Tough Picking!

Started out brand new 1 year ago. With the right gear and GMC ive been able to really learn alot. But ive been having a difficult time learning:

Mute (fade in) ( repeat with alternate picking )
E||----------------------|-----------------------|
B||-----1716------/-/-/--|-/-/-/--/-/-/----------|
G||--------1816---/-/--/-|-/-/-/--/-/-/----------|
D||----------------------|-----------------------|
A||----------------------|-----------------------|
E||----------------------|-----------------------|

Ive spent hours apon hours practicing this and I cant seem to get it down. If anyone has a technique, that maybe im not aware of or something, I would greatly appreciate it.

Excited, Than Depressed?

Been following the lesson plans since the beginning lessons. (it works) Started playing a few hours every day. Than I learned the solo for Journey's (Don't stop believin) . Its a great rush when you work on something and it sounds pretty good. Then I decided to upgrade from my 130$ Laguna to a Epiphone LP Ultra. My problem is I'm learning the a few different Slash riffs, but the sound is terrible. I have a Line 6 Spider lll. I did change the strings to the EB Slinky 11 gage, but I cannot get anywhere near close to a Slash sound.

Is it wrong guitar or wrong amp, or wrong user?

Thanks

Forgotten Password

Hey guys. been off for a while, forgot my password for the video lessons. How do i recover it?

Thanks

Prohands.net

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Sub Octave Effect

Trying to learn Seven Nation Army by White Stripes. Got the first part down but sounds nothing like the actual song. Been reading and It requires a sub octave effect to sound like the real song. When I looked into that, there is all sorts of octave effects out there. How do i know which one will work? Never really looked into those before.