General / Off-Topic Question for guitar players.

[Deleted member 110222]

To celebrate your success, you can spend a holiday here.

Hotel under construction in Florida from the company "Hard Rock Hotel & Casino".

120 meters high. This mega-property will have 638 rooms but also an artificial lagoon of 40.000 m², villas partially immersed in water with butler service and private pool and a bar of 1100 m² at the top without forgetting a spa of 3800 m², a theatre and 14 restaurants. To round it all out, the must-see casino with 228 gaming tables and 3000 penny machines and, for the live music fans, a 7000-seat concert hall. The star group Maroon 5 has already been announced as the headliner for the opening.

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You can also buy a mansion in Alabama.

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1950: I bet we'll have flying cars in the future.

2019: Guitar buildings.

 

[Boo76]

Hi man. I just gotta know....did you buy an axe ? Did you buy a guitar ? It better be black. Ha ha, only kidding. But seriously, I've been thinking about you and was wondering. You said you wanted something besides video games and that's good. That's understandable. Even posting here is good. Also, you could invest in a good pair of headphones and go through the vast discography of 80s - 90s metal. Guitar is bloody difficult. Power chords are doable.... requires patience. Anyway, I wish you all the best Cmdr.

 

[Leper Messiah]

I'm wondering what happened too after stumbling cross the thread.

As a VERY amateur guitarist I can attest that it's a lot of fun and if you aim for that and not get too narked that you can't quite nail the solo of Master of Puppets then it's all cool. Basically as someone said learn tablature (really simple and makes sense unlike musical notation (who invented that crap!LOL). Back in the late 80's my mate and I bought some tab book and we learnt most of Kill 'em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and ...And Justice for All (Metallica fans). Some we could play along with quite easily, some (especially the faster stuff and AJFA stuff) was a case of we "knew" what to play, but it didn't "sound" like the songs unless we played them 25% speed. Web makes books irrelevant I use www.songsterr.com, smeg loads of stuff on there to learn.

Also for info a LOT of modern metal uses 7 string guitars and non standard tunings, so bear that in mind. Older stuff will be instandard tune E A D G B E, Slayer and a few others downtuned 1/2 step to Eb, Death Metal is usually down a full step to D. Modern stuff is down to A!!

Ultimately if you learn power chords and how to palm mute strings then you can play a lot of Metal (the easier stuff). Get that sorted and then move onto the more complex stuff. One of my best acheivements is learning to play "Fade to Black" including the awesome accoustic Verse riff. Just keep at it and if it comes natural go with it, if it doesn't come natural play what you can play and enjoy it.

 

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

FWIW, I’ve been playing for 30 years. I always suggest starting on an acoustic.
1. It’s much harder on your fingers, I know that sounds mad but you have to get them tough, quick. I’ve seen many a player start on electric and struggle when they try acoustic. Not so much the other way.

2. It’s much harder, as a beginner (and arguably further) to get a pleasant noise out of an electric than an acoustic. Not only does an electric amplify all your good bits it amplifies all your bad bits.

My no.1 piece of advice to anyone considering the guitar is, it will most likely take a year for you to be able to get to the point that you can play something (one tube), confidently and to the point that you wont have to tell people what tune it is. This is if you’re going down the self taught line, no lessons. Having said that, I never had YouTube, perhaps if I did, I’d be better than I am now.

Anyway, grab one, bash it, love it.

 

[DoctorDanny]

I know I'm late to the party, but here's my advice as an old metalhead and musician.

Given that you want to play metal I wouldn't bother with an acoustic guitar or traditional guitar lessons.

Get yourself an electric guitar (preferably with 'humbucker' pickups) and a decent amplifier.
Learn how to do power-chords and look up the chords for your favourite songs on youtube.

If the itch is still there after six months or so I'd definately advise you to get guitar lessons and learn some guitar music theory.
If you have any friends to play with that's a big bonus as making music is even more fun with friends.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Once things start going well, learn the basics of the pentatonic scale.....a hell of a lot of metal/rock is built upon that scale.

 

[starman]

if you are in a picture with a guitar in the back ground then people will asume you play,

Getting a high score in guitar hero doesn't mean you can join u2.

 

[The Lawful]

I would recommend learning the basics at least, and you will need a minimum knowledge of music theory to get anywhere beyond Smoke on the Water (prohibited in many guitar shops), circle of fifths, pentatonics and so on. One of the best sites to start with is Justin Sandercoe's. Most of the stuff is free, the courses are well organized and it's not tedious. He also has a lesson on power chords. Way better than my guitar teachers of old, but that was 30 years ago.

As for equipment, most guitars are excellent todays, at least the ones beyond the very bottom range (below 300 EUR). For Metal, you'll need humbuckers, but best don't buy a one trick pony, you'll regret it later. Same is true for amps, and since the advent of modelling, many have different "voices" emulating famous models (even the Fender Mustang Micro headphone amp has Rectifier and Uberschall emulations built in) plus effects, it's not perfect maybe, but certainly good enough for home use. Pro tip: stay conservative with the power specs, an 100W guitar amp is an ultra loud thing and not comparable to HiFi amps. 15W is plenty to start, and way too loud for home use still. The best thing is to check out everything in a local music store and get personal impression of the stuff. Guitars don't only differ in technical specs, but also in fretboard width, shape and neck length, body shape and a lot of other things, and if you don't feel comfortable, the fun won't last long. Avoid a guitar you cannot play sitting too.

As for the kill switch, it simply cuts the volume and turns it on again. Nothing I would spend money on, as its use is rather limited. Better buy a distortion stomp box or multi-effect if the amp's distortion is not aggressive enough (not my style, but I have one). YMMV.

HTH, O7,