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Jan 7 2019, 04:15 AM |
Hi Adam!
Ah ok, thaks for clarifying! It's not a bad idea to use your tablet by now. It's simple and easy to set up. Great to know that you are practicing over the blues backing track. I'd like to hear an audio in a few days if it's possible. Regarding the mic, I honestly never tried it so I can give you any comment about it. I only can say that you can't go wrong if you get a 57. Check out this: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gea...45-vs-sm57.html -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 7 2019, 05:07 PM |
Hi Adam! Ah ok, thaks for clarifying! It's not a bad idea to use your tablet by now. It's simple and easy to set up. Great to know that you are practicing over the blues backing track. I'd like to hear an audio in a few days if it's possible. Regarding the mic, I honestly never tried it so I can give you any comment about it. I only can say that you can't go wrong if you get a 57. Check out this: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gea...45-vs-sm57.html Thank you! This thread is interesting to read and I would like to try both, TBH. But I think the SM57 is the safest bet, as you suggest. Maybe in the distant future I'll get a second mic (I saw materials where people do double mic on 1 cab). As for our tone lab, I tried setting all eq controls to 5 and go from there (I think this should be done before going to another equipment piece) but I don't really know what exactly to look for. The trebles I have to keep above 6/7 or it gets muddy, mids I keep about 5 and bass between 5 and 6. I found a tone I like, I usually use this setting, but I'm not sure if it's technically okay. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up my new cab, so I will be able to start working with the other amp This post has been edited by Adam M: Jan 7 2019, 05:07 PM -------------------- |
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Jan 8 2019, 11:41 PM |
Thank you! This thread is interesting to read and I would like to try both, TBH. But I think the SM57 is the safest bet, as you suggest. Maybe in the distant future I'll get a second mic (I saw materials where people do double mic on 1 cab). As for our tone lab, I tried setting all eq controls to 5 and go from there (I think this should be done before going to another equipment piece) but I don't really know what exactly to look for. The trebles I have to keep above 6/7 or it gets muddy, mids I keep about 5 and bass between 5 and 6. I found a tone I like, I usually use this setting, but I'm not sure if it's technically okay. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up my new cab, so I will be able to start working with the other amp Everything seems good here! I need to hear to give tone feedback, number are numbers, there is not way to comment about sound without hearing. -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 11 2019, 04:06 PM |
Congrats mate!! Enjoy it!
Send my greetings to your mom! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 13 2019, 06:21 PM |
Hi Adam, thanks for the new video!
This is getting better but there is a lot of work to do yet. The first thing that you need is to learn some licks to make them of your own. Learning licks and phrases is like learning to talk when you are a baby. It's a must to be able to communicate through language. This lesson is a monster class with lots of great licks. What about giving it a try? It can take many time, but maybe in small blocks you can learn a big part of it. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/30-Beg...er-Blues-Licks/ Another lesson that I recommend working is this one: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/BB-King-Blues/ What do you think? -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 13 2019, 09:55 PM |
Hi Adam, thanks for the new video! This is getting better but there is a lot of work to do yet. The first thing that you need is to learn some licks to make them of your own. Learning licks and phrases is like learning to talk when you are a baby. It's a must to be able to communicate through language. This lesson is a monster class with lots of great licks. What about giving it a try? It can take many time, but maybe in small blocks you can learn a big part of it. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/30-Beg...er-Blues-Licks/ Another lesson that I recommend working is this one: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/BB-King-Blues/ What do you think? Thank you! If that's okay, I'd like to start with the 30 Licks lesson and submit them in series of 5-6? That way you could give me feedback in between and I would improve a bit with each part, then of course I'll re-record them all in one go for a final version. Are you able to pick up my tone from those vids? Or should I do the demo with tablet closer to the speaker? -------------------- |
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Jan 14 2019, 03:56 PM |
Thank you! If that's okay, I'd like to start with the 30 Licks lesson and submit them in series of 5-6? That way you could give me feedback in between and I would improve a bit with each part, then of course I'll re-record them all in one go for a final version. Are you able to pick up my tone from those vids? Or should I do the demo with tablet closer to the speaker? Great! Let's go for it mate! The sound from your video is ok! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 15 2019, 03:21 PM |
Do you mean it's "ok" as a starting point or "ok" as it's good and doesn't need improving? I will post my Zombie amp sound soon too. As for the effects, I know more or less how to set up overdrive and distortion but maybe there are some special tricks? I guess the noise gate should be set up just to mute the noise when not playing and stop muting once I start playing. About the chorus and delay, I set them up following Boss' presets (Pedals that make the tone) and I have no idea how each knob works and how to use them to fit my needs. Could you give me some tips to learn it? I think that it's ok for this purpose. Tone is a neverending search and we are always improving our sound because our ear keeps on evolving, and our taste also changes. There is not one way to use each of the effects and processes that you are listing here and it's a lot better if you experiment by yourself. Regarding Overdrive pedals, I usually put them before the guitar amp to shape the sound, and sometimes to add a bit of drive and sustain to the amp's drive. However, there are some cases in which I preffer a very clean amp tone and a lot of drive from the pedal. This depends a lot on the pedal, the amp, the guitar and the sound that I'm looking for. One thing that I've learn is that it's always to set drive the lower possible, based on what you need. Let's supose that you need a lot of sustain and distortion for the sound that you want. Once you get the sound, try lowering a bit the drive pot and see if the tone still works. From my experience, it always improves the final result, and you also get a more organic tone, with more dynamics. There are lots of tutorials, and pedal demos at youtube that I recommend watching to train your ear, learn more secrets and understand how different brands and models work. Check out this one (for example) About Delay, you need to understand the concept called "Pre" and "post" which means that you can set your effect after or before the preamp of your Guitar Amp. The result is different and I recommend you to find out by yourself the different results that you can get. When talking about delays, the settings are in most of the cases "Time" (speed of the delay, how fast it repeats what you played), "Feedback" (how many times it's repeated), "Mix" (Volume mix between your playing and the effect). Modulators as Chorus and Phases, usually include two settings "Deep" and "Speed". Deep can be understood as the amount of effect, and Speed as the time or tempo of the modulation. -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 16 2019, 02:52 PM |
Thank you! These vids look great to learn from! I'll take my time and try to come up with something. Thanks to Zombie's fx loop I'll be able to check the effects both before and after the pre-amp My free GMC subscription has expired and I've decided to renew it after I'm finished with my thesis because otherwise I'll never get it done. I'll try to practice everyday but I may not be able to reply too often. Hi Adam, great to know that the videos helped! Take your time to experiment and feel free to share here tone samples so I can give you my feedback. All the best with your thesis! -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 25 2019, 04:04 PM |
Hi Adam, thanks for the update.
I'm really sorry about your chilhood friend. It must be very hard and sad mate. All the guitar related things sound good to me. It's nice to know that you've been working hard and that you can note improvement in many different things. This is an endless journey. Regarding your collab take. I like it! You note choices are tasty. There is room to improve your bending, vibrato, and to experiment more with rhythm when phrasing but that's what we are working here, so we are on the right track. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 26 2019, 08:29 PM |
Thank you. It really is hard. She was usually the one who used to help me at times like this. She simply forbade me to feel down and hopeless. Also, she was the first person to help me find my own value, bring it outside and be proud of it. With all that said, I'd feel bad just staying idle and drowning in sadness. Playing or even just holding a guitar works like a good therapy for me now. About guitar related stuff, I would like to discuss an article about Marty Friedman's approach if that's okay. I'll add the link tomorrow, today my mind is still a mess. I understand how hard this is for you mate. I'm sorry. I'll wait for the link. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 27 2019, 01:29 AM |
I'll wait for the link. Link Here it is. I wanted to send it yesterday but I fell asleep in front of my computer. I'm the most curious about your opinion about part 2 (ditching the scales) but all advice here is pretty interesting. -------------------- |
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Feb 28 2019, 02:44 PM |
Link Here it is. I wanted to send it yesterday but I fell asleep in front of my computer. I'm the most curious about your opinion about part 2 (ditching the scales) but all advice here is pretty interesting. I know what he means. He don't think on scales when playing and improvising. However, this is being said by a musician who studied, played and practiced scales when he was young so I don't see how this can be taken as completely true or helpful. There are big names like Slash, Jimi Hendrix and even Jeff Beck who made amazing solos without knowing too much about scales. I think that playing only by ear has its advantages but it can be limiting. For me, the best is to find the good balance between learning some scales, and experimenting with our ear. Learning new scales can open new posibilities that maybe we wouldn't imagine. And this can also happen by listening to new music and learning the phrases by ear. Another concept that he is talking there is "following the chords". This is also very helpful for soloing and it's based on targeting chord tones when making a solo over a chord progression and using other notes as passing tones. This is very powerful, even more than learning scales, but scales are helpful for this too, because they give you ideas on which notes can be used as passing notes. In other words, there is not one way, you have to find your own way. But don't take too seriously this type of articles that take one phrase out of context and provide a "magic formula". I extremely recommend you to get into Kristofer Dahl's improvisation lessons. His "Your first phrases" and Jam School series" have a similar concept to what Marty thinks. -------------------- My lessons
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