Intermediate Rock Ballad Solo

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Intermediate Rock Ballad Solo, Lesson By Guido Bungenstock

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Peter VP View Member Profile	Mar 28 2016, 04:05 PM
Mar 28 2016, 04:05 PM	Experienced Tone Master Posts: 50 Joined: 27-January 13 From: Netherlands	Original lesson: Intermediate Rock Ballad Solo by Guido Bungenstock Hi Guys, Here's my take of this wonderful lesson. Hope you like it and thanks Guido, keep 'm coming! Cheers Peter You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Gabriel Leopardi View Member Profile	Mar 29 2016, 03:58 PM
Mar 29 2016, 03:58 PM	Instructor Posts: 36.043 Joined: 3-March 07 From: Argentina	Hi friend, good work. The overall sounds good, you can play each lick, even the faster ones smooth. Here I'll mark some elements to have in mind during the next days of practice and next takes: - Pitch: I think that your take has pitch issues. This is related to the tuning (or maybe calibration) of your guitar which is not precise and also to your bending (for example at 00:39, 00:44). - Vibrato: Your vibrato is not strong enough for this one. Work on it, try to make it wider as Guido does it in the original take. - Timing: Just pay some extra attention to timing on trickier licks (00:30, 00:33). That's all by now, keep on the hard work! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons Do you need a Guitar Plan? Join Gab's Army Check my band:Cirse Check my soundcloud:Soundcloud Please subscribe to my:Youtube Channel

Ben Higgins View Member Profile	Apr 1 2016, 02:31 PM
Apr 1 2016, 02:31 PM	Instructor Posts: 13.792 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England	Hi Peter, this quite a good take, man. As Gabriel says, you could do with working on your vibrato to make it stronger. It's not bad as it is but having an extra level of expression available to you will always be a good thing. Bending is generally good but in some cases I get the feeling your fingers are right on the edge of wanting to let the string down - perhaps building some strength into your fingers with some bending practise should be added to your routine? Tone - a nice tone choice but it felt a little too dry. Perhaps some delay and a small amount of reverb would help it sit in the mix and also make you feel like you're achieving the right sort of ambience for this type of ballad. I know that I play better if my tone is sounding suited to the backing so give it a try as well You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Lessons My Youtube Channel My Band

Guido Bungenstoc... Guido Bungenstock View Member Profile	Apr 1 2016, 03:51 PM
Apr 1 2016, 03:51 PM	Instructor Posts: 631 Joined: 9-January 14 From: Hamburg/Germany	Hi Peter, Thx for your video! Sounds nice! ;-) You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- FIND ME HERE AT: Guidorist.com

Darius Wave View Member Profile	Apr 1 2016, 04:42 PM
Apr 1 2016, 04:42 PM	Instructor Posts: 5.871 Joined: 29-November 12 From: Poland	Hey there! Excellent lesson choice! As usuall your take is very good and all spotted issues are just a details. First of all I would agree with Ben on tone suggestion. You are really close with the tone match to original lesson but your tone lacks a bit of 1-3 kHz midrange, that is more present in Guido's tone, and that cuts through the mix very well. I think that a wide but litte (1-2dB) boost of this range would absolutely do the job I think that the bend at 0:29 is the weakest part of this take. Other bends are maybe not perfect yet, but more confident and closer to correct pitch. Overall good work! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my lessons and my instructor profile www.facebook.com/DariusWave www.youtube.pl/vavrzyn www.niebonie.pl www.jammingcherry.pl www.facebook.com/druzyna.wawrzyna

Fran View Member Profile	Apr 3 2016, 11:18 AM
Apr 3 2016, 11:18 AM	Learning Rock Star - Wiki Coordinator Posts: 8.451 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Spain	Pass: 7 You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Guitars: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Ibanez RG2570MZ, Epiphone SG G-400 Amp: Vox AC4TVH head + V112TV cab Effects: Vox Satchurator, Vox Time Machine, Dunlop CryBaby, Boss MT-2, Boss CE-5, Boss TU-2, Boss ME-70 Recording: Line-6 POD X3 + FBV-Express, Pandora PX5D GMC wants YOU to take part in our Guitar-Wikipedia! Have a good time reading great articles and writing your own with us in our GUITAR WIKI! Share your playing and get Pro-advice from our Instructors: Join REC