Tapping Noise, can't stop the noise!
Kizaze44
Jan 17 2008, 10:51 PM
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Marcus,

I really appreciate the way you incorporate tapping licks in our solos - exactly the way I'd like to it. After much practice, I can manage to get all my fingers in the right places and do some cool licks like the one you do in "Evening Blues". However, I can't seem to shake the noise when moving from one string to another - especially going from the b to e strings when doing a minor scale tapping run.

How does one mute that darned string if your right hand is busy tapping?? Any help on the subject would be greatly appreciated!

-Kizaze

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Marcus Lavendell
Jan 18 2008, 10:16 AM
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Hi Kizaze, and thank you! smile.gif

Well, first I must say that I haven't studied much how other guitarists do this, so I can only tell you how I do it. I guess there are few different ways though...

Anyways, my answer is really simple: - Mute the string with your left hand on those notes, instead of the right hand. I know that's easier said than done, especially when going to the E-string from the B-string smile.gif

So when I'm on the E-string, I try to very very slightly touch [read: mute] the B-string with the top of my left hand index finger.

If you want, I can try to take a photo of it so you also can see what I'm talking about. smile.gif


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seagull
Jan 18 2008, 10:28 AM
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QUOTE (lavendell @ Jan 18 2008, 10:16 AM) *
Hi Kizaze, and thank you! smile.gif

Well, first I must say that I haven't studied much how other guitarists do this, so I can only tell you how I do it. I guess there are few different ways though...

Anyways, my answer is really simple: - Mute the string with your left hand on those notes, instead of the right hand. I know that's easier said than done, especially when going to the E-string from the B-string smile.gif

So when I'm on the E-string, I try to very very slightly touch [read: mute] the B-string with the top of my left hand index finger.

If you want, I can try to take a photo of it so you also can see what I'm talking about. smile.gif
-Marcus


Thanks for the tip Marcus, I was struggling with the same problem in your "Historical Failure" solo´, but this seems to work! smile.gif


OT: Must be nice being endorsed by Elixir! That must be one of the many keys to your tone, but we other mortals will have to buy mediocre crap strings because we neither can afford nor get an endorsement deal on 'em. biggrin.gif But seriously, how does an endorsement deal like that work? I mean, do you get like 10 sets of strings each month or what?

Regards,
Seagull (Who is expecting another lesson from Mr. Lavendell soon! biggrin.gif )

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Marcus Lavendell
Jan 18 2008, 10:48 AM
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Hey Seagull,
I'm glad it helped smile.gif

I think these endorsement deals are individual and I'm not really allowed to talk much about the details. But I can say that It's not like I have unlimited sets of free strings! I get a whole bunch of them each year, but then If I need more I can buy them at an "artist price" (only for personal use of course) smile.gif


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seagull
Jan 18 2008, 10:59 AM
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QUOTE (lavendell @ Jan 18 2008, 10:48 AM) *
Hey Seagull,
I'm glad it helped smile.gif

I think these endorsement deals are individual and I'm not really allowed to talk much about the details. But I can say that It's not like I have unlimited sets of free strings! I get a whole bunch of them each year, but then If I need more I can buy them at an "artist price" (only for personal use of course) smile.gif
-Marcus


Of course, I respect your integrity towards Elexir!

(I have a cottage 10km's from Åmål and Varserud, going there in a couple of weeks, so Ill just give you a call, and we'll meet in the woods and make some black-market deals biggrin.gif ) Haha...

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Marcus Lavendell
Jan 18 2008, 11:14 AM
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QUOTE (seagull @ Jan 18 2008, 10:59 AM) *
(I have a cottage 10km's from Åmål and Varserud, going there in a couple of weeks, so Ill just give you a call, and we'll meet in the woods and make some black-market deals biggrin.gif ) Haha...

ok, I'll meet you there! ph34r.gif laugh.gif

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seagull
Jan 18 2008, 05:34 PM
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QUOTE (lavendell @ Jan 18 2008, 11:14 AM) *
ok, I'll meet you there! ph34r.gif laugh.gif


You'll recognize it as it being possibly the only blue cottage/house in Sweden. Everything is so damn red there and I can't take it biggrin.gif

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Kizaze44
Jan 18 2008, 06:04 PM
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Thanks Marcus!

No need for a picture - I'll study your lessons a bit more closely.

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Patrik Jezierski
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QUOTE (lavendell @ Jan 18 2008, 10:48 AM) *
I think these endorsement deals are individual and I'm not really allowed to talk much about the details. But I can say that It's not like I have unlimited sets of free strings! I get a whole bunch of them each year, but then If I need more I can buy them at an "artist price" (only for personal use of course) smile.gif


-Marcus


Nice smile.gif how did you get the endorsement deal? smile.gif

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Marcus Lavendell
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QUOTE (Patrik Jezierski @ Jan 21 2008, 07:57 PM) *
Nice smile.gif how did you get the endorsement deal? smile.gif

They just called me up smile.gif

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