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nah that's all there is too it, shape the body, shape the neck to match, redrill new holes.

i was just getting sick of all the should i buy this? should i sell this? should i get my nails done? do i look fat in this? is my hairline receeding? people asking questions only they should really know the answer to eg "should i sell the guitar or fix it up and use it?" i mean`make up your mind if i were u of course i would fix it, those faults will bring the resale and playability WAY down and they only take a few mins/dollars to fix on whether you should keep it do u like the guitar enough to want to keep it? yes/no? sorry for being a barstard but sometimes........ ← i agree

they were giving you those links to sites so you could go on them, find what you like, and save them on your computer...i don't think you're going to find guitartabpack4_gr84camp.zip anywhere.

i've got a few friends who don't play any instrument or show an interest in it, that like vai and petrucci. what the music is, is instrumental rock basically. take away the vocals and it's boring, so you have to account for the vocals with something else, that and steve is just such a great player/writer.

i can't think of one reason that using 3 fingers to play a chord instead of two would create sloppiness, i think you need to review your technique.

blues never did anything for me in regards to playing leads, but jazz rock fusion did. however, there's no certain music you "need" to listen to to develop this technique, practice just that...the technique, then find music that inspires you, if it doesn't inspire you, don't force yourself into listening to it.

yes he is

yea, playing leads that way, using chords and such, is the basis of rhythm lead...stuff like GnR did, or whitesnake, pretty much all the good 80s style bands. being expressive is great when playing leads, but being fast is important too. now you don't have to be fast all the time, but it's a very good thing to be able to play fast when the music calls for it, because if you play slow during that part, it will either sound good, but not great...or it will feel like something's lacking. i love music that has real slow parts in it, also love music that is so fast i can't decipher it in the first 100 listens. trick is to mix these styles, and to develop this technique, starting from nothing, is just know your scales, and then shred the chromatic scale, that'll work out all your fingers, just do it when you warm up...you know that technique where it's like: ---------------------------------------------------1-2-3-4-2-3-4-5----------- -----------------------------------------1-2-3-4---------------------2-3-4-5- -------------------------------1-2-3-4----------------------------------------- ---------------------1-2-3-4--------------------------------------------------- -----------1-2-3-4------------------------------------------------------------- -1-2-3-4----------------------------------------------------------------------- etc..etc.. do that, in that direction, then reverse it so it's going 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 etc etc, then mix and match all ways you think you can, until it's fairly fluid... now you don't have to do this so religously, once you feel the coordination, go off and noodle into your own improvisations in whichever scales/positions you feel like, it's about fun, not boredom.

yes, i love his use of his wah pedal, it's just so musical and sounds so right! i'm more a fan of using subtle wah in a very musical way like steve does, than say using it in the usual effect wah wah wah wah way, not to say i don't enjoy that, it's just i find steve's use and the like more interesting to my ear.

if you have the fingers, use them all to play the chord, if there's more notes, that's when you start barring some of them to achieve the chord you're going for. when i'm playing metal or any heavy music, i typically play 1-5-8 powerchords, using my index ring and pinky. to add sme flavor, i'll move some fingers around, like making the 8th a M7th with my middle finger, or the 8th a m9th or M9th with my pinky, or lift up my ring finger and barre my index to diminish the 5th to a 4th...you should always learn how to use all your fingers in a chord in different situations, if you get stuck once trying to switch things up, then go back and work on the technique. there's no reason why adding an octave to a 2 finger 5th chord should slow the rhythm down at all. i also use different intervals, as 5ths get mighty boring to the ear, try throwing in some minor and major thirds, put in some real dissonant suspensions here and there, play 4ths..i love tritones, especially with the octave on top, like: -8- -7- -6- have to use it in the right places for something really edgy and in your face, but i'm a real big fan of leading off powerchords with some 3rds and 4ths.

v-amp distortions sound great, band member uses a v-amp pro into carvin ts100, into a behringer 4x12, sounds mint.

i think she's learned enough songs for now...since she can't play chords, you should teach her that. also teach her the minor/major scale patterns, and from there teach her the intervals in those scales, i say start with minor as it's an easier pattern. teach her by describing how they sound. after that she can learn what exactly she is playing, that'll get her to think outside the patterns...i guess you could show her pentatonic too, but personally i feel minor/major sounds alot more varied.

i used to use foam ear plugs, worked fine for what i wanted them for...noise reduction, i'm not so concerned with the quality of the sound i'm hearing, as long as i know it's ok without ear plugs.

i prefer it not to move so i know exactly where it's going to be, and also for the increased ability to do flutters, which with a swinging bar, can be very annoying. what has been working for me for a while, on my Edge, is masking tape under the bushings, then i gripped the bushings with pliers, and twisted them until enough tape seaped out for it to fit, it has been tight for quite a while...what also works is, stick one of those bags your newspaper comes in inside your case, and then just tear off a little bit, wrap it around the end, and push it in, that's what i used to do, worked no prob.

i use reusable earplugs that i bought at cvs, they come on a shoe string, that you can disconnect, works very well.