Sindlei

I won't do another thread for this, I'll ask here. Are there any tutorials about converting from non-AANJ to AANJ? I reckon I'd just shape the neck and body accordingly, find right sized screws and screw it down?

But I guess it's more complex than that.

EDIT: Also, is there a way to seamlessly refinish only the sanded part?

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Jimbo

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

borge, what was the point of that?  

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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........

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i agree

I like blues. but i have most the music in my head, i do more solo improvising then actual songs. But i do want to play with people at camp. So electronic tabs,not sheet paper. I want it on a txt file or any computer file. I have a pocket pc i want to put it on, and i can get memory for it. I want like a whole library. I want from surfer music to metal to classic rock to acoustic to... well a whole library. So please help. I think people are miss interpreting this. I dont want a site that you can look up tabs, i want to download them. Camp has no internet access for campers.

Thanks,

Sorry for being a little grouchy. Long day with the teams robot and school.

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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 know im asking for it but...)

shred shred shred

boring boring boring

i really thought i would like satch vai etc but i didnt, i listened to a couple songs thought " yeah they're amazing but i dont wanna here it again"

in my opinion its just blatent show off music for guitar geeks

i have yet to meet a person who likes it and doesnt play guitar

im not trying to start arguements (allthough its probably unavoidable)

but i cant be the only person who thinks this.

someone must agree.........somebody...........anybody...........

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.

IMO, Steve Vai has the best wah technique I've ever heard. He uses it to add a bit of flavor to the notes, rather than just as an effect. You have to listen, though.

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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.

i play with a spider II, and i love the tone i get...during practice i'm always saying moist brownie, cause that's what it sounds like to me, it's just so gooood!!!!!

are you just powering the entire church with your amps/cabinets, or are you miced into a PA, i know my dad plays in church band, with two electrics( or acoustic ), bass, drums, and i believe 3 vocals, and they're all miced into the PA, or direct in...100db sounds excessive to me.

i read guitar one, it's pretty good.

me-50 is a good multi effects pedal imo, i used the RAT distortion model on it for about a year before i upgraded to a behringer vamp, which in my opinon kills it in terms of sound/flexibility.

i LOVE the v-amp pro, it's simply amazing for the quality and price! i also use the "savage beast" amp model, with the gain boost, and on 50%, it's the sound i've always been looking for, and it's got so much to tweak on it, there's an unlimited number of possibilities on that thing, and everything sounds useable...just like using real amps.

i'm surprised how little these people working in the shops know...my friend bought an ibanez rg2550 off the floor, and for a tremolo bar they gave him the cheapest looking completly wrong type for the edge tremolo...and they sell the correct bar there as well.

a band is about much more than it's individual member's talents and creativity, which i find most "band trashers" overlooking.

i discovered them by accident/exploration, after learning how to do a standard artifical harmonic.

SGs are already pretty light to begin with, if you're so concerned with need a light guitar for back problems, then maybe you should consider sitting down when playing.

Ibanez RG1570 (locking stud mod, DiMarzio X2N)
Carlo Rafelli(?) Defretted 4 string bass
Peavey Rage 158
Line 6 Spider II HD
Line 6 Spider II 4x12
Mesa/Boogie 4x12
Behringer V-Amp pro
Peavey Raptor EXP Plus
Epiphone Strat copy
Boss ME-50
Boss MT-2
Dunlop Crybaby 535q