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Posted by: Stinks May 11 2011, 04:24 PM

Hey guys,

I'm a twenty year old (greek) guitarist from Germany.

1,5 years ago my bandmate (known as "zakkwylde", I think), showed me GMC and I was really fascinated.
I tried some free lessons and I felt like it was the first time that I actually improved my guitar skills through video lessons, without having any real personal trainer. I also heard about the great GMC community and the huge amount of knowledge ,shared on the GMC board.
It was really a great experience.

Unfortunatly I could not afford a full Membership.
But at least I became a facebook follower
A few days ago I was informed that I had won a free 1 month GMC membership (through facebook).

So... here I am... and I'm really happy about it!

Some information about my guitar life:

Basically, I am a (pretty "modern" and average) metal guitarist. My guitar style is somewhere between Trivium and As I Lay Dying.
I also love bluesy stuff (SRV) and classic rock soloing (zakk wylde, gus g, slash etc.), even thogh I'm a horrible lead guitarist
In fact I always try to master as many different guitar styles as possible, in order to become a balanced and flexible guitarist.

My gear consists of a gibson LP custom with EMGs, an ESP eclipse (and a few more superstrats and a acoustic guitar), a marshall JVM and a bogner 4x12 cabinet. I use some OD pedals too.
Besides that I play through an orange tiny terror at home.

I am happy to be a part of GMC and im sure that I wil have a great time

cheers
Alex

Posted by: Chris Evans May 11 2011, 04:26 PM

Hi Stinks and welcome to GMC, congrats on your 1 month membership win

Posted by: Ben Higgins May 11 2011, 06:22 PM

Hi Alex, welcome to the site ! Good to see another fellow JVM user !!

Posted by: thefireball May 11 2011, 06:27 PM

Glad to have you! ZakkWylde was a great guy and we miss him here. Let him know they lowered the prices if you talk to him.
We hope you love your stay here and learn a lot.

Posted by: quadrium May 11 2011, 06:40 PM

Welcome to GMC man! Hope you enjoy your time here

Dogukan,

Posted by: Stinks May 11 2011, 07:46 PM

thanx guys! I will definetly enjoy my time! (Im already thinking about extending my membership after my freeride ^^)

@fireball: ok, ill let him know

Posted by: dark dude May 11 2011, 07:51 PM

Hey Alex, welcome! I dig the bands you've listed, good taste right there

Enjoy your stay

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl May 12 2011, 08:22 AM

Welcome Stinks - I am actually a half Greek guitarist from Sweden! =)

Oh and here is a fun fact: Chris Evans used to call himself 'Smells' - maybe he is your soulmate

Edit: On a more serious note it sounds as if you would want to focus a little on your lead chops. I would focus on vibrato and left hand exercises to start with (since you say you are stronger rhythm guitarist) - as soon as possible I would try to learn a full GMC solo lesson!

Posted by: Justin Myrick May 12 2011, 08:54 AM

Hey Stinks! Welcome to GMC. There is no shortage of SRV, Zakk Wylde, or Slash lessons here on GMC. If you have any questions or need a hand getting started please feel free to contact me via PM or email.

[email protected]

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 12 2011, 09:11 AM

hey mate!

welcome to GMC and remember, we're here to help so feel free to ask for anything you wish to know

best of luck

Cosmin

Posted by: Fran May 12 2011, 11:51 AM

Congrats on your subscription

Stick to the boards, lots of cool stuff takes place here!

Posted by: Stinks May 12 2011, 11:58 AM

Thank you all!

@Kris:

haha, these are some funny facts. Maybe I should read the omens
(offtopic: do you speak greek? ^^)

Yeah, your totally right and im already on it.
I try to lern this solo right now http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/neoclassical-etude-1/ (should be through in a few days).

However, my "lead guitar problem" is not based on big technical deficits.
I have bigger problems in phrasing and having a sense for melodies while soloing. Like there is no inspiration in my solos, to put it that way.

But that's why I'm here
Im sure that there are many lessons that can help me and I will ask you guys if there is something i don't understand

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl May 12 2011, 01:46 PM

Aha! Ok then I would focus on lessons with a lot of bending/vibrato/phrasing. But it sounds like you have a clear vision where you need to go - that's very good.

And no I don't speak Greek - still everybody keeps telling me that what I am say is Greek to them Don't know what I am doing wrong

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic May 16 2011, 07:23 PM

Welcome aboard man, glad you could join us. That is certainly nice opportunity!

If you have any questions at all for us, just let us know, and we will gladly help!

Posted by: Gitarrero May 16 2011, 07:41 PM

Herzlich Willkommen und Grüße an Zakk, wenn du ihn siehst!
Christian

Posted by: Stinks May 17 2011, 04:08 PM

thx

@Gitarrero:

ok. ya, I see him pretty often ^^

Posted by: casinostrat May 17 2011, 06:16 PM

Hello and welcome aboard Man! Always good to see another SRV fan:) Hope you enjoy your time here at GMC!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic May 19 2011, 10:59 AM

Great to have you here with us Alex!

See you in the forum!