Yeah! excellent news!
Hope all went well, and you don't have too sore a head in the morning 
201 20-05-11 19:35:18
Re: Exams (32 replies, posted in Misc)
202 20-05-11 19:33:53
Re: What tracks are you working on at the moment? (12 replies, posted in General Chat)
Its not too bad thanks - its still not right, but I'm attempting to be good play slower stuff so that's really helping.
Think it was the combination of basketcase and anarchy in the uk with lots of rammstein that did it 
I was also using the ESP which had 9's on in, but picked up the schecter (main guitar) which has 11's last night, and it sounds so much better 
How are you getting on with "more than words"?
204 16-05-11 19:58:35
Re: What tracks are you working on at the moment? (12 replies, posted in General Chat)
James - good on you!
Streetsound - LOL hopefully there is a fair amount of repetition in the song to make it easier for you And nice one for having a go at your own stuff too
205 16-05-11 19:56:11
Re: Legal Guitar Tab sites (3 replies, posted in Resources)
I had bought a lot of books, and was then finding I was only playing one or two songs out of them. I don't object to paying for books or music, but prefer to see them first.
That's the advantage to me of some of the free site, is that you can look - albeit you need to wade through the rubbish sometimes, but the user reviews are a good indication.
Also you can sometimes find simplified versions of the songs.
I recently bought a play along book by Alfred publishing, and it was terrible....
On otherside, I've usually bought the CD in the first place, so have already ensured royalites to the band at least once!
207 15-05-11 18:40:54
Topic: What tracks are you working on at the moment? (12 replies, posted in General Chat)
I'm currently working on Greenday's 21 Guns, and having another bash at Stairway to Heaven - the issue with that is my memory!
I can nearly play the first page (albeit a bit more slowly than the original) but remembering al 12 pages is going to be a long job....
208 13-05-11 18:01:41
Re: Greenday - 21 Guns help please (4 replies, posted in Song Analysis)
bigiain wrote:
DUDUD on the c use your ear for tempo of the strums any probs gimmie a shout
Thanks Iain
Will give that a go
209 12-05-11 19:34:37
Topic: Greenday - 21 Guns help please (4 replies, posted in Song Analysis)
I'm really bad at working out strumming patterns, I keep leaving it to my teacher, but really need to try and suss this out for myself, I've got the chords for 21 Guns, I've been listening too it and to me it sounds like DDU on the 1st 3 chords and DDD DU on the C
But when I've found a vid tutorial it says its DDDU on the first 3 - does anyone else have an opinion on this? Or can point me in the right direction? thanks
Dm Bb F C
Do you know what's worth fighting for,
Dm Bb F C
When it's not worth dying for?
Dm Bb F C
Does it take your breath away
[youtube]/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4[/youtube]
210 12-05-11 19:28:13
Re: Good Alternative Tunings (6 replies, posted in Guitar Techniques)
I've been playing around with some stuff in drop D - mainly because a couple of Rammstein tracks use that.
Another used drop C - but I decided that was a lot of hassle as I needed to retune every string so had a play and left that one...
Although if I found more in drop C, i'd probably leave one guitar in that (i normally have the ESP in drop D and the schecter in open, but as the schecter doesn't have a floyd rose changing from open to drop D is no biggie 
)
211 09-05-11 19:31:02
Re: Exams (32 replies, posted in Misc)
Good luck! Hope they are soon over for you...
213 08-05-11 09:46:57
Re: Went jogging today (8 replies, posted in Misc)
Yeah - relaxation is important too, and beer helps with that
214 08-05-11 09:45:10
Re: Cautionary tale... (3 replies, posted in Everything Else)
Thanks Olly - think I was skipping the warm up, am being much more careful now
James - Ouch! sounds like one viscous dog!
215 08-05-11 09:43:06
Re: Mt first attempt at recording myself (12 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
Thanks James - will go hunting
216 08-05-11 09:42:03
Re: sweet home alabama by me take 2 (11 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
Yes - I did thanks
217 08-05-11 09:33:08
Re: Blues improvisation (with harmonica):) (5 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
Cool!
218 07-05-11 09:34:19
Topic: Cautionary tale... (3 replies, posted in Everything Else)
I'd been playing a lot of music with fast powerchords, and was getting a pain in my elbow when playing, but it usually went away afterwards so I ignored it, then a few weeks ago, it didn't go away and got worse.
Physio diagnosed tennis elbow (quite ironic after a life time of riding horses I get a tendon injury from playing the guitar LOL!)
There is a quite a bit of stuff on the net abut guitar and RSI, so just wanted to say if you do start getting discomfort while playing, don't ignore it...
I'm playing bits at the moment, and building it back up again slowly, although at least Apache (my horse) is enjoying the break...
219 07-05-11 09:24:00
Re: What do you think of the killing of the worlds worst terrorist (6 replies, posted in Politics & Economics)
Well said James!
220 07-05-11 09:18:20
Re: sweet home alabama by me take 2 (11 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
Thats a great site - they even have some Rammstein too, thanks for sharing the link
221 07-05-11 09:13:23
Re: Mt first attempt at recording myself (12 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
Thanks - just had a look at mixcraft - looks good, although the downside is you have to buy it :-(
I'll see how I get on with audacity (free!) and if its a pain I'll try mixcraft instead.
222 04-05-11 18:22:20
Re: Mt first attempt at recording myself (12 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
Thanks
I've just downloaded a copy of audacity so I'll try and record through that next time, see if I get a better tone.
223 04-05-11 18:20:19
Re: General Amp (5 replies, posted in Amplifiers)
I quite like my pocket pod as I've got a lot of tones I can easily flick through (too lazy to faff with all the settings on the amp.... )
224 03-05-11 20:11:31
Re: my first recording with help (10 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
Wow - that's brilliant, well done!
225 03-05-11 20:04:14
Topic: Mt first attempt at recording myself (12 replies, posted in Your Recordings)
here's part of Paranoid by Sabbath, used windows recorder which seems to have lost the tone a bit...
[mp3]/uploads/96770c32558b667d7a419919af0a0a69.mp3[/mp3]
I didn't play it all the way through as it is doesn't vary much..
Edited as just realised I should prob mention the gear....
ESP KH202
Spider IV 30 with Pocket POD on Metallica '86 tone...
