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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ Featured At Guitar Center During Vacation!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 9 2017, 03:49 PM
Hey guys! I'm back from vacation. I've been visiting some family at NYC and every time I go there, I go to every guitar store and try every guitar that I can! 
I've tried really beautiful stuff like Ibbies (I've played Kris Ibanez and some other similar!), Fenders (being Jeff Beck signature one of my favorites), John Petrucci's Music Man signature, and many weird ones. I've uploaded some of these vids to my social networks.
The cool thing is that Guitar Center shared on of my videos at their Insta and Facebook and it had a lot of views! Honestly it's a big honor for me.
It got 54000 views in Insta and 40000 views in Facebook!
It's curious to see many people saying great thing and many saying things like: "this is not musical", "these guys don't know how to play a whole song", "this is not a lick, it's just a scale", and my fav comment is "Congrats! You are learning scales", which I've decided to reply with a "yeah! I'll start learning chords the next week" and got this reply:
@gabrielleopardi don't get me wrong, homie- I wish I could play like that. This shit is fully rad! It's just my jealousy talking. My speed isn't there.
Why people takes so seriouly a 15 seconds random playing video at a store?
Link to the vid: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXgnyZOHvcU/?taken-by=guitarcenter
Posted by: bleez Aug 9 2017, 05:31 PM
seriously though.... Its a much bigger honour for them!
Some of those comments are hilarious , they should ALL end with '#only-my-jealousy-talking '
Brilliant video, Gab. Just think how much faster you will be when you start using your pinkie
#only-my-jealousy-talking did you come back with any guitars?
Posted by: Rammikin Aug 9 2017, 06:21 PM
Yeah, sometimes people can't just enjoy music. Instead, everybody has to have an opinion 
.
How did you like that six6? I'm thinking about buying one.
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 9 2017, 06:23 PM
Some of those comments are hilarious , they should ALL end with '#only-my-jealousy-talking '
Brilliant video, Gab. Just think how much faster you will be when you start using your pinkie
#only-my-jealousy-talking did you come back with any guitars?
hahah great comment!
I've come back with something really cool! I'll tell later.
Posted by: Marek Rojewski Aug 9 2017, 06:35 PM
The suspense!
I plan to visit the big guitar shop in Malaga - Spain when I am there next week. This is the shop from which I've bought my red custom shop schecter from:) But I doubt anyone will film me and share on the net
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 9 2017, 09:00 PM
I plan to visit the big guitar shop in Malaga - Spain when I am there next week. This is the shop from which I've bought my red custom shop schecter from:) But I doubt anyone will film me and share on the net
Film yourself and tag the shop! In this case, my girlfriend filmed me and I've shared the vid at my Insta tagging Guitar Center. Then, they asked to re-post it and I agreed.
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 9 2017, 09:32 PM
Some cool pics from the guitar stores visits. 
Posted by: Lester Aug 9 2017, 09:54 PM
I saw that Fender vid somewhere, probably on Facebook! Sounded really nice!
I guess people always need something to complain 
Posted by: Mertay Aug 9 2017, 10:17 PM
.+1
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 10 2017, 05:10 AM
.How did you like that six6? I'm thinking about buying one.
I've missed this comment sorry! I love it. It's in my list of things to get.
Posted by: Todd Simpson Aug 10 2017, 05:19 AM
I thought the IBBY vid was a KILLER vid!! You always get TROLLS when you get views. The more views, THE MORE TROLLS! It's the price you pay for your video going viral. 
The good news is TROLLS ARE MORONS so ignore them. The views speaks for themselves. If it was not worth watching, 100,000 people would not have taken time to watch it! I watched it a few times myself You were RIPPING THE HECK OUT OF IT!!!!
I gotta say man you need that Ibby big time!! You seemed so comfy on it!! It looked like it was almost playing itself at mach 5. Wel played there. I hope you can grab one of those at some point in the future. It was almost an extension of your arm. Just built in to part of your body. That guitar is YOU!!
Todd
Posted by: bleez Aug 10 2017, 07:12 AM
what was that yellow Reverend guitar like to play?
I really like the look of it, got a real vintagey / stoner vibe going on
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 10 2017, 01:52 PM
The good news is TROLLS ARE MORONS so ignore them. The views speaks for themselves. If it was not worth watching, 100,000 people would not have taken time to watch it! I watched it a few times myself You were RIPPING THE HECK OUT OF IT!!!! I gotta say man you need that Ibby big time!! You seemed so comfy on it!! It looked like it was almost playing itself at mach 5. Wel played there. I hope you can grab one of those at some point in the future. It was almost an extension of your arm. Just built in to part of your body. That guitar is YOU!!
Todd
Wou Todd! Here in argentina we say "me re cebaste", which would mean something like you motivated me so much to want it.
It's in my list of wishes now.
I really like the look of it, got a real vintagey / stoner vibe going on
Go for it if you can. It's a GREAT guitar, and it has a very unique and cool sound. It's also very comfortable to play.
Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 10 2017, 04:46 PM
Cool stuff Gab!!!
Looking forward to finding out what you took home with you!!!
In the meantime if you need some help learning some chords I'd be glad to help you with what little knowledge I have!
#notjealousofGabatall
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 10 2017, 05:10 PM
Looking forward to finding out what you took home with you!!!
In the meantime if you need some help learning some chords I'd be glad to help you with what little knowledge I have!
#notjealousofGabatall
Do you think that this lesson could help me?
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/beginner-guitar/power-chords.htm/
Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 10 2017, 05:14 PM
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/beginner-guitar/power-chords.htm/
It will definitely help, but are you up to the challenge of such finger twisting trickery?
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 10 2017, 05:18 PM
not yet, maybe next week.
Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 10 2017, 06:45 PM
Good thinking! Give yourself time to adjust to this multi-fingered use of the instrument!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 10 2017, 06:50 PM
I'll do, and then, I'll record a new vid at GC.
Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 10 2017, 08:13 PM
Great idea!! We can all check on your progress!!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 10 2017, 08:41 PM
Deal!
Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 11 2017, 12:07 AM
Yay!! We can have an 'Instructors REC Take' thread!!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 11 2017, 05:45 PM
why not! I'm still practicing and studying every day.
Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Aug 11 2017, 07:03 PM
You know, I always found that people used hatred as a tool to hide their insecurities and inabilities rather than hating.
The whole "this is not musical" or "WHERE MAH SOUL?" really hits a nerve sometimes.
God forbids if we have any kind fun!
Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Aug 11 2017, 07:27 PM
Hey that was ten years ago - power chords were considered very difficult back then.
@Gab - tough choice! I'd probably go for the ibby because you always need at least one ibby
Posted by: Phil66 Aug 11 2017, 07:56 PM
I've always fancied the idea of that. Instructors doing a REC take of other instructors' lessons. Just to see how close they get the tone and the feel compared to the original, they only get one day to nail it though
. It might make us mere mortals feel a little bit better, then again, it might destroy our souls Posted by: bleez Aug 11 2017, 08:18 PM
LOL! More than likely
Its an awesome idea thoughI remember Ben doing a vinnie Moore rec ages ago....... I think he scraped a pass
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 11 2017, 08:48 PM
Can't agree more.
. It might make us mere mortals feel a little bit better, then again, it might destroy our souls Have you seen this one?
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Instructor-Plays-Instructor-Ben-Gabriel/
Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 14 2017, 03:37 PM
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Instructor-Plays-Instructor-Ben-Gabriel/
And don't forget these classics!
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/misc-lessons/instructor-plays-instructor/
and
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/bosnian_instructor_plays_bosnian_instructor/
Posted by: Rammikin Oct 7 2017, 12:36 AM
I got mine today. Gabriel, do you have yours yet?
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Oct 7 2017, 03:51 PM
Not yet!!! Congrats mate!! What are your first thoughts? Are you enjoying it?
Posted by: Todd Simpson Oct 7 2017, 05:39 PM
Super congrats on this. They would not have chosen to feature you if they didn't realize how incredibly good you are. You make the instruments look good just by playing them. Also, you may it look easy which also make the guitars seem a bit better as well In truth it's all you, you could play as well on the cheapest guitar they have IMHO.
You gotta ignore the Trolls though as the only purpose they have in life is to 'Grief" other people who are better at something, smarter, etc. This bugs Trolls to no end and they have to lash out. It's the only form of attention they can get, sadly.
I thought you played beautifully, because you did
Todd
I've tried really beautiful stuff like Ibbies (I've played Kris Ibanez and some other similar!), Fenders (being Jeff Beck signature one of my favorites), John Petrucci's Music Man signature, and many weird ones. I've uploaded some of these vids to my social networks.
The cool thing is that Guitar Center shared on of my videos at their Insta and Facebook and it had a lot of views! Honestly it's a big honor for me.
It got 54000 views in Insta and 40000 views in Facebook!
It's curious to see many people saying great thing and many saying things like: "this is not musical", "these guys don't know how to play a whole song", "this is not a lick, it's just a scale", and my fav comment is "Congrats! You are learning scales", which I've decided to reply with a "yeah! I'll start learning chords the next week" and got this reply:
@gabrielleopardi don't get me wrong, homie- I wish I could play like that. This shit is fully rad! It's just my jealousy talking. My speed isn't there.
Why people takes so seriouly a 15 seconds random playing video at a store?
Link to the vid: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXgnyZOHvcU/?taken-by=guitarcenter
Posted by: Rammikin Oct 7 2017, 05:42 PM
My first thoughts are: I love it. I was looking for a hard tail and this plays like a dream. Nice flat radius with great action. The DiMarzio Edge Fusion pickups are excellent. This is a not a subtle guitar, it's meant for shredding and metal. I don't know why they even bothered with the coil split switch
.Posted by: AK Rich Oct 7 2017, 05:49 PM
.Because sometimes you need to start with a beautiful clean chordal intro before you start the sonic slaughtering.
Nice axe Rammikin! Congrats!
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Oct 9 2017, 02:03 PM
Nice axe Rammikin! Congrats! hahah good reason.
.Nice! Congrats Ram!! Enjoy it and share many videos here!!
Posted by: Phil66 Oct 22 2017, 08:40 PM
I've added a comment Gab
https://imgur.com/EjzYomG
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Oct 22 2017, 11:56 PM
https://imgur.com/EjzYomG
Nice, thanks mate.
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