct 17, 2007 21:27:26 GMT -6
Post by blotto911 on Oct 17, 2007 21:27:26 GMT -6
I actually made that guitar from a fender bullet, and a 1980 BC rich neck (The ones that were VERY thin, and zero radius) I had to use a hacksaw on the neck to make the 22nd fret fit, being a different scale, I had some horrible intonation problems. It works ok now, total cost was to build: 90 dollars canadian. If you read the files details, I tell all about it. Yeah, I know my sweeps are weak, but damn, sweep picking or rake picking as we call it here, is as yall know VERY difficult. I dunno whats harder, rake picking or alternate. lol. anyways, thanks for the feedback.
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Oct 18, 2007 14:41:27 GMT -6
Post by Dogman on Oct 18, 2007 14:41:27 GMT -6
I actually made that guitar from a fender bullet, and a 1980 BC rich neck (The ones that were VERY thin, and zero radius) I had to use a hacksaw on the neck to make the 22nd fret fit, being a different scale, I had some horrible intonation problems. It works ok now, total cost was to build: 90 dollars canadian. If you read the files details, I tell all about it. Yeah, I know my sweeps are weak, but damn, sweep picking or rake picking as we call it here, is as yall know VERY difficult. I dunno whats harder, rake picking or alternate. lol. anyways, thanks for the feedback. If you're a VERY good alternate picker, then you can arpeggiate by using only alternate picks, like Paul Gilbert does.
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Oct 18, 2007 14:54:05 GMT -6
Post by kgbrad on Oct 18, 2007 14:54:05 GMT -6
Awesome licks! I'm also learning from Eddy's videos. I bet making that guitar was hard work.
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Oct 18, 2007 21:05:17 GMT -6
Post by blotto911 on Oct 18, 2007 21:05:17 GMT -6
yeah, i had some bad tuning problems, with it beinfg in tune down low on the neck but was out of tune up higher so i kept shaving off wood with a hacksaw untill it was as short as the fender neck, the 22nd fret, overlaps the pick guard, so i had to take a bastard file and file down the 21, and 22nd frets, untill it didnt buzz. but now its hard to fret a note on the 22nd fret lol, oh well at least the neck is ULTRA thin. and is very fast and low action now. eddy is a good guy ya
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Oct 19, 2007 13:46:50 GMT -6
Post by blotto911 on Oct 19, 2007 13:46:50 GMT -6
If you're a VERY good alternate picker, then you can arpeggiate by using only alternate picks, like Paul Gilbert does. That would be VERY hard to do lol....
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Oct 24, 2007 1:47:22 GMT -6
Post by blotto911 on Oct 24, 2007 1:47:22 GMT -6
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