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I "found" rocksmith 2014 for my pc and have been just gradually getting my metal speed back up, but playing all the songs I know on a 7 string with fanned frets is a challenge. My left wrist is the one getting the workout now. My pinky finger cramped up playing Jesus of Suburbia because the entire song is nothing but 9 minutes of full fingered power chords which never used to be a problem when I was playing regularly. My biggest issue so far is having to play around the fact that the bottom string is no longer E, its B which honestly screws me up a lot more than i thought it would mentally and physically. The neck isn't even that much wider, but it's enough to make it feel like a slightly different instrument. That and the guy I bought it from has the action set pretty low so I'm having to work a little to get the sound clean until I adjust to it. Which leads me to the multiscale part. Honestly it's not too bad, but due to the bridge being slanted it changes how I have to set my hand for palm muting. All in all it's a new guitar that I'll have fun with for a while.
 
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Marty unboxes and tests out a new one. The Standard looks a lot like my Epiphone.

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I picked up this 2008 Gib LP Traditional.. I like it a lot but I don’t play it a ton.. may end up selling it for car parts.. but I’m sure I’ll end up buying something else later on.. the tug of war with two expensive hobbies lol

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j par said:
New years resolution....

GET BACK TO THE GUITAR !!!!....
E'F!!...
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I've had youtube "how to play" vids for Hell Bent For Leather and Turning Japanese open in other tabs since the summer.

Turning Japanese is MUCH harder than it sounds.
 
YY1 said:
I've had youtube "how to play" vids for Hell Bent For Leather and Turning Japanese open in other tabs since the summer.

Turning Japanese is MUCH harder than it sounds.
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Try a little bit of Grinder, you’ll be rockin the Priest in no time flat! :)
 
cosgig said:
Try a little bit of Grinder, you’ll be rockin the Priest in no time flat! :)
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A lot of Priest are fairly simple from a rhythm standpoint. Desert Plains, Living after midnight, devils child, Solar Angels

Victim of Changes is still one of my faves from them

Site call songsterr has a bunch of tabs and play though for free. Pretty cool but free has synth on playthrough, although the paid version overlays the actual song in many cases, IIRC.
 
YY1 said:
I've had youtube "how to play" vids for Hell Bent For Leather and Turning Japanese open in other tabs since the summer.

Turning Japanese is MUCH harder than it sounds.
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Something simple, like symphony of distraction... This is where I'm aiming first.. it's got my interest...
 
Did i mention my boy is playing guitar too now ?

Hes got a gift for it

Last nite he got a looper pedal for Christmas, so he recorded some bass lines with it, then guitar, then rythem guitar, then played it all back over the amp while he drummed along

Pretty cool
 
Megadeth is harder than it sounds, big time.

I pretty much taught myself with the entire "British Steel" album, as mentioned before in this thread.

HBFL is a little more technically complex. Especially that pull-off.

Somewhat oddly, I give myself a "C" on "Delivering The Goods" which I consider the "next step up" from the British Steel/Point Of Entry material, despite being older.

I figured out what I could of that one about 10 years ago.
I LOVE the bends of the opening, and the way it kind of "grinds it's way" into the main riff.
 
YY1 said:
Megadeth is harder than it sounds, big time.

I pretty much taught myself with the entire "British Steel" album, as mentioned before in this thread.

HBFL is a little more technically complex. Especially that pull-off.

Somewhat oddly, I give myself a "C" on "Delivering The Goods" which I consider the "next step up" from the British Steel/Point Of Entry material, despite being older.

I figured out what I could of that one about 10 years ago.
I LOVE the bends of the opening, and the way it kind of "grinds it's way" into the main riff.
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I like the for mentioned md songs return to the main opening riff...
 
FlamesAreWicked said:
I picked up this 2008 Gib LP Traditional.. I like it a lot but I don’t play it a ton.. may end up selling it for car parts.. but I’m sure I’ll end up buying something else later on.. the tug of war with two expensive hobbies lol

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I hear you there, the struggle is real, lol. I'm trying to balance cars, guitars, guns, and rc airplanes. The non car stuff has to get a trim. Everything fun costs, never mind the Michter's #1 bourbon.

All kidding aside, I almost feel an *** for joking about it. Reality is, we've been very blessed to be even talking about such things as being an issue.

Beautiful LP, by the way.
 
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