Mudsimus Posted January 28, 2019 Share Music theory is cool to know. It makes understanding music so much easier anyou can start pre empting where the music will go. I have profound respect for musos that you give a page of music to an they play it spot on immediately. That is a skill. Probably not found amongst rock stars though.Most Rockstar guitarists has some understanding of theory. Steve Vai and Randy Rhodes are brilliant composers. Then you get guys like Li from Drangonforce that knows no theory but can play a guitar like no one else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted January 28, 2019 Share Most Rockstar guitarists has some understanding of theory. Steve Vai and Randy Rhodes are brilliant composers. Then you get guys like Li from Drangonforce that knows no theory but can play a guitar like no one else.Randy an yngwie as examples were classically trained musicians thus would of been compelled to do theory. Randy was still taking lessons even while working for ozzy. I am not too familiar with Vai cept when he worked with DLR an of course I shmaaaaak the bad horsie track but I suspect he too is classically trained. I learnt a bit of theory an at one stage could read music an equate it to a note sort of. But I am an always was a crap guitarist. Lemmy reckons Randys legacy was better than his actual ability by the way. Gotta love Lemmy. Best high I ever had was gigging by the way. That rush of adrenaline is amazing. When 4 or 5 guys jam an try get something to gel an suddenly it clicks, that’s self actualising. Unreal feeling. The dynamics of a band are an interesting view of life. I ain’t surprised musos fight an split but I am very surprised by the longevity of some bands. banna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted January 30, 2019 Share So i played last night for a long time. My fingers are peeling this morning. And worst of all is that it was on chordu.com and not rocksmith. Still fun. I will start up rocksmith over the weekend again! Tuxstir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxstir Posted January 30, 2019 Share So i played last night for a long time. My fingers are peeling this morning. And worst of all is that it was on chordu.com and not rocksmith. Still fun. I will start up rocksmith over the weekend again! I've gotten into the habit of while watching the TV , just noodling through either scales or a song,, getting my chord shapes right, can spend hours doing that..today my finger tips are a little sensitive too..Rocksmith i use when I'm feeling in a competitive mood.. got to out play myself lol.. its still fun, on the finger peeling, I Put doctor neon strings on my Axe last-night and ouchie they rough on the fingers..its either the stings or I might have gone up a gauge( most likely)... but they look too cool to really complain IceCreamMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted January 31, 2019 Share That is one good looking guitar!! Is there anyway to identify what strings are on guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted February 1, 2019 Share That is one good looking guitar!! Is there anyway to identify what strings are on guitar?As in brand? No unless they have a stand out feature. I would hazard a guess an say guitar strings are all made in a couple of factories an branded by the individual brands. As to gauge, yeah you get an eye for that. But as for me, I play 10-46 , Ernie balls or fender bullets. When I first started playing I experimented with 9s through 11s sn settled on 10s. And, I prefer the tone when they dead so I never spend a fortune on strings. Edited February 1, 2019 by IceCreamMan Allrounder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted February 4, 2019 Share My strings seems to be rusting for some reason.... Okay it is a second hand guitar, but still not something I thought about before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxstir Posted February 4, 2019 Share My strings seems to be rusting for some reason.... Okay it is a second hand guitar, but still not something I thought about before. Popular wisdom entails one replace ones strings every 6 weeks... I stretched mine to 6 months.. and I could hear how flat they sounded.. they sounded Just Like Cacofonix , The new ones just sound so bright and cheerful,.. every time I walk past now, they merrily shout "Play Me". IceCreamMan and Allrounder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted February 4, 2019 Share My strings seems to be rusting for some reason.... Okay it is a second hand guitar, but still not something I thought about before. If they rusting you should replace them. Also strings build up with muck from your finger tips, after every session you should wipe the, down to prolong life. As poster mentioned, rule of thumb you should replace them regularly depending on how often youplay it and for how long. You get “ long life “ strings which last longer but they cost more. Probably work out the same. I don’t like the overly bright sound of new strings so I tend to drag mine out a bit. But that is a personal preference, As a result of this thread, I took out my LP custom yesterday, hooked up all the gear which I have not touched in 9 months. 4 of the 6 strings were still spot on and the other 2 were less than semitone out. Intonation etc still spot on. That’s pretty amazing I reckon. Sadly my chops are very very rusty. But the brain is an amazing thing...fingers just glide. Time to find some other crap musos and start playing again...maybe put up a sign in Anderton’s. Speaking of Anderton’s, I live less than a mile away. Very sweet shop. Tuxstir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted February 5, 2019 Share Popular wisdom entails one replace ones strings every 6 weeks... I stretched mine to 6 months.. and I could hear how flat they sounded.. they sounded Just Like Cacofonix , The new ones just sound so bright and cheerful,.. every time I walk past now, they merrily shout "Play Me".Why not all at once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted February 10, 2019 Share Latest addition to my collection. It is the guitar that my dad played when i was in primary school. Life happened and I forgot about it. Now that I started playing, I required about it because i have not seen it in a couple of years. It was broken in the garage and my little bro TRIED to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted February 10, 2019 Share Is this fixable? Or will it be a wall piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter1 Posted February 11, 2019 Share For the Rancid fans. https://www.onedayonly.co.za/tim-armstrong-hellcat-sapphire-semi-electric-guitar-1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted February 11, 2019 Share Is this fixable? Or will it be a wall piece?Oops, the image is a bit clearer on the phone. The bridge started pulling away from the body, so my brother constructed a bridge from wood, and somehow tried to glue it back. Needless to say it did not work. It also seems that he cut some of the "shiny" black away to make the "bridge" fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kona Kula Posted February 11, 2019 Share Oops, the image is a bit clearer on the phone. The bridge started pulling away from the body, so my brother constructed a bridge from wood, and somehow tried to glue it back. Needless to say it did not work. It also seems that he cut some of the "shiny" black away to make the "bridge" fit.Take it to a Luthier. My understanding is that most of a guitar can be fix. You need to break it pretty badly for there to be no hope. Allrounder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted February 11, 2019 Share Take it to a Luthier. My understanding is that most of a guitar can be fix. You need to break it pretty badly for there to be no hope.In Cape Town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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