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GMC Forum _ PRACTICE ROOM _ Muting Strings

Posted by: Blister Jan 12 2013, 07:48 PM

Steve Howe is leaving Asia to return to Yes & his trio work. His replacement is Sam Coulson. No disrespect intended, but Sam sounds like he could be from the movie Spinal Tap (which I love! ). Apparently Paul Gilbert caught notice of him & here is the video. What I found interesting was his comment that by practicing on a 10 watt solid state amp, help him perfect his technique of muting & controlling the strings. This vid is obviously prior to getting found by Asia.

It is amazing the power of youtube & helping to open doors for artists that may have never gotten noticed!

Posted by: mroberts70 Jan 12 2013, 07:57 PM

Thanks for sharing this Blister....

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 13 2013, 09:21 AM

The accent is marvelous! Thanks for sharing mate!

Posted by: Blister Jan 14 2013, 03:34 AM

I probably should have mentioned what I'm talking about starts at 4:50 where he has Paul strumming the strings at the first fret while Sam is playing. He has amazing control over muting all strings except what he is playing. I have a hard time muting strings on simple bends so I was real impressed by his technique.

Posted by: DeGroot Jan 14 2013, 05:01 AM

Knew this guitarist would be good if he got Paul Gilbert's attention. Really impressive technique and reminders about muting and vibrato. yeah, the accent is very Nigel-esque.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jan 14 2013, 09:33 AM

Noise control is one of the most important things to master when playing the electric guitar! This dude is very good at it indeed

Posted by: Matt Warnock Guitar Jan 14 2013, 09:15 PM

Nice, thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Todd Simpson Jan 17 2013, 03:53 AM

This is a GREAT video on PICKING TECHNIQUE!!!! The mini lecture he gives about "Picking from the wrist" is SPOT ON!!!!!!

QUOTE (Blister @ Jan 12 2013, 01:48 PM)

Steve Howe is leaving Asia to return to Yes & his trio work. His replacement is Sam Coulson. No disrespect intended, but Sam sounds like he could be from the movie Spinal Tap (which I love!

). Apparently Paul Gilbert caught notice of him & here is the video. What I found interesting was his comment that by practicing on a 10 watt solid state amp, help him perfect his technique of muting & controlling the strings. This vid is obviously prior to getting found by Asia.

It is amazing the power of youtube & helping to open doors for artists that may have never gotten noticed!