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Oct 29 2012, 05:01 AM
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I find myself practicing 60 -70% of the time (electric guitar) without an amp. Is this common?
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Oct 29 2012, 07:19 AM
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The Only problem I found practicing with out an amp was I started picking too hard and not paying attention to accenting beats and dynamics.
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Oct 29 2012, 07:49 AM
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Definitely common. I recall someone (Paul Gilbert?) touching on the subject of playing clean often because playing with distortion and effects can hide unclean picking. On the flip side, playing loud can uncover the same things like not damping strings you're not playing, so it's good to keep balance. When playing live, your mistakes shine because of the volume, so it's definitely worth-while to balance your practice between clean and loud.
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Oct 29 2012, 08:14 PM
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QUOTE (Azzaboi @ Oct 29 2012, 02:55 PM)  Care practicing too much without an amp, the best part of learning the guitar is to take control of power. You will miss out on palm muting techniques and managing unwanted noise/feedback. The same can however be said for using too much effects to cover your mistakes. 10%-20% or so of time, without an amp, in front of the tv just doing scale exercises is fine. However, do get some amp practice in, best if practicing clean channel and actually loud. Most beginners turn down volume, however it can muffle it, depending on the amp, lots of emulation hardware or software helps if you want to play lower volumes. This is exactly what I was going to add. If you practice too much without amp, then you will find the high gain to noisy and you won't be ready to mute all the extra noises that appear when you play a distorted guitar. So both ways are important. -------------------- My lessons
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